List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
James McKernan
James McKernan, FRS is a mathematician, and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. He was a professor at MIT from 2007 until 2013.
David Puttnam
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA is a British film producer, educator, environmentalist and member of the House of Lords. His productions include Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Midnight Express and Memphis Belle. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician. In 2019 he was appointed chair to the select committee on democracy and digital technologies. The committee published its findings in its Digital Technology & the Resurrection of Trust report in June 2020.
Alessandra Celi
Alessandra Celi is an Italian actress. She is the daughter of Adolfo Celi and Veronica Lazăr.
Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza
Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza,, is a British scientist and life peer. She was previously Lord Speaker, having held the office from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2016.
Tom Clarke
Sir Thomas Clarke, is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the SNP in the May 2015 general election.
Reg Empey
Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey,, best known as Reg Empey, is a British politician who was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 2005 to 2010, and has been its chairman since 2012. Empey was also twice Lord Mayor of Belfast and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Belfast from 1998 to 2011.
Bill Wiggin
William David Wiggin is a British Conservative Party politician, and a former Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire since the 2010 general election, having previously represented the Leominster constituency from 2001 general election until it was abolished in 2010. The two constituencies cover much of the same area. In December 2019, Wiggin won 63% of the vote and a majority of 24,856.
Paul Reeves
Ivan Sharrock
Ivan Sharrock is an English sound engineer. He won an Oscar for Best Sound and has been nominated for three more in the same category. He has worked on over 90 films since 1967.
Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction, mainly for children and young adults.