List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Joan Plowright

First Name Joan
Last Name Plowright
Born on October 28, 1929 (age 96)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, DBE, commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, is a retired English actress whose career has spanned over seven decades. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and two BAFTA Awards. She was the second of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.

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Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond
First Name Richard
Last Name Hammond
Born on December 19, 1969 (age 56)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Richard Mark Hammond is an English television presenter, writer, and journalist. He was best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. In 2016, Hammond began presenting The Grand Tour television series. The show is co-presented with his former Top Gear co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

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Neil Taylor

Neil John Taylor
First Name Neil
Last Name Taylor
Born on February 7, 1989 (age 37)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Neil John Taylor is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Wales national team. A former Manchester City trainee, he began his career with Wrexham in 2007 and moved to Swansea City for an initial £150,000 in 2010, going on to make 179 appearances for the Swans. He joined Aston Villa in January 2017 as part of a swap for Jordan Ayew.

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James Acaster

James William Acaster
First Name James
Last Name Acaster
Born on January 9, 1985 (age 41)

James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire, who now lives in London.

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Phil Jagielka

Philip Nikodem Jagielka
First Name Phil
Born on August 17, 1982 (age 43)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Philip Nikodem Jagielka is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Sheffield United.

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Gerry Adams

First Name Gerry
Last Name Adams
Born on October 6, 1948 (age 77)

Gerard Adams is an Irish republican politician who was the president of Sinn Féin between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth from 2011 to 2020. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) of the British Parliament for the Belfast West constituency.

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Glenn Murray

First Name Glenn
Last Name Murray
Born on September 25, 1983 (age 42)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Glenn Murray is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Watford, on loan from Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Natasha Hamilton

First Name Natasha
Last Name Hamilton
Born on July 17, 1982 (age 43)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Natasha Maria Hamilton is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She is a member of girl group Atomic Kitten. Hamilton has so far released 19 singles and three studio albums with the band including three number one singles, their biggest being the 2001 single "Whole Again". In 2004, Atomic Kitten announced they would be splitting to pursue solo careers; they reformed in 2005 and again in 2008. On 4 March 2012, Hamilton confirmed the trio would reform officially for the first time since 2004 to tour.

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Wiley

Richard Kylea Cowie Jr
Born on January 19, 1979 (age 47)

Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., better known by his stage name Wiley and in his early career Wiley Kat, is a British rapper, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, East London. He is considered a key figure in the creation of grime music and often labelled the "Godfather of Grime". In the early 2000s, he independently released a series of highly influential eskibeat instrumentals on white label vinyl, such as the first in the series "Eskimo" and is known as a grime MC both for his solo work and for material released with his crew Roll Deep.

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Hannah Ware

First Name Hannah
Last Name Ware
Born on December 8, 1982 (age 43)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Hannah Rose Ware is an English actress, best known for her roles as Emma Kane in the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012) and as Sara Hanley in the ABC primetime soap opera Betrayal (2013–2014).

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