List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Samia Longchambon
Samia Maxine Longchambon is an English actress. She has played the role of Maria Connor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000.
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder from 1982 to 2007.
Alexandra Roach
Alexandra Elizabeth Roach is a Welsh actress.
Jack Laugher
Jack David Laugher is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears and later Daniel Goodfellow. Laugher and Mears became Britain's first diving Olympic champions by winning a gold medal in the men's synchronised 3m springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, an achievement many had expected double world 10m champion Tom Daley would achieve first. A week later, Laugher won a silver in the men's individual 3m springboard at the same Games, becoming the first British diver to win multiple Olympic diving medals at the same Games.
James McClean
James Joseph McClean is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Steven Fletcher
Steven Kenneth Fletcher is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Stoke City and the Scotland national team.
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was previously the vocalist of rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances.
Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett is a British broadcaster and journalist. She has been the main presenter of Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 since January 2021 and is one of the regular presenters on BBC Two's Newsnight.
Ryan Kent
Ryan Kent is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
Jack Aitken
Jack Aitken is a British-Korean racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Campos Racing. Born in London to a Scottish father and Korean mother, Aitken began his career in karting at Buckmore Park, aged 7. He made the transition to cars when he competed in the Intersteps Championship with Fortec Motorsport, with whom he then went on to race with in the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series, Formula Renault NEC and Formula Renault Eurocup. After winning the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2015, Aitken was signed up for the Renault young driver academy, with which he remained until 2019. After competing in the GP3 Series in 2016 and 2017 he progressed to Formula 2 for 2018. He is also the reserve driver for the Williams Formula One team, for whom he raced at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, replacing George Russell, who, in turn, replaced Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for the event.