List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Kay Burley
Kay Burley is an English broadcaster and writer. She is currently a presenter on Sky News and hosts Kay Burley @Breakfast on the channel. Burley has also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television and TV-am.
John Prescott
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East from 1970 to 2010. He was seen as the political link to the working class in a Labour Party increasingly led by modernising, middle-class professionals such as Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson and developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often stormy relationship between Blair and Gordon Brown.
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover is a British bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the bassist for hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.
Jim Davidson
James Cameron Davidson is an English stand-up comedian who hosted the television shows Big Break and The Generation Game. He also developed adult pantomime shows such as Boobs in the Wood and Sinderella.
Luke Matheson
Luke Alexander Matheson is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ipswich Town, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Gordon Reid
Gordon "Gio" Reid is a British professional wheelchair tennis player from Dunbartonshire, ranked world No.4 in singles and world No.1 in doubles. He is a paralympic gold medallist and 2 time singles grand slam champion.
Maimie McCoy
Mary McCoy, known as Maimie McCoy is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Milady de Winter in The Musketeers (2014–2016), and the female lead in the ITV series Van der Valk.
Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall is an English professional darts player from St Helens who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Championship in 2010. He switched to the PDC a year later. He has won 15 Pro Tour events. Since his switch to the PDC, Chisnall is probably best known for defeating Phil Taylor in the 2012 World Championship, for reaching the final of the 2013 World Grand Prix where he was beaten 6–0 by Taylor and for reaching the final of the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, losing a much closer match 16–13, again to Phil Taylor. He hit his only televised nine-dart finish in the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts against Peter Wright. He has won 15 PDC ranking events. Chisnall's manager is Roger Schena, who often tours with him during tournaments.
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Fulham and the Jamaica national team.
Helen Lederer
Helen Margaret Lederer is an English comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC Two sketch series Naked Video and BBC One's Absolutely Fabulous, in which she played the role of Catriona.