List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Demis Hassabis
Dr Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, video game designer, entrepreneur, and five times winner of the Pentamind board games championship. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of DeepMind, and a UK Government AI Advisor since 2018.
Greg James
Gregory James Alan Milward is an English radio DJ, television presenter, narrator and author. He is the host of Radio 1 Breakfast on BBC Radio 1, co-presenter on the cricket podcast Tailenders alongside Felix White and James Anderson and writer of the Kid Normal book series alongside Chris Smith.
Barry Cryer
Barry Charles Cryer, OBE, is an English writer, comedian and actor. Cryer has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Sir David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.
Jon Stead
Jonathan Graeme Stead is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Harrogate Town. Stead is a former England Under-21 international, earning 11 caps and scoring once.
Courtney Hadwin
Courtney Ann Hadwin is an English singer-songwriter. She rose to fame by competing on ITV's The Voice Kids UK 2017 and the 13th season of the NBC competition show America's Got Talent.
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, former glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. Ellison also starred on the reality TV show Dance Mums the UK version of the American reality TV show, Dance Moms.
Bobby Crush
Robert Nicholas "Bobby" Crush is an English pianist, songwriter, actor and television presenter, originally from Leyton in East London.
Molly McCann
Molly McCann is an English mixed martial artist. She is a one-time Cage Warriors Fighting Championship Flyweight Champion and currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Richard Wright
Richard Ian Wright is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a coach for Manchester City.
Adam Cooper
Adam Cooper is an English actor, choreographer, dancer and theatre director. He currently works as both a performer and choreographer in musical theatre, and has choreographed and/or starred in award-winning shows such as On Your Toes, Singin' in the Rain and Grand Hotel. He began his professional career as a dancer of classical ballet and contemporary ballet and is a former Principal of the Royal Ballet, a major international ballet company based in London. He became internationally recognized for creating the lead role of Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne's contemporary dance production of the ballet Swan Lake, a role that was briefly featured in the 2000 film Billy Elliot where Cooper played the adult version of the titular character.