Famous people from the United Kingdom
The most-searched people from the United Kingdom right now, with the latest news on each.
Sarah Waters
Welsh novelist (1966-)
Terry Eagleton
British writer, academic and educator
Jojo Moyes
British novelist and journalist
Ali Smith
British author and journalist
Antony Gormley
British sculptor (born 1950)
Wes Streeting
Wesley Paul William Streeting is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since 2026. He previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2024 until his resignation in 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.
Ruth Davidson
Ruth Elizabeth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, is a Scottish politician. A member of the House of Lords since 2021, she was Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2020 to 2021. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow from 2011 to 2016 and for Edinburgh Central from 2016 to 2021. Davidson is co-host of Sky News podcast Electoral Dysfunction alongside Beth...
Michelle O'Neill
Michelle O'Neill is an Irish politician who has been First Minister of Northern Ireland since February 2024 and Vice President of Sinn Féin since 2018. She has also been an MLA for Mid Ulster in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2007. O'Neill was previously deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2022. She served on the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council from 2005 to 2011.
Liam Delap
Liam Rory Delap is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
Spencer Matthews
Spencer George Matthews is a British television personality and entrepreneur, known for his appearances on Made in Chelsea. He has also appeared on other television shows such as Celebrity MasterChef and The Jump. He is the founder and CBO of CleanCo non-alcoholic spirits. In 2024, Matthews became a Guinness World Records holder, when he completed thirty marathons in thirty days for charity.
Tom Cullen
Thomas Cullen is a Welsh actor and director. He had roles in the independent film Weekend (2011), as Anthony Foyle, Viscount Gillingham in the television series Downton Abbey, Sir Landry in the historical drama series Knightfall, John Palmer in the BBC crime drama series The Gold, and Ser Luthor Largent in the HBO fantasy drama series House of the Dragon. He also played Thomas Seymour in Becoming Elizabeth.
Sonay Kartal
Sonay Kartal is a British professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 44 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2025, and No. 171 in doubles, achieved on 5 January 2026. Kartal has won one WTA Tour title and 14 ITF titles, all in singles. She is the current British No. 3 women's singles player.
Ruth Madeley
Ruth Madeley is an English actress. For her performance in the BBC Three film Don't Take My Baby (2015), she received a British Academy Television Award nomination. She was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. She went on to star in the BBC One series Years and Years (2019), Nightsleeper (2025–) and The Rapture (2026). She also had recurring roles in the Starz series The Rook (2019) and the BBC series Doctor Who (2023–2025). Her films include Being Heumann (2026).
Owen Beck (footballer)
Owen Michael Beck is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Liverpool. He is a Wales under-21 international.
David Hamilton (photographer)
David Hamilton was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly nude. Hamilton's images became part of an "Art or pornography?" debate.
Zia Yusuf
Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf is a British politician and businessman. He currently is Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs. He was its head of policy from September 2025 to February 2026.
Susanna Reid
Susanna Victoria Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. She was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2001 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance-partner Kevin Clifton. Since its launch in 2014, Reid has been the lead presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain alongside Kate Garra...
Robert Jenrick
Robert Edward Jenrick is an English politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark since the 2014 by-election. Elected as a member of the Conservative Party, he joined Reform in January 2026.
Jon Stock
Jon Stock is a British author and journalist. Between 1997 and 2017, he wrote six spy novels under his own name: The Riot Act (1997); The Cardomom Club (2003); Dead Spy Running (2009); Games Traitors Play (2011); Dirty Little Secret; To Snare a Spy. He has also written five psychological thrillers under the pen name J.S. Monroe: Find Me (2017); Forget My Name (2018); The Other You (2020); The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021); No Place to Hide (2023). He has written one work of non-fiction: The Slee...
John Simpson (journalist)
John Cody Fidler-Simpson is an English foreign correspondent who is currently the world affairs editor of BBC News. He holds dual British-Irish citizenship. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was editor of Granta magazine.
Alex McCarthy
Alex Simon McCarthy is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Leicester City.
Lucy Fallon
Lucy Fallon is an English actress. She gained widespread recognition as Bethany Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. The role has earned her several accolades, including two British Soap Awards, an Inside Soap Award, and a National Television Award.
Kevin Kennedy (actor)
Kevin Kennedy is an English actor and musician, best known for playing Curly Watts for 20 years on ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
Lisa Vanderpump
Lisa Jane Vanderpump is an English restaurateur, businesswoman, entrepreneur and television personality. Since emigrating to the United States from the United Kingdom, Vanderpump has been in the restaurant industry, along with her husband Ken Todd. She initially gained fame as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010–2019). Her West Hollywood, California restaurant and lounge, SUR, along with its staff, are the premise to Bravo's Vanderpump Rules (2013–present), in whi...