List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Terry McDermott
Terence McDermott is an English former football midfielder who was a member of the Liverpool team of the 1970s and early 1980s, in which he won three European Cups and five First Division titles. He was also capped 25 times for England, and has had an extensive coaching career with Newcastle United (twice), Huddersfield Town and more recently, as assistant manager of Birmingham City.
Harriet Green
Harriet Green is a British businesswoman, who was chairman and CEO of IBM Asia Pacific, and previously led three IBM business divisions: the Internet of things, customer engagement and education businesses.
Mike Taylor
Michael Ronald Taylor was a British jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for the band Cream.
Camilla Bloch
Lady Camilla Bloch QC is a British barrister.
Russell Kane
Russell Kane is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the main prize in August 2010.
Alyson Dixon
Alyson Dixon is an English long-distance-runner who has competed in several marathons and half marathons and won the 2011 Brighton Marathon. In September 2019 Alyson won the 50km world championship in Brasov, Romania with a time of 3:07:20 and is the current 50km world record holder. She is also an ambassador for St Benedict's hospice in Sunderland. She often states in interviews the hospice, which specialises in end of life care for cancer patients is close to her heart after losing family members to the illness. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but did not finish due to an Achilles tendon injury. She first joined an athletics club as a girl when a friend did and because she wanted to go to Flamingo Land Resort as the club was going there.
David Steel
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, is a British politician. He began his career in the Liberal Party, serving as the party's final leader from 1976 to 1988. His tenure spanned the duration of the alliance with the Social Democratic Party, which began in 1981 and concluded with the formation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988. Steel served as a Member of the UK Parliament for 32 years from 1965 to 1997 and as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2003, during which time he was the parliament's Presiding Officer. He was a member of the House of Lords as a life peer from 1997 to 2020, when he resigned due to a child abuse report.
Akala
Kingslee James McLean Daley, better known by the stage name Akala, is a British rapper, journalist, author, activist and poet from Kentish Town, London. In 2006, he was voted the Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards and has been included on the annual Powerlist of the 100 most influential Black British people in the UK, most recently making the 2021 edition.
Nick Tompkins
Nick Tompkins is a Rugby union player who plays at centre for the Wales national team and Dragons in the Pro 14. He is on loan from Saracens in the RFU Championship.
Nicholas Witchell
Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell OStJ FRGS is an English journalist and news presenter. The latter half of his career has been as royal correspondent for BBC News.