List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn, FRSL is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. His novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. He has also written philosophical works, such as The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe (2006).
Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere, styled The Honourable Hugh George Cholmondeley from birth until 1979, is a British peer. He is a well-known figure in the evolution and development of post-colonial Kenya. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He owns the vast Soysambu Ranch in Kenya.
Sean Michael Flynn
Diana Rowden
Diana Hope Rowden served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Rowden was a member of SOE's Acrobat circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested by the Gestapo. She was subsequently executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.
Álvaro Fernández-Villaverde Silva
Susie Boyt
Susie Boyt is a British novelist.
Alison Owen
Alison Mary Owen is an English film producer.
Bella Freud
Isobel Lucia Freud, better known as Bella Freud, is a London-based fashion designer.
Patrick Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone
Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone TD DL, was a family Land Agent on the Isle of Wight and a British Liberal Party politician.
Michael Grade
Michael Ian Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth, is an English television executive and businessman. He has held a number of senior roles in television, including controller of BBC1 (1984–1986), chief executive of Channel 4 (1988–1997), chairman of the BBC (2004–2006), and executive chairman of ITV plc (2007–2009). Since 2011, he has been a Conservative Party life peer in the House of Lords.