Every day find here my selection of Great British men and women born on this day.
- Birth date
- 1457 : King Henry VII (1457–1509) Reigned 1485–1509
- 1790 : John Gibson (1790–1866) Sculptor
- 1841 : Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) Explorer and journalist
- 1867 : Henry Percival (Percy) Bulmer (1867–1919) Cider maker
- 1903 : Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (née Yardley) (1903–1971) Crystallographer and pacifist
- 1905 : Elisabeth Jessie Vellacott (1905–2002) Artist
- 1906 : Frank Launder (1906–1997) Film writer and director
- 1907 : (Thomas) Henry Cotton (1907–1987) Golfer
- 1918 : Harry Corbett (1918–1989) Creator of 'Sooty'
- 1927 : Ronnie Scott (Ronald Schatt) (1927–1996) Jazz club owner and Saxophonist