List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Dave
David Orobosa Omoregie, known professionally as Dave or Santan Dave, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Dave has gained acclaim for his socially conscious lyricism and wordplay, and is among the most recognised British rappers.
Hilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was Shadow Foreign Secretary from May 2015 to June 2016. In October 2016, he was elected as the inaugural Chairman of the new Exiting the European Union Select Committee.
Ryan Sessegnon
Kouassi Ryan Sessegnon is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for German Bundesliga club Hoffenheim on loan from Tottenham Hotspur and the England under-21 national team.
James Bowen
James Anthony Bowen is an English author based in London. His memoirs A Street Cat Named Bob, The World According to Bob and A Gift from Bob, were international best-sellers. A film based on the first two books was released in 2016 and a sequel was released in 2020. Bowen now dedicates his time to helping numerous charities that involve homelessness, literacy, and animal welfare.
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has also worked in radio broadcasting. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE is a Welsh football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Premier League club Southampton.
Eddie Nketiah
Edward Keddar Nketiah is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Arsenal, and the England national under-21 team.
Alfred Enoch
Alfred Lewis Enoch is an English-Brazilian actor, best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series and Wes Gibbins on the ABC legal drama television series How to Get Away with Murder.
Zak Crawley
Zak Crawley is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in Bromley in south-east London and was educated at New Beacon School and Tonbridge School.
Skepta
Joseph Junior Adenuga, known professionally as Skepta, is a British rapper, songwriter and record producer from Tottenham, North London. Skepta, alongside his younger brother Jme, joined Roll Deep for a short period of time before becoming founding members of Boy Better Know in 2005.