List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Rickie Joseph Grover is an English actor and comedian. His stepfather was an armed robber and his mother a hairdresser. His first cousin is Jimmy Doherty. Grover became a ladies' hairdresser and a champion boxer, with the nickname Ricky 'Goodnight' Grover due to his big punching power. He then became a stand-up comedian, actor and occasional television presenter. He is best known for his role as Andrew Cotton in EastEnders. Grover is dyslexic and could not read or write until his early thirties.

Joan Marie Ryan is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North from 1997 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2019. She was first elected as a Labour Party MP but later defected to join Change UK. Ryan is now an Independent politician.

Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie, is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984–1986) and its sequel French Fields (1989–1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's Marple (2009–2013).

Finnegan Oldfield is a French-English actor. He was born in Paris. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.

Andrew James Hogg is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maltese side Birkirkara. He has also played as a goalkeeper for the Malta national football team, gaining over 60 caps.

Charlotte Hope is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third through fifth seasons of the series Game of Thrones (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of Catherine of Aragon on the series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020), her first starring performance. Outside of television, Hope has appeared in the films The Theory of Everything (2014) and The Nun (2018). She also voiced one of the playable characters in the video game We Happy Few (2018).

Josie Long is a British comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17.

Spencer Lee Wilding is a Welsh actor and special creature performer in the UK. He is from St Asaph in North Wales. He has also had some success as a professional kickboxer and professional cruiser weight boxer. He was trained by former three-time world champion Russ Williams.

Julia Mary Fownes Somerville, Lady Dixon, is an English television news reader and reporter who has worked for the BBC and ITN.

Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, better known by his stage name Tricky, is an English record producer, rapper and actor. Born and raised in Bristol, he began his career as an early collaborator and guest rapper/producer and also best known as founding member of the band Massive Attack alongside Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall & Andrew Vowles. He embarked on a solo career with his debut album, Maxinquaye, in 1995. The release won Tricky popular acclaim and marked the beginning of a lengthy collaborative partnership with vocalist Martina Topley-Bird. He released four more studio albums before the end of the decade, including Pre-Millennium Tension and the pseudonymous Nearly God, both in 1996. He has gone on to release nine studio albums since 2000, most recently Fall to Pieces (2020). In 2016, he joined Massive Attack a few times on stage for the first time in two decades, while continuing his solo career.