List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall is an English novelist, and poet. Her critically acclaimed second novel, The Electric Michelangelo, was nominated for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. She lives in Norwich, in eastern England.
Alec Wilkie
Alex James Wilkie FRS is a British mathematician known for his contributions to model theory and logic. Previously Reader in Mathematical Logic at the University of Oxford, he was appointed to the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of Manchester in 2007.
James Acheson
James Acheson is a British costume designer. Born in Leicester, England, he was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and studied at Wimbledon School of Art. He has designed costumes and sets for television, theatre, opera, ballet and film, working in more than 14 [different] countries.
Mary Rand
Mary Denise Rand, MBE is an English former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.
Paul Cook
Paul Thomas Cook is an English drummer and member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He was also called "Cookie" by his friends on the punk music scene.
Rob Ellis
Robert Damian Ellis is a producer, arranger, instrumentalist and composer. He is best known for his work with PJ Harvey, with whom he has been most closely associated as producer, arranger and musician since 1990. His own compositional work, which could be described as being something akin to contemporary “classical” music, has been released on six recordings, three under the name "Spleen" and three under his own name "Music for the home " (2000) and "Music for the home - Volume 2" (2004) for The Leaf Label, and "The Nostalgia Machine" for KPM. He has also worked as producer/arranger and musician for such diverse artists as Marianne Faithfull, Robyn Hitchcock, ex-Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley, Madrugada, Laika, Swell, Placebo, ex-Tricky singer Martina Topley-Bird, Scott Walker & Ute Lemper, Cold Specks and most recently Anna Calvi, Bat for Lashes, Torres, deux furieuses and The Blinders.
Jill Quertier
Jill Quertier is an English set decorator. She won an Academy Award and was nominated for one more in the category Best Production Design for the films Shakespeare in Love and Quills.
Jez Butterworth
Jeremy "Jez" Butterworth is an English playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He has written screenplays in collaboration with his brothers, John-Henry and Tom.
Norman Reynolds
Norman (Norm) Reynolds is a British production designer and film director, best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Ed Davis
Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis, is a former British senior Royal Marines officer. He was Commandant General Royal Marines from December 2011 to June 2014. He was the Deputy Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command at Izmir, Turkey. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 2016 to 2020.