List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom
Alexander Albon
Alexander Albon Ansusinha is a British-Thai racing driver set to race in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Liam Lawson. He is also the current reserve and development driver for Red Bull Racing in Formula One having raced for the team from the middle of the 2019 season to the end of the 2020 season. Albon had previously raced in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso throughout the first half of 2019, before being promoted to Red Bull. He was replaced as a race driver by Sergio Pérez at Red Bull for the 2021 season and was subsequently demoted to his current role.
Carol Thatcher
Carol Jane Thatcher is an English journalist, author and media personality. She is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and Denis Thatcher.
Martin Kemp
Martin John Kemp is an English actor, musician and director, known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in EastEnders.
Phil Taylor
Philip Douglas Taylor is an English former professional darts player. Nicknamed The Power, he dominated darts for over two decades and won 214 professional tournaments, including a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. In 2015, the BBC rated Taylor among the ten greatest British sportsmen of the last 35 years. He is the richest and most successful darts player in history.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson is an English heptathlete. She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and broke the British record with a score of 6,981 points, which ranks her at No. 6 on the all-time heptathlon lists. She also holds the British record of 5,000 points for the women's pentathlon and won gold in that event at the 2015 and 2019 European Indoor Championships, as well as the 2018 World Indoor Championships. In the long jump, she was the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2014 World Indoor silver medalist. She also holds the British high jump records with 1.98 m outdoors (2016) and 1.97 m indoors (2015).
Jerome Flynn
Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier, Fireman Kenny 'Rambo' Baines in the pilot of London's Burning, Bronn in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and Bennet Drake in Ripper Street.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger. A product of the Middlesbrough youth academy, he came to prominence after making his debut aged 17 in a UEFA Cup match. He made 120 appearances for Middlesbrough, also spending time on loan at Leeds United and Watford.
Michelle Dockery
Michelle Suzanne Dockery is an English actress. She is best known for her leading performance as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Slash
Saul Hudson, better known as Slash, is an English-American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in rock history.
Katie McGlynn
Katie McGlynn is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jodie "Scout" Allen in Waterloo Road (2011–2013) and Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street (2013–2020).