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

Thomas Georg John Tugendhat
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas Georg John TugendhatMBE VR (born 27 June 1973) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament (...

Susan Tully
English retired actress
Susan Tullyis an English retired actress, television producer, and television director. Her most prominent television acting roles were those of rebellious teenager Suzanne Ross in Grange Hill and sin...

Michael (Michael Le Vell) Turner
English actor
Michael Robert Turner, known professionally asMichael Le Vell, is an English actor. He is best known for his role as mechanic Kevin Webster in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, a role...

Izear Turner
American musician
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr.was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s an...

Tina Turner
Singer
Tina Turnerwas a singer, songwriter and actress. Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as...

Steve Turner
Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union
Steve Turner(born 24 November 1962) is Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of Britain and Ireland's largest trade union, Unite the Union. He is responsible for the union's manufacturing sector, along wi...

Jodie Turner-smith
British actress and model
Jodie Turner-Smithis a British actress and model. She made her feature film debut in The Neon Demon (2016) and has since acted in Queen & Slim (2019), After Yang (2022), and White Noise (2022). She is...
Deborah Turness
English journalist
Deborah Mary Turnessis an English journalist, former CEO of ITN (2021), and as of 2022, CEO of BBC News. Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News Internat...

Eilleen Twain
Canadian singer-songwriter
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twainis a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in ...

Jack Tweed
British television personality
Jack’ Tweedis a British television personality. Tweed started his career as Jade Goody's partner. He became widely known in 2007 after being on Celebrity Big Brother UK. He caused controversy when he ...

Cheryl Tweedy
English singer and television personality
Cheryl Ann Tweedyis an English singer and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created throug...

Daisy Twells
British dancer, singer, actress
Daisy Twellsis a British dancer, singer, actress. Her theatre credits include: Fame the Musical (UK tour), Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (Qdos/Swansea Grand); Rapunzel in The Forest Of Enchantment (Disn...

Catherine Tyldesley
English actress
Catherine Mary Ann Tyldesleyis an English actress, known for her roles as Iris Moss in the BBC drama Lilies (2007), Eva Price on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2011–2018, 2025–present) and Kare...

Michael Tyson
American former professional boxer
Michael Gerard Tysonis an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Pl...

Manuel Ugarte
Uruguayan professional footballer
Manuel Ugarte Ribeirois a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national team. Ugarte came through Fénix's youth ac...

Jackie Uhi
Head of Mortgage, Protection and Wealth Distribution at HSBC
Jackie Uhiis Head of Mortgage, Protection and Wealth Distribution at HSBC. Career Head of Mortgage , Protection and Wealth Distribution HSBCHead of UK Network and Premier Distribution HSBCHead of Mort...

Nusrat Munir Ui-ghani
Politician
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani(born 1 September 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex since 2015. She was Parliamentary Under-Secret...

Lars Ulrich
Danish musician
Lars Ulrichis a Danish musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played ...

Bjorn Ulvaeus
Swedish musician
Björn Kristian Ulvæusis a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla,...

Paul Unwin
film, theatre, TV writer and director
Paul Andrew Unwinis a film, theatre, TV writer / director. Early life He was born in Reading, Berkshire. He studied drama at the University of Bristol, where he met Jeremy Brock in 1979. Career TV Pau...