List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Steph McGovern

Stephanie Rose McGovern
First Name Steph
Born on May 31, 1982 (age 43)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Stephanie Rose McGovern is a British journalist and television presenter. She currently hosts Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4. She worked for the BBC as the main business presenter for BBC Breakfast, often co-hosting the entire programme.

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Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond

First Name Brenda
Born on January 31, 1945 (age 81)

Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2017 until her retirement in 2020, and serves as a member of the House of Lords as a Lord Temporal.

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David Irving

David John Cawdell Irving
First Name David
Last Name Irving
Born on March 24, 1938 (age 88)

David John Cawdell Irving is an English author and Holocaust denier who has written on the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany. His works include The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987) and Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996). In his works, he argued that Adolf Hitler did not know of the extermination of Jews, or, if he did, he opposed it. Though Irving's negationist claims and views of German war crimes in World War II were never taken seriously by mainstream historians, he was once recognised for his knowledge of Nazi Germany and his ability to unearth new historical documents.

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Daisy Haggard

Celia Daisy Morna Haggard
First Name Daisy
Born on March 22, 1978 (age 48)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Celia Daisy Morna Haggard is a British actress and writer. She is known for her roles in the BBC sitcoms Uncle and Episodes. Haggard also stars in BBC Three’s critically-acclaimed comedy-drama, Back to Life, which she also created and co-wrote with Laura Solon. In 2020, she appeared alongside Martin Freeman as Ally in the FX series Breeders.

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Adam Pearson

First Name Adam
Last Name Pearson
Born on November 30, 1983 (age 42)

Adam Pearson is a British actor, presenter and campaigner. He appeared in the 2013 film Under the Skin. He has neurofibromatosis and has been involved in outreach programmes to prevent bullying associated with deformities.

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Anne-Marie Duff

First Name Anne-Marie
Born on October 8, 1970 (age 55)

Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also won numerous awards for her television and film work.

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Martine McCutcheon

First Name Martine
Last Name McCutcheon
Born on May 14, 1976 (age 49)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon is an English singer, television personality and actress. She began appearing in television commercials at an early age and made her television debut in the children's television drama Bluebirds in 1989. In the early 1990s, she had minor success as one third of the pop group Milan, but it was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in the BBC's soap opera EastEnders and her role in the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually that brought her stardom. For the former she won the National Television Award, while the latter earned her the Empire and MTV Movie awards. She was written out of EastEnders at the end of 1998 and then embarked on a pop career, this time as a solo artist.

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Alex Pettyfer

Alexander Richard Pettyfer
First Name Alex
Last Name Pettyfer
Born on April 10, 1990 (age 36)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Alexander Richard Pettyfer is a British actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role.

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Peter Capaldi

Peter Dougan Capaldi
First Name Peter
Last Name Capaldi
Born on April 14, 1958 (age 68)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, filmmaker and singer. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005–2012), for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role of Tucker in the feature film In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

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Caroline Quentin

First Name Caroline
Last Name Quentin
Born on July 11, 1960 (age 65)
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Caroline Quentin is an English actress, broadcaster and television presenter. Quentin became known for her television appearances: portraying Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly (1992–1998), Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek (1997–2000), and DCI Janine Lewis in Blue Murder (2003–2009).

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