List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Mark Rylance

First Name Mark
Last Name Rylance
Born on January 18, 1960 (age 66)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing in 1994 and Jerusalem in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008 and Jerusalem in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for Twelfth Night in 2014. He received Best Actor nominations for Richard III in 2014 and Farinelli and the King in 2017. He is one of only eight actors to have won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play twice while his nominations for Richard III and Twelfth Night in 2014 make him one of only six performers to be nominated in two acting categories in the same year.

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Geeta Basra

First Name Geeta
Born on March 13, 1984 (age 42)

Geeta Basra is a British actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh.

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Sarah Millican

First Name Sarah
Last Name Millican
Born on May 29, 1975 (age 51)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Sarah Jane Millican is an English comedian. Millican won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and in the same year married fellow comedian Gary Delaney. Her first book, How to Be Champion, was released in 2017, and Millican has performed on various tours mainly throughout the United Kingdom over the years.

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Danny Rose

Daniel Lee Rose
First Name Danny
Born on July 2, 1990 (age 35)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Daniel Lee Rose is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.

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Tom Hollander

First Name Tom
Last Name Hollander
Born on August 25, 1967 (age 58)
Height 164 cm | 5'5

Thomas Anthony Hollander is an English actor. He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He is known for his role in About Time, and in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean and In the Loop and drama films such as Enigma, Pride & Prejudice, Gosford Park, and Hanna, additionally portraying George V in The Lost Prince and The King's Man. He co-wrote and played the lead role in the sitcom Rev., which won the British Academy Television Award for best sitcom in 2011. He also played the lead in the ITV's Doctor Thorne and won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Major Lance "Corky" Corkoran in the BBC series The Night Manager.

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Steve Allen

First Name Steve
Last Name Allen
Born on March 17, 1954 (age 72)

Stephen Allen is an English radio presenter. He hosts the early morning breakfast show on LBC.

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Danny Willett

First Name Danny
Born on October 3, 1987 (age 38)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Daniel John Willett is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In April 2016, he won his first major championship at the 2016 Masters Tournament, becoming only the second Englishman to achieve the feat and the first European in 17 years to win at Augusta National.

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KSI

Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji

Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, better known as KSI, is an English YouTuber, internet personality, musician, rapper and boxer. In 2019, he was ranked second by The Sunday Times in its list of the top 100 UK influencers. He is part of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen.

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Emma Bunton

Emma Lee Bunton
First Name Emma
Born on January 21, 1976 (age 50)
Height 155 cm | 5'1

Emma Lee Bunton is an English singer, songwriter, media personality, and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time.

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Lawrence Okolie

First Name Lawrence
Last Name Okolie
Born on December 16, 1992 (age 33)

Lawrence Okolie is a British professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, and the British and European cruiserweight titles separately in 2019. Okolie is known for his long reach and punching power. As of October 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active cruiserweight by The Ring magazine and ninth by BoxRec.

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