List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Francis Ogilvy

First Name Francis
Last Name Ogilvy
Born on November 30, 1902
Died on March 16, 1964 (aged 61)
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Andrew-Lee Potts

First Name Andrew-Lee
Born on October 29, 1979 (age 47)

Andrew-Lee Potts is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role as the quirky Connor Temple on ITV's British science fiction programme Primeval and Space's Canadian spinoff Primeval: New World. He also starred as the Hatter on the SyFy mini-series Alice and was a series regular on the long-running programme Ideal. Since 2006, Potts has written and directed short films through his production house, Keychain Productions. In 2008, he directed a documentary about the filming of Primeval called Through the Anomaly.

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Sylvia Syms

First Name Sylvia
Last Name Syms
Born on January 6, 1934 (age 92)

Sylvia May Laura Syms, is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), and The Tamarind Seed (1974). In 2006 she portrayed the role of The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie The Queen, about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the few days after that, leading up to the funeral. She remains active in films, television and theatre.

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Peter Murphy

Peter John Joseph Murphy
First Name Peter
Last Name Murphy
Born on July 11, 1957 (age 69)

Peter John Joseph Murphy is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the vocalist of the goth rock band Bauhaus and later went on to release a number of solo albums, including Love Hysteria, Deep, and Holy Smoke. Thin with prominent cheekbones, a baritone voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, he is often called the "Godfather of Goth".

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James Scott Douglas

First Name James
Last Name Douglas
Born on October 24, 1930
Died on July 16, 1969 (aged 38)

James Louis Fitzroy Scott Douglas was a British racing driver, as well as a Baronet.

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David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk

First Name David
Last Name Northesk
Born on September 24, 1901
Died on November 7, 1963 (aged 62)

David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk was elected a Scottish representative peer. He was also a skeleton competitor who won a bronze medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

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Sally Potter

First Name Sally
Last Name Potter
Born on September 19, 1949 (age 77)

Charlotte Sally Potter is an English film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing Orlando (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.

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Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

First Name Alastair
Born on August 9, 1914
Died on April 26, 1943 (aged 28)

Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family. He was the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his father and her great-great-grandson through his mother.

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Lewis Clive

First Name Lewis
Last Name Clive
Born on September 8, 1910
Died on August 2, 1938 (aged 27)

Lewis Clive was a British rower who won a gold medal in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He volunteered to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in action.

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Josephine Barstow

First Name Josephine
Last Name Barstow
Born on September 27, 1940 (age 86)

Dame Josephine Clare Barstow, is an English opera singer and soprano.

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