List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Simon Kassianides
Simon Mario Kassianides is an English actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Martin Offiah
Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013. He scored over 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third highest try scorer of all time, and now features in a statue of great rugby league players outside Wembley Stadium.
Petronella Barker
Petronella Barker is an English actress.
Alexander Ward
Alexander Ward is a British retired tennis player.
Barbara Amiel
Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour, DSS, is a British-Canadian conservative journalist, writer, and socialite. She is married to former media proprietor Conrad Black.
Jeremy Wright
Jeremy Paul Wright is a British lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kenilworth and Southam since 2010. Wright was first elected in 2005 as the MP for Rugby and Kenilworth, a constituency that was abolished at the next general election.
Terry Hall
Terence Edward Hall is an English musician and the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A. Stewart, Bananarama, Lightning Seeds, Sinéad O'Connor, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, D12, Tricky, Junkie XL, Leila Arab, Lily Allen, Shakespears Sister, Salad, and Nouvelle Vague.
Kele Okereke
Rowland Kelechukwu "Kele" Okereke, also known by the mononym Kele, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party.
Fran Healy
Francis "Fran" Healy is a British singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their first six studio albums and their ninth studio album, with the seventh and eight being more of a co-written work. He is based in Los Angeles. Healy released his debut solo album titled Wreckorder in October 2010, which features Paul McCartney on bass.
Albert Quixall
Albert Quixall was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-forward. He joined Sheffield Wednesday as a youth and debuted in their professional side in 1951. He played almost 250 league games for Wednesday and became known as the "Golden Boy", also being capped five times for the England national team. Quixall joined Manchester United in 1958 for a record transfer fee, a signing made by Matt Busby to rebuild his team following the Munich air disaster. Quixall played 184 games for United and was regarded by Bobby Charlton as key to many of his goals in this era. He ended his football career at Oldham Athletic and Stockport County. In retirement he lived in Greater Manchester and ran a scrap metal firm.