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

Marina Hyde
English journalist
Marina Hydeis an English journalist, columnist and cultural commentator best known for her sharp, satirical writing for The Guardian. She has been a columnist at the newspaper since 2000, covering pol...

Nicholas Hyett
Investment analyst at Wealth Club
Nicholas Hyettjoined Wealth Club in December 2021 after six years at Hargreaves Lansdown, most recently heading up the equity research team. In that role, he oversaw all execution-only equity research...

Devonte (Blood Orange) Hynes
English singer
Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange)is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and director based in New York City. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was a member of the band Test Icicles, playing guitar, synth...

Jessica Hynes
English actress
Tallulah Jessica Elina Hynesis an English actress, director and writer. Known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007, she was one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Space...

Nicholas Hytner
English theatre and film director
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytneris an English theatre and film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include Miss...

(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary)born 21 April 1926)[a] is Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms.[b] Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke ...

Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George) King III
King
King III Charles(Charles Philip Arthur Georgeis King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.[d] He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became ...

Monahan Joseph IV
Commissioner of golf's PGA Tour
Joseph William "Jay" Monahan IVis the fourth and current commissioner of golf's PGA Tour. He ascended to this position in January 2017. PGA Tour In June 2008, Monahan came to the PGA Tour as the execu...

Henderson Iain
Irish professional rugby union player
William Iain Hendersonis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Ulster and the Ireland national team, and has been selected for two tours with ...

Armando Iannucci
Director
Armando Giovanni Iannucciis a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer, performer and panellist. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow followed by the ...

Alina Ibragimova
Violinist
Alina Rinatovna Ibragimovais a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Tatar family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the v...

Jason Iley
Chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK
Jason IleyMBE is the current Chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK. Formerly President of Roc Nation Records and the UK chief of Mercury Records, Iley currently heads up all of Sony Music's activities in ...

Thomas Ilube
Chairman of The Rugby Football Union (RFU)
Thomas Segun Ilubeis a British entrepreneur and educational philanthropist and chair of the Rugby Football Union making him the first black chair of a major sport in England. He was ranked first in th...

Natalie Imbruglia
Australian-British singer and actress
Natalie Jane Imbrugliais an Australian-British singer and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, she beg...

Celia Imrie
British actress and author
Celia Diana Savile Imrieis a British actress and author. She is best known for her film roles, including the Bridget Jones film series, Calendar Girls (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Best Exotic Mari...

Goncalo Inacio
Portuguese professional footballer
Gonçalo Bernardo Ináciois a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team. Club Career Inácio began his career at...

Paul Ince
English professional football manager
Paul Emerson Carlyle Inceis an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of EFL Championship side Reading. A former midfielder, Ince played professionally f...

Tsai Ing-wen
President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Tsai Ing-wenis a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female presi...

William Inge
English author
William Ralph Inge KCVO FBAwas an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dea...

Sophie Ingle
Welsh footballer
Sophie Louise Ingleis a Welsh footballer who plays for the FA WSL club Chelsea and is the captain of the Wales national team. She has previously represented Bristol Academy, Cardiff City, and Liverpoo...