List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
David Ajala
David Ajala is an English actor. He portrays Manchester Black in Supergirl and Captain Roy Eris in Nightflyers. In October 2020, he joined the regular cast of season three of Star Trek: Discovery.
Beth Orton
Elizabeth Caroline Orton is an English singer-songwriter, known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall, Red Snapper and the Chemical Brothers in the mid-1990s. Her UK/US first solo album, Trailer Park, received much critical acclaim in 1996. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the BRIT Award-winning album Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album, Daybreaker. Her 2006 album, Comfort of Strangers, was followed by a break during which Orton gave birth to her daughter and collaborated with the British guitarist Bert Jansch. Orton returned with Sugaring Season in 2012, which moved towards a purer acoustic sound, followed by a return to electronic music with Kidsticks, released in 2016.
Jovan Adepo
Jovan Adepo is a British-American actor. He is known for his role as Cory Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences (2016), and he also starred in the 2018 film Overlord and as Lionel Jefferson in CBS' All in the Family/The Jeffersons special. Adepo was featured in the series When They See Us, the second season of Jack Ryan, and the Facebook series Sorry for Your Loss. He plays Michael Murphy in the HBO series The Leftovers and in 2019 appeared in Watchmen as Hooded Justice. For the latter, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He is also playing as Larry Underwood in an miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.
Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas C. Frost, known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film, and television actor.
Preeya Kalidas
Preeya Kalidas is a British singer, actress, and radio presenter on BBC Asian Network. She previously played Amira Masood in the soap opera EastEnders. Having done so, she returned to her career in singing, with her single "Shimmy" being released in July 2010 taken from her proposed debut album (I'm Over It) Constant Craving. Sales of the single were poor and release of the album was shelved.
Zoe Hardman
Zoe Kristi Hardman is a British television presenter and actress. She first appeared on TV in Channel 4's reality game show Playing It Straight in 2005.
Elliot Knight
Elliot Knight is a British actor, best known for his role as the title character in the British television series Sinbad. He portrayed Merlin on the ABC fantasy television series Once Upon a Time, Wes Charles on The CW series, Life Sentence and Ward Phillips in Color Out of Space (2020).
Matthew Marsden
Matthew David Marsden is an English actor, producer, singer and former model. He has appeared in films such as Helen of Troy, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Tamara, Resident Evil: Extinction, Rambo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Atlas Shrugged.
Jodi Albert
Jodi Mary Albert is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, and as a member of short-lived British girl group Girl Thing and Irish girl group Wonderland. In December 2013, it was announced that Girl Thing would be reuniting for the second series of The Big Reunion.
Declan McKenna
Declan Benedict McKenna is an English singer, songwriter, music producer, LGBTQ+ rights advocate, and political activist. He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015. McKenna self-released the song "Brazil", a protest song criticising FIFA and the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, as his debut single in December 2014. The song reached number one on Sirius XM Radio's Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown for 23 January 2016 and held that spot for three weeks. The song also reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs chart. He released his debut studio album, What Do You Think About the Car?, on 21 July 2017. McKenna released his second studio album, Zeros, on September 4, 2020, after multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.