- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator.
- Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born September 17, 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer midfielder, who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A. He was member of the Italian national football team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Perrotta lived in England until the age of 6, attending school at St. Ann's primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne.
- Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894) was an English poet. Her siblings were the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, and Maria Francesca Rossetti. Their father, Gabriele Rossetti, was an Italian poet and a political asylum seeker from Naples; and their mother, Frances Polidori, was the sister of Lord Byron's friend and physician, John William Polidori. Rossetti was born in London and educated at home by her mother.
- Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was born on the Isle of Wight to an Italian/Scottish father and a mother who came from Leeds, whose ancestors originally came from Valvori, a small village in the Lazio region of central Italy. He went to Sandown Grammar School and St John's College (Portsmouth).
- Marco Gabbiadini
Marco Gabbiadini is a former English-Italian football player whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881) was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister - the first and thus far only person of Jewish parentage to do so (although Disraeli was baptised in the Anglican Church at 13).
- John Florio
John Florio (b. London 1553; d. Fulham, near London, 1625), known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was an accomplished linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, a probable close friend and influence on William Shakespeare and the translator of Montaigne. He was of Anglo-Italian origin. His Italian father was reportedly of Jewish ethnicity, while his mother was almost certainly English.
- Lawrence Dallaglio
Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born on August 10, 1972 in London) is an English rugby union player, the former captain of the English national team. He plays as a flanker or Number 8 for London Wasps, he has never played in another set of club colours, arriving at Sudbury as a teenager. He captained England before being forced to give up the captaincy with Martin Johnson taking over and has been capped in all three positions in the backrow. He has also written two books.
- Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. Molina is known for his portrayal of the villain Doctor Octopus in "Spider-Man 2" as well as playing key roles in "Chocolat" and "The Da Vinci Code".
- Claire Forlani
Claire Forlani (born December 17, 1972) is an English actress. She is well known for the roles played in "Meet Joe Black", "Police Academy" and "Boys and Girls".
- Tony Cascarino
Anthony Guy ("Tony") Cascarino (born September 1, 1962 in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland. Since retirement, he has presented on TalkSPORT radio and written for both The Times and Ireland's Hot Press Magazine. Having originally planned to be a hair-dresser, Cascarino joined Gillingham in 1982 from Crockenhill FC, …
- Dario Gradi
Dario Gradi MBE (born Milan, Italy, 8 July 1941) is a former football manager and former player, currently Technical Director of Crewe Alexandra F.C.. Dario stepped down as first team manager on 1 July 2007, being replaced by Steve Holland. Over his career Gradi has become one of English football's most respected managers and coaches. Born to an Italian father (who died when Dario was a small child) and an English mother, …
- Max Sciandri
Maximilian Sciandri (born February 15, 1967 in Derby) is a retired British road bicycle cyclist from Italian descent. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004.
- Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet (October 24, 1784-July 28, 1885) was one of the most famous British Jews in the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, stockbroker, philanthropist and also the Sheriff of London.
- Lil Fuccillo
Pasquale Fuccillo, known commonly as Lil Fuccillo (born May 2, 1956 in Bedford) is a former football midfielder and is currently a scout for Leicester City. He was born in England to Italian parents.
- Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970 in Milan) is a thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, himself having been a prolific winner in Italy.
- Rocco Forte
Sir Rocco Forte is a British hotelier born in Bournemouth. He went to Downside School in England as a child and went on to read modern languages at Oxford University. He is the son of Lord Forte from whom he took over as CEO of the Forte Group in 1992. In the mid-Nineties, the Forte Group was faced with a hostile takeover bid from Gerry Robinson's Granada.
- Timothy Dalton
Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in "The Living Daylights" (1987) and "Licence to Kill" (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays.
- Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White (born 11 December, 1961) is a leading English chef and restaurateur. He is regarded as one of the most creative and talented chefs of his generation, known as much for his quick temper as for his exceptional skill as a chef. Although the chain-smoking White is variously described as the first celebrity chef, the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene or the Godfather of modern cooking, …
- Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson (born October 5 1947 in Dunston, Gateshead, England) (He however lived in North Shields throughout the 1970s and 80s) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. He currently lives in Sarasota, Florida. In 1972, Johnson formed the glam rock band Geordie and became their lead singer. However, after a few hit singles, the band split up in 1978.
- William Michael Rossetti
William Michael Rossetti (September 25,1829 - February 5, 1919) was an English writer and critic. Born in London, he was a son of immigrant Italian scholar Gabriele Rossetti, and the brother of Maria Francesca Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Georgina Rossetti. He was one of the seven founder members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, and became the movement's unofficial organizer and bibliographer.
- Rafael Sabatini
Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.
- Giuliano Grazioli
Giuliani Grazioli is a football striker raised in London of Italian origin. He was born on March 23 1975 and attended Finchley Catholic High School in London. He scored in Stevenage Borough's fourth round FA Cup game against Newcastle United in the 1997/98 season to leave the game at 1-1 and force a replay. He has also had spells at Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town and Peterborough United.
