List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Dan Snow

First Name Dan
Last Name Snow
Born on December 3, 1978 (age 47)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Daniel Robert Snow is a British popular historian and television presenter.

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Michael Rice

First Name Michael
Last Name Rice
Born on October 25, 1997 (age 28)

Michael Rice is an English singer. He represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Bigger than Us", placing in 26th. Prior to this, he won the first series of BBC One's singing competition All Together Now in 2018, and also appeared in the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014.

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Joe Orton

John Kingsley Orton
First Name Joe
Last Name Orton
Born on January 1, 1933
Died on August 9, 1967 (aged 34)

John Kingsley Orton, known under the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author and diarist. His public career—from 1964 until his death in 1967—was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.

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Juno Dawson

First Name Juno
Last Name Dawson
Born on July 10, 1981 (age 44)

Juno Dawson is a British writer of young adult fiction and non-fiction, including This Book is Gay, Margot & Me, and The Gender Games.

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Dave Allen

First Name Dave
Last Name Allen
Born on April 21, 1992 (age 34)

David Allen is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2012 to 2020. Nicknamed "The White Rhino", Allen is known for his toughness inside the boxing ring and is a two-time Commonwealth heavyweight title challenger. His most notable fight is a third-round knockout win over former WBA (Regular) champion Lucas Browne in 2019.

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Duncan Edwards

First Name Duncan
Last Name Edwards
Born on October 1, 1936
Died on February 21, 1958 (aged 21)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Duncan Edwards was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. One of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster, he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital two weeks later.

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Brad Pickett

First Name Brad
Born on September 24, 1978 (age 47)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist currently signed to Absolute Championship Berkut. He is the former Cage Rage British Featherweight Champion. He competed as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship; Dana White stated that Pickett was one of his favourite fighters to watch. He has also competed for World Extreme Cagefighting and BodogFIGHT, and at the Dynamite!! USA event.

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Liam Livingstone

First Name Liam
Last Name Livingstone
Born on August 4, 1993 (age 32)

Liam Stephen Livingstone is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. Livingstone is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional spin bowler, capable of bowling both right-arm leg and off spin. He made his Twenty20 debut for Lancashire against Leicestershire in May 2015, scoring 15.

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Tom Simpson

First Name Tom
Last Name Simpson
Born on November 30, 1937
Died on July 13, 1967 (aged 29)

Thomas Simpson was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. He won a bronze medal for track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

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Ross Pearson

First Name Ross
Last Name Pearson
Born on September 26, 1984 (age 41)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Ross Pearson is an English mixed martial artist who last competed in 2019. A 26-fight veteran of the UFC, he was a three-time "Fight of the Night" winner and was the lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 9.

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