Pierce Egan (1772–1849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. His popular book Life in London, published in 1821, was adapted into the stage play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London later that year, which became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London during its run at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End.
Tom Cribb was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century. He was All England Champion from 1808-1822.
Thomas Molineaux, sometimes spelled Molyneaux or Molyneux, was an American bare-knuckle boxer and possibly a former slave. He spent much of his career in Great Britain and Ireland, where he had some notable successes. He arrived in England in 1809 and started his fighting career there in 1810. His two fights against Tom Cribb, widely viewed as the Champion of England, brought Molineaux fame even though he lost both contests. The result of the first encounter was hotly contested, with accusations of a fix. The second, losing contest with Cribb, however, was undisputed. His prizefighting career ended in 1815. After a tour that took him to Scotland and Ireland, he died in Galway, Ireland in 1818, aged 34.
John Gully was an English champion prizefighter who became a racehorse owner and, from 1832 to 1837, a Member of Parliament.
Daniel Mendoza was English prizefighting champion from 1792–1795. He was of Sephardic or Portuguese Jewish descent.
John Jackson was a celebrated English pugilist of the late 18th century. He became the bare-knuckle boxing champion of England in 1795, when he defeated Daniel Mendoza.
Jack Randall, nicknamed "The Nonpareil", was an exceptional English bare-knuckle boxer, dominant at his weight class, who fought from 1815 to 1822, and retired undefeated..Colonel Barton was his most frequent patron.
Samuel Elias, better known as Dutch Sam, was a professional boxing pioneer and was active between the years 1801 and 1814. Known as the hardest hitter of his era, he earned the nickname "The Man with the Iron Hand". He was also known as "The Terrible Jew" referencing his Jewish ancestry.
Young Dutch Sam was an English professional bare-knuckle boxer. He was considered a lightweight during his career, but his fighting weight would be comparable to a welterweight in modern parlance. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002.
Tom Johnson was a bare-knuckle fighter who was referred to as the Champion of England between 1784 and 1791. His involvement in pugilistic prizefighting is generally seen to have coincided with a renewed interest in the sport. Although a strong man, his success was largely attributed to his technical abilities and his calm, analytical approach to despatching his opponents. But Johnson was less prudent outside the ring; he was a gambler and considered by many of his acquaintances to be an easy mark. He is thought to have earned more money from the sport than any other fighter until nearly a century later, but much of it was squandered.
Daniel Donnelly was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Pioneers Category in 2008.
Henry "Hen" Pearce was an English bare-knuckle prizefighter who fought under the London Prize Ring rules and was the recognised English Champion from 1804 until his retirement due to ill health in 1807.
Paddington Jones was a British bare-knuckle boxer from 1785 to 1805 who also worked extensively as a second.
James Belcher, also known as Jem Belcher, was an English bare-knuckle prize-fighter and Champion of All England 1800–1805.
Jack "Barty" Bartholomew, (1763–1803) was a bare-knuckle boxer born in Brentford, Middlesex, England.
George Smeeton was an English printer and compiler of biographical collections.
Edward Painter, better known as Ned Painter, was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter. He was born in Stretford, then in Lancashire, and was possibly the son of John and Mary Painter baptised at Stretford Old Chapel(now St Matthews) Stretford on 15 February 1784.
Tom Owen was English bare-knuckle boxer. He was born at Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Abraham Belasco, usually Aby or Abey, was an English bare-knuckle boxer who fought between 1817-24, and was considered one of the top rated Jewish boxers of the post-Mendoza era, along with Isaac Bitton, Young Dutch Sam and Barney Aaron. In his prime in 1817-18, Belasco may have been considered among the five highest rated London area boxers in any weight class.
The Literary Magnet was a British magazine. Started as a weekly magazine in 1824 by Egerton Brydges and his son using the pseudonym Tobias Merton, it went through a number of editors, becoming a monthly magazine towards the end of 1824, was bought by Alaric Alexander Watts in late 1825, and ended under William Charlton Wright in 1828. Its primary emphasis shifted from prose to poetry under Watts, who managed to get contributions from several notable poets of the day.