There are many notable people associated with Lincolnshire. The following list is arranged chronologically by date of birth.

Born before 1701

• Guthlac of Crowland (674-715), Christian saint
• Æthelhard (8th century-805), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Hereward the Wake (c.1035-c.1072), Anglo-Saxon nobleman
• Lucy of Bolingbroke (1074-1136), countess of Chester
• Gilbert of Sempringham (c.1085-1190), Saint and Founder of the Gilbertine Order
• Aaron of Lincoln (c.1125-1186), financier
• Hugh of Lincoln (1135/40-1200), Bishop of Lincoln
• Stephen Langton (c.1150-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Nicolaa de la Haye (c.1150-1230), landowner and administrator
• Robert Grosseteste (c.1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln
• Berechiah de Nicole (c.1210-c.1270), Tosafist
• Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), wife of Edward I
• Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1246-1255), blood libel victim
• Katherine Swynford (c.1350-1403), third wife of John of Gaunt
• Henry IV of England (1367-1413), King of England
• Richard Foxe (1458-1528), bishop and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
• John Taverner (c1490-1545), composer and organist
• John Whitgift (c.1503-1604), Archbishop of Canterbury
• John Foxe (c.1516-1587), author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
• Anne Askew (1521-1546), Protestant martyr
• William Byrd (1539-1623), composer
• John Smyth (c.1554-c.1612), founder of the Baptist denomination
• Robert Tighe (1562-1620), cleric and linguist
• Captain John Smith (1580-1631), leader of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia
• John Cotton (1585-1652), clergyman
• Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), poet
• John Leverett (1616-1678/79), penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Simon Patrick (1626-1707), English theologian and bishop
• Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1746), mathematician and physicist
• John Harrison (1693-1776), chronometer innovator
• William Stukeley (1687-1765), antiquarian

Born 1701-1850

• John (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788), founders of the Methodist movement
• Benjamin Huntsman (1704-1776), inventor of crucible steel
• Joseph Banks (1743-1820), botanist and naturalist
• Samuel Eyles Pierce (1746-1829), preacher and theologian
• Thomas Scott (1747-1821), Bible commentator and co-founder of the Church Missionary Society
• George Bass (1771-c.1803), explorer of Australia
• Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), navigator and cartographer
• Richard Watson (1781-1833), theologian and Methodist writer
• George Davenport (1783-1845), sailor and frontiersman
• Peter De Wint (1784-1849), landscape painter
• Pishey Thompson (1784-1862), publisher and antiquarian writer
• Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), Arctic explorer
• Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869), poet
• Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), Bishop of Lincoln
• Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet
• Herbert Ingram (1811-1860), journalist
• Lady Charlotte Guest (1812-1895), businesswoman and Welsh language translator
• George Boole (1815-1864), mathematician
• William Marwood (1818-1883), hangman
• Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), poet
• Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895), fashion designer
• George Bower iron founder and inventor
• Edward King (1829-1910), Bishop of Lincoln
• Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830-1869), ballad composer and hymn writer
• Joseph Ruston (1835-1897), engineer and manufacturer
• George Green (Medal of Honor) (1840-1898), Medal of Honor recipient
• Gonville Bromhead (1845-1891), Victoria Cross recipient
• Madge Kendal (1848-1935), actress

