List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Naveen Andrews
Naveen William Sidney Andrews is a British-American actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost, Kip Singh in the film The English Patient and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of Rollerball. For his role on Lost, Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006.
Michelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland, best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013), as well as her roles in USA Network series Suits (2013), and Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014).
Jem Finer
Jeremy Max Finer is an English musician, artist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues.
Marlon Roudette
Marlon Roudette is a British-Vincentian recording artist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is the former front man for the duo Mattafix, who had their first number 1, "Big City Life", in 2006. After the group split, Roudette embarked on a solo career with two number one singles in Europe, "New Age" and "When the Beat Drops Out"; the latter made it to number 7 on the UK Singles Chart and is certified platinum. In recent years, he is also known for his co-writing work for artists, including Sinead Harnett and his half-sister, Mabel McVey. He co-wrote Mabel's hit singles "Finders Keepers" and "Fine Line", as well as the Not3s single "My Lover" and Jax Jones' hit "Ring Ring". He has also co-written tracks featuring Wiley, Tory Lanez, Kranium, Bad Gyal and Busy Signal.
Ian Paice
Ian Anderson Paice is an English musician, best known as the drummer and only remaining original member of the English rock band Deep Purple.
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Benedict Lloyd-Hughes is a British actor. He is known for portraying Josh Stock in the British series Skins (2007) and for his role as Will in the film Divergent (2014). He plays Tsar Alexander in the 2016 BBC television series War & Peace, and Greg in the 2020 series Industry.
Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington
Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington, styled as Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941, was a British peer and politician.
David Chipperfield
Sir David Alan Chipperfield, is an English architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985.
Philip Ridley
Philip Ridley is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media.
Martin Lacey, Jr.
Martin Lacey Jr. is an English circus performer and trainer of wild animals who has achieved fame in Germany. He is the son of Martin Lacey, the circus ringmaster and animal trainer who bred most of the tigers used in the Esso television advertisements in the 1970s.