List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Declan Bennett
Declan Bennett is an English singer-songwriter and actor. During his musical career from 2001 to 2006 he appeared under the name Sumladfromcov, now performing under his own name. As a teenager he was a member of pop/rock band Point Break, and he has performed lead roles in shows in London's West End, including the lead role, Guy, in the UK premier of Tony-winning Broadway musical Once at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Bennett also appeared on EastEnders as Charlie Cotton, the secret grandson of long-serving character Dot Branning. In 2019 he most recently starred in The View UpStairs playing the role of Dale at the Soho Theatre, in London from 18 July to 24 August.
Vanessa Angel
Vanessa Madeline Angel is an English actress and former model. She played the role of Lisa on the television series Weird Science. She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film Kingpin.
Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden is an English actress and media personality. Since 2007, she has judged on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV.
Tommy Walsh
Tommy Walsh, is an English TV personality, presenter and celebrity builder best known for his DIY Television shows such as Ground Force (1997–2005) and Challenge Tommy Walsh.
Anna Maxwell Martin
Anna Maxwell Martin, sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is an English actress.
Ryan Searle
Ryan Searle is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Ryan Lowe
Ryan Thomas Lowe is an English football manager and former professional player, who is currently manager of Championship side Preston North End. His playing career, as a striker, began at Burscough in 1999 and he became a Football League player with Shrewsbury Town the following year. He played for eight league clubs in all and had three spells at Bury. In the second half of the 2010–11 season, Lowe established a Bury club record by scoring a goal in each of nine consecutive league games.
Brian E. Cox
Brian Edward Cox is an English physicist and former musician who serves as professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of... series and for popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe. He has been the author or co-author of over 950 scientific publications.
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer, who rose to fame after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.
Katharine, Duchess of Kent
Katharine, Duchess of Kent, is a member of the British royal family. Her husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.