Born 1851-1950

• Sarah Swift (1854-1937), Royal College of Nursing founder
• Frank Bramley (1857-1915), artist
• Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (1858-1922), clergyman and ecologist
• William Robertson (1860-1933), Field Marshal
• Halford Mackinder (1861-1947), geographer
• Thomas Colclough Watson (1867-1917), Victoria Cross recipient
• Cyril Bland (1872-1950), cricketer
• William Tritton (1875-1946), tank developer
• Frank Pick (1878-1941), railway administrator
• Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), actress
• Alfred Piccaver (1884-1958), tenor
• Arthur Lucan (1885-1954), part of the music hall act Old Mother Riley
• Charles Richard Sharpe (1889-1963), Victoria Cross recipient
• Harold Jackson (1892-1918), Victoria Cross recipient
• Ethel Rudkin (1893-1985), folklorist and archaeologist
• Sir Francis Hill (1899 –1980), historian and Mayor of Lincoln. Chancellor of Nottingham University.
• Frank Whittle (1907-1996), RAF officer
• John George Haigh (1909-1949), serial killer
• Douglas Bader (1910-1982), RAF flying ace
• James Cobban (1910-1999), educator and headmaster
• Chad Varah (1911-2007), priest and "The Samaritans" founder
• Ted Savage (1912-1964), footballer
• Joseph Nickerson (1914-1990), entrepreneur
• Guy Gibson (1918-1944), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
• Liz Smith (1921-2016), actress
• Leslie Manser (1922-1942), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
• Brian Tierney (1922-2019), historian
• Nicholas Parsons (1923-2020), radio and TV presenter
• Neville Marriner (1924-2016), violinist and conductor
• Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), former Prime Minister
• Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), poet
• Brenda Fisher (1927–2022), swimmer
• Joan Plowright (born 1929), actress
• Jeff Hall (1929-1959), footballer
• Colin Dexter (1930-2017), crime writer
• Bill Podmore (1931-1994), television producer
• Neil McCarthy (1932-1985), actor
• Frank Sargeant (born 1932), retired Anglican bishop
• Mervyn Winfield (1932-2014), cricketer
• Bernard Codd (1934-2013), motorcycle road racer
• Victor Emery (1934-2002), physicist
• Mike Pinner (born 1934), football goalkeeper
• Peter Collinson (1936–1980), film director
• Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015), military historian and author
• Roy Axe (1937-2010), car designer
• Barry Spikings (born 1939), Hollywood producer
• John Alderton (born 1940), actor
• John Hurt (1940-2017), actor
• Jo Kendall (1940-2022), actress
• Ted Lewis (1940-1982), crime writer
• Graham Oates (born 1943), footballer
• John Hargreaves (born 1944), cricketer
• Tony Jacklin (born 1944), golfer
• Roger Scruton (1944–2020), philosopher
• Graham Taylor (1944-2017), footballer, club and England national team manager.
• Chris Wright (born 1944), music industry executive and businessman
• Patricia Hodge (born 1946), actress
• Iain Matthews (born 1946), singer-songwriter and musician
• Philip Priestley (born 1946), former British diplomat
• Richard Budge (1947-2016), coal mining entrepreneur
• Mick Atkin (1948-2008), football half-back
• Ray Clemence (born 1948), football goalkeeper
• Jim Broadbent (born 1949), actor
• Geoff Capes (born 1949), shotputter
• Richard P. Cook (born 1949), artist
• Rod Temperton (1949-2016), songwriter, record producer and musician
• Bernie Taupin (born 1950), songwriter

Born 1951 onwards

• Brian Bolland (born 1951), comics artist
• John Ward (born 1951), footballer
• David Ward (born 1953), former Member of Parliament (MP)
• Michael Foale (born 1957), astronaut
• Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), actress and comedian
• Chris Woods (born 1959), football goalkeeper
• Lee Chapman (born 1959), footballer
• Glenn Cockerill (born 1959), footballer
• Simon Garner (born 1959), footballer
• Alan Moulder (born 1959), record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer
• John Cridland (born 1961), former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI); Chair of Transport for the North (TfN)
• Bill Dunham (born 1961), former Deputy Commandant General of the Royal Marines
• Colin McFarlane (born 1961), actor
• Stephen Sackur (born 1964), broadcaster and journalist
• Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), specialist in influenza, and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
• Helen Fospero (born 1966), newsreader and journalist
• Antonio Berardi (born 1968), fashion designer
• Beverley Allitt (born 1968), serial killer
• Samantha Cameron (born 1971), businesswoman and wife of the former Prime Minister David Cameron
• Rae Earl (born 1971), author
• Robert Webb (born 1972), actor, comedian and writer
• Jonathan Kerrigan (born 1972), actor
• Paul Palmer (born 1974), swimmer
• Abi Titmuss (born 1976), poker player and glamour model
• Steve Housham (born 1976), footballer and manager
• Danny Butterfield (born 1979), footballer
• Colin Furze (born 1979), inventor and YouTube personality
• Kelly Adams (born 1979), actress
• Dan Haigh (born 1980), musician
• Sheridan Smith (born 1981), actress
• Paul Mayo (born 1981), footballer
• Guy Martin (born 1981), motorcycle racer and television presenter
• Kevin Clifton (born 1982), professional dancer and actor
• Joanne Clifton (born 1983), professional dancer and actress
• Lloyd Griffith (born 1983), comedian, actor, presenter and singer
• Carl Hudson (born 1983), musician
• Ross Edgley (born 1985), extreme adventurer, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author
• Nicola Roberts (born 1985), singer
• Oliver Ryan (born 1985), footballer
• Luke Wright (born 1985), cricketer
• Lee Frecklington (born 1985), footballer
• Kate Haywood (born 1987), swimmer
• Spencer Matthews (born 1988), television personality and entrepreneur
• Jake Quickenden (born 1988), television personality
• Emma Bristow (born 1990), motorcycle racer
• Sam Clucas (born 1990), footballer
• Georgie Twigg (born 1990), hockey player
• Sophie Wells (born 1990), para-equestrian
• Scott Williams (born 1990), darts player
• Thomas Turgoose (born 1992), actor
• Eliza Butterworth (born 1993), actress
• Patrick Bamford (born 1993), footballer
• Jack Harvey (born 1993), racing driver
• Hollie Arnold (born 1994), javelin thrower
• Ella Henderson (born 1996), singer and songwriter
• Holly Humberstone (born 1999), singer and songwriter
• Ellis Chapman (born 2001), footballer
• Ollie Chessum (Born 2000), rugby player
• Will Wand (born 2001), rugby player