Famous people from the United Kingdom

Nico O'Reilly

English footballer (born 2005)

Ally McCoist

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1962)

200+ searches

Rachael Stirling

Rachael Atlanta Stirling is a British stage, film, and television actress. She played Becky in the BBC comedy series Detectorists, Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet, and Millie in the ITV series The Bletchley Circle. She has also guest-starred in Lewis and one episode of Doctor Who, co-starring with her mother, Diana Rigg. She has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for her stage work.

Stephen Mfuni

Stephen-Nevin Mutanda Mfuni is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Coventry City, on loan from Manchester City.

Nick Knowles

Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles is an English television presenter, writer and musician. He has hosted several television programmes including Real Rescues (2007–2013), Who Dares Wins (2007–2019), Break the Safe (2013–2014), 5-Star Family Reunion (2015–2016), and DIY SOS (1999–present).

Jeffrey Donaldson

Jeffrey Mark Donaldson is a Northern Irish former politician and convicted child sex offender. He served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2021 to 2024.

Howard Carter

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)

Jason Wilcox

Jason Malcolm Wilcox is an English football executive and former professional player who is currently serving as the Director of Football at Premier League club Manchester United.

Lou Sanders

Louise Sanders is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actress. Since beginning her career in comedy, she has appeared regularly on panel shows, performed on Live at the Apollo and won the eighth series of Taskmaster in 2019. Since 2021 she has appeared as Mel Giedroyc's sidekick on the Dave comedy series Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, and she was a contestant on the sixteenth series of Dancing on Ice in 2024.

Brian Bennett

Brian Laurence Bennett is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett.

Naomi Ackie

Naomi Sarah Ackie is an English actress. She is known for her television roles in The End of the F***ing World (2019), for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Master of None (2021) and her film roles in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022), Blink Twice (2024), Sorry, Baby (2025), and Mickey 17 (2025).

Steve Tandy

Steve Tandy is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Welsh national team, having previously coached the Ospreys and Scotland.

Amanda Holden

Amanda Louise Holden is an English television personality, broadcaster and actress. Since 2007, she has served as a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. She has also co-hosted the national Heart Breakfast radio show with Jamie Theakston on weekday mornings since 2019.

Jack Dee

James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, and writer known for his sarcasm, irony, and deadpan humour. He wrote and starred in the sitcom Lead Balloon and hosts the panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Sam Walker (footballer)

Samuel Colin Walker is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship side Watford.

Kevin Sinfield

Sir Kevin Sinfield is an English rugby union coach who is the skills and kicking coach for the England national team. He is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Leeds Rhinos, England and Great Britain. He played as a loose forward or stand-off and occasionally as a hooker.

Gregg Wallace

Gregg Allan Wallace is an English broadcaster, entrepreneur and writer. He is known for co-presenting MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals on BBC One and BBC Two. He has written for Good Food, Now and Olive.

Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)

Alexandra Virina Scott is an English sports presenter, pundit and former professional footballer who played as a right-back. She has been the presenter for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) since her retirement.

Les Dennis

Leslie Dennis Heseltine is an English television presenter, actor and comedian. He presented Family Fortunes from 1987 to 2002.

Sally Dynevor

Sally Jane Dynevor is an English actress, she is best known for her role as Sally Metcalfe in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which she has played since 1986. In 2022, Dynevor competed in the fourteenth series of Dancing on Ice.

Ellie Kildunne

Ellie Tea Kildunne is an English rugby player. She is a member of the Red Roses and Bristol Bears of Premiership Women's Rugby at the club level, while also playing sevens in the past. Kildunne was the recipient of the World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year at the 2024 World Rugby Awards. She was a 2025 World Cup winner, scoring the opening try in the final for England, and was voted runner-up for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

Suranne Jones

Sarah Ann Akers, known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. Known for her numerous collaborations with screenwriter Sally Wainwright, she rose to prominence playing Karen McDonald on ITV's Coronation Street between 2000 and 2004. Upon leaving, she furthered her television career in drama series such as Vincent (2005–2006), Strictly Confidential (2006), Harley Street (2008), Unforgiven (2009), Doctor Foster (2015–2017) and Hostage (2025).

Daisy Cooper

Daisy Cooper is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, as well as the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson since 2024.

Julian Clary

Julian Peter McDonald Clary is an English comedian, actor, novelist and presenter. He began appearing on television in the mid-1980s. Since then, he has also acted in films, on television and in stage productions, including numerous pantomimes. He was the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in 2012.