Editing Lancaster, Lancashire (section)

===Science and humanities===
*[[J. L. Austin]] (1911–1960) – philosopher and developer of the theory of [[speech acts]], was born in Lancaster.
*[[John Ambrose Fleming]] (1849–1945) – electrical engineer and physicist, was born in Lancaster.
*[[Edward Frankland]] (1825–1899) – chemist who originated the concept of valence, was born near Lancaster and educated at LRGS.
*[[Jaroslav Krejčí (sociologist)|Jaroslav Krejčí]] (1916–2014) – Czech-British sociologist, was a professor at the [[University of Lancaster]] and died in Lancaster.
*[[Geoffrey Leech]] (1936–2014) – linguistics researcher, was a professor at the University of Lancaster and died in Lancaster.
*[[Richard Owen]] (1804–1892) – biologist who coined the term "dinosaur", lived in Brock Street.
*[[William Turner (anatomist)|William Turner]] (1832–1916) – anatomist and academic, was born in Lancaster.
*[[Paul Wellings]] (born 1953) – ecologist, served as a professor and Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University.
*[[Emily Williamson]] (1855–1936), English philanthropist and co-founder of the RSPB, was born in Lancaster.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57651905 |title=RSPB's Emily Williamson: The woman who saved a million birds |last=Hirst |first=Lauren |date=1 July 2021 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122110835/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57651905 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Gavin Wood]] (born 1980) – co-founded and headed [[Ethereum]].