List of Famous people born in United Kingdom

Hamza Tahir

First Name Hamza
Last Name Tahir
Born on November 9, 1995 (age 30)

Hamza Tahir is a Scottish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Scotland against Pakistan on 12 June 2018. He made his List A debut for Scotland against Oman on 20 February 2019, following the 2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series.

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Christopher Dean

First Name Christopher
Last Name Dean
Born on July 27, 1958 (age 67)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Christopher Colin Dean, OBE is a British ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

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John Higgins

First Name John
Last Name Higgins
Born on May 18, 1975 (age 50)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

John Higgins, is a Scottish professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 30 ranking titles, including four World Championships and three UK Championships, as well as two Masters titles.

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Douglas Henshall

First Name Douglas
Last Name Henshall
Born on November 19, 1965 (age 60)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Douglas “Dougie” James Henshall is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series Primeval (2007–2011) and Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez in the crime drama Shetland (2013–present).

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Calum Scott

First Name Calum
Born on October 12, 1988 (age 37)

Calum Scott (born 12 October 1988) is a British singer and songwriter from Kingston upon Hull, England. In 2013, he won a talent competition put on by his local newspaper. In April 2015, he became known worldwide after competing on the ITV talent contest Britain's Got Talent. He subsequently released his version of Robyn's hit "Dancing on My Own" as a single the following year, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became Britain's best-selling single of summer 2016. In 2017, Scott released the single, "You Are the Reason," which was included on his 2018 debut album, Only Human, which reached number 4 on the UK album charts. Later in 2018, he collaborated with Leona Lewis to release a duet version of the single "You Are the Reason".

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Paddy Considine

First Name Paddy
Born on September 5, 1973 (age 52)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Patrick George Considine is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. He is particularly known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters and is also noted for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker and director Shane Meadows. He came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances in independent films that prompted The Observer to describe him as "the best-kept secret in British movies" and as a result brought him comparisons to Sam Rockwell. He has received many awards and nominations, including two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard British Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards and a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.

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Milind Soman

First Name Milind
Born on November 4, 1965 (age 60)

Milind Soman is an Indian supermodel, actor, film producer and fitness promoter.

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Helen Chamberlain

First Name Helen
Last Name Chamberlain
Born on April 2, 1967 (age 59)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Helen Marie Chamberlain is an English television presenter, best known for presenting Soccer AM on Sky Sports for 22 years. She previously worked as a holiday-camp entertainer.

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Mark Rylance

First Name Mark
Last Name Rylance
Born on January 18, 1960 (age 66)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing in 1994 and Jerusalem in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008 and Jerusalem in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for Twelfth Night in 2014. He received Best Actor nominations for Richard III in 2014 and Farinelli and the King in 2017. He is one of only eight actors to have won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play twice while his nominations for Richard III and Twelfth Night in 2014 make him one of only six performers to be nominated in two acting categories in the same year.

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Geeta Basra

First Name Geeta
Born on March 13, 1984 (age 42)

Geeta Basra is a British actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh.

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