1974 (people)


 * 1 January - Actor Clare Calbraith was born.
 * 2 January - Actor Toby Hadoke was born.
 * 14 January - Actor Paul Whitsun-Jones died.
 * 15 January - Controller of BBC One Danny Cohen was born.
 * 30 January - Actor Olivia Colman was born.
 * 19 February - Actor Caroline Chikezie was born.
 * 5 March - Actor Matt Lucas was born.
 * 7 March - Actor Tobias Menzies was born.
 * 29 March - Actor Shaun Dooley was born.
 * 11 April - Actor Adam Shaw was born.
 * 16 April - Actor Paul Marc Davies was born.
 * 23 April - Actor Verona Joseph was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Joseph Millson was born.
 * 21 May - Actor Juliet Cowan was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Jan Anderson was born.
 * 14 July - Actor David Mitchell was born.
 * 16 July - Director Mark Tonderai was born.
 * 31 July - Actor Emilia Fox was born.
 * 7 August - Actor Eugene Washington was born.
 * 9 August - Actor Nicola Stapleton was born.
 * 1 September - Actor Burn Gorman was born.
 * 9 September - Actor Jim Tyson died.
 * 16 September - Actor Ed Stoppard was born.
 * 22 September - Actor Stephanie Bidmead died.
 * 29 September - Hairdresser Henry Montsash died.
 * 5 October - Actor Marshall Lancaster was born.
 * 11 October - Writer Ian Mond was born.
 * 31 October - Writer Joshua Wanisko was born.
 * 6 November - Writer Susan Calman was born.
 * 9 November - Actor Ian Hallard was born.
 * 20 November - Actor David O'Donnell was born.
 * 27 November - Actor Alec Newman was born.
 * 28 November - Actor Nancy Carroll was born.
 * 29 November - Actor Max Bollinger was born.
 * Unknown - Writer and Producer James Goss was born.