List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Peter Shilton
Peter Leslie Shilton is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for the England men's team than anyone else, earning 125 caps, and holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football – 1,390. The IFFHS ranked Shilton among the top ten goalkeepers of the 20th century in 2000.
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer and songwriter. He is known for his work as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1981, and is renowned for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo is an English television and film actress and singer.
Steve Easterbrook
Stephen James Easterbrook is a British business executive. From March 2015 to November 2019, he was president and chief executive of McDonald's, the American fast food company.
Helen Skelton
Helen Elizabeth Skelton is an English television presenter and actress. She co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a presenter on Countryfile. She also co-presented two series of the BBC One programme Holiday Hit Squad alongside Angela Rippon and Joe Crowley.
Rhianna Pratchett
Rhianna Pratchett is an English video game writer and journalist. She has worked on Heavenly Sword (2007), Overlord (2007), Mirror's Edge (2008), and Tomb Raider (2013) and its follow up, Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015), among others. She is the daughter of fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett.
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the TV series Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Dracula. Together with Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson, he is a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen. He played Tycho Nestoris in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Danny Boyle
Daniel Francis Boyle is an English film, television, and stage director and producer.
Noah Jupe
Noah Jupe is a British actor. He has appeared in the television series The Night Manager (2016), the dark comedy film Suburbicon (2017), the drama film Wonder (2017), the horror film A Quiet Place (2018), the sports/drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), the comedy Holmes and Watson (2018), and the drama film Honey Boy (2019), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
Laura Kenny
Laura Rebecca Kenny, is an English track and road cyclist who specialises in the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race and madison disciplines.