Famous people from the United Kingdom
The most-searched people from the United Kingdom right now, with the latest news on each.
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is ranked world number nine, having reached a peak ranking of world number two from 2015 to 2017; Anderson is also a former British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) world number one. Nicknamed "the Flying Scotsman", he is a two-time, back-to-back PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2015 and 2016. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players i...
Troy Deeney
Troy Matthew Deeney is an English professional football pundit, manager, and former player who played as a striker.
Jermaine Pennant
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger. Pennant made over 350 league appearances for 15 clubs, and scored 25 league goals.
Fin Smith
Finlay Smith is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints and the England national team.
Bradley Walsh
Bradley John Walsh is an English actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, and former professional footballer.
James Bourne
James Elliot Bourne is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop-punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project under the alias Future Boy. From 2013 to 2015 he was a member of McBusted, which consisted of himself, Busted bandmate Matt Willis, and McFly.
Richard Greene
Richard Marius Joseph Greene was an English actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he played Robin Hood in the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran on ITV for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1959.
Kai Rooney
Kai Wayne Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United's youth academy.
Omari Patrick
Omari Joshua Curtis Patrick is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for National League club Forest Green Rovers.
Marli Salmon
Marli Salmon is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a right-back for Premier League club Arsenal.
Siân Welby
Siân Welby is an English television presenter and radio host, best known for her work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Welby used to host her own national radio show on Heart every Monday to Thursday from 7–10 pm. Welby now fronts Capital Breakfast with Jordan North and Chris Stark.
Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Maeve Phillipson is a British politician who has served as Minister for Women and Equalities since 2024 and Chair of the Labour Party since July 2026. She previously served as Secretary of State for Education from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010.
James McClean
James Joseph McClean is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City.
Peter Dobing
Peter Dobing was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Stoke City.
Shane Williams
Shane Mark Williams, is a Welsh former rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Williams is the record try scorer for Wales, and fourth on the international list of leading rugby union test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata, Bryan Habana and David Campese.
Lewis Dunk
Lewis Carl Dunk is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Calvin Miller
Calvin Darren Miller is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.
Shane Duffy
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Ben Gannon-Doak
Ben Gannon-Doak is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Bournemouth and the Scotland national team.
Jack Draper
Jack Alexander Draper is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 5 singles player from Great Britain.
Sally Lindsay
Sally Jane Lindsay is an English actress and television presenter. She rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2001–2006). Her other roles include Lisa Johnson in the Sky One comedy-drama Mount Pleasant (2011–2017), Alison Bailey in the ITV police procedural Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), and Kath Agnew in the BBC sitcom Still Open All Hours (2013–2019). Since 2021, she has starred as Jean White in Channel 5's The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021–pres...
Greg James
Gregory James Alan Milward, known professionally as Greg James, is a British radio DJ, television presenter and author. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007, and has hosted the station's flagship breakfast show since 2018. Before then, he presented its drive-time show.
Jordan Holsgrove
Jordan William Holsgrove is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Estoril.
Andrew Pakes
Andrew Elliot Pakes is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he previously served as the 48th President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 1998 to 2000.