Births
- 1 January –
- Fiona Phillips, journalist, broadcaster and television presenter
- Mark Wingett, British actor
- 12 January – Simon Russell Beale, British actor
- 20 February – Imogen Stubbs, British actress
- February – Ross King, television presenter, actor and author
- 10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter
- 14 April – Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor
- 18 April – Jane Leeves, English actress
- 20 April – Nicholas Lyndhurst, actor
- 30 April – Paul Usher, actor
- 2 May – Phil Vickery, British celebrity chef
- 8 May – Janet McTeer, British actress
- 14 May – Tim Roth, English actor
- 30 May – Harry Enfield, English comedian
- 24 June – Iain Glen, Scottish actor
- 25 June – Ricky Gervais, English comedian
- 27 June – Meera Syal, British comedian and writer
- 17 July – Jeremy Hardy, English comedian, radio panelist, and singer
- 7 August – Brian Conley, comedian, television presenter, singer and actor
- 18 August – Huw Edwards, journalist and news presenter
- 27 August – Mark Curry, television presenter
- 6 October – Linda Barker, interior designer and television presenter
- 7 October – Simon McCoy, BBC newsreader
- 10 October – Martin Kemp, musician and actor
- 9 November – Jill Dando, television newsreader (died 1999)
- 28 November – Martin Clunes, actor
- 11 December – Marco Pierre White, British chef and restaurateur
- 12 December – Sarah Sutton, British actress
- 19 December – Matthew Waterhouse, British actor
- 23 December – Carol Smillie, television presenter
- Unknown – Kazia Pelka, actress
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