A British writer, Richard Haestier, in a book, Dead Men Tell Tales, recalls that in the turmoil preceding the French Revolution the body of Henry 4,, who had died nearly 180 years earlier, was torn to pieces by a mob.

* Adrian Hodges, British television and film writer

* 1884 – J. C. Squire, British poet, writer, and historian ( d. 1958 )

* 1949 – Chris Langham, British actor, writer, producer, director

A book of Lerner's lyrics entitled A Hymn To Him, edited by British writer Benny Green, was published in 1987.

* Columbus ( novel ), a 1941 novel by the British writer Rafael Sabatini depicting the explorations of Christopher Columbus

Clarke's Three Laws are three " laws " of prediction formulated by the British writer Arthur C. Clarke.

Clive Anderson ( born 10 December 1952 ) is a British former barrister, best known for being a comedy writer as well as a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom.

* 1931 – Nigel Calder, British science writer

* 1982 – Marty Feldman, British comedian, writer and actor ( b. 1933 )

* 1963 – Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress

* 1907 – Mary Howard aka Josephine Edgar, British writer ( d. 1991 )

* 1929 – Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer ( d. 2004 )

* 2011 – Ronald Searle, British cartoonist and writer ( b. 1920 )

* 1936 – James Burke, British writer

* 1960 – Dora Marsden, British editor, writer ( b. 1882 )

Edward Palmer Thompson ( 3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993 ) was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.

He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer.

Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968 ) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.

The writer / director / producer team of twin brothers John and Roy Boulting also produced a series of successful satires on British life and institutions, beginning with Private's Progress ( 1956 ), and continuing with Brothers in Law ( 1957 ), Carlton-Browne of the F. O.

* 1944 – Alan Parker, British film director and writer

* 1950 – Jane Gordon-Cumming, British writer

* 1957 – Richard Cook, British jazz writer ( d. 2007 )

* 1958 – Matt Ridley, British scientist and writer

* 1957 – Mitchell Symons, British writer

The Times reported on 6 November 1995 that Prince Charles had stated on that day to Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown, after the funeral of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, that " Catholics should be able to ascend to the British throne ".

Although British Prime Minister John Major rejected John Hume's requests for a public inquiry into the killings, his successor, Tony Blair, decided to start one.

Labour MP Tony Benn introduced a Commonwealth of Britain Bill several times between 1991 and 2001, intended to abolish the monarchy and establish a British republic.

Notable US radio disc jockeys of the period include Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Kasey Kasem, and their British counterparts such as the BBC's Brian Matthew, Radio London's John Peel, and later in the 60s, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn.

* 1941 – Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer ( d. 1972 )

* 1968 – Tony Maudsley, British film actor

* 1946 – Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player ( Yes )

In December 2006, Major led calls for an independent inquiry into Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq, following revelations made by Carne Ross, a former British senior diplomat, that contradict Blair's case for the invasion.

* 1941 – Tony Anholt, British actor ( d. 2002 )

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his Prime Minister's Questions of 3 May 2006 made a shorthand reference to the types of political groups, " Judean People's Front " or " People's Front of Judea ", lampooned in Life of Brian.

Under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the British Labour Party re-branded itself as New Labour in order to promote the notion that it was less left-wing than it had been in the past.

The term " mind map " was first popularized by British popular psychology author and television personality Tony Buzan when BBC TV ran a series hosted by Buzan called Use Your Head.

* 2010 – Tony Richards, British footballer ( b. 1934 )

* 1959 – Tony Slattery, British actor

* 1931 – Tony Booth, British actor

For example, Tony Blair, whose Labour party was elected in 1997 partly on a promise to enact a British Bill of Rights and to create devolved governments for Scotland and Wales, subsequently stewarded through Parliament the Human Rights Act ( 1998 ), the Scotland Act ( 1998 ) and the Government of Wales Act ( 1998 ).

United States president George W. Bush fulfilled his lifetime ambition of visiting a ' genuine British pub ' during his November 2003 state visit to the UK when he had lunch and a pint of non-alcoholic lager with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Dun Cow pub in Sedgefield, County Durham.

In the 1990s, released from the Left's pressure, the British Labour Party, under Tony Blair, posited policies based upon the free market economy to deliver public services via private contractors.

Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the British intervention, is regarded as a hero by the people of Sierra Leone, many of whom are keen for more British involvement.

* President Bush gives speech to joint session of Congress, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Rudy Giuliani, and Governor Pataki in attendance.

In March 2003, a coalition of countries led by the U. S. and U. K. invaded Iraq to depose Saddam, after U. S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused him of possessing weapons of mass destruction and having ties to al-Qaeda.

It implies that the British Prime Minister is Tony Blair.

Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair was quoted as saying the issue would be fully debated in Parliament prior to a decision being taken.