List of Famous people born in England, United Kingdom

Lenny Henry

Lenworth George Henry
First Name Lenny
Last Name Henry
Born on August 29, 1958 (age 67)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Sir Lenworth George Henry , known as Lenny Henry, is a British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter, known for co-founding the charity Comic Relief, and appearing in TV programmes including children's entertainment show Tiswas, sitcom Chef! and The Magicians for BBC One. He was formerly married to Dawn French. He is currently the Chancellor of Birmingham City University and is acting in the production of the Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings.

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Lee Westwood

First Name Lee
Last Name Westwood
Born on April 24, 1973 (age 53)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Lee John Westwood is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Westwood has also won tournaments in four decades, the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Westwood was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2020 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 and 2020 Race to Dubai. Westwood has frequently been mentioned as one of the best golfers without a major championship victory, despite several near misses including three runner-up finishes.

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Tim Berners-Lee

Timothy John Berners-Lee
First Name Tim
Last Name Berners-Lee
Born on June 8, 1955 (age 70)

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He is a Professorial Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Berners-Lee proposed an information management system on 12 March 1989, then implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet in mid-November.

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Lerone Murphy

First Name Lerone
Born on July 22, 1991 (age 34)

Lerone Murphy is an English mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Henry Woolf

First Name Henry
Last Name Woolf
Born on January 20, 1930
Died on November 11, 2021 (aged 91)

Henry Woolf, is a British actor, theatre director and teacher of acting, drama and theatre who lives in Canada. He was a longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, having stimulated Pinter to write his first play, The Room (1957), in 1956. Woolf served as a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1997 and as artistic director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan from 1991 until 2001.

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Trent Alexander Arnold

Trent John Alexander-Arnold
First Name Trent
Last Name Arnold
Born on October 7, 1998 (age 27)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Trent John Alexander-Arnold is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team.

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Gemma Atkinson

First Name Gemma
Last Name Atkinson
Born on November 16, 1984 (age 41)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, radio presenter and former glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter on Hollyoaks (2001–2005) and on three spin-off series, Hollyoaks: After Hours (2004), Hollyoaks: Let Loose (2005) and Hollyoaks: In the City (2006), Tamzin Bayle on Casualty and Carly Hope on Emmerdale (2015–2017). She current presents the drive time slot across the Hits Radio Network.

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Carol Vorderman

First Name Carol
Last Name Vorderman
Born on December 24, 1960 (age 65)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Carol Jean Vorderman, MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational and diet books, and hosting the annual Pride of Britain awards.

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Sam Worthington

Samuel Henry John Worthington
First Name Sam
Last Name Worthington
Born on August 2, 1976 (age 49)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Samuel Henry John Worthington is an English-born Australian actor and writer. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in the Avatar film series, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, and Perseus in Clash of the Titans as well as its sequel Wrath of the Titans. He then transitioned to more dramatic roles, appearing in Everest (2015), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Shack (2017), Manhunt: Unabomber (2017), and Fractured (2019). He also voiced the protagonist, Captain Alex Mason, in the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012) and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018).

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Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham

First Name Nigel

Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

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