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Jankel Adler

1895-1949
Painter, printmaker and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 2 portraits

Kurt Adler

1902-1958
German chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John à Lasco

1499-1560
Evangelical reformer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ira Aldridge

1807-1867
Actor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

1891-1969
Field Marshal
Sitter in 47 portraits

(Benjamin Baruch ('Bert')) Ambrose

1896-1971
Violinist and bandleader
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wladyslaw Anders

1892-1970
Polish army general and politician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Dietrich Ernst Andreae

circa 1680-1734
Artist
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Antoine (Antoni Cierplikowski)

1884-1976
Hairdresser
Sitter in 3 portraits

Bronis Arnowska

Actress and operetta singer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia

1858-1921
Consort of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia
Sitter in 11 portraits

John Avery

1807-1855
Surgeon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Balthus

1910-2001
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Józef Beck

1894-1944
Foreign Minister; Diplomat and Military Officer
Sitter in 6 portraits

David Ben-Gurion

1886-1973
First Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Bernard) Boris Bennett

1900-1985
Portrait photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Stanislawa Bevan (née de Karlowska)

1876-1952
Painter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Stanley Black (Solomon Schwartz)

1913-2002
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jakob Böhme (Behmen)

1575-1624
Mystic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Max Born

1882-1970
German physicist; Nobel prize winner
Sitter in 6 portraits

Joseph Boruwlaski

1739-1837
Travelling performer and memoirist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz

1951-
Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council; Vice-Chancellor University of Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Fredda Brilliant (Mrs Herbert Marshall)

1903-1999
Sculptor; daughter of Mordechai Brilliant; wife of Herbert Marshall
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Brimelow

1915-1995
Ambassador
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jacob Bronowski

1908-1974
Mathematician, poet and humanist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Chan Canasta (né Chananel Mifelew)

1920-1999
Pioneer of mental magic
Sitter in 2 portraits

Catherine II, Empress of Russia

1729-1796
Known as 'The Great', reigned 1762-96
Sitter in 5 portraits

Erik Charell

1894-1974
Theatre and film director, dancer and actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1726-1801
German artist
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 2 portraits

Frederic Chopin

1810-1849
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Cinquevalli

1859-1918
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Johan Frederick Clemens

1749-1831
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Sir George Lisle Clutton

1909-1970
Ambassador to the Philippines and Poland
Sitter in 5 portraits

Philipp Clüver

1580-1623
German geographer and historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joseph Conrad

1857-1924
Novelist
Sitter in 23 portraits

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473-1543
Polish astronomer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Craven (née Berkeley), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth

1750-1828
Dramatist; author; traveller
Sitter in 5 portraits

Dame Rachel Eleanor Crowdy

1884-1964
Social reformer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Marie Curie

1867-1934
Physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize winner
Sitter in 2 portraits

Wanda Dembinska (née Raczynska)

1933-2016
School patron; wife of Ryszard Dembinski; daughter of Count Edward Bernard Raczynski
Sitter in 5 portraits