List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Sally Thomsett
Sally Thomsett is an English actress who starred as Phyllis in the film The Railway Children (1970) and played Jo in the TV sitcom Man About the House (1973–1976). She also appeared as Janice in the film Straw Dogs (1971).
Alex Polizzi
Alessandra Maria Luigia Anna Polizzi di Sorrentino, better known as Alex Polizzi, is an English hotelier, businesswoman, and television personality. Since 2008, she has appeared on the television show The Hotel Inspector on Channel 5, in which she is the central figure.
Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, DBE, commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, is a retired English actress whose career has spanned over seven decades. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and two BAFTA Awards. She was the second of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond is an English television presenter, writer, and journalist. He was best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. In 2016, Hammond began presenting The Grand Tour television series. The show is co-presented with his former Top Gear co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
James Acaster
James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire, who now lives in London.
Phil Jagielka
Philip Nikodem Jagielka is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Sheffield United.
Glenn Murray
Glenn Murray is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Watford, on loan from Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
Natasha Hamilton
Natasha Maria Hamilton is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She is a member of girl group Atomic Kitten. Hamilton has so far released 19 singles and three studio albums with the band including three number one singles, their biggest being the 2001 single "Whole Again". In 2004, Atomic Kitten announced they would be splitting to pursue solo careers; they reformed in 2005 and again in 2008. On 4 March 2012, Hamilton confirmed the trio would reform officially for the first time since 2004 to tour.
Wiley
Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., better known by his stage name Wiley and in his early career Wiley Kat, is a British rapper, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, East London. He is considered a key figure in the creation of grime music and often labelled the "Godfather of Grime". In the early 2000s, he independently released a series of highly influential eskibeat instrumentals on white label vinyl, such as the first in the series "Eskimo" and is known as a grime MC both for his solo work and for material released with his crew Roll Deep.
Hannah Ware
Hannah Rose Ware is an English actress, best known for her roles as Emma Kane in the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012) and as Sara Hanley in the ABC primetime soap opera Betrayal (2013–2014).