List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Terry Cooper
Terence Cooper was an English football player and manager. He was a left-back in the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s.
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career with Aston Villa in the Premier League and later the Championship, and had loans at Watford and Sheffield Wednesday at the start of his career.
Ian Buchanan
Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American soap operas including General Hospital, Port Charles, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, and Days of Our Lives.
Liam Broady
Liam Tarquin Broady is a professional tennis player and current British no 4. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon with Tom Farquharson, and the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, as well as reaching the Boys' Singles finals at Wimbledon 2011 and US Open 2012, peaking at number 2 in the junior world rankings. He currently plays on the ATP Tour and is coached by David Sammel.
Ray Davies
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the Kinks, which he leads with his younger brother, Dave. He has also acted, directed and produced shows for theatre and television. He is often referred to as "the godfather of Britpop". After the dissolution of the Kinks in 1996, Davies embarked on a solo career.
David Lammy
David Lindon Lammy is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000, and has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor in Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet since 2020.
Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson is an English football former player and current manager who is currently manager of League One side Fleetwood Town.
Janet Street-Porter
Janet Vera Street-Porter is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality. She was the editor and producer of the Network 7 series on Channel Four, which was awarded a BAFTA for its graphics. Street-Porter was also an editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday, but relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002. Since 2011, she has been a regular weekly panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.
Jason Flemyng
Jason Iain Flemyng is an English film actor. He is known for roles in British films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), both for Guy Ritchie, as well as Hollywood productions such as Rob Roy (1995), the Alan Moore comic book adaptations From Hell (2001) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He has also appeared in prominent roles in both theatre and television in the UK. Flemyng speaks French fluently, and has made three films in that language. He won the Best Actor Award at the Geneva Film Festival for his role in 1996's Alive and Kicking.
Sammy Lee
Samuel Lee is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant head coach at West Bromwich Albion.