List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens, BSC is a British cinematographer, perhaps best known for the 2016 film Hell or High Water, for which he received a 2017 BAFTA nomination and 2020 film Enola Holmes. Fans of independent art house fare may also be familiar with his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children (2012). He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Water.
William Morgan
William Morgan (1899–1964) was a London-born film editor and director.
Robin Driscoll
Robin Driscoll is an English actor and writer. He is best known as a writer of Mr. Bean episodes with Rowan Atkinson.
Daley
Gareth Daley, known mononymously as Daley, is a British singer-songwriter and artist, internationally acclaimed for his unique contributions to R&B/Soul music and captivating vocal performance. He first became prominent after co-writing and featuring on the Gorillaz single "Doncamatic", having been spotted by the band's creator Damon Albarn early in his career as an underground artist on the UK music scene.
Theodore Dalrymple
Anthony Malcolm Daniels, also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, is an English cultural critic, prison physician and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London. Before his retirement in 2005, he worked in City Hospital, Birmingham and Winson Green Prison in inner-city Birmingham, England.
Mel Collins
Melvyn Desmond Collins is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.
Adrian Newey
Adrian Newey, is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.
Joyce Smith
Joyce Esther Smith MBE is a British former long-distance runner. She broke the world record in the 3000 metres in 1971 and is a three-time medallist at the International/World Cross Country Championships, including winning in 1972. She went on to twice win the London Marathon, becoming the first British woman in history to run under 2:30 when winning in 1981 with 2:29:57, before further improving the British record to 2:29:43 when winning in 1982. She also competed in the 1500 metres at the 1972 Munich Olympics and finished 11th in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, aged 46.
Philip Harper
Philip Harper (1966) is a British-born sake brewer in Japan. He is the first immigrant to have earned the title tōji or master sake brewer. He has worked for a variety of sake breweries since 1991. His hope is to broaden the market of Japanese sake - bringing its taste to other parts of Asia, Europe, and North America - and to revive sake as the national, cultural drink of Japan. Harper is the author of two books on sake: The Insider's Guide to Sake, and The Book of Sake: A Connoisseurs Guide. He is also featured in a chapter of Michael Booth's 2009 travel book Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking.
Bradley Smith
Bradley Smith is a British motorcycle racer, contracted to Aprilia Racing Team Gresini as a development/test/replacement rider in the MotoGP class of the World Championship. He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2015, with Yamaha teammates Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Pol Espargaró.