List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Drake Maverick

First Name Drake
Last Name Maverick
Born on January 30, 1983 (age 43)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

James Michael Curtin is a British professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on NXT under the ring name Drake Maverick. He is best known for his tenure in Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Rockstar Spud.

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Rhian Brewster

Rhian Joel Brewster
First Name Rhian
Born on April 1, 2000 (age 26)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Rhian Joel Brewster is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Sheffield United and the England national under-21 team. In 2017, he was part of the England squad which won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India and was awarded the Golden Boot award for ending as the competition's leading goalscorer.

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Chuka Umunna

First Name Chuka
Born on October 17, 1978 (age 47)

Chuka Harrison Umunna is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He left Labour in February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group, later Change UK, along with six other MPs. Later in 2019, he left Change UK and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 general election, he was unsuccessful in being re-elected as an MP and left the House of Commons.

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Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Harry Clarke
First Name Kenneth
Born on July 2, 1940 (age 85)

Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham,, often known as Ken Clarke, is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019 and was Father of the House of Commons between 2017 and 2019. The President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997, he identifies with economically and socially liberal views.

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Adam Curtis

First Name Adam
Last Name Curtis
Born on May 26, 1955 (age 71)

Kevin Adam Curtis is an English documentary filmmaker. His work explores areas of sociology, psychology, philosophy and political history. Curtis describes his favourite theme as "power and how it works in society", and he has called himself "fundamentally a historian". His films have won four BAFTAs. He has worked for the BBC throughout his career.

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James Purefoy

James Brian Mark Purefoy
First Name James
Last Name Purefoy
Born on June 3, 1964 (age 62)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor. He played Marc Antony in the HBO series Rome, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, and Solomon Kane in the film of the same name. In February 2018 he starred as Laurens Bancroft in Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series.

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Poppy Drayton

First Name Poppy
Last Name Drayton
Born on June 7, 1991 (age 35)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Poppy Gabriella Drayton is a British actress. She is known for playing Elizabeth Thatcher in the feature-length Hallmark Channel television pilot of When Calls the Heart, for playing Amberle Elessedil in the MTV fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles, and for playing Abigael in the second season of The CW fantasy drama television series Charmed.

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Jenny Powell

First Name Jenny
Last Name Powell
Born on April 8, 1968 (age 58)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Jennifer Powell is an English television presenter. After appearing on No Limits, she went on to present series such as Wheel of Fortune, UP2U, Gimme 5, Live Talk, Wordplay and Daybreak.

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Alex Beresford

First Name Alex
Last Name Beresford
Born on November 28, 1980 (age 45)

Alexander Isaac Beresford is an English television presenter employed by ITV.

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Oliver Dowden

First Name Oliver
Last Name Dowden
Born on August 1, 1978 (age 47)

Oliver James Dowden, is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.

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