List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Tim Key
Timothy David Key is an English actor, writer and performance poet. In 2009, he was the winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was also nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. He is best known for his stand-up and as Sidekick Simon in Mid Morning Matters and This Time, both with Alan Partridge.
Tim Firth
Tim Firth is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter.
Matthieu Hartley
Matthieu Hartley is an English musician born in Smallfield, England. He was the original keyboardist for The Cure, but previously he and fellow band member Simon Gallup were involved in two other bands called Lockjaw and the Magspies.
Garry Kilworth
Garry Douglas Kilworth is a British science fiction, fantasy and historical novelist. Kilworth was raised partly in Aden, South Arabia, the son of an airman. Having an itinerant father he travelled widely, both in Britain and abroad, and attended over 20 different schools before the age of 15. He later went to military school and subsequently was himself in the Royal Air Force for 18 years. In 1962 he married Annette Bailey, the daughter of an R.A.F. Catalina aircraft pilot.
Alex Cox
Alexander B. H. Cox is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, nonfiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, but since the release and commercial failure of Walker, he has directed his career towards independent films. Cox received a co-writer credit for the screenplay of Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) for previous work on the script before it was completely rewritten by Gilliam.
Gary Bollan
Gary Bollan is a Scottish professional football player and manager who is currently in charge of Cowdenbeath.
Gary Waldhorn
Gary Waldhorn is an English actor and comedian known chiefly for his performances in British television and theatre. He is particularly known for his work in the main casts of several British sitcoms, including Richard Beamish in All at No 20, Lionel Bainbridge in Brush Strokes, and Councillor David Horton in The Vicar of Dibley.
Beverley Hughes
Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council. From 2005 to 2009, she served in the Government as the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families.
Robert Young
Robert William Young is a British television and film director.
Joy Crookes
Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes is a British singer-songwriter. She incorporates details about relationships, self-reliance, her culture, her South London roots and her identity in her music. Crookes has released three extended plays since 2017 and was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards. Her debut studio album, Skin, was released in October 2021 to critical acclaim.