List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
Moritz de Hadeln
Moritz de Hadeln is a Swiss documentary film director and photographer, who became a Film Festival director. He was the founder of Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel. He also headed the Locarno International Film Festival from 1972 to 1977, the Berlin International Film Festival from 1980 to 2001 and the Venice International Film Festival in 2002 and 2003. He was also a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.
Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. His nickname is "Geech".
Paul J. McAuley
Paul J. McAuley is a British botanist and science fiction author.
Jean-Jacques Monnier
Jack Rowell
Jack Rowell OBE is an English rugby union coach and executive. He is the former coach of Bath and England.
Brian McDermott
Brian James McDermott is a former professional footballer and former manager of Reading.
Jacob Berger
Jacob Berger is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His 1990 film Angels was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.; his second motion picture A Loving Father (2002), reunited Gérard Depardieu and his son Guillaume Depardieu; That Day won Best Director at the 2007 Montreal International Film Festival and "A Jew Must Die", his 2017 motion picture earned Bruno Ganz a Swiss Film Award for best actor.
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.