List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Tony Christie
Anthony Fitzgerald, known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", a double UK chart success. He lived for many years in Sheffield.
Richard Desmond
Richard Clive Desmond is a British publisher, businessman and former pornographer. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, which primarily operates in the businesses of property development, The Health Lottery and start-up ventures, but previously published a variety of pornographic titles and of celebrity magazines ; and owned Britain's Channel 5 and the pornographic television network, Portland, which it sold in April 2016 for less than £1m. Desmond is also a former owner of Express Newspapers, which was sold to Reach plc for £200m, of which £74m was invested in the Express newspapers pension scheme until 2027. According to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 70th richest person in the United Kingdom with a £2 billion fortune. In 2020, Desmond was involved in controversy after pressuring the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick to overrule the Planning Inspectorate and approve a housing development for Desmond's company. The timing of the decision saved the company £40 million but was later overturned.
Mark Dolan
Mark Dolan is an English comedian, writer and television and radio presenter.
Dan Smith
Daniel Campbell Smith is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead singer, primary songwriter and founder of the British rock band Bastille. The band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song "Pompeii" was released with their album Bad Blood. The band then released their second album, Wild World in September 2016. In June 2019, the band released their third album Doom Days.
Nathaniel Wood
Nathaniel Wood is an English mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2012, he formerly competed for Cage Warriors, where he was the Bantamweight Champion.
Jonathan Michie
Jonathan Michie is a British economist and holds the joint post of Director of the Department for Continuing Education, and President of Kellogg College, University of Oxford, where he is Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange. Michie is the son of the biologist Dame Anne McLaren and computer scientist Donald Michie.
Kevin Muscat
Kevin Vincent Muscat is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden. As a player, he represented the Australia national team at international level winning 46 caps and scoring 10 goals between 1994 and 2006.
Alison Hammond
Alison Hammond is an English television personality, presenter and actress. In 2002, she competed in the third series of Big Brother, and was the second housemate to be evicted. She has since become a presenter and reporter on ITV's This Morning, and has acted in various British television series including Doctors and The Dumping Ground.
Danny Ward
Daniel Carl Ward is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Bianca Williams
Bianca Williams is a British athlete. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won bronze medals in the 200 m, and in the 4 × 100 m relay. She has also won two medals as part of the British team at the IAAF World Relays; with silver in the 4 × 200 m in 2014, and bronze in the 4 × 100 m in 2015. She ranks fifth on the UK all-time list at 200m with her best of 22.58 secs.