Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Martin Daubney
British commentator
Martin Edward Daubneyis a British commentator, journalist and former politician who was the deputy leader of the Reclaim Party from 2021 until August 2022. Daubney was a Brexit Party Member of the Eur...

Edward Davey
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Sir Edward Jonathan Davey FRSAis a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climat...

Craig David
British singer and songwriter
Craig Ashley Davidis a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, Born to Do It, was released in 2000, af...

Ruth Davidson
Scottish politician
Ruth Elizabeth Davidsonis a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from ...

Darren Davidson
Australian journalist
Darren Davidsonis a British and Australian journalist. He is the Managing Editor and Commercial Director of The Australian, a national news brand with a monthly audience of more than 4 million readers...

John Davidson
Scottish activist and campaigner
John Davidsonis a Scottish campaigner for Tourette syndrome, who lives in Galashiels. At age 16, Davidson was the subject of the BBC TV documentary John's Not Mad (1989) about the manifestations of To...

James Davidson
English stand-up comedian
James Cameron Davidsonis an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer and TV presenter. He hosted the television shows Big Break and The Generation Game. In 2014 he was the winner of the 13th series of...

Timothy Davie
Director-General of the BBC
Timothy Douglas Davieis a British media executive currently serving as the seventeenth Director-General of the BBC since 1 September 2020, taking over from Lord Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead. He...

Alan Davies
English actor
Alan Roger Daviesis an English actor, presenter, stand-up comedian, and writer. He is known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek (1997–2016) and as the on...

Gregory Davies
British comedian
Gregory Daniel Daviesis a British comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), Greg in We Are Klang (2009), Ken Thompson in Cu...

Philip Davies
Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire
Philip Andrew Daviesis a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire since the 2005 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he is the...

Sara Davies
British businesswoman
Sara Daviesis a British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality. She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a company she started while a student at the University of York. I...

Russell Davies
Welsh screenwriter and television producer
Stephen Russell Davies, better known asRussell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the ...

Gareth Davies
Member of Parliament (MP)
Gareth Mark Daviesis a British politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Grantham and Bourne. He was previously the MP for Grantham and Stamford from the 2019 general ele...

Gary Davies
British broadcaster
Gary Daviesis a British broadcaster. From 1982 to 1993 he was a BBC Radio 1 disc jockey and a regular presenter of Top of the Pops. As of September 2022 Gary Davies can be heard on BBC Radio 2 present...

Amber Davies
Welsh actress
Amber Elizabeth Daviesis a Welsh actress and television personality. After winning the third series of Love Island in 2017, she pursued a professional acting career, having trained at the Urdang Acade...

Akinola Davies
British-Nigerian filmmaker
Akinola Davies Jr.is a British-Nigerian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. He is best known for his debut film My Father's Shadow, winning of a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut, a British Independ...

Howard Davies
Chairman of NatWest Group
Sir Howard John Daviesis a British economist and author, who is the chairman of NatWest Group and the former director of the London School of Economics. He was the first chairman of the Financial Serv...

Lucy Davis
English actress
Lucy Clare Davisis an English actress best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy The Office (2001–2003). She is also known for her roles as Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series The Chilling...

Sally Davis
English actress
Sally Davisis an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom Not Going Out since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC crime drama Death in ...