List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Guz Khan
Ghulam Khan, better known as Guz Khan and occasionally Guzzy Bear, is a Pakistani-British comedian and actor best known for his work in TV show Man Like Mobeen and stand up appearances in Live at the Apollo.
Sean Bean
Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997.
Scarlett Byrne
Scarlett Hannah Hefner is an English actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter series, as Lexi in the TV series Falling Skies, and also as Nora Hildegard in the TV series The Vampire Diaries. Byrne appeared in the Marvel television series Runaways.
Charles Ingram
Charles William Ingram is a former British Army major who gained infamy for his appearance on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In episodes recorded in September 2001, Ingram correctly answered fifteen questions to win the show's maximum prize of £1 million, but was denied the winnings due to suspicion of cheating. Following a lengthy trial at Southwark Crown Court, Ingram was convicted on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception. He was subsequently convicted of an unrelated offence involving insurance fraud in 2003, and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the Army Board.
Tommy Steele
Sir Thomas Hicks,, known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with "Singing the Blues" in 1957, and The Tommy Steele Story was the first album by a UK act to reach number one in his native country.
Zara Tindall
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall is a member of the British royal family. She is an equestrian, an Olympian, and the second child and only daughter of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips. She is the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; she is currently 18th in line.
Michael Fagan
Michael Fagan is a British man who entered the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
Joe Root
Joseph Edward Root is an English international cricketer who is the current captain of England in Test cricket. He also represents Yorkshire domestically. As of August 2020 he is ranked in the top ten in both Test and ODI batting in the ICC Player Rankings. Root was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer is an English actress. Her first major recognition was for her role as Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors (2007–08), for which she was nominated for two Gemini Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Drama Series. Her stage debut was at the Young Vic in 2010 in the play Sweet Nothings. She portrayed the Duchess of York in Madonna's film W.E. (2011) and Private Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
Rachel Riley
Rachel Annabelle Riley is a British television presenter and mathematician. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. A mathematics graduate, her television debut came when she joined Countdown aged 22. With an interest in popularising mathematics and the sciences, she has since co-presented The Gadget Show on Channel 5 (2013–14) and It's Not Rocket Science on ITV (2016). She was also a contestant on the BBC celebrity dance show Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.