List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Adrian Johnston
Adrian Johnston is an English musician and composer for film and television, who resides in London and Samois-sur-Seine.
Billy Williams
Billy Williams OBE, BSC is a British cinematographer.
John Bond
Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond is the chairman of Swiss mining company Xstrata. Previously he retired as chairman of HSBC Holdings plc on 26 May 2006, after spending 45 years with the bank.
Simon Templeman
Simon Templeman, also known as Simon Templeton and S. A. Templeman, is an English actor known for his roles as Kain in the video game series Legacy of Kain, as Loghain Mac Tir in the Dragon Age series, and as Jacob Danik, the main antagonist in the video game Dead Space 3. He was a series regular on The Neighbors, an ABC sitcom.
Minette Walters
Minette Walters is an English crime writer.
Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi
Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Leyla Harding in ITV soap Emmerdale.
Jason Bonham
Jason John Bonham is an English drummer. He is the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham and Patricia "Pat" Bonham. After his father's death in September 1980, he played with Led Zeppelin on occasions, including the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London in 2007.
Gérard d’Erlanger
Baron Gerard John Regis Leo d'Erlanger (1906–1962) was a merchant banker in London and aviation enthusiast.
David Lodge
David John Lodge CBE is an English author and literary critic. A professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham until 1987, he is known for novels that satirise academic life, notably the "Campus Trilogy" – Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984) and Nice Work (1988). The second two were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Another theme is Roman Catholicism, beginning from his first published novel The Picturegoers (1960). Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. Since retiring, he has continued to publish literary criticism, which often draws on his experience as a recipient novelist and scriptwriter.
Matt Derbyshire
Matthew Anthony Derbyshire is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macarthur. He played for Blackburn Rovers for five years, and had loan spells with Plymouth Argyle, Wrexham and Olympiacos, before joining the latter club on a permanent basis in 2009. He played for Birmingham City on loan for the 2010–11 season. He won 14 caps for the England under-21 side.