- U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1927.
- U.S. physicist.
- British statesman: prime minister 1742–43.
- a city in SW California.
- Arthur Holly. 1892–1962, US physicist, noted for his research on X-rays, gamma rays, and nuclear energy: Nobel prize for physics 1927
- Denis . 1918–97, English cricketer, who played for Middlesex and England (1937–57); broke two records in 1947 scoring 3816 runs and 18 centuries in one season