Famous people from the United Kingdom
The most-searched people from the United Kingdom right now, with the latest news on each.
Patrick Stewart
British actor (born 1940)
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Trey Nyoni
Treymaurice Nyoni is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool.
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Ian McKellen
British actor (born 1939)
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Sean Mathias
Sean Gerard Mathias is a Welsh actor, director, and writer. He is known for directing the films Bent and Frank and Percy and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney.
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Lisa Dillon
Lisa Dillon is an English actress. Dillon has a long career in theatre playing many roles on stage. In television, she is best known for her role as Mary Smith in the BBC One television series Cranford. She also starred in the 2003 drama Cambridge Spies and the 2004 TV film Hawking. Dillon's film credits include the 2003 film Bright Young Things. In 2008, Dillon also duetted on Tim Arnold's song "She's Made a Gentleman of Me". In 2003, she won First Prize in the Ian Charleson Awards for theatre.
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Andre Gray
Andre Anthony Gray is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward. Born in England, he represented the Jamaica national team.
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Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn is a South African-born British actor and musician. He starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom Lovesick and is also known for his performances as David Bowie in the 2020 film Stardust; Mr. Knightley in the 2020 film Emma; and a young Nicholas Winton in the 2023 film One Life.
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Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 on 9 September 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024.
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Daisy May Cooper
Daisy May Cooper is an English actress and writer. She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for playing Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, which she co-created and co-wrote with her younger brother, Charlie Cooper.
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James Nelson-Joyce
James Nelson-Joyce is an English actor, known for playing the tough guy or villainous characters, who has had roles in Mount Pleasant (2016), Little Boy Blue (2017), The Nest (2020), Time (2021), The Outlaws (2021), Industry (2022), The Gold (2023), A Town Called Malice (2023), Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023), Reputation (2024), Bird (2024), This City Is Ours and A Thousand Blows.
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Leigh-Anne Pinnock is an English singer and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, which was formed on and won the eighth series of The X Factor. As part of the group, she won three Brit Awards and achieved 19 top-ten singles and five number-one entries on the UK Singles Chart before the group went on hiatus in 2022. In 2023, Pinnock began her solo career, releasing the singles "Don't Say Love" and "My Love" featuring Ayra Starr, both of which reached the to...
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Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips is a British actress. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show Smack the Pony. She is also known for her roles in Jam & Jerusalem as Natasha "Tash" Vine, Miranda as Tilly, I'm Alan Partridge as Sophie, Parents as Jenny Pope, Set the Thames on Fire as Colette in 2015, Zapped as Slasher Morgan, and her guest appearances as the fictional Prime Minister of Finland, Minna Häkkinen, in the US TV series Veep. Phillips also co-starred in Pride and P...
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Rowan Atkinson
English actor, comedian, and writer (born 1955)
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Billy Sharp
Billy Louis Sharp is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Eric Idle
British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)
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Rufus Sewell
English actor (born 1967)
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James Milner
English association football player
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Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She was the political editor of BBC News from 2015 to 2022, and was the first woman to hold the position. She has since presented the BBC's weekend political discussion programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
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Hannah Onslow
Hannah Lucy Onslow is an English actress. Her films include Empire of Light (2022) and Unicorns (2023). On television, she appeared in the BBC One series This Is Going to Hurt (2022) and This City Is Ours (2025), the Paramount+ series The Doll Factory (2023), and the MGM+ series Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024).
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Bob Mortimer
Robert Renwick Mortimer is an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He is one half of the comedy double act Reeves and Mortimer with Vic Reeves, and appears in the Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series with Paul Whitehouse. He has appeared on TV panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster. In 2026, for his performance on Last One Laughing, he was awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance.
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Morgan Rogers
Morgan Elliot Rogers is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. A versatile player across attacking positions, Rogers is known for his strength, attacking runs, ability to score from a distance, and ball control.
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Tom Hopper
Thomas Edward Hopper is an English actor known for his roles as Percival in Merlin (2010–2012), Billy Bones in Black Sails (2014–2017), Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones (2017), and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024).
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Jack Grealish
English association football player (born 1995)
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Julie Graham
Julie Graham is a Scottish actress from Glasgow. Her credits include Taggart (1986), The Fruit Machine (1988), Nuns on the Run (1990), Harry (1993–1995), The Near Room (1995), Preaching to the Perverted (1997), Bedrooms and Hallways (1998), Some Voices (2000), At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003), William and Mary (2003–2005), Bonekickers (2008), Doc Martin (2011), Tower Block (2012), The Bletchley Circle (2013), Shetland (2014–2022), Benidorm (2016–2018), Doctor Who (2020), Queens of My...
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