List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Finnegan Oldfield
Finnegan Oldfield is a French-English actor. He was born in Paris. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.
Josie Long
Josie Long is a British comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17.
Julia Somerville
Julia Mary Fownes Somerville, Lady Dixon, is an English television news reader and reporter who has worked for the BBC and ITN.
Tricky
Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, better known by his stage name Tricky, is an English record producer, rapper and actor. Born and raised in Bristol, he began his career as an early collaborator and guest rapper/producer and also best known as founding member of the band Massive Attack alongside Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall & Andrew Vowles. He embarked on a solo career with his debut album, Maxinquaye, in 1995. The release won Tricky popular acclaim and marked the beginning of a lengthy collaborative partnership with vocalist Martina Topley-Bird. He released four more studio albums before the end of the decade, including Pre-Millennium Tension and the pseudonymous Nearly God, both in 1996. He has gone on to release nine studio albums since 2000, most recently Fall to Pieces (2020). In 2016, he joined Massive Attack a few times on stage for the first time in two decades, while continuing his solo career.
Ivan Rogers
Sir Mark Ivan Rogers is a former senior British civil servant, who was the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 4 November 2013 until his resignation on 3 January 2017.
Moe Sbihi
Mohamed Karim Sbihi is a British rower. He is a dual Olympian and twice Olympic medal winner. He won a gold medal in the coxless four at 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2012 London Olympics he was in the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight.
Jonah Hauer-King
Jonah Andre Hauer-King is an English-American actor. He was born and raised in London, and is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. Hauer-King has starred in the films The Last Photograph (2017) and A Dog's Way Home (2019), and appeared in the television miniseries Howards End (2017) and Little Women (2017). Hauer-King also starred and has a main role in the BBC TV drama series World on Fire which aired in 2019 and has recently been commissioned for a second series.
Leon Taylor
Leon Taylor is a British former competitive diver. During his diving career he won medals at all major international events including a silver at the Athens Olympics. Following his retirement from competition, Taylor transitioned to a portfolio of projects. He now speaks about mental wellness, supports the SportsAid charity, teaches yoga and mental wellness, works for an executive performance business and commentates for the BBC.
Amelia Gentleman
Amelia Sophie Gentleman is a British journalist. She is a reporter for The Guardian.
Craig Dawson
Craig Dawson is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club West Ham United, on loan from Watford. He has previously played for Radcliffe Borough, Bolton Wanderers, Rochdale and West Bromwich Albion.