William Blake wrote some of the best known poetry in the English language, and was a graphic artist of great talent, producing drawings, paintings and engravings.

John Owen (1616- 1683)

John Owen was a leading Independent minister in his day.

He was a man of exceptional learning and a passion for defending the Christian faith. He rose to the position of  Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. When the monarchy was restored, Owen's views meant that he was removed from his deanery at Christ Church, Oxford. For the rest of his life, his preaching was outside the Church of England, much of it at the Mark Lane Independent Chapel in London.

Susanna Wesley (1669-1742)

Bunhill Fields is literally just across the road from the home of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and there is now a Wesleyan Chapel and Museum alongside.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, is himself buried in the chapel.

Daniel Defoe (1661-1731).

Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe, adopting the "de" in middle age because of the impression it created. Though primarily remembered as a writer - for Robinson Crusoe in particular - Daniel followed a quite varied career, at various times being a soldier, a clothing salesman, a tile-maker and even a government secret agent.

John Bunyan (1628 -1688).

Bunyan's monument is possibly the most elaborate in Bunhill Fields, carrying not only an effigy of the man himself, but also bas-reliefs of scenes inspired by his great Christian allegory, The Pilgrim's Progress.

However  the effigy was only added to the tomb in 1862 while the tomb was being restored. The Earl of Shaftesbury was in charge of that project, and the money for the work was raised by public subscription.

Isaac Watts (1674 -1748)

Isaac Watts was one of the most prolific hymn writers in the English language as well as being one of  the first. Before Watts's time, people sang psalms in churches rather than hymns, and many of Watts's hymns are paraphrases of one or more psalms.