List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Norman Wanstall
Norman Wanstall is a British sound editor who did the sound editing for a few of the early James Bond films. He won the first Oscar for a James Bond film at the 1964 Academy Awards. He won in the category of Best Sound Editing for the film Goldfinger.
Stephen Duffy
Stephen Anthony James Duffy is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was a founding member, vocalist, bassist and then drummer of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother Nick. He has also co-written with Robbie Williams and Steven Page.
Ed McKeever
Edward Daniel McKeever MBE is a British kayak athlete. He is a former European, World and Olympic champion.
Maria Catalano
Maria Catalano is a female English snooker player. In the 2007 season she won the British Open and the Connie Gough National Championship. In December 2002, she was ranked number four in the world. She was ranked world number one for the 2013–14 season. In 2016 she described her ambition to win the Women's World Snooker Championship, to date she has been runner-up five times, the most recently in 2018.
John Sawers
Sir Robert John Sawers is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Iain Canning
Iain Canning is an English film producer best known for producing The King's Speech (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture, and the BAFTA awards for Best Film and Best British Film. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Lion (2016).
Vera Day
Vera Day is an English film and television actress.
Miles Reid
Miles Anthony Reid FRS is a mathematician who works in algebraic geometry.
Pete Bellotte
Peter John Bellotte is an English songwriter, record producer and author, most noted for his work in the 1970s with Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer.
Jay Simpson
Jay-Alistaire Frederick Simpson is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger.