List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Jessica Raine
Jessica Raine is an English actress. She is known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife.
Derren Brown
Derren Brown is an English mentalist, illusionist, painter, and author. Since his television debut with Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000, Brown has produced several other shows for the stage and television in both series and specials. His 2006 stage show Something Wicked This Way Comes and his 2012 show Svengali won him two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment. He made his Broadway debut with his 2019 stage show Secret. He has also written books for magicians as well as the general public.
Martin Gore
Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, musician, singer, record producer, and DJ. He is one of the founding members of the electronic rock band Depeche Mode and is its primary songwriter. Gore is the band's guitarist and keyboardist, contributes backing vocals, and occasionally provides lead vocals. Gore possesses a tenor singing voice which contrasts with Dave Gahan's dramatic baritone and is also known for his flamboyant and (sometimes) androgynous stage persona. Gore has also released several solo albums and collaborated with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke as part of VCMG.
Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, Hon. FSLL is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She is the only woman to have served as Speaker. She is one of the two living former Speakers of the House of Commons. She sits, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
Kate Williams
Kate Williams is an English actress. She has appeared in TV programmes such as Love Thy Neighbour, A Sharp Intake of Breath and Birds of a Feather. Between 2006 and 2010, she appeared in EastEnders as Liz Turner.
Sam Eggington
Sam Eggington is a British professional boxer. He held the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles from 2015 to 2016, and the European welterweight title in 2017.
Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady is a British tennis player.
Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Usman Nawaz is a British activist and radio presenter. He is the founding chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists, and the host of a radio show on LBC, every Saturday and Sunday.
Jimmy Phillips
James Neil Phillips is a former professional football player whose last role was as Academy Director at Bolton Wanderers after spending a number of years as youth team coach. In his playing career he turned out for a number of clubs, including Bolton, Middlesbrough, Oxford United and Rangers. Whilst at Bolton he played in the 1995 Football League Cup Final.
Stewart Castledine
Stewart Castledine is an English former professional footballer.