List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Jo Whiley
Johanne Morton Whiley is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running weekday later weekend Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1. She now currently presents her weekday evening Radio 2 show.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992–2005). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs. Brown (1997) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Claudie Blakley
Claudie Blakley is an English actress. Blakley trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series Lark Rise to Candleford.
Jack Osbourne
Jack Joseph Osbourne is an English media personality with dual American and British citizenship. As the son of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, he starred on MTV's reality series The Osbournes (2002–2005), along with his father, mother Sharon, and sister Kelly. Osbourne has since pursued a career as a fitness and travel reporter, presenting shows such as Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie (2005–2009) and BBC's Saving Planet Earth (2007). He was diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in 2012. In 2016, he and his father Ozzy travelled the world in the History Channel reality series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour.
Adil Rashid
Adil Usman Rashid is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England as a leg spinner. Rashid was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Billy Monger
Billy Monger is a British racing driver who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 2017. He is also referred to by the nickname "Billy Whizz". In April 2017, he was critically injured after being involved in a collision at Donington Park that caused both of his legs to be amputated, one below the knee and one above the knee. Until that, he was heavily involved in kart racing all over the UK and the Channel Islands and then a successful Ginetta Junior racer.
Lucy Bronze
Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for English club Manchester City and the England national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, and Olympique Lyonnais as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels at college level in the United States. Bronze has won three UEFA Women's Champions League titles with Olympique Lyonnais as well as three FA Women's Super League titles with Liverpool and Manchester City.
Anthony Crolla
Anthony Crolla is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2019. He held the WBA lightweight title from 2015 to 2016, and challenged once for the unified WBA and WBO lightweight titles in 2019. At regional level, he held the British lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, and challenged once for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title in 2013.
Neil Connery
Neil Niren Connery is a Scottish former actor and the younger brother of actor Sean Connery.
Nick Mohammed
Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer, best known for voicing Piglet in the live-action film Christopher Robin.