List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Shana Swash

First Name Shana
Born on July 28, 1990 (age 36)

Shana Frances Swash is an English actress, and the sister of actor and television presenter Joe Swash. She is best known for playing Demi Miller in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 2004–2006.

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Steve Hackett

Stephen Richard Hackett
First Name Steve
Last Name Hackett
Born on February 12, 1950 (age 76)

Stephen Richard Hackett is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.

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Ian Stewart

First Name Ian
Last Name Stewart
Born on September 24, 1945 (age 81)

Ian Nicholas Stewart is an English mathematician and a popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England.

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John Douglas Thompson

First Name John
Last Name Thompson
Born on January 1, 1964 (age 62)

John Douglas Thompson is an English-American actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award.

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Charlie Sheringham

First Name Charlie
Last Name Sheringham
Born on April 17, 1988 (age 38)

Charles Edward William Sheringham is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dartford. He is the son of former England forward Teddy Sheringham.

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John Frieda

First Name John
Last Name Frieda
Born on July 9, 1951 (age 75)

John Frieda is a British celebrity hairstylist and founder of hair salon and hair product businesses. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by Kao Corporation, Japan.

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Roy M. Anderson

First Name Roy
Last Name Anderson
Born on April 12, 1947 (age 79)

Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson is a leading international authority on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases. He is the author, with Robert May, of the most highly cited book in this field, entitled Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control. His early work was on the population ecology of infectious agents before focusing on the epidemiology and control of human infections. His published research includes studies of the major viral, bacterial and parasitic infections of humans, wildlife and livestock. This has included major studies on HIV, SARS, foot and mouth disease, bovine tuberculosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, influenza A, antibiotic resistant bacteria, the neglected tropical diseases and most recently Covid-19. Anderson is the author of over 650 peer-reviewed scientific articles with an h citation index of 125.

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Brian Ashton

First Name Brian
Last Name Ashton
Born on September 3, 1946 (age 80)

William Brian Ashton MBE is an English rugby union coach and former player. He has been head coach of the England and Ireland national teams.

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Phil Manzanera

Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams
First Name Phil
Born on January 31, 1951 (age 75)

Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, 801, and Quiet Sun. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On an Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America. He wrote and presented a series of 14 one-hour radio programmes for station Planet Rock entitled The A-Z of Great Guitarists.

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Francis Lister

First Name Francis
Last Name Lister
Born on April 2, 1899
Died on October 28, 1951 (aged 52)

Francis Lister was a British actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and Margot Grahame (1934-36).

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