- Sir Isaac Newton: Buried in 1727 near the quire screen
- Charles Darwin: Located in the scientists' corner
- Stephen Hawking: Ashes interred in 2018
- Ernest Rutherford: Renowned physicist
- Charles Dickens: Famous novelist
- Laurence Olivier: Renowned actor
- George Frideric Handel: Composer
- David Livingstone: Explorer
- Aphra Behn: One of the first English women to earn a living from writing
- William Wilberforce: Politician and abolitionist
The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.
10 Famous People Buried in Westminster Abbey
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