English expatriates in the United States

English computer scientist (born 1955)

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

Sir Michael Caine is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in five different decades. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

English writer and poet (1885–1930)

younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

English filmmaker (born 1937)

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

English writer (born 1960)

English writer and composer (1917–1993)

founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

British stage and film director (born 1965)

British novelist

English scientist (1919–2022)

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

English-American photographer (1830–1904)

British film director and producer (1944–2012)

English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, record executive, and entrepreneur. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.

English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows

English painter and printmaker (born 1937)

Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite and convicted child sex offender. In 2021 she was convicted of child sex trafficking, and in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

British-born American conductor (1882–1977)

British film producer (born 1971)

British journalist and television host (born 1965)

English composer (1862–1934)

British television and film director and producer (1941–2021)

British film director, screenwriter and producer

English playwright and screenwriter (1926-2016)

English short story writer and novelist (1869–1951)

English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)

British singer, rapper and songwriter

UK writer (1950-2020)

English DJ and radio presenter (1939–2004)

English artist, performer and fashion designer (1946–2010)

English author (1938–2023)

English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

wife of Pavlos, son of ex King of Greece

British professional wrestler, dancer, and model

English jockey and crime writer

British-American screenwriter, film producer and director

Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer

English philosopher (1922–2009)

Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing, along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Miles and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.

British University Professor of Art History and History

British astronomer (1937–2010)

British occultist, artist and illustrator (1878–1951)

English video game producer

British politician (1929–2023)

British politician and academic (1930–2021)

British recording engineer (1945-2018)

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist (1897–1979)

British racing driver (1978–2011)

English-American fantasy writer

British-American rapper

English American mathematician

British athletics competitor and sprinter

author and artist of comic books

English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922-2012)

British politician (1929–2014)