List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Gavin William James Esler is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight, from January 2003 until January 2014, and presenter of BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. Since 2014 he has served as the Chancellor of the University of Kent. On 11 March 2017, Esler confirmed via his Twitter profile that he would be leaving the BBC at the end of the month to concentrate on his writing activities. He returned to the BBC later that year as host of Talking Books.

Douglas Hodge is an English actor, director, and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Hodge is a council member of the National Youth Theatre for which, in 1989, he co-wrote Pacha Mama's Blessing about the Amazon rain forests staged at the Almeida Theatre.

Nathan Cleverly is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2017. He is a two-time light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2011 to 2013, and the WBA (Regular) title from 2016 to 2017. Additionally he held multiple regional light-heavyweight championships, including the European, British, and Commonwealth titles between 2008 and 2010.

James Michael Edward Ward-Prowse is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Southampton and the England national team.

Emily Beecham is an American-English actress. She is best known for her role in the Coen Brothers film Hail, Caesar!, the AMC television series Into the Badlands, and the title role in the 2017 film Daphne. In 2019, she starred in the film Little Joe, for which she received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Jordan Luke Rhodes is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Sheffield Wednesday and the Scottish national team.

Luke Newton is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Luke Attwood on the BBC Two drama The Cut and Ben Evans on the Disney Channel series The Lodge. In 2020, Newton began portraying the role of Colin Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton.

Samuel Alexander Joseph West is an English actor, theatre director and voice actor. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about the Second World War.

Hugh William Skinner is an English actor.

Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author and poet who has written 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He has also been a TV presenter and a political columnist.