List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Daisy Bates
Ralph Bates was an English film and television actor, known for his role in the British sitcom Dear John and the hugely successful TV drama Poldark.
C. F. Powell
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.
Nellie McKay
Nell Marie McKay is a British-American singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera (2006).
Brendan Coogan
Brendan Coogan is a British television and radio presenter, from Middleton, Greater Manchester. In January 1999, Coogan briefly presented the motoring programme on the BBC, Top Gear, following the departure of former host Jeremy Clarkson, but left after a few months, following a drink driving conviction. Between 1999 and 2001, he was a presenter on Radio 5 Live.
Kelly Marcel
Kelly Marcel is a British writer, actress and television producer. She co-wrote the film Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and wrote the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and created and served as executive producer of the television series Terra Nova.
Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland
(Lucius) Alexander Plantagenet Cary, Master of Falkland, is an English screenwriter, producer, and ex-soldier.
John E. Walker
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Michael Korda
Michael Korda is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City.
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family. He was the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his father and her great-great-grandson through his mother.
Sylvia Syms
Sylvia May Laura Syms, is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), and The Tamarind Seed (1974). In 2006 she portrayed the role of The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie The Queen, about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the few days after that, leading up to the funeral. She remains active in films, television and theatre.