List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Mark Godbeer
Mark Godbeer is an English bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor from 2009 until 2018, he competed for the UFC, Bellator MMA, Absolute Championship Akhmat, and BAMMA. He is the former BAMMA Heavyweight Champion. In bare-knuckle boxing, he is currently a heavyweight champion for the Valor Bare Knuckle promotion.
Ross Worner
Ross Nicholas Worner is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League (South) Club Havant and Waterlooville.
Terry Griffiths
Terrence Martin Griffiths, is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He became World Champion in 1979 at the first attempt becoming the second qualifier to win the title, after Alex Higgins in 1972, and was runner-up in 1988. He achieved the notable feat of reaching at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years from 1984 to 1992. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of only eleven players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown. He was known for his slow, cautious, yet elegant style of play.
Nanette Newman
Nanette Newman is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), The Whisperers (1967), Deadfall (1968), The Stepford Wives (1975) and International Velvet (1978) for which she won the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for another Forbes directed film, The Raging Moon (1971).
Rosena Allin-Khan
Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan is a British politician and doctor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since the 2016 by-election, and Shadow Minister for Mental Health since 2020. She stood as a candidate for the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, ultimately coming second to Angela Rayner. She was previously Shadow Minister for Sport between October 2016 and January 2020.
Leigh Halfpenny
Stephen Leigh Halfpenny is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fullback or wing for the Scarlets, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Halfpenny is the third highest record points scorer for Wales after Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones.
Anna Burns
Anna Burns is an author from Ireland. Her novel Milkman won the 2018 Man Booker Prize and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award.
Guto Harri
Guto Harri is a Welsh writer, broadcaster and strategic communications consultant. He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at The Queen's College, Oxford, followed by a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University.
Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts is a British streaker who has run naked during numerous international events. Roberts' streaking began when he saw a news report about a female streaker at a 1993 Rugby Sevens game in Hong Kong. After a bet in a bar, he went naked in front of the crowd himself the next day.
Nemone
Nemone Metaxas, often billed simply as Nemone, is an English DJ, radio presenter and television presenter/producer. She is also a trained psychotherapist practising out of West and Central London. She is an active sportswoman, participating in triathlons and open water swimming and is a former track and field athlete.