List of people from Lincolnshire

There are many notable people associated with Lincolnshire. The following list is arranged chronologically by date of birth.

Born before 1701

 * Guthlac of Crowland (674-715), Christian saint
 * Æthelhard (8th century-805), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * Hereward the Wake (c.1035-c.1072), Anglo-Saxon nobleman
 * Lucy of Bolingbroke (1074-1136), countess of Chester
 * Gilbert of Sempringham (c.1085-1190), Saint and Founder of the Gilbertine Order
 * Aaron of Lincoln (c.1125-1186), financier
 * Hugh of Lincoln (1135/40-1200), Bishop of Lincoln
 * Stephen Langton (c.1150-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * Nicolaa de la Haye (c.1150-1230), landowner and administrator
 * Robert Grosseteste (c.1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln
 * Berechiah de Nicole (c.1210-c.1270), Tosafist
 * Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), wife of Edward I
 * Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1246-1255), blood libel victim
 * Katherine Swynford (c.1350-1403), third wife of John of Gaunt
 * Henry IV of England (1367-1413), King of England
 * Richard Foxe (1458-1528), bishop and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
 * John Taverner (c1490-1545), composer and organist
 * John Whitgift (c.1503-1604), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * John Foxe (c.1516-1587), author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
 * William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
 * Anne Askew (1521-1546), Protestant martyr
 * William Byrd (1539-1623), composer
 * John Smyth (c.1554-c.1612), founder of the Baptist denomination
 * Robert Tighe (1562-1620), cleric and linguist
 * Captain John Smith (1580-1631), leader of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia
 * John Cotton (1585-1652), clergyman
 * Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), poet
 * John Leverett (1616-1678/79), penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
 * Simon Patrick (1626-1707), English theologian and bishop
 * Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1746), mathematician and physicist
 * John Harrison (1693-1776), chronometer innovator
 * William Stukeley (1687-1765), antiquarian

Born 1701-1850

 * John (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788), founders of the Methodist movement
 * Benjamin Huntsman (1704-1776), inventor of crucible steel
 * Joseph Banks (1743-1820), botanist and naturalist
 * Samuel Eyles Pierce (1746-1829), preacher and theologian
 * Thomas Scott (1747-1821), Bible commentator and co-founder of the Church Missionary Society
 * George Bass (1771-c.1803), explorer of Australia
 * Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), navigator and cartographer
 * Richard Watson (1781-1833), theologian and Methodist writer
 * George Davenport (1783-1845), sailor and frontiersman
 * Peter De Wint (1784-1849), landscape painter
 * Pishey Thompson (1784-1862), publisher and antiquarian writer
 * Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), Arctic explorer
 * Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869), poet
 * Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), Bishop of Lincoln
 * Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet
 * Herbert Ingram (1811-1860), journalist
 * Lady Charlotte Guest (1812-1895), businesswoman and Welsh language translator
 * George Boole (1815-1864), mathematician
 * William Marwood (1818-1883), hangman
 * Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), poet
 * Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895), fashion designer
 * George Bower iron founder and inventor
 * Edward King (1829-1910), Bishop of Lincoln
 * Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830-1869), ballad composer and hymn writer
 * Joseph Ruston (1835-1897), engineer and manufacturer
 * George Green (Medal of Honor) (1840-1898), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Gonville Bromhead (1845-1891), Victoria Cross recipient
 * Madge Kendal (1848-1935), actress

