English people of French descent

The list English people of French descent includes Emma Watson, Jacqueline Bisset, Daniel Craig, Noel Fielding and Tamsin Egerton. The list consists of 466 members and 13 sublists.

Anglo-Normans
9L, 327T
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Beauchamp family
1L, 25T
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Cellier family
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Edward III of England
5L, 55T
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Edward IV
4L, 16T
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English people of Breton descent
1L, 10T
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English people of French-Canadian descent
20T
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English people of Norman descent
11T
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English people of Martiniquais descent
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French emigrants to England
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Frere family
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Roux family
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Emma Watson

English actress (born 1990)

Overview: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress, model and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Kieran Brown (Dating)

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Emma Watson 2T

British yoga teachers 8T

Actresses from Oxfordshire 24T
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Lily James

British, Actress

Overview: Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 1989), better known by her stage name Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career ...

Date of birth: 5 April 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Actors from Esher 4T

Actresses from Surrey 142T

English voice actresses 379T
3.

Minnie Driver

British and American actress (born 1970)

Overview: Amelia Fiona J. "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English-American actress, singer and songwriter. For her role as Skylar in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting, she was nominated for both the ...

Date of birth: 31 January 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Addison O'Dea (Dating)

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21st-century English women singers 616T

21st-century American women singers 2,825T

People with acquired American citizenship 969T
4.

Jacqueline Bisset

British actress

Overview: Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset LdH ( BISS-it; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actors from Weybridge 4T

Actresses from Reading, Berkshire 17T

Actresses from Berkshire 49T
5.

Geri Horner

English singer (born 1972)

Overview: Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972), is an English singer, songwriter, author, actress, and philanthropist. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

Partner: Christian Horner (Married)

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Innocent Records artists 11T

Actors from Watford 4T

Musicians from Watford 6T
6.

Daniel Craig

English actor

Overview: Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in the eponymous film series, beginning with Casino Royale (2006), which brought him international ...

Date of birth: 2 March 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Rachel Weisz (Married)

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Male actors from Cheshire 21T

Actors from Chester 7T

English male video game actors 109T
7.

Nathalie Emmanuel

British, Actress

Overview: Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel (born 2 March 1989) is a British actress. Emmanuel began her acting career appearing in theatre in the late 1990s, acquiring roles in various West End productions such as the ...

Date of birth: 2 March 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Alex Lanipekun (Dating)

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Actresses from Southend-on-Sea 7T

Actors from Southend-on-Sea 19T

Black British actresses 278T
8.

Noel Fielding

British actor and comedian

Overview: Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside comedy partner ...

Date of birth: 21 May 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Lliana Bird (Long-Term)

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British surrealist artists 69T

21st-century English comedians 268T

20th-century English comedians 261T
9.

Tamsin Egerton

British actress (born 1988)

Overview: Tamsin Egerton (born 26 November 1988) is an English actress and model known for her roles as Chelsea Parker in the film of 2007, St Trinian's, Holly Goodfellow in the film of 2005, Keeping Mum, and G ...

Date of birth: 26 November 1988

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Josh Hartnett (Married)

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21st-century English actresses 1,369T

English child actresses 373T

English musical theatre actresses 275T
10.

Amanda Holden

English actress

Overview: Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English actress and media personality. Since 2007, she has judged on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV.

Date of birth: 16 February 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Chris Hughes (Married)

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Vegetarians 377T

Television personalities from Hampshire 2T

Actresses from Hampshire 24T
11.

Amanda De Cadenet

British actor and photographer

Overview: Amanda de Cadenet (born 19 May 1972) is an English photographer, author, and media personality based in Los Angeles. She began her entertainment career in the 1990s, first as a presenter for British series ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Photographer

Gender: Female

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Photographers from London 268T

British women television producers 149T

Women television producers 947T
12.

Dido

British musician

Overview: Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido ( DY-doh), is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1971

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Rohan Gavin (Married)

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English women songwriters 6T

Electropop musicians 39T

MTV Europe Music Award winners 370T
13.

Helena Bonham Carter

English actress (born 1966)

Overview: Helena Bonham Carter CBE (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both low-budget independent art films and large-scale blockbusters. She was nominated for the Academy Award ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Rye Dag Holmbo (Dating)

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British people of French-Jewish descent 3T

Fould family 17T

Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners 41T
14.

Jemima Khan

British journalist and producer (born 1974)

Overview: Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith (born 30 January 1974; known as Jemima Khan for work) is an English screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer and the founder of Instinct Productions, a television ...

Date of birth: 30 January 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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British women television producers 177T

Pakistani women film producers 3T

Daughters of knights 96T
15.

Emma Greenwell

American actress

Overview: Emma Greenwell (born January 14, 1989) is an American-born English actress. She made her acting debut as Mandy Milkovich in the second season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2012–2016), appearing ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American actresses of French descent 44T

American emigrants to England 337T

Actresses from New York 471T
16.

Stash Klossowski

Swiss, Socialite

Date of birth: 13 October 1942

Age: 81

Nationality: Swiss

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Male

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English people of Polish-Jewish descent 143T

English people of Swiss descent 59T

Artists from London 1,118T
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Josh Franceschi

English singer-songwriter

Overview: Josh James Alphonse Franceschi (born 7 August 1990) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and lead vocalist in the band You Me at Six.

Date of birth: 7 August 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Abigail Halliday (Dating)

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British people of Corsican descent 2T

English male singer-songwriters 639T

People from Weybridge 45T
18.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

British actor and model

Overview: Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born 24 October 1986) is an English film actor and model. He is best known for his role as Adrian Griffin in the 2020 remake of The Invisible Man and for his roles as Luke ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1986

Age: 37

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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21st-century British Jews 17T

English people of Egyptian-Jewish descent 3T

Jewish English male actors 78T
19.

Rafi Gavron

British actor

Overview: Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 28 May 1989) is an English actor. He had supporting roles in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and the ...

Date of birth: 24 June 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Gavron family 5T

English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent 17T

Jewish British male actors 25T
20.

Ben Whishaw

English actor

Overview: Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor, in film, television, and theatre. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001), Whishaw ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners 12T

Male actors of Russian descent 80T

Male actors of German descent 672T