Bob Hope, KBE KCSG , was an English-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his...
Boy George is an English singer-songwriter, who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny...
Sir George Henry Martin CBE is a British record producer, arranger and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"—a title that he owes to his work as producer of...
John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series...
William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye...
Sir John Betjeman, CBE (pronounced /ˈbɛtʃəmən/; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack". He was a...
Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos (born 13 July 1988), sometimes known mononymously as Tulisa, is a British singer-songwriter. She is best known for being a member of the now defunct...
Vincent Frank born Vincent James Turner (born 1985) is known professionally as Frankmusik – a British electropop musician. The name "Frank" is derived from the surname of his grandfather...
Adrian Smith (born Adrian Frederik Smith, 27 February 1957, Hackney, East London, England) is an English guitarist and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the British band Iron Maiden. He...
Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977), was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T. Rex in...
Paloma Faith (born Paloma Faith Blomfield; 21 July 1985) is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You...
Lupino Lane (16 June 1892 – 10 November 1959) was an English actor and theatre manager, and a member of the famous Lupino family. Lane started out as a child performer, known as 'Little...
Michelle A. Collins (born 28 May 1963 in Hackney, East London) is an English actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, and BBC dramas...
Stephen Paul Manderson (born 27 November 1983, Hackney, London, England) , better known by his stage name Professor Green is a British rapper. He was signed to The Beats, a record label run...
Idris Elba is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big...
Anthony George Newley , was an English actor, singer and songwriter. Anthony Newley was an actor, singer, and composer with an international following, equally...
Sir John Stainer (London, 6 June 1840 – Verona, 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though not generally greatly admired today (with the possible exception of...
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம்) (born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A., is an English songwriter, record producer, singer, rapper...
Julia McKenzie (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress and theatre director. McKenzie was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the daughter of Kathleen Rowe and Albion McKenzie. She is...
David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was notably a member of...
James Blake is an English electronic music producer and singer-songwriter from London. On 6 January 2011, Blake was announced as runner-up in BBC's Sound of 2011 poll. His eponymous debut...
Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips (b. 23 December 1951, Chiswick, West London) is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing...
Yazz (born Yasmin Evans, 19 May 1960, Shepherd's Bush, London) is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records...
Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992) was a British singer and actress. Born Lillian Claire Laizer Getel Klot in the East End of London to Mark and Annie Kirschenbaum Klot, Jewish...
Alan Aldridge is a UK artist. Born in 1943 in East London, he currently resides in Los Angeles. His career began in 1965 when he happened to meet the art director of Penguin Books, and began...