Curated category
English emigrants to the United States
- Alfred HitchcockOn the 13th of August 1899, a boy named Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in the flat above his parents' greengrocer shop at 517 High Road in Leytonstone.
- John LennonJohn Winston Lennon was born on the 9th of October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. His father Alfred worked as a merchant seaman and was away during…
- Christopher NolanChristopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father Brendan James Nolan worked as a creative director for an…
- Ian BryceIan Bryce was born on the 30th of November 1956 in Bristol, England. He spent his childhood years growing up within that English city before making a…
- W. H. AudenWystan Hugh Auden was born at 54 Bootham in York, England, on the 21st of February 1907. His father George Augustus Auden worked as a physician while his…
- Aldous HuxleyThe year 1894 marked the birth of Aldous Leonard Huxley in Godalming, Surrey. He entered a world already defined by scientific brilliance and literary fame.
- Paul DiracPaul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on the 8th of August 1902 at his parents' home in Bristol, England. His father Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac came from…
- Oliver Hart (economist)Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart entered the world on the 9th of October 1948. He was born in Britain to parents who both worked in medicine.
- Boston CorbettThomas H. Corbett was born in London, England, on the 29th of January 1832. He arrived in the United States with his family in 1840 at the age of seven or…
- Samuel SlaterSamuel Slater was born on the 9th of June 1768 in Belper, Derbyshire. He grew up as the fifth son in a farming family with eight children total.
- I. J. GoodIsadore Jacob Gudak entered the world on the 9th of December 1916 in London. His parents were Polish Jewish immigrants who ran a successful jewellery shop.
- Stuart J. RussellStuart Jonathan Russell entered the world in 1962 within the coastal city of Portsmouth, England. He attended St Paul's School in London before moving to…
- Gary WhittaGary Leslie Whitta was born on the 21st of July 1972 in England. His professional journey began within the pages of ACE magazine, a publication dedicated to…
- Alan WattsAlan Wilson Watts was born on the 6th of January 1915 in Chislehurst, Kent. He lived at Rowan Tree Cottage on Holbrook Lane with his middle-class parents.