List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

John Holmes

First Name John
Last Name Holmes
Born on April 29, 1951 (age 75)

Sir John Holmes is a British former diplomat who is the current Chairman of the Electoral Commission.

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Matthew Brammeier

First Name Matthew
Last Name Brammeier
Born on June 7, 1985 (age 41)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Matthew Martin "Matt" Brammeier is a former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for British Cycling. He won five titles at the Irish National Cycling Championships, winning the road race four times and the time trial once.

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Jonathan Mestel

First Name Jonathan
Last Name Mestel
Born on March 13, 1957 (age 69)

Andrew Jonathan Mestel is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London. He worked on magnetohydrodynamics and biological fluid dynamics. He obtained his PhD with the thesis "Magnetic Levitation of Liquid Metals" at University of Cambridge.

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Julian Nott

First Name Julian
Last Name Nott
Born on August 23, 1960 (age 66)

Julian Franklin Keith Nott is a British film composer, mostly of animated films. He is known for his work on the Wallace and Gromit films and Peppa Pig animations.

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Nick Laird-Clowes

Nicholas William Laird-Clowes
First Name Nick
Last Name Laird-Clowes
Born on February 5, 1957 (age 69)

Nick Laird-Clowes is a musician and composer, best-known as the lead singer and one of the principal songwriters for the band The Dream Academy. He co-wrote songs including "Life in a Northern Town", "The Love Parade", "The Edge of Forever", "This World", "Indian Summer", "Power to Believe" and "12/8 Angel".

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Paul Chowdhry

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry
First Name Paul
Last Name Chowdhry
Born on August 21, 1974 (age 52)

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry, better known as Paul Chowdhry, is a British comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. He was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats and Comedy World Cup. In December 2012, he was one of the acts on an episode of Live at the Apollo. In 2016, he was one of the contestants of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

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Monty Norman

First Name Monty
Last Name Norman
Born on April 4, 1928 (age 98)

Monty Norman is an English singer and film composer best known for composing the "James Bond Theme".

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Zoë Heller

First Name Zoë
Last Name Heller
Born on July 7, 1965 (age 61)

Zoë Kate Hinde Heller is an English journalist and novelist long resident in New York City. She has published three novels, Everything You Know (1999), Notes on a Scandal (2003), and The Believers (2008). Notes on a Scandal was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and was adapted for a feature film in 2006.

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Helen Troke

First Name Helen
Last Name Troke
Born on November 7, 1964 (age 62)
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Helen Troke MBE, is a retired female badminton player of England.

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Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

Angela Evans Smith
First Name Angela
Last Name Basildon
Born on January 7, 1959 (age 67)

Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 general election, when she stood for the revised seat of South Basildon and East Thurrock. She shortly thereafter became a member of the House of Lords.

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