List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

John McVie

John Graham McVie
First Name John
Last Name McVie
Born on November 26, 1945 (age 80)

John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist, best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name. He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, replacing temporary bass guitarist Bob Brunning. McVie and Fleetwood are the only two members of the group to appear on every Fleetwood Mac release, and for over fifty years have been the group's last remaining original members.

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Mat Osman

First Name Mat
Last Name Osman
Born on October 9, 1967 (age 58)

Mathew David "Mat" Osman is an English musician, best known as the bassist in the rock band Suede. He studied at the London School of Economics where in 1989, he was awarded a BSc in Economics. Osman and singer Brett Anderson are the only remaining founding members left in Suede.

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Philip Davies

Philip Karl Antonio Davies
First Name Philip
Last Name Davies
Born on January 5, 1972 (age 54)

Philip Andrew Davies is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire.

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James Buckley

First Name James
Last Name Buckley
Born on August 14, 1987 (age 38)

James Patrick Buckley is an English stand-up comedian, actor, musician and streamer. He is best known for playing Jay Cartwright in the BAFTA-winning E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.

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Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mary Thompson
First Name Hilary
Born on July 6, 1952
Died on September 22, 2022 (aged 70)

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, is an English writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories.

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Alan Miller

Alan John Miller
First Name Alan
Last Name Miller
Born on March 29, 1970
Died on June 3, 2021 (aged 51)

Alan John Miller was an English professional footballer. Playing as a goalkeeper, Miller played for Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers.

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John Simpson

First Name John
Last Name Simpson
Born on August 9, 1944 (age 81)
Born in United Kingdom

John Cody Fidler-Simpson is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life at the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was editor of Granta magazine.

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Ricky Norwood

First Name Ricky
Last Name Norwood
Born on April 26, 1983 (age 43)

Richard Colin Norwood is a British actor who played Fatboy in the soap opera EastEnders and its online spin-off EastEnders: E20. Ricky appeared on Celebrity Big Brother 18 in 2016, finishing as runner-up behind Ex on the Beach star Stephen Bear.

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Elyes Gabel

First Name Elyes
Born on May 8, 1983 (age 42)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Elyes Cherif Gabel is an English actor. Among his most notable roles, he has portrayed Dr. Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty, starred in the CBS series Scorpion as computer genius Walter O'Brien, Dothraki Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones, and P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. He appeared in the ITV drama Identity, and portrayed Detective Adam Lucas in Season 3 of Body of Proof.

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Glen Durrant

First Name Glen
Last Name Durrant
Born on November 24, 1970 (age 55)

Glen Durrant, nicknamed "Duzza", is an English professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is the current Premier League champion. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively from 2017 to 2019. He is also a two-time World Masters and three-time Finder Darts Masters champion.

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