- Canadian poet and novelist.
- U.S. poet and novelist.
- British field marshal.
- U.S. racing-car driver.
- U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 2005.
- U.S. novelist and essayist.
- U.S. evangelist.
- U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1930–45.
- U.S. molecular biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize 1993.
- Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl. 1832–1914, British field marshal. He was awarded the Victoria Cross (1858) for his service during the Indian Mutiny and was commander in chief (1899–1900) in the second Boer War
- Julia. born 1967, US film actress; her films include Pretty Woman (1990), Notting Hill (1999), Erin Brockovich (2000), which earned her an Academy Award, and Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
