List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Oli Stone
Oliver Peter Stone is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and England. Stone is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk and was educated at Thorpe St Andrew School in the city. He made his international debut for England in October 2018.
Tim Flowers
Timothy David Flowers is an English former football player and current manager of Barnet.
Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles is an English actor, presenter, comedian, author, poet and DJ. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera Coronation Street. He presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars from 1998 to 2004, and narrated the comedy endurance show Takeshi's Castle. As a DJ, he appears on BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.
Jimmy Napes
James Napier, known professionally as Jimmy Napes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello Awards. Napes is best known for his work with Sam Smith, Disclosure, Clean Bandit ‚ Stormzy ("Crown") and Taylor Swift. Napes also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Jess Glynne, Khalid, Normani, Kano, Dave, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, James Bay and more.
Jon Anderson
John Roy Anderson, known professionally as Jon Anderson, is an English-American singer and songwriter best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. He was a member of the band across three tenures until 2008. Anderson was also a member of Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.
Michael Sams
Michael Benneman Sams is an English kidnapper, extortionist and murderer. He kidnapped Julie Dart in July 1991 and later murdered her after she tried to escape. He subsequently kidnapped Stephanie Slater in January 1992, eventually releasing her after payment of a ransom. According to Slater, she was raped during her imprisonment, but Sams has denied this.
Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Amy Williams
Amy Joy Williams, is a British former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medallist. Originally a runner, she began training in skeleton in 2002 after trying the sport on a push-start track at the University of Bath. Although unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was a member of the Great Britain team four years later at the 2010 Games. She won a gold medal, becoming the first British individual gold medallist at a Winter Olympics for 30 years and the only British medallist in those Olympics.
Reuben Singh
Reuben Singh is a British entrepreneur and CEO of contact center company alldayPA and private equity firm Isher Capital. He rose to prominence in the mid-1990s for his Miss Attitude retail chain. He has held many public appointments and was invited by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair to serve on a government advisory panel on small businesses and on the Competitiveness Council. He served on the seven-man government task force which was asked to review and then report on the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport. He was appointed to the DTIs Competitiveness Council and the Small Business Council by the government and is known as the "British Bill Gates". He is also an advocate for the National Living Wage.
Leon Clarke
Leon Marvin Clarke is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Shrewsbury Town.