List of Famous people born in United Kingdom
Ashley McKenzie
Ashley McKenzie is an English judoka competing at the men's 60 kg division. He was a member of the Great Britain Olympic Judo Team at London 2012 but was defeated in the second round by Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan. He also appeared in, and made it to the final of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in September 2012. In August 2018, he appeared on the first series of Celebs on the Farm. In January 2020, he appeared on Celebrity Ex on the Beach.
George Lyall
George Lyall is a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Raith Rovers in the Scottish Football League, and Preston North End, Nottingham Forest and Hull City in the Football League.
Alan Chui
Chui Chung-San (often known as Shu Zhong Xin, Hsu Zhong-Xin or Alan Hsu; born 16 August 1952 is a Hong Kong actor, director, choreographer, martial artists and stuntman. He has been known with being highly solid action director and stuntman. Chui is well known for the movies such as The Rebellious Reign, Kung Fu Vs. Yoga, Two Fists Against the Law and 7 Grandmasters, as well various Television shows from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Graham Poll
Graham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). With 26 years of experience, he was regarded as one of the most prominent referees in the Premier League, often taking charge of the highest-profile games. His final domestic game in a career spanning 1,544 matches was the Championship play-off final on 28 May 2007 between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion.
John Cantlie
John Henry Cantlie is a British war photographer and correspondent. He was kidnapped in Syria with James Foley in November 2012. He had previously been kidnapped in Syria alongside Dutch photographer Jeroen Oerlemans in July 2012, but was rescued a week later. In July 2017, reports surfaced in Iraqi media claiming Cantlie had been killed in an airstrike sometime during the battle of Mosul. In October 2017, a French ISIS fighter told French magazine Paris Match that he had seen Cantlie "seven or eight months ago" in Raqqa. In January 2019, an official of the Syrian Democratic Forces stated Cantlie may still be alive inside Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria.
Ian Wilson
Ian William Wilson is a former Scottish international football player and football manager.
Jackie Pullinger
Jacqueline Bryony Lucy ‘Jackie’ Pullinger, MBE is a British Protestant Christian charismatic missionary to Hong Kong and founder of the St Stephen's Society. She has been ministering in Hong Kong since 1966. The early years of her Hong Kong ministry are chronicled in the book Chasing the Dragon (1980).
Ghalib II al-Qu'aiti
Sultan Ghalib II bin Awadh al-Qu'aiti al-Hadhrami is the former sultan of the Qu'aiti State or Qu'aiti Sultanate, in modern Yemen, and the current head of the Al-Qu'aiti household. The once ruling Qu’aiti dynasty of Hadramaut was Yafa’i in origin. He reigned from 11 October 1966 until the monarchy was ousted by communists on 17 September 1967.
Christopher Terence Wood
Christopher Terence Wood, is a British diplomat serving as the British Consul General to Shanghai since 2019. His previous assignments included Representative, British Office Taipei from 2013 to 2016, Minister, British Embassy Beijing (2008–2012), Director for the Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2007–2008) and the British Consul-General to Guangzhou (2003–2006).
Jack Sealy
Jonathan Jack Sealy, commonly known as Jack Sealy, is an English-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.