List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Lynn Bowles
Lynn Bowles is a British broadcaster and a former traffic reporter for BBC Radio.
Jodie Taylor
Jodie Lee Taylor is an English footballer who most recently played as a striker for Lyon of Division 1 Féminine. She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had brief spells in her home country with Birmingham City, Lincoln Ladies, and Arsenal. A well-traveled player, she has also played in Sweden and the United States.
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown
George Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown is a British diplomat, communications consultant, journalist and former politician serving as president of Open Society Foundations since 2021, having previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations under Kofi Annan from April to December 2006. A former member of the Labour Party, he served as Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations in the Brown government from 2007 to 2009.
Michelle Gayle
Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British singer, songwriter, actress and author. Gayle had success as a soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know". She released two Top 40 albums through RCA Records but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle has recorded other albums, they have not been released.
Samuel Kane
Samuel Kane is an English actor, singer, and talent agent.
Trisha Goddard
Patricia Gloria Goddard is a British television presenter, actress and host best known for her morning talk show Trisha, which was broadcast on a mid-morning slot on ITV before later being moved to Channel 5. She has been based in the U.S. since 2010, when she started working on Maury as a conflict resolution expert. She hosted a U.S. version of her own talk show, named The Trisha Goddard Show, from 2012 until it was cancelled in 2014.
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend is an English guitarist, singer and composer. He is co-founder, leader, principal songwriter, guitarist and secondary lead vocalist of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
Ben Collins
Ben Lievesley Collins is a racing driver from Bristol, England. He has competed in motor racing since 1994 in many categories, from Formula Three and Indy Lights to sportscars, GT racing and stock cars.
Jenny Hanley
Jenny Hanley is an English actress. She remains best known for being one of the presenters of the ITV children's magazine programme Magpie.
Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer. She is the daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Rajan, and the half-sister of Norah Jones.