* 1792 – Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor ( b. 1732 )

* 1682 – John Hadley, English mathematician and inventor of the octant ( d. 1744 )

* 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor of the power loom ( d. 1823 )

Charles Babbage, FRS ( 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871 ) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.

* 1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor ( b. 1783 )

* 1791 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor ( d. 1871 )

* 1773 – George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician ( d. 1857 )

In 1881, English inventor Shelford Bidwell constructed the scanning phototelegraph that was the first telefax machine to scan any two-dimensional original, not requiring manual plotting or drawing.

* 1840 – Frederick Wicks, English author and inventor ( d. 1910 )

* 1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English scientist and inventor ( d. 1875 )

* 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and inventor ( d. 1877 )

* 1871 – Harry Brearley, English inventor ( d. 1948 )

* 1704 – John Kay, English inventor ( d. 1780 )

* 1907 – Frank Whittle, English engineer and inventor, developed the jet engine ( d. 1996 )

* 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft ( b. 1910 )

* 1940 – Clive Sinclair, English inventor and businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research

* 1806 – Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor ( d. 1885 )

* 1813 – Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor ( d. 1898 )

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English clockmaker, horologist and inventor of the marine chronometer

* John Walker ( inventor ) ( 1781 – 1859 ), English chemist and inventor of the friction match in 1827

* 1937 – Trevor Baylis, English stunt man and inventor, invented the wind-up radio

* 1803 – Joseph Hansom, English architect and inventor ( d. 1882 )

His mother, Margory Golding, was the sister of the Ovid translator Arthur Golding, and his uncle, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was the inventor of the English or Shakespearean sonnet form.

Meanwhile, Hercules Florence had already created a very similar process in 1832 in Brazil, naming it Photographie, and English inventor William Fox Talbot had earlier discovered another means to fix a silver process image but had kept it secret.

* 1980 – Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist

* 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English writer ( b. 1660 )

Daniel Kehlmann's 2005 novel Die Vermessung der Welt, translated into English as Measuring the World ( 2006 ), explores Gauss's life and work through a lens of historical fiction, contrasting them with those of the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

* 1678 – Daniel Neal, English historian ( d. 1743 )

* Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was supposedly the autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spent 28 years on a remote island.

Swedish band Broder Daniel, who contributed three English language songs to the movie, released an EP titled Fucking Åmål.

* 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor

* 1958 – Paul Daniel, English conductor

* English translations of Biblical Prefaces, Commentary on Daniel, Chronicle, and Letter 120 ( tertullian. org )

* 1989 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor

Almost as soon as Jerusalem had been captured, and continuing throughout the 12th century, many pilgrims arrived and left accounts of the new kingdom ; among them are the English Saewulf, the Russian Abbot Daniel, the Frank Fretellus, the Byzantine Johannes Phocas, and the Germans John of Würzburg and Theoderich.

* 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor

* 1965 – Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer

* 1999 – Daniel Roche, English Actor

In the mid-eighteenth century, English theologian Daniel Waterland defined pantheism as: " It supposes God and nature, or God and the whole universe, to be one and the same substance — one universal being ; insomuch that men's souls are only modifications of the divine substance.

The English commentator Thomas Hayne claimed that the prophecies of the Book of Daniel had all been fulfilled by the 1st century (‘ Christs Kingdom on Earth ’, 1645 ), and Joseph Hall expressed the same conclusion concerning Daniel ’ s prophecies (‘ The Revelation Unrevealed ’, 1650 ), but neither of them applied their preterist views to Revelation.

Daniel Jones transcribed RP pronunciations of all common words in his English Pronouncing Dictionary.

* 1989 – Daniel Sturridge, English footballer

* Daniel Defoe, English novelist and journalist

* April 4 – Daniel Neal, English historian ( b. 1678 )

* March 25 – Daniel Massey, English actor ( b. 1933 )

** Daniel Bedingfield, English pop singer and songwriter

** Daniel Blagrave, English Member of Parliament ( d. 1668 )