List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Samir Carruthers
Samir Badre Carruthers is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at U19 and U21 level.
Keith Curle
Keith Curle is an English professional football manager and former player who most recently managed League One club Northampton Town.
Bukky Bakray
Bukky Bakray is a British actress. She is known for her debut role in the 2019 film Rocks. At age 19, she became the youngest BAFTA Rising Star Award recipient as well as earning a Best Actress nomination. She was discovered at her school when she was 15 by director Sarah Gavron. Bakray has upcoming roles in the film Self-Charm and the BBC One series You Don't Know Me.
Colin Greenwood
Colin Charles Greenwood is an English musician and the bassist for the alternative rock band Radiohead. Along with his younger brother, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Greenwood attended Abingdon School in Abingdon, England, where he met the future band members. Radiohead have since achieved critical acclaim and have sold over 30 million albums. Along with bass guitar, Greenwood plays upright bass and electronic instruments.
Martina Topley-Bird
Martina Gillian Topley-Bird is an English vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye (1995). She also worked with him on his subsequent albums Nearly God and Pre-Millennium Tension. In 2003, Topley-Bird released her debut solo album, Quixotic, which was critically praised and earned her a Mercury Prize nomination.
David Hunt
David Charles Hunt is an English organised crime boss linked to violence, fraud, prostitution and money laundering. He heads a gang dubbed The Hunt Syndicate, which has been described as being an extensive criminal empire that has so far evaded significant penetration from law enforcement. Hunt is known in gangland circles as Long Fella due to his height of 6 ft 5 inches.. In a confidential police report from the early 2000s which was later leaked online, Hunt's gang was said to include family members and the father of a well known reality TV star.
Paul Mason
Paul Mason is a British commentator and radio personality. He was Culture and Digital Editor of Channel 4 News, becoming the programme's Economics Editor on 1 June 2014, a post he formerly held on BBC Two's Newsnight programme. He is the author of several books, and a visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton.
Steve Howe
Stephen James Howe is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to learn the instrument himself at age 12. He embarked on a music career in 1964, first playing in several London-based blues, covers, and psychedelic rock bands for six years, including the Syndicats, Tomorrow, and Bodast.
Mo Hayder
Mo Hayder is a British author of crime and thriller fiction.
Casey Stoney
Casey Jean Stoney is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of WSL club Manchester United. A versatile defender, she was capped more than 100 times for the England women's national football team since making her debut in 2000. After being a non-playing squad member at UEFA Women's Euro 2005, she was an integral part of the England teams which reached the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final and the quarter finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2007 and 2011. In 2012, Stoney succeeded Faye White as the England captain and also became captain of the newly formed Team GB squad for the 2012 London Olympics. She ended her playing career at Liverpool Ladies. She was appointed as the first head coach of the newly-formed Manchester United Women on 8 June 2018.