Fred Russell, who ‘revolutionised the presentation of ventriloquism’, was commemorated on Sunday 20 September 2009 with an English Heritage blue plaque at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney

Sir Henry Segrave has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 6 St Andrew’s Mansions, Dorset Street, W1, where he lived for three years (1917-1920).

Sir Richard Branson unveils English Heritage Blue Plaque commemorating Battle of Britian hero and Disability Awareness campaigner, Sir Douglas Bader

Entrepreneur and Retail Innovator, Sir Jack Cohen Commemorated

Founding Father of Body-Building and Health and Fitness Guru to be Commemorated

To coincide with the inauguration of the new U.S. President, English Heritage has compiled an online resource focusing on our Anglo-American Heritage, which includes a list of blue plaques to North Americans.

Acclaimed stage and film actress, Dame Celia Johnson (1908 - 1982) has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 46 Richmond Hill, Richmond upon Thames.

Scientist and founder of America's Smithsonian Institution, James Smithson has been commemorated with a blue plaque at 9 Bentinck Street, London.

Eleanor Marx (1855-1898), Socialist campaigner and youngest daughter of Karl Marx has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 7 Jews Walk, Sydenham, SE26, London Borough of Lewisham where she lived from 1895 until her tragic death in 1898.

English Heritage Blue Plaque for Actor Alastair Sim

Pioneer of the Screw-Propeller, Sir Francis Pettit Smith (1808-1874) has been commemorated with a Blue Plaque at 17 Sydenham Hill SE26

Acclaimed Twentieth-Century Potter Dame Lucie Rie (1902 - 1955) has been commemorated with a Blue Plaque at 18 Albion Mews, W1, City of Westminster

The philosopher Karl Popper (1902 - 1994) will be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque

The political and spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) has been commemorated with an Blue Plaque at 49 St Stephen’s Avenue, London, W12

Sculptor Gilbert Bayes (1872 – 1953) has been commemorated with a Blue Plaque at 4 Greville Place, St John’s Wood, London NW6.

Pioneering nurse and heroine of the Crimean war, Mary Seacole has been commemorated with a Blue Plaque at 14 Soho Square, London.

The legendary theatre architect Frank Matcham (1854 – 1920) was commemorated on 22 November 2007 with an English Heritage blue plaque at 10 Haslemere Road, London, N8, where he lived for nine years, from 1894 to 1904.

Architectural Historian and Founder of the ‘Buildings of England’ series

Pioneering figure in the world of theatre Ira Aldridge (1807-67) has been commemorated with a Blue Plaque at 5 Hamlet Road, Upper Norwood, London.

An English Heritage Blue Plaque for the anti-slavery campaigner and social reformer Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) was unveiled at The Directors’ House, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London

English Heritage Blue Plaque is unveiled for Olympic Athlete Harold Abrahams

Edward Ardizzone (1900 – 1979), artist and illustrator, was commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 11.30am on 3 May 2007, at 130 Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London, W9, where he lived and worked from 1920 to 1972.

Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884), pioneering Conductor and Orchestral Reformer, will be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 59 Eccleston Square, London, SW1, at 11am on 19 April 2007.

King Cetshwayo (c. 1826 – 1884), King of the Zulus, has today (Monday 30th October), been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 18 Melbury Road, London, W14, where he stayed in the Summer of 1882 following his exile from Zululand.

Kathleen ‘Kitty’ Godfree (1896-1992), Olympic and Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at 55 York Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14, where she lived from 1936 to 1992.

Tait, one of the most influential inter-war architects, was commemorated at Wyldes Close, London, NW11

In the year that marks the centenary of his birth, the poet, writer, and broadcaster will be commemorated.

As a leader of the Dambusters Raid, Gibson is one of the most celebrated heroes of the Second World War,