List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Steve Howe
Stephen James Howe is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to learn the instrument himself at age 12. He embarked on a music career in 1964, first playing in several London-based blues, covers, and psychedelic rock bands for six years, including the Syndicats, Tomorrow, and Bodast.
Paul Mason
Paul Mason is a British commentator and radio personality. He was Culture and Digital Editor of Channel 4 News, becoming the programme's Economics Editor on 1 June 2014, a post he formerly held on BBC Two's Newsnight programme. He is the author of several books, and a visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton.
Casey Stoney
Casey Jean Stoney is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of WSL club Manchester United. A versatile defender, she was capped more than 100 times for the England women's national football team since making her debut in 2000. After being a non-playing squad member at UEFA Women's Euro 2005, she was an integral part of the England teams which reached the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final and the quarter finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2007 and 2011. In 2012, Stoney succeeded Faye White as the England captain and also became captain of the newly formed Team GB squad for the 2012 London Olympics. She ended her playing career at Liverpool Ladies. She was appointed as the first head coach of the newly-formed Manchester United Women on 8 June 2018.
David Hunt
David Charles Hunt is an English organised crime boss linked to violence, fraud, prostitution and money laundering. He heads a gang dubbed The Hunt Syndicate, which has been described as being an extensive criminal empire that has so far evaded significant penetration from law enforcement. Hunt is known in gangland circles as Long Fella due to his height of 6 ft 5 inches.. In a confidential police report from the early 2000s which was later leaked online, Hunt's gang was said to include family members and the father of a well known reality TV star.
Colin Greenwood
Colin Charles Greenwood is an English musician and the bassist for the alternative rock band Radiohead. Along with his younger brother, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Greenwood attended Abingdon School in Abingdon, England, where he met the future band members. Radiohead have since achieved critical acclaim and have sold over 30 million albums. Along with bass guitar, Greenwood plays upright bass and electronic instruments.
Guy Burnet
Guy Burnet is a British theatre, film and television actor. In recent years Burnet also completed a number of roles in feature films and on the New York stage as well as small writing roles. As of 2019 he has a recurring role on the television series Counterpart, Ray Donovan, The Affair and the lead role on the Amazon Studios series The Feed.
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth also known as "h", is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1989 he has been the lead singer of the British rock band Marillion, for which he also performs additional keyboards and guitar. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with the Europeans and vocalist with How We Live. AllMusic has described Hogarth as having a "unique, expressive voice" with "flexible range and beautiful phrasing".
Clara Amfo
Clara Amfo is a British radio and television presenter and voice-over artist. She currently presents the mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1, which she took over from Fearne Cotton on 25 May 2015. In 2020, she competed in the eighteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Semi Ajayi
Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and the Nigeria national football team.
Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis OBE is an English actor, voice actor and producer of radio drama. After a varied career in film and television, he has become particularly noted for his voice acting for radio and audiobooks.