Famous people in your area?

[Alkaz]

Believe it or not there are actually some relatively famous people in the UK and I thought it might be fun to see who we all live or lived near :O.

I'll start off by saying that the following people live/d in the same town as me:
Joe Pasquale (King of the Jungle, Price is Right)
Danniella Westbrook (Sam Mitchell - Eastenders)
Chris Simmons (Mickey Webb- The Bill)
Hilda Braid (Nana Moon - Eastenders)
Gemma Arterton (St Trinians I / II, James Bond, Tamara Drew, The Boat That Rocked)
Charles Dickens (The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations etc).

Hilda Braid and Gemma Arterton studied at the same performing arts school how ever, not at the same time. I will finish by saying that Pocahontas died in the town I live in and is burried underneath a church in the town centre.


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[9y]

Birth name Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
Born 6 January 1955 (age 55)
Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/RowanAtkinsonMar07.jpg/200px-RowanAtkinsonMar07.jpg

I know the author of some childrens book or tv series was from durham but Idk which it was ;/ xx

Edit: Tellytubbies:

Anne Wood CBE is a British children's television producer.
She was born in 1937 at Spennymoor, a mining town in County Durham, England.

[Faye]

Thomas Turgoose - He was born 11 February 1992 and brought up in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He and a brother were raised by his mother, using her maiden name, in a run down area of Grimsby. Whilst filming This Is England, he attended Wintringham School, Grimsby (now Oasis Academy Wintringham) and The Innocence Project but he now goes to Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2007/04/10/thisisengland1.jpg

[Nixt]

http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/about-bristol/famous-bristol

Some cool people in that list, including Derren Brown and JK Rowling. Additionally Johnny Depp has a house in Portishead which isn't far from Bristol at all.

[Keri?!]

I can't find anyone from the town I live in :(
I know Lewis Hamilton's brother went to my school last year and the years before because I've seen him around school. They don't live far from me.
The band Deep Purple formed in Hertford in 1968.
Rupert Grint, the Harry Potter film star, comes from Hertford, and although he now lives outside the county town, he lived within Hertford when filming began on the Harry Potter series. He attended Richard Hale School before leaving after his GCSE exams in 2004. Other famous students at Richard Hale School are listed on that school's page.

My uncle's really close friends with Rupert Grint's brother, considering my uncles 20 and does bmxing :P Also Richard Hale, is like next to my school basically.

[Special]

from wiki



Olave Baden-Powell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olave_Baden-Powell), wife to Robert Baden-Powell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell) and Chief Guide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlguiding_UK) from 1918 until her death in 1977[47] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-46)
Baron Bowden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Bowden), English scientist and educationist, particularly associated with the development of UMIST as a successful university.
Paul Burrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Burrell), former royal butler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler) and author[48] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-47)
Barbara Castle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Castle), former Labour government minister.[49] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-48)
Pete Dodd (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pete_Dodd&action=edit&redlink=1) member of 1980's band, The Thompson Twins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Twins).
Simon Groom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Groom),[50] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-49) Blue Peter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter) presenter
Jo Guest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Guest), glamour model
William Edwin Harvey (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Edwin_Harvey&action=edit&redlink=1), MP lived here.[51] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-50)
John Hurt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hurt), actor[52] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-51)
Ian Hyland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hyland), Daily Mirror (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mirror) television critic
Jeremy Kemp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kemp), actor[53] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-52)
Frank Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lee_%28British_politician%29), MP lived here.[54] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-ww-53)
John Lukic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lukic), footballer
Violet Markham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Markham) CH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour), writer, social reformer, mayor and administrator.[55] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-aim25-54)
Geoff Miller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Miller), Derbyshire and England cricketer.
Henry Normal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Normal), co-writer of The Royle Family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royle_Family)
Johnny Pearson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pearson), Composer of theme tunes for Captain Pugwash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Pugwash), News at Ten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten) and All Creatures Great and Small (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_%28TV_serial%29)
Samuel Pegge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pegge) (1704–1796), antiquary, Old Whittington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Whittington) vicar.
Jon Podgorski (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_Podgorski&action=edit&redlink=1), member of 1980's band, The Thompson Twins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Twins).
Claire Price (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Price), actress
Sir Robert Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Robinson_%28scientist%29), Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin)) and alkaloids.[56] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-55)
Joe Screen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Screen), international Speedway Rider, also attended Tapton House School.
Mark Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shaw_%28singer%29), lead singer of 1980s band Then Jerico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Jerico)
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_%22Philthy_Animal%22_Taylor), former Motörhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead) drummer
Percy Toplis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Toplis), criminal active during the 1910s
Eric Varley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Varley,_Baron_Varley), (1932–2008) MP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament) for Chesterfield till 1984, past Chairman of Coalite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalite), Labour Peer
Rik Makarem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Makarem) Actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor) Emmerdale
Steven Blakeley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Blakeley) Actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor) Heartbeat
Bob Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wilson_%28footballer_born_1941%29), footballer
Peter Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wright), MI5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI5) officer, author of Spycatcher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spycatcher)[57] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield#cite_note-56)

Other prominent people connected with the town:


Gordon Banks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Banks), England's World Cup Winning goalkeeper played for Chesterfield F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C.) between 1955 and 1959.
Tony Benn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn), Labour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28UK%29) MP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament) for Chesterfield from 1984–2001.
Geoff Capes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes), Two time winner of The Worlds Strongest Man competition now lives in Chesterfield.
The Venerable Edmond Francis Crosse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Francis_Crosse), was the first Archdeacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archdeacon) of Chesterfield.
Erasmus Darwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin), (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802), one of the founder members of the Lunar Society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Society), a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers. He was educated at Chesterfield School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_School).
George Stephenson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson) English mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. He ended his days at Tapton House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapton_House) which is now a Chesterfield College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_College) campus.
Kerry Hallam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Hallam), artist, folk musician and writer, trained at Chesterfield Art College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_College) for two years.
Alfred Seaman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Seaman) successful Victorian photographer opened his first studio in the town
Sir Montague Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Burton), founder of the Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_%28clothing%29) chain of companies, opened his first store in Chesterfield in 1903.

also the founder of thomas cook & founder of walkers were born there

[Jamesy]

Delia Smith and Stephen Fry are both from Norwich. Although not mainstream famous, that Ashens guy from youtube also lives about 30 minutes away from me :)

[Mathew]

Joseph Priestley, the person who discovered oxygen, lived a couple of miles away.

Kate Hutchinson, swimming for the UK in the Commonwