List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Matt Smith

First Name Matt
Last Name Smith
Born on October 28, 1982 (age 43)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Matthew Robert Smith is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who and Prince Philip in the Netflix series The Crown, the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Phil Foden

Philip Walter Foden
First Name Phil
Born on May 28, 2000 (age 25)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Philip Walter Foden is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team.

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Olly Alexander

Oliver Alexander Thornton
First Name Olly
Born on July 15, 1990 (age 35)

Oliver Alexander Thornton is an English musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and LGBTQ advocate. He is the lead singer of the synth-pop trio Years & Years.

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha
First Name Gugu
Born on April 21, 1983 (age 42)

Gugulethu "Gugu" Sophia Mbatha-Raw is an English actress. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she began acting in British television and stage productions, appearing in the science-fiction series Doctor Who (2007), and went on to appear in American productions such as the comedy film Larry Crowne (2011), and the short-lived television series Undercovers (2010) and Touch (2012).

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Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham Kelly
First Name Stephen
Last Name Graham
Born on August 3, 1973 (age 52)
Height 164 cm | 5'5

Stephen Joseph Graham is an English actor. He is best known for playing Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England (2006) and its television sequels This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), and This Is England '90 (2015). His other film roles include Tommy in Snatch (2000), Shang in Gangs of New York (2002), Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies (2009), Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano in The Irishman (2019), and Scrum in the Pirates of the Caribbean films On Stranger Tides (2011) and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). On television, he has starred in the fifth series of the BBC One series Line of Duty (2019) as DS John Corbett, as Al Capone in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), and as Jacob Marley in the BBC/FX miniseries A Christmas Carol (2019).

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Jack Grealish

Jack Peter Grealish
First Name Jack
Last Name Grealish
Born on September 10, 1995 (age 30)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Jack Peter Grealish is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the England national team.

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Anton du Beke

Anthony Paul Beke
First Name Anton
Last Name Beke
Born on July 20, 1966 (age 59)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Anthony Paul Beke, known professionally as Anton Du Beke, is a British ballroom and Latin dancer and television presenter, best known as a professional dancer and judge on the BBC One celebrity dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing, since the show began in 2004. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag.

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Helen Mirren

Helen Lydia Mironoff
First Name Helen
Last Name Mirren
Born on July 26, 1945 (age 80)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, is an English actor. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, her performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in 1965 saw her invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company before she made her West End stage debut in 1975. Since then, Mirren has also had success in television and film. She is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in the US. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same role in The Audience, and has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie four times.

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James Milner

James Philip Milner
First Name James
Last Name Milner
Born on January 4, 1986 (age 40)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

James Philip Milner is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool. A versatile player, he has been used in multiple positions, including on the wing, in midfield and at full-back. Milner is Liverpool's vice-captain.

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Clive Barker

First Name Clive
Last Name Barker
Born on October 5, 1952 (age 73)

Clive Barker is an English playwright, novelist, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series.

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