* 1978 – Myleene Klass, British singer, pianist, and model ( Hear ’ Say )

* 1940 – Billy Fury, British singer ( d. 1983 )

* 1945 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer, and dancer ( d. 2000 )

* Alexandra Burke ( born 1988 ), British singer

British rapper Plan B released a concept album titled The Defamation of Strickland Banks in which he plays a soul singer named Strickland Banks.

( British singer Vera Lynn reached the top of the chart in August 2009 at age 92, but with the greatest hits album, We'll Meet Again – The Very Best of Vera Lynn.

* 1945 – Lemmy, British singer, bassist ( Motörhead )

* 1986 – Ellie Goulding, British singer

* 1939 – Eric Flynn, British actor and singer ( d. 2002 )

* 1944 – Marti Webb, British actor and singer

In addition to performing for the Pope, the singer participated in a live broadcast on British television for Christmas Eve in 1997, before she flew home to County Donegal to join her family at midnight Mass.

* 1955 – Howard Jones, British pop singer

* 1978 – Jenny Frost, British singer / presenter / model / DJ ( Precious and Atomic Kitten )

* 1966 – Rick Astley, British singer

* 1949 – Emma Kirkby, British singer

* 1916 – John Reed, British actor and singer ( d. 2010 )

* 1949 – Judy Dyble, British singer / songwriter ( Fairport Convention )

* 1971 – Sonia, British singer

* 1960 – Holly Johnson, British singer ( Frankie Goes to Hollywood )

British singer Morrissey shot the video for his single " Suedehead " in Fairmount, tracing the steps of James Dean.

He befriended Elton John when the British singer was staying in California in 1972, insisting on calling him " John Elton.

He is also a fan of the British singer Phil Collins ; Collins claimed he was " incredibly flattered " when he learned this.

* John Ford ( musician ) ( born 1948 ), English singer, songwriter and guitarist in rock genre ; long career lasting from British Invasion to 21st century

* 1982 – Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer ( allSTARS *)

At the 2007 British Soap Awards, it won Best Storyline, and Kate Ford was voted Best Actress for her portrayal.

* Prior to her first record deal, British singer-songwriter Kate Bush recorded at least thirty officially-unreleased but much-bootlegged demos of original material, circa 1972.

Many British actors have achieved international fame and critical success, including Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, Charlie Chaplin, Sean Connery, Vivien Leigh, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers and Kate Winslet.

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett and British actress Kate Winslet had been cast intended in the lead roles in the movie.

** Kate Thornton, British TV presenter

* April 8 – Tilly Armstrong ( alias Tania Langley and Kate Alexander ), British writer ( d. 2010 )

Yet, from a professional and personal point-of-view, both films were significant challenges for Binoche ; her casting opposite Ralph Fiennes's Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, in favour of English actresses Helena Bonham Carter and Kate Beckinsale, was immediately contentious and drew derision from the British press, unimpressed that a uniquely English role had gone to a French actress.

In November 2010, the song " If U C Kate " written by Dallas Austin, Taio Cruz, Alan Nglish, and Chasez was featured on the British band McFly's album, Above the Noise.

It may be inferred that this speech depicted Lang's personal vision of the past, present and future of New South Wales and Australia's place in the British Empire and world, ( to read this speech, refer to ' Stirring Australian Speeches ', edited by Michael Cathcart and Kate Darian-Smith ).

* Kate Bellingham, British engineer and former television presenter

In February 2005, the case was in the news again when the British daily the Independent obtained a copy of the OIOS report and accompanied by an article by Kate Holt published its contents.

A full generation of mothers in the liberal-minded " artistic " British circles who called themselves " The Souls " and embraced the Arts and Crafts movement dressed their daughters in Kate Greenaway pantaloons and bonnets in the 1880s and 1890s.

In Britain it was highly commended runner up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.

The song " Cloudbusting " by British singer Kate Bush describes Reich's arrest and incarceration through the eyes of his son, Peter.

* Pimp ( 2010 ), British drama with Kate Sissons as a fetish video performer

This low-rise fashion started in the early 1990s when the British magazine The Face in its March 1993 issue cover featured Kate Moss in low-rise jeans.

* Kate Humble ( born 1968 ), British television presenter

The film starred Kate Beckinsale as Flora, Joanna Lumley ( also famed from her role as Patsy in the British TV comedy " Absolutely Fabulous ") as her friend and mentor Mary Smiling, Rufus Sewell as Seth, Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder, Eileen Atkins as Judith, Stephen Fry as Mybug, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle, and Angela Thorne as Mrs Hawk-Monitor.

British designers whose collections have been showcased at the fashion week include Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney, while British models who have featured at the event include Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jade Jagger, Jodie Kidd and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

The first buyers of the new system were Peter Gabriel, Richard James Burgess of Landscape ( who demonstrated it to many British musicians and on BBC TV's Tomorrow's World ), Iva Davies of Icehouse, Thomas Dolby, Kate Bush, In the US, Jackson demonstrated the Series I sampler for a year before selling units to Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder in 1980 for US $ 27, 500 each.

* Kate Dennison, British athlete