List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Maximilian Sciandri is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the BMC Racing Team as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola team in the 1990s. Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas. In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the Movistar Team as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.

Rufus Norris is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre.

Matthew Chee Hung Tong is a British musician from Bournemouth, England. He is best known as the drummer of Bloc Party from 2002 to 2013 and has been the drummer for Algiers since 2015.

Simon Crane is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director.

John Wilkinson English was a British film editor and film director. He is most famous for the film serials he co-directed with William Witney for Republic Pictures such as Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.

Elliott Lester is a British film and television director best known for directing the film Blitz. He made his directing debut in 2006 with Love Is the Drug, and his latest film, Aftermath, was released on 4 April 2017.

Peter Hewitt is an English film director and writer.

Philip James Voss was a British stage, radio, film and television actor.

John Alexander is a British director of television drama who grew up in the East Durham Coal Field and joined the BBC as a post graduate trainee. He produced a number of documentaries before directing drama. His works include Quirke, The 7.39, Sense and Sensibility, Small Island, and Exile.