List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Dido

Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
Born on December 25, 1971 (age 54)

Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known professionally as Dido, is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999). Hit singles from the album include "Here with Me" and "Thank You". It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won her several awards, including two Brit Awards: Best British Female and Best British Album, and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act. The first verse of "Thank You" is sampled in "Stan", a collaboration with Eminem. Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". In 2004, Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

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Charlie Austin

Charles Austin
First Name Charlie
Last Name Austin
Born on July 5, 1989 (age 36)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Charles Austin is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Queens Park Rangers on loan from West Bromwich Albion.

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Martin Bayfield

First Name Martin
Last Name Bayfield
Born on December 21, 1966 (age 59)
Height 208 cm | 6'10

Martin Christopher Bayfield is an English actor, broadcaster, and former rugby union player who played lock forward for Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues and England, gaining 31 England and 3 Lions caps.

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David Davis

First Name David
Last Name Davis
Born on December 23, 1948 (age 77)

David Michael Davis PCMP is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July 2016 to July 2018 and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden since 1997. He was previously elected to the House of Commons for Boothferry in 1987, and reelected in 1992. Davis was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1997 New Year Honours, having previously been Minister of State for Europe from 1994 to 1997.

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Nicola Walker

First Name Nicola
Last Name Walker
Born on May 15, 1970 (age 56)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Nicola Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.

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James DeGale

First Name James
Last Name DeGale
Born on February 3, 1986 (age 40)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

James Frederick DeGale, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019. He held the IBF super-middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2018, and regionally the European and British super-middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012.

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Emma Slater

First Name Emma
Born on December 25, 1988 (age 37)

Emma Slater is an English-American professional dancer and choreographer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars.

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John McDonnell

First Name John
Last Name McDonnell
Born on September 8, 1951 (age 74)

John Martin McDonnell is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997.

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Malcolm Gladwell

First Name Malcolm
Last Name Gladwell
Born on September 3, 1963 (age 62)

Malcolm Timothy Gladwell is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published six books: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000); Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005); Outliers: The Story of Success (2008); What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), a collection of his journalism; David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (2013); and Talking To Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know (2019). His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller list. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries.

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Jon Snow

First Name Jon
Last Name Snow
Born on September 28, 1947 (age 78)

Jonathan George Snow HonFRIBA is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known as the longest-running presenter of Channel 4 News, which he has presented since 1989. Although Channel 4's news programming is produced by ITN, Snow is employed directly by the broadcaster.

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