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

David Earl
British actor and comedian
David Geoffrey Earlis a British actor and comedian, best known for his comedy character Brian Gittins. He has featured in several projects associated with Ricky Gervais, most notably as Kevin "Kev" Tw...

Robert Earle
former football player
Robert Fitzgerald Earleis a former football player and current television commentator. Born in England, he represented Jamaica in international football. An attacking midfielder, he played 578 league ...

Fleur East
English singer
Fleur Eastis an English singer, songwriter, rapper and presenter. East competed on the second series of The X Factor in 2005 as part of the girl group Addictiv Ladies but was unsuccessful. In 2012, sh...

Emily Eavis
Co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival
Emily Rose Eavisis co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival, and the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis, mothered by his second wife Jean. Music events care...

Michael Eavis
English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival
Sir Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavisis an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset. Personal life Eavis was born in Pilton, ...

Christopher Eccleston
English actor
Christopher Ecclestonis an English actor. A twice BAFTA Award winner, he has been active in television and film, which includes his role as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series...

Bernard Ecclestone
British business magnate
Bernard Charles Ecclestoneis a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987...

Ayo Edebiri
American actress
Ayo Edebiriis an American actress, comedian, and television writer. Since 2022 she has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear and won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild ...

Victor Edelstein
British former couturier
Victor Edelsteinis a British former couturier best known for his fashion designs for Diana, Princess of Wales, in the 1980s. In 1989 he was described as the English equivalent to Oscar de la Renta, an...

Noel Edmonds
English television presenter
Noel Ernest Edmondsis an English television presenter, radio DJ, writer, producer, and businessman. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the ...

Kevin Edusei
Conductor
Kevin John Eduseiis a German conductor. He is in his eighth and final season as Chief Conductor of Munich Symphony Orchestra, and from the 2022/2023 season will be Principal Guest Conductor of Fort Wo...

Huw Edwards
Journalist at British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Huw Edwardsis a Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. Edwards presents BBC News at Ten, the corporation's flagship news broadcast. Edwards also presents BBC coverage of state events, internatio...

Johnny Edwards
American lawyer
Johnny Reid Edwardsis an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing t...

Charlie Edwards
British professional boxer
Charlie Edwardsis a British professional boxer who has held the WBC World flyweight title, the British super-flyweight title and the European bantamweight title during his career. He is the older brot...

Michael Edwards
English ski jumper
Michael David Edwards, better known asEddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last i...

Huw Edwards
Journalist at British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Huw Edwardsis a Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. Edwards presents BBC News at Ten, the corporation's flagship news broadcast. Edwards also presents BBC coverage of state events, internatio...

Taron Egerton
Welsh actor
Taron Egertonis a Welsh actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Egerton performed in stage plays. He gained recognition for his starring role as a spy recruit in the action com...

Sara Egwu-james
Polish singer and songwriter
Sara Zofia Egwu-Jamesis a Polish singer and songwriter of Nigerian origin. She won the fourth series of the Polish talent show The Voice Kids and represented Poland at the Junior Eurovision Song Conte...

Billie Eilish
Singer
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connellis an American singer and songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", which was subsequently released by Darkroom, a s...

Richard Eisen
American television sportscaster and radio host
Richard Eisenis an American television sportscaster and radio host. Since 2003, he has worked for NFL Network as a host of various pregame, halftime, and postgame shows and doing occasional play-by-pl...