List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Melvin Burgess

First Name Melvin
Last Name Burgess
Born on April 25, 1954 (age 72)

Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1998 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.

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Stephen Warbeck

First Name Stephen
Last Name Warbeck
Born on May 3, 1953 (age 73)

Stephen Warbeck is an English composer, best known for his film and television scores.

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Denis MacShane

First Name Denis
Last Name MacShane
Born on May 21, 1948 (age 78)

Denis MacShane is a British former politician, author and commentator who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 to his resignation in 2012. A former member of the Labour Party, he was Minister of State for Europe from 2002 until 2005.

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Bruce Sharman

First Name Bruce
Last Name Sharman
Born on December 22, 1929 (age 96)
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Matthew Fisher

Matthew Charles Fisher
First Name Matthew
Last Name Fisher
Born on March 7, 1946 (age 80)

Matthew Charles Fisher is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his longtime association with the rock band Procol Harum, which included playing the Hammond organ on the 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", for which he subsequently won a songwriting credit. In his later life he became a computer programmer, having qualified from Cambridge University.

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Peter Lovesey

First Name Peter
Last Name Lovesey
Born on September 10, 1936 (age 89)

Peter (Harmer) Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath.

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Roger Eno

First Name Roger
Last Name Eno
Born on January 1, 1959 (age 67)

Roger Eugene Eno is an English ambient music composer.

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Grant Morrison

First Name Grant
Last Name Morrison
Born on January 31, 1960 (age 66)

Grant Morrison, MBE is a Scottish comic book writer and playwright. They are known for their nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings in their runs on titles including DC Comics's Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Batman, JLA, Action Comics, All-Star Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Vertigo's The Invisibles, and Fleetway's 2000 AD. They have also served as the editor-in-chief of Heavy Metal and currently operate as an adviser for the magazine. They are the co-creator of the Syfy TV series Happy! starring Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt. Morrison is also an occasional actor, with their most recent appearance being a brief cameo as a news broadcaster in the 2017 horror comedy film Mom and Dad, which starred Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair.

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Stewart Hosie

First Name Stewart
Last Name Hosie
Born on January 3, 1963 (age 63)

Stewart Hosie is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee East since 2005. He has served as the SNP Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2021. He served as Deputy Leader of the SNP to Nicola Sturgeon from November 2014 to October 2016. He was also the SNP Deputy Westminster Leader and the SNP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from May 2015, until he was succeeded in both positions by Kirsty Blackman in June 2017.

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John Boardman

First Name John
Last Name Boardman
Born on August 20, 1927 (age 98)

Sir John Boardman, is a classical archaeologist and art historian. He has been described as "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art."

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