List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Bill Woodrow
Bill Woodrow is a British sculptor.
Andy Peebles
Robert Andrew Peebles is a British radio DJ, television presenter, and cricket commentator.
Alan Haselhurst
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, is a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010, and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. He was the oldest Conservative MP during his last Parliament, and stood down at the 2017 general election. In May 2018, he was appointed as a life peer, and currently sits in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.
M. J. Hyland
Maria Joan Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) and This is How (2009). Hyland is a lecturer in creative writing in the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester. Carry Me Down (2006) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Prize.
Roger Hammond
Roger Hammond is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.
John Dickie
Professor John Dickie is a British author, historian and academic who specialises in Italy.
Sarah Hardaker
Sarah Louise Hardaker is a former English professional badminton player. She has been capped 31 times for England. Hardaker who came from Kent and attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls between 1987 and 1994, won the mixed doubles title at the English national junior championships in 1992/93 season partnered with Lee Boosey, and also the girls' doubles event in 1993/94 season partnered with Rebecca Pantaney. She and Boosey were the bronze medallists at the 1993 European Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Hardaker competed at the World Championships in three consecutive years in 1997 Glasgow, 1999 Copenhagen, and 2001 Seville. She represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Hardaker completing her undergraduate degree in sport science, and work at the Nuffield physiotherapist. Before joining Nuffield, she used to work for the National Health Service at Barnet & Chase hospital whilst also being the club physio for Tabard RFC in Herts.
Joe Walker
Joe Walker is a British film editor working in Los Angeles. Having been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on 12 Years a Slave and Arrival, he won the award for the first time for Dune. He has received a string of five nominations over eight years for the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic and in 2016 he won, for Arrival. He won the European Film Award for Best Editor for Shame in 2012 and Satellite Award for Best Editing for Sicario in 2016.
Alex James
Alexander James is a platinum selling British songwriter and record producer from South London. He is known for co-writing the number one single "Bad Boys" by The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and his work with Jason Derulo, Adam Lambert, Katharine McPhee, and British girl group Girls Aloud.
Alex MacQueen
Alexander Tulloch MacQueen is an English actor. He has appeared on television, film and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Doctor Who, Hut 33, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Keeping Mum, and The Inbetweeners. He also guest-starred in The Durrells in Series 4.