List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
David Aldous
David John Aldous, FRS is a mathematician known for his research on probability theory and its applications, in particular in topics such as exchangeability, weak convergence, Markov chain mixing times, the continuum random tree and stochastic coalescence. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1970 and received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1977 under his advisor, D. J. H. Garling. Since 1979 Aldous has been on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley.
Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman
Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Kettering from 1983 to 1997, and was made a life peer in 1997.
Llŷr Ifans
Llŷr Ifans is a Welsh actor, born in Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Andy Bell
Andrew Piran Bell is a Welsh singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and DJ. He is best known for his work with the bands Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis, and Beady Eye.
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Grace Cassidy
Grace May Cassidy is an English actress. She is the older sister of actress Raffey Cassidy, who portrayed Athena in Tomorrowland.
Colin Greenland
Colin Greenland is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition. His best-known novel is Take Back Plenty (1990), winner of both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as being a nominee for the 1992 Philip K. Dick Award for the best original paperback published that year in the United States.
Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain
Christian Benjamin Oxlade-Chamberlain is an English professional footballer who plays for Gosport Borough.
David Braben
David John Braben is a British video game developer and designer, founder and CEO of Frontier Developments, co-creator of the Elite series of space trading video games, first published in 1984. He is also a co-founder of and works as a trustee for the Raspberry Pi Foundation which in 2012 launched a low-cost computer for education.
Tom Carver
Thomas Richard Carver is a writer and former BBC foreign correspondent. He is also the step-grandson of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.