Born 1851-1950

 * Sarah Swift (1854-1937), Royal College of Nursing founder
 * Frank Bramley (1857-1915), artist
 * Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (1858-1922), clergyman and ecologist
 * William Robertson (1860-1933), Field Marshal
 * Halford Mackinder (1861-1947), geographer
 * Thomas Colclough Watson (1867-1917), Victoria Cross recipient
 * Cyril Bland (1872-1950), cricketer
 * William Tritton (1875-1946), tank developer
 * Frank Pick (1878-1941), railway administrator
 * Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), actress
 * Alfred Piccaver (1884-1958), tenor
 * Arthur Lucan (1885-1954), part of the music hall act Old Mother Riley
 * Charles Richard Sharpe (1889-1963), Victoria Cross recipient
 * Harold Jackson (1892-1918), Victoria Cross recipient
 * Ethel Rudkin (1893-1985), folklorist and archaeologist
 * Sir Francis Hill (1899 –1980), historian and Mayor of Lincoln. Chancellor of Nottingham University.
 * Frank Whittle (1907-1996), RAF officer
 * John George Haigh (1909-1949), serial killer
 * Douglas Bader (1910-1982), RAF flying ace
 * James Cobban (1910-1999), educator and headmaster
 * Chad Varah (1911-2007), priest and "The Samaritans" founder
 * Ted Savage (1912-1964), footballer
 * Joseph Nickerson (1914-1990), entrepreneur
 * Guy Gibson (1918-1944), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Liz Smith (1921-2016), actress
 * Leslie Manser (1922-1942), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Brian Tierney (1922-2019), historian
 * Nicholas Parsons (1923-2020), radio and TV presenter
 * Neville Marriner (1924-2016), violinist and conductor
 * Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), former Prime Minister
 * Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), poet
 * Brenda Fisher (1927–2022), swimmer
 * Joan Plowright (born 1929), actress
 * Jeff Hall (1929-1959), footballer
 * Colin Dexter (1930-2017), crime writer
 * Bill Podmore (1931-1994), television producer
 * Neil McCarthy (1932-1985), actor
 * Frank Sargeant (born 1932), retired Anglican bishop
 * Mervyn Winfield (1932-2014), cricketer
 * Bernard Codd (1934-2013), motorcycle road racer
 * Victor Emery (1934-2002), physicist
 * Mike Pinner (born 1934), football goalkeeper
 * Peter Collinson (1936–1980), film director
 * Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015), military historian and author
 * Roy Axe (1937-2010), car designer
 * Barry Spikings (born 1939), Hollywood producer
 * John Alderton (born 1940), actor
 * John Hurt (1940-2017), actor
 * Jo Kendall (1940-2022), actress
 * Ted Lewis (1940-1982), crime writer
 * Graham Oates (born 1943), footballer
 * John Hargreaves (born 1944), cricketer
 * Tony Jacklin (born 1944), golfer
 * Roger Scruton (1944–2020), philosopher
 * Graham Taylor (1944-2017), footballer, club and England national team manager.
 * Chris Wright (born 1944), music industry executive and businessman
 * Patricia Hodge (born 1946), actress
 * Iain Matthews (born 1946), singer-songwriter and musician
 * Philip Priestley (born 1946), former British diplomat
 * Richard Budge (1947-2016), coal mining entrepreneur
 * Mick Atkin (1948-2008), football half-back
 * Ray Clemence (born 1948), football goalkeeper
 * Jim Broadbent (born 1949), actor
 * Geoff Capes (born 1949), shotputter
 * Richard P. Cook (born 1949), artist
 * Rod Temperton (1949-2016), songwriter, record producer and musician
 * Bernie Taupin (born 1950), songwriter

Born 1951 onwards

 * Brian Bolland (born 1951), comics artist
 * John Ward (born 1951), footballer
 * David Ward (born 1953), former Member of Parliament (MP)
 * Michael Foale (born 1957), astronaut
 * Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), actress and comedian
 * Chris Woods (born 1959), football goalkeeper
 * Lee Chapman (born 1959), footballer
 * Glenn Cockerill (born 1959), footballer
 * Simon Garner (born 1959), footballer
 * Alan Moulder (born 1959), record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer
 * John Cridland (born 1961), former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI); Chair of Transport for the North (TfN)
 * Bill Dunham (born 1961), former Deputy Commandant General of the Royal Marines
 * Colin McFarlane (born 1961), actor
 * Stephen Sackur (born 1964), broadcaster and journalist
 * Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), specialist in influenza, and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
 * Helen Fospero (born 1966), newsreader and journalist
 * Antonio Berardi (born 1968), fashion designer
 * Beverley Allitt (born 1968), serial killer
 * Samantha Cameron (born 1971), businesswoman and wife of the former Prime Minister David Cameron
 * Rae Earl (born 1971), author
 * Robert Webb (born 1972), actor, comedian and writer
 * Jonathan Kerrigan (born 1972), actor
 * Paul Palmer (born 1974), swimmer
 * Abi Titmuss (born 1976), poker player and glamour model
 * Steve Housham (born 1976), footballer and manager
 * Danny Butterfield (born 1979), footballer
 * Colin Furze (born 1979), inventor and YouTube personality
 * Kelly Adams (born 1979), actress
 * Dan Haigh (born 1980), musician
 * Sheridan Smith (born 1981), actress
 * Paul Mayo (born 1981), footballer
 * Guy Martin (born 1981), motorcycle racer and television presenter
 * Kevin Clifton (born 1982), professional dancer and actor
 * Joanne Clifton (born 1983), professional dancer and actress
 * Lloyd Griffith (born 1983), comedian, actor, presenter and singer
 * Carl Hudson (born 1983), musician
 * Ross Edgley (born 1985), extreme adventurer, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author
 * Nicola Roberts (born 1985), singer
 * Oliver Ryan (born 1985), footballer
 * Luke Wright (born 1985), cricketer
 * Lee Frecklington (born 1985), footballer
 * Kate Haywood (born 1987), swimmer
 * Spencer Matthews (born 1988), television personality and entrepreneur
 * Jake Quickenden (born 1988), television personality
 * Emma Bristow (born 1990), motorcycle racer
 * Sam Clucas (born 1990), footballer
 * Georgie Twigg (born 1990), hockey player
 * Sophie Wells (born 1990), para-equestrian
 * Scott Williams (born 1990), darts player
 * Thomas Turgoose (born 1992), actor
 * Eliza Butterworth (born 1993), actress
 * Patrick Bamford (born 1993), footballer
 * Jack Harvey (born 1993), racing driver
 * Hollie Arnold (born 1994), javelin thrower
 * Ella Henderson (born 1996), singer and songwriter
 * Holly Humberstone (born 1999), singer and songwriter
 * Ellis Chapman (born 2001), footballer
 * Ollie Chessum (Born 2000), rugby player
 * Will Wand (born 2001), rugby player