Sir John Everett Millais

Millais was born in Southampton in 1829.
Famous as an artist his works included the Gambler's Wife [1869] The Boyhood of Raleigh [1870], Cherry Ripe [1879] and Bubbles [1886] was famously used by Pears Soap for many years as an advertisement.

  
    Cherry Ripe [1879]                   Bubbles [1886]

He became the co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement.
On his death in 1896 he was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.