Born 17th Century
- William Dobson (1610–1646)
- John Michael Wright (1617–1694)
- Peter Lely (1618–1680) Principal Painter in Ordinary to Charles II (1661)
- Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)
- Sir James Thornhill (1675–1734)
- Peter Monamy (1681–1749)
- John Wootton (1682–1764)
- Joseph Highmore (1692–1780)
- John Vanderbank (1694–1739)
- William Hogarth (1697–1764)
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