- Christopher Lee
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922) is an English actor known for his professional longevity and his distinctive "basso" delivery. Lee is also best known for his portrayals of villains; he became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in "The Wicker Man," Francisco Scaramanga in "The Man with the Golden Gun", …
- Tiberius Cavallo
Tiberius Cavallo (30 March 1749 - 21 December 1809), Anglo-Italian physicist and natural philosopher, was born at Naples, where his father was a physician. In 1771 he came to England with the intention of pursuing a mercantile career, but he soon turned his attention to scientific work. Although he made several ingenious improvements in scientific instruments, his mind was rather imitative and critical than creative.
- Barry Fantoni
Barry Ernest Fantoni (born 28 February 1940) is an Italian writer, comic strip cartoonist and jazz musician most famous for his work with the magazine "Private Eye", for whom he also created Neasden F.C.. As of 2005 he remains a shareholder in the company that owns "Private Eye", Pressdram Limited. He has also published books on Chinese astrology. On Saturday 27 January 2007 he debuted on BBC Radio Five Live's "Fighting Talk".
- Anita Roddick
Dame Anita Perella Roddick, DBE is the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company dedicated to producing and retailing ethical beauty products. She founded The Body Shop in Littlehampton, England in 1976. She was born to an Italian immigrant family. Her mother ran a café, and was in the habit of recycling.
- Peter Bonetti
Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents who had emigrated from the Alpine Lakes region of Italy) was a football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname, "The Cat".
- Augustine Of Canterbury
Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, c. 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596. The Kingdom of Kent, was targeted because its king, Ethelbert, had married a Christian Frankish princess named Bertha. He was accompanied by Laurence of Canterbury, the second archbishop, and a group of forty other monks. They achieved some initial success shortly after their arrival in 597, …
- Mark Falco
Mark Peter Falco (born Bethnal Green, London, October 22 1960) was a professional footballer with a number of clubs including Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, Rangers and QPR. He was a strong centre forward who was good in the air and had a good eye for goal. Falco started his career at Tottenham Hotspur.
- Perry Bamonte
Perry Archangelo Bamonte (born September 3, 1960 in London, England) is an Anglo-Italian musician best known for his work with The Cure.
- John Profumo
John Dennis Profumo, CBE (January 30, 1915 – March 9, 2006), informally known as Jack Profumo, was a British politician. He also held the Sardinian title Baron Profumo. Although Profumo held a variety of increasingly-responsible political posts in the 1950s, he is best known today for his involvement in a 1963 scandal involving a prostitute. The scandal, which is now called the Profumo Affair, …
- Robert Kilroy-Silk
Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is a British former politician and a well-known presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show "Kilroy". Onetime university lecturer and Labour Party member of Parliament (MP), he more recently stood successfully for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the 2004 election to the European Parliament, before leaving them in 2005 to found a new party called "Veritas", …
- Joe Calzaghe
Joseph "Joe" Calzaghe (born 23 March, 1972 in Hammersmith, London, England) is a Welsh boxer of Italian origin, particularly from Sardinian and Welsh descent. He currently lives in Cwmbran, Wales, and is one of the pound for pound top 10 boxers in the world according to the Ring Magazine. He is sometimes referred to as the "Italian Dragon" in reference to his mixed heritage (the dragon being both a Welsh emblem and a Sardinian myth), or the "Pride of Wales".
- Adrian Paul
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series "Highlander: The Series" as Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model, then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States to pursue a dance and modeling career.
- Danny Dichio
Daniele Salvatore "Danny" Dichio (born 19 October, 1974) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Canadian side Toronto FC of MLS. He plays at centre-forward and is of Italian descent. Dichio had the honour of scoring the first goal in Toronto FC history against the Chicago Fire on 12 May 2007 before being sent off.
- Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter, from Middlesbrough, England. Chris has sold 30 million albums worldwide.
- Francis Rossi
Francis Rossi (born Francis Dominic Michael Nicholas Rossi) was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. He is third generation London Italian. He is also known as 'Mike Rossi', 'Frame' and more recently, 'The GOMORR' (Grand Old Man of Rock 'n' Roll). He wrote the first Status Quo hit single, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", …
- Cherie Lunghi
Cherie Lunghi (born April 4, 1952 in London) is an actress. She is the mother of Nathalie Lunghi. Her father (Alessandro Lunghi) was Italian and her mother was English. In 1995 she was placed 92nd in the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" by the publishers of FHM magazine. In addition to her varied film and television work, she is perhaps best known for appearing in a long-running advertising campaign on British television for Kenco coffee in the 1990s.
- Clara Novello
Clara Anastasia Novello (10 June 1818 - 12 March 1908), soprano, was the daughter of the musician and music publisher Vincent Novello. Her beautiful high soprano and pure style made her one of the greatest vocalists, alike in opera, oratorio and on the concert stage, from 1833 onwards. In 1843 she married Count Gigliucci, but after a few years returned to her profession, and only retired in 1860. Charles Lamb wrote a poem ("To Clara N.") in her praise.