Celebrity Number Plates

Displaying a personalised registration on your vehicle puts your own individual stamp on your ride, making it unique from other similar cars on the road. However, having a private number plate is often associated with the Rich and Famous. Superstars and celebrities love to show off their individuality by adding private number plates to their vehicles.

Some well known celebrities can be identified by their personalised registrations alone, and those who are avid car collectors often have a series of celebrity number plates to identify their fleet. Well-known footballers, actors, and pop artists all use personal number plates on their vehicles to set themselves apart and show the world who is driving.

See if you recognise any of these.

Remember professional football player Vinnie Jones? He went on to start in some big Hollywood movies like X-Men and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels among others. Vinnies personal vehicle sports the celebrity private registration 100 VJ.

Amir Khan, the boxer, who first appeared in the Olympics, went professional and built up a series of titles. In a nod to his sporting career, his personal registration reads BOX IIG. As a fan of private registrations, he owns other private plates such as V60 XER and is on the lookout for more.

Famous cricketer Ian Botham was nicknamed Beefy by his teammates. He has since become a commentator, and member of the house of Lords, as well as being given an OBE. If you happen to see him driving around in his Bentley, you will see the registration B33 FYS, representing his old nickname. 

British entrepreneur turned TV star Alan Sugar featured in The Apprentice and is one of the UK’s wealthiest men. For his personal number plate, he has kept things simple with the elegant AMS 1, his initials for Alan Michael Sugar. The celebrity sports the plate on his Rolls Royce Phantom.

British singer Robbie William formerly of Take That! Boy band fame bought the number plate S8RRY. The plate was used on a Ferrari and apparently, the plate was Robbie’s way of apologising to his fans for spending so much money on a luxury car.

While celebrities love to find their own unique private number plates, the trend is not just limited to actors, singers, and sportspeople. Even members of the royal family indulge their desire to have a personalised registration. Princess Anne once owned the private plate ANN 1 which was given to her as a wedding gift. 

Some number plates can sell for extremely high sums of money. The most expensive number plate ever purchased in the UK was 25 0 bought by a Ferrari trader for £518,000. It now sits proudly on his rare model Ferrari 250 SWB that was previously owned by famous musician and songwriter, Eric Clapton.

If you are seeking your own celebrity style private number plate then you won’t have to spend £500k. We have thousands of options available that will suit every budget. Check the Swiftreg website and search for your plate in our extensive database of private registrations.