List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Robin Pilcher

First Name Robin
Last Name Pilcher
Born on August 10, 1950 (age 75)

Robin Pilcher is a British author, the eldest son of author Rosamunde Pilcher. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

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Lady Cynthia Mosley

First Name Lady
Last Name Mosley
Born on August 23, 1898
Died on May 16, 1933 (aged 34)

Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley, nicknamed "Cimmie", was a British politician of Anglo-American parentage and the first wife of the British Fascist and New Party politician Sir Oswald Mosley. She was a Member of Parliament in the Labour Party.

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Barbara Jefford

First Name Barbara
Last Name Jefford
Born on July 26, 1930
Died on September 12, 2020 (aged 90)

Mary Barbara Jefford, OBE was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's Ulysses.

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Robert Cooper

First Name Robert
Last Name Cooper
Born on August 28, 1947 (age 78)

Sir Robert Francis Cooper is a British diplomat and adviser who served as a Special Adviser at the European Commission for Myanmar between 2013 and 2014. He was also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an acclaimed writer on international relations.

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Maggie Reilly

First Name Maggie
Born on September 15, 1956 (age 69)

Maggie Reilly is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. Most notably, she performed lead vocals on the Oldfield songs "Family Man", "Five Miles Out", "Moonlight Shadow", "To France" and "Foreign Affair", all of which were international hits in the early 1980s.

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Steven Wilson

First Name Steven
Last Name Wilson
Born on November 3, 1967 (age 58)

Steven John Wilson is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Currently a solo artist, he was the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Wilson has made music prolifically and earned critical acclaim. His honours include four nominations for Grammy Awards: twice with Porcupine Tree, once with his collaborative band Storm Corrosion and once as a solo artist. In 2017 The Daily Telegraph described him as "a resolutely independent artist" and "probably the most successful British artist you've never heard of".

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Gerry Cowper

First Name Gerry
Last Name Cowper
Born on June 23, 1958 (age 68)

Geraldine "Gerry" Cowper is an English actress who is best known for playing Rowan Morrison in the 1973 British Lion classic horror film, The Wicker Man and later as Rosie Miller in EastEnders. In the mid-1980s she took the part of Clare France in After Henry on BBC radio and also appeared on television as Jim Hacker's daughter in Yes Minister.

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Bruce Payne

First Name Bruce
Last Name Payne
Born on November 30, 1957 (age 68)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Bruce Martyn Payne is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in Passenger 57, Jacob Kell in Highlander: Endgame, and Damodar in Dungeons & Dragons and Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God.

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Nigel Mansell

First Name Nigel
Born on August 8, 1953 (age 72)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Nigel Ernest James Mansell, is a British former racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993). Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously.

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Robert Wringham

First Name Robert
Last Name Wringham
Born on November 28, 1982 (age 43)

Robert Wringham is a British writer, best known as the editor of New Escapologist magazine. His first collection, A Loose Egg, was shortlisted for the 2015 Leacock Medal.

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