List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Aeone Victoria Watson, best known as her mononym Aeone, is a British musician and singer-songwriter, who now lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her music has been classified as new age, folk or world music. She has released four albums, one of which was an internet only release. She now works extensively in film and TV and has over 60 movie trailers to her credit. Early in her career, as Vikki, she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Love Is..." which came in fourth place.

David Bone Nightingale Jack was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 521 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembley – in the 1923 FA Cup Final – and was capped nine times for England. After retiring as a player, he managed Southend United, Middlesbrough and Shelbourne.

Erhun Aksel Oztumer is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adana Demirspor.

Barry Graham Purkis, more commonly known as Thunderstick, is an English drummer who wore various masks and used to perform on-stage closed in a cage. He was in the cult-band Samson, with whom his name is most associated.

Imaani Saleem is an English singer, best known for representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Where Are You". The song placed second in the contest, and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Pinch was the drummer in punk band the Damned from 1999 to 2019. He was a founding member of the English Dogs.

Eric Mowbray Knight was an English novelist and screenwriter, who is mainly known for his 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home, which introduced the fictional collie Lassie. He took American citizenship in 1942 shortly before his death.

Philip Harper (1966) is a British-born sake brewer in Japan. He is the first immigrant to have earned the title tōji or master sake brewer. He has worked for a variety of sake breweries since 1991. His hope is to broaden the market of Japanese sake - bringing its taste to other parts of Asia, Europe, and North America - and to revive sake as the national, cultural drink of Japan. Harper is the author of two books on sake: The Insider's Guide to Sake, and The Book of Sake: A Connoisseurs Guide. He is also featured in a chapter of Michael Booth's 2009 travel book Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking.

Bernard Sumner is a British musician, songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and record producer. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division and New Order.