The following is a list of notable English and British painters (in chronological order).
English painters
Born 16th century
George Gower (c. 1540–1596) Nicolas Hilliard (1547–1619) Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1585–1627) Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (1593–1661) Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) born in Antwerp; Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King William Larkin (1580–1619)
Born 17th century
Emmanuel de Critz (1608–1665) William Dobson (1610–1646) John Michael Wright (1617–1694) Peter Lely (1618–1680) Principal Painter in Ordinary to Charles II (1661) Oliver de Critz (1626–1651) Henry Gibbs (1630/1–1713) Edward Bower (fl. 1635–1667) Henry Cooke (1642–1700) Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) John Riley, or Ryley (1646–1691) Marmaduke Cradock (1660–1716) Sir James Thornhill (1675–1734) Edward Byng (c. 1676–1753) Peter Monamy (1681–1749) John Wootton (1682–1764) Isaac Whood (1689–1752) Joseph Highmore (1692–1780) John Vanderbank (1694–1739) William Hogarth (1697–1764)
British painters
Born 18th century
Thomas Hudson (1701–1779) Mary Hoare (1744–1820) William Hoare (c. 1707–1792) Francis Hayman (1708–1776) Sir William Beechey (1753–1839) John Shackleton (1714–1767) Principal Painter in Ordinary to George II and George III Richard Wilson (1714–1782) William Keable (1714–1774) Charles Brooking (1723–1759) Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King George Stubbs (1724–1806) Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) Sawrey Gilpin (1733–1807) Johann Zoffany (1733–1810) born in Frankfurt Peter Perez Burdett (c. 1734–1793) George Romney (1734–1802) Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) Jeremiah Meyer (1735–1789) born in Tübingen Richard Wright (1735–c.1775) Amos Green (1735–1807) Mary Benwell (1739–after 1800) John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779) Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) born in Zurich, Switzerland Matthew William Peters (1742–1814) Mary Moser (1744–1819) William Hodges (1744–1797) Henry Walton (1746–1813) William Tate (1747–1806) Richard Morton Paye (1751–1820) Joseph Barney (1753–1832) Charles Lewis (1753–1795) still life painter Maria Bell (1755–1825) Prince Hoare the Younger (1755–1834) painter and dramatist Philip (or Philippe) Jean (1755–1802) of Jersey Thomas Stothard (1755–1834) Henry Bone (1755–1834) William Blake (1757–1827) George William Sartorius (1759–1828) Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1760–1830) Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King George Augustus Wallis (1761–1847) George Morland (1763–1804) Samuel Drummond (1766–1844) John Crome (1768–1821) Thomas Barker (1769–1847) James Ward (1769–1859) William Armfield Hobday (1771–1831) Edward Bird (1772–1819) Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774–1837) Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) John Constable (1776–1837) John Jackson (1778–1831) John Varley (1778–1842) William John Huggins (1781–1845), marine painter Richard Barrett Davis (1782–1854) John Sell Cotman (1782–1842) David Cox (1783–1859) Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841) Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King Caroline Maria Applebee (c. 1785–1854) Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846) William Mulready (1786–1863) William Etty (1787–1849) John Martin (1789–1854) William Linton (1791–1876) Sir George Hayter (1792–1871) Principal Painter in Ordinary to the Queen Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872) Francis Danby (1793–1861) Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859) Sir William Charles Ross (1794–1860) Henry Collen (1797–1879) Paul Delaroche (1797–1856) Joseph Stannard (1797–1830) Frederick Richard Lee (1798–1879) Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799–1861) Samuel Atkins, marine painter