List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009. Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Josh Warrington
Josh Warrington is an English professional boxer who held the IBF featherweight title from 2018 to January 2021. At regional level, he held the British, Commonwealth, European and WBC International featherweight titles between 2013 and 2017. He made history in 2018 with his win over Lee Selby, making him the first male boxer from Leeds to win a major world title. As of November 2020, he is ranked as the world's best active featherweight by The Ring, second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and best by BoxRec.
Toby Kebbell
Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbell is an English film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes (2004), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Warcraft (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Ben-Hur (2016), and Gold (2016). He is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You". He also starred in the second film of the MonsterVerse film series, Kong: Skull Island, which was released in March 2017, and the Apple TV+ series Servant in 2019.
Roger Deakins
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors like the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve on their films. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinematographers and to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, and has had fifteen nominations and two wins for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His best-known works include The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, A Beautiful Mind, Skyfall, Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917, the last two of which earned him the Academy Awards.
Joe Willock
Joseph George Willock is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal.
Robert Green
Robert Paul Green is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Premier League and Football League and for the England national team.
John Sewel, Baron Sewel
John Buttifant Sewel, Baron Sewel, CBE, is a British politician, life peer, and former academic. He was the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, its deputy speaker. He is also a former senior vice principal of the University of Aberdeen and former parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
Alfie Boe
Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe OBE is an English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Hardeep Singh Kohli is a Scottish presenter of Sikh heritage who has appeared on various radio and television programmes.
Louis Smith
Louis Antoine Smith, MBE is a retired British artistic gymnast.