List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Zac Goldsmith
Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith of Richmond Park is a British politician and journalist who serves as Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2017 to 2019, previously holding the seat between 2010 and 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he was its candidate at the 2016 London mayoral election, which he lost to Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party. Ideologically characterised as having liberal and libertarian views, Goldsmith is known for his support for environmentalism, localism and Brexit.
Tom Payne
Thomas Payne is an English actor. He is known for appearing on AMC's The Walking Dead as Paul "Jesus" Rovia, and BBC's Waterloo Road as Brett Aspinall. He currently portrays Malcolm Bright on the 2019 American television series Prodigal Son.
Lewis Tan
Lewis Singwah Tan is a British actor, model and martial artist. He is known for his roles as Zhou Cheng in Netflix's Iron Fist, Gaius Chau in the AMC series Into the Badlands, Lu Xin Lee in the Netflix's Wu Assassins and Shatterstar in Deadpool 2 (2018). He is set to star as Cole Young in the upcoming Mortal Kombat film.
Roshonara Choudhry
Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham, was stabbed on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a British former student and an Islamic extremist, in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. Choudhry was the first Al-Qaeda sympathiser to attempt an assassination in Britain.
Ollie Watkins
Oliver George Arthur Watkins is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music.
Ross Barkley
Ross Barkley is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Aston Villa, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea, and the England national team.
Vicky Pattison
Victoria Pattison is an English television and media personality. She is best known for appearing in the MTV shows Geordie Shore from 2011 until 2014, Ex on the Beach in 2014 and 2015 and her own show Judge Geordie in 2015.
Sarah Storey
Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, is a British Paralympic cyclist and former swimmer. She is a multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in both sports, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion. Her total of fourteen gold medals makes her the most successful female British Paralympian of all time.
Ella Balinska
Ella Balinska is an English actress. She is known for starring in the 2019 action comedy film Charlie's Angels, the third film installment within the franchise of the same name.