List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Matthew Oakley is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Oakley was most recently the assistant manager of League One club Milton Keynes Dons alongside manager Paul Tisdale.

David James Wheater is an English professional footballer who plays for League Two club Oldham Athletic as a defender. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.

Jody Alan Cundy OBE is an English cyclist and former swimmer. He has represented Great Britain at six Summer Paralympics winning seven gold medals across swimming and cycling events. He has also competed in multiple World Championships, winning 22 medals.

Andrew Edward Coulson is an English journalist and political strategist.

Yewande "Andi" Osho is a British stand-up comedian, actress and television presenter.

Laurie Penny is an English journalist, columnist and author. They have contributed articles to publications including The Guardian, Time Magazine, BuzzFeed News, The New York Times, Vice, Salon, The Nation, The New Inquiry, Wired, and Medium, are a contributing editor at the New Statesman, and have written several books on feminism. They have also written for American television shows including The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Nevers.

Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones, Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in Ripper Street, Firebrace in Birdsong, Jesus Christ in The Passion and Odysseus in Troy: Fall of a City.

Oliver Westfield Claffey, better known by the ring name Jack Gallagher, is an English professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT and 205 Live brands, mostly under the ring name "Gentleman" Jack Gallagher. Claffey has faced multiple allegations of sexual assault; he was released by WWE in June 2020, owing to a 2014 assault that was made public as part of the Speaking Out movement.

Alex Jennings is an English actor of the stage and screen, who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. For his stage work on the London stage, Jennings has received three Olivier Awards, winning for Too Clever by Half (1988), Peer Gynt (1996), and My Fair Lady (2003). He is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical and comedy categories.

Sandie Shaw, MBE is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three UK number one singles with "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1964), "Long Live Love" (1965) and "Puppet on a String" (1967). With "Puppet on a String", she became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK top 40, for the first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song "Hand in Glove". Shaw announced her retirement from the music industry in 2013.