Famous People of England

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 What is England famous
for?
Kings & Queen:Queen Elizabeth I,Queen
Victoria,Queen Elizabeth II
Politicians:Winston Churchil,Baroness
Margaret Thatcher
Writers & Poets:William Shakespeare,Daniel
Defoe,Charles Dickens,Rudyard Kipling,Dame
Agatha Christie
Philosophers &Economists:Francis Bacon
Inventors & Scientists:Isaac Newton,Charles
Darwin
Actors,Actresses & Filmmakers:Sir Charlie
Chaplin,Dame Elizabethe Taylor,Alfred
Hitchock,Hugh Grant,Orlando Bloom,Keira
Knightley,Daniel Radcliffe
Musicians & Singers:Sir Elton John,Phil
Collins,George Michael,Robbie Williams
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26
April 1564 – 23 April 1616)
was an English poet and
playwrite, widely regarded as
the greatest writer in the
English language and the
world's pre-eminent
dramatist. He is often called
England's national poet and
the “Bard of Avon" (or simply
"The Bard"). His surviving
works consist of 38 plays, 154
sonnets, two long narrative
poems, and several other
poems. His plays have been
translated into every major
living language and are
 Poems:
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Merchant of Venice
• All's Well That Ends Well
• An eye for eye
• The Storm
• Coriolanus
• Timonus Athenian
• The Winter Fairy Tale
• Antonius and Cleopatra
 Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-1870),
English Victorian era author wrote
numerous highly acclaimed novels
including his most autobiographical
David Copperfield (1848-1850);
As a prolific 19th Century author of
short stories, plays, novellas,
novels, fiction and non, during his
lifetime Dickens became known the
world over for his remarkable
characters, his mastery of prose in
the telling of their lives, and his
depictions of the social classes,
mores and values of his times.
Some considered him the
 Poems:
• Oliver Twist
• Christmas Carol
• The Old Curiosity Shop
• Pictures from Italy
 Keira Knightley
• Knightley was born in
Teddington, Lomdon,
England, the daughter of
Sharman Macdonald, a
Scottish award-winning
playwrite, and Will
Knightley, an English
theatre and television actor
Knightley has dyslexia, but
nevertheless was
successful in school and
was thus permitted to
acquire a talent agent and
pursue an acting career.
She performed in a number
of local amateur
productions including After
 Films:
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menac
• Princess of Thieves
• The Hole
• Doctor Zhivago
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of th
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Che
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Daniel Wroughton
Craig
• Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2
March 1968) is an English actor. His
early film roles included The Power
of One, A Kid In Kina Arthur’s Court
and the television episodes
Sharpe's Eagle and "
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles:
Daredevils of the Desert." He went
on to star in his breakthrough
performance Laver Cake and also
Lara Croft:
• Tomb Raider. opposite Angelina
Jolie.
• Craig became the sixth actor to
portray the fictional secret agent
James Bond in the film series of the
same name. He made his debut as
the character in the 2006 film,
Casino Royale, to critical acclaim
Films:
 The
Beatles
• The Beatles were a pop and rock
group from Liverpool, England. They
are one of the most commercially
successful and critically acclaimed
bands in the history of popular music.
In the United Kingdom, The Beatles
released more than 40 different singles
, albums, and EPs that reached
number one. This commercial success
was repeated in many other countries;
The Beatles are the best-selling
musical act of all time in the
United States, according to the
Recording Industry Association of
America.
Songs:
 Conclucion!
It is the end!And now we know,that
Britain is not only a country of two-
floor buses,red telephones and
sights.It is also a country of Great
People,that have changed our
WORLD!
 Literature
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