List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Chris Huhne

First Name Chris
Last Name Huhne
Born on July 2, 1954 (age 72)

Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, known as Chris Huhne, is a British energy and climate change consultant and former journalist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013 and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010 to 2012. From September 2013 to August 2014 he wrote a weekly column for The Guardian.

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John Battle

First Name John
Last Name Battle
Born on April 26, 1951 (age 75)

John Dominic Battle, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010.

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Paul Ryder

First Name Paul
Last Name Ryder
Born on November 24, 1964 (age 61)

Paul Anthony Ryder is the English bass player and a founding member of the Manchester band Happy Mondays.

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Henry Jackman

First Name Henry
Last Name Jackman
Born on July 30, 1974 (age 52)

Henry Pryce Jackman is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He composed music for films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Puss in Boots, Monsters vs. Aliens, Captain Phillips, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Big Hero 6, and The Interview, as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0.

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Mary Rand

First Name Mary
Last Name Rand
Born on February 10, 1940 (age 86)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Mary Denise Rand, MBE is an English former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.

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James McKernan

First Name James
Last Name McKernan
Born on March 19, 1964 (age 62)

James McKernan, FRS is a mathematician, and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. He was a professor at MIT from 2007 until 2013.

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Sally-Anne Stapleford

First Name Sally-Anne
Born on July 7, 1945 (age 81)
Height 162 cm | 5'4

Sally-Anne Martine Stapleford OBE is a British former figure skater and a figure skating administrator, referee and judge. She is the 1965 European silver medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics and at the 1968 Winter Olympics, placing 11th both times.

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C. T. C. Wall

First Name C.
Last Name Wall
Born on December 14, 1936 (age 89)

Charles Terence Clegg "Terry" Wall is a British mathematician, educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is an emeritus professor of the University of Liverpool, where he was first appointed professor in 1965. From 1978 to 1980 he was the president of the London Mathematical Society.

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Howard Goodall

First Name Howard
Last Name Goodall
Born on May 26, 1958 (age 68)

Howard Lindsay Goodall is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programmes for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 2008, he was named as a presenter and Composer-in-Residence with the UK radio channel Classic FM. In May 2009, he was named "Composer of the Year" at the Classic BRIT Awards.

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Chris Adcock

First Name Chris
Last Name Adcock
Born on April 27, 1989 (age 37)

Chris Adcock is an English internationally elite badminton player. Adcock is currently sponsored by Yonex and YC Sports and plays for the University of Nottingham-based NBL team. He entered the National team in 2006, and later won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the 2007 European Junior Championships. He was a World Championships medalists winning a silver in 2011 with Imogen Bankier and a bronze in 2017 with Gabby Adcock. Together with Gabby, he also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships, and then claimed the gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and 2018; and at the European Championships in 2017 and 2018.

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