Many Londoners actually come from outside London. Many famous people, including Germans, French and Americans, have moved to the British capital to live and work. The English Heritage organization has blue plaques around the city to honor these famous artists, writers, musicians, and others that called London their home. For more names, visit

　　Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)—Poet, wrote “How do I love thee?”

　　Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976)—Detective novelist and playwright

　　Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)—Poet and philosopher

　　Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)—Writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes

　　Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)—Novelist, wrote “Heart of Darkness”

　　Captain James Cook (1728-1779)—Circumnavigator and explorer

　　Charles Darwin (1809-1882)—Naturalist

　　Charles Dickens (1812-1870)—Novelist, wrote “Oliver Twist”

　　T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)—Poet, wrote “The Wasteland”

　　Ian Fleming (1908-1964)—Creator of James Bond

　　Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)—Philosopher and teacher, studied law in London

　　Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)—Guitarist and songwriter, wrote “Purple Haze”

　　Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)—Film Director, directed “The Birds”

　　Henry James (1843-1916)—Writer, wrote “Portrait of a Lady”

　　Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)—Writer and critic

　　James Joyce (1882-1941)—Writer, wrote “Ulysses”

　　Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)—Actress in “Gone with the Wind”

　　John Keats (1795-1821)—Poet

　　Karl Marx (1818-1883)—Philosopher and revolutionary, founder of communism

　　Piet Cornelis Mondrian (1872-1944)—Painter

　　Napoleon III (1808-1873)—Emperor of France

　　George Orwell (1903-1950)—Novelist and political essayist, wrote “Animal Farm”

　　Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)—Poet, wrote “The Bell Jar”

　　Sir Ernest Henry Shakleton (1874-1922)—Antartic Explorer

　　George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)—Playwright, wrote “Pygmallion”

　　Mary Shelley (1797-1851)—Author of “Frankenstein”

　　Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)—Novelist and critic, wrote “To the Lighthouse”

　　Bram Stoker (1847-1912)—Author of “Dracula”

　　Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)—Poet

　　Mark Twain (1835-1910)—American writer, wrote “Tom Sawyer”

　　Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)—Painter

　　Christopher Wren (1632-1723)—Architect

　　H.G. Wells (1866-1946)—Writer

　　Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)—Wit and Dramatist, wrote “Picture of Dorian Gray”

　　William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)—Irish Poet and dramatist

　　Emile Zola (1840-1902)—French Novelist