List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Charlie Higson
Charles Murray Higson is an English actor, comedian, author, and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the Enemy book series.
Karen Bradley
Karen Anne Bradley is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010.
Alexandra Shulman
Alexandra Shulman is a British journalist. She is a former Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, and is also the longest serving Editor in the history of the publication. She took the helm of Vogue in 1992, presiding over a circulation increase to 200,000 and a higher profile for the magazine. Shulman is one of the country's most oft-quoted voices on fashion trends. In addition to her work with Vogue, Shulman has written columns for The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, as well as published a novel.
Adam Tooze
Adam J. Tooze is a British historian who is a Professor at Columbia University and Director of the European Institute. Previously, he was Reader in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Cambridge and Gurnee Hart Fellow in History at Jesus College, Cambridge. After leaving Cambridge in 2009, he was for six years professor at Yale University as Professor of Modern German History and Director of the International Security Studies, succeeding Paul Kennedy.
Tyler Bate
Tyler Bate is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT UK and NXT brands. He is a former WWE United Kingdom Champion and NXT Tag Team Champion. As well as being only one of three teenage champions, his win of the United Kingdom Championship at age 19 made him the youngest singles champion in WWE history, and its youngest inaugural champion. He and Trent Seven form the tag team "Moustache Mountain" and have collectively held the RPW Undisputed British Tag Team Championship in Revolution Pro Wrestling, the Progress Tag Team Championship in Progress Wrestling, the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas in Chikara, and the NXT Tag Team Championship. Bate, Seven, and Pete Dunne collectively form "British Strong Style".
Louisa Lytton
Louisa Claire Lytton is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Ruby Allen in EastEnders and Beth Green in The Bill. She also finished fourth in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006 and represented the UK at the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008, finishing ninth. Her theatre credits include playing Betty Rizzo in the 2017 UK touring production of the musical Grease.
Joe Perry
Joe Perry is an English professional snooker player from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Often referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also nicknamed "the Gentleman", Perry climbed the rankings steadily after turning professional in 1992, and reached the Top 16 for the first time in 2002.
Lemar
Lemar Obika, known mononymously as Lemar, is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Initially rising to fame after finishing third on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy, he was later signed to Sony BMG, where he has gone on to release five studio albums, three of which are certified platinum or double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Jenny Ryan
Jennifer Alexis Ryan is an English quizzer, singer, television personality and one of the chasers on the ITV game show The Chase. In 2019, she competed in the ITV competition series The X Factor: Celebrity, in which she placed third.
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Mark Lindsay Chapman is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Officer Henry Wilde in the film Titanic (1997) and as John Lennon in the film Chapter 27 (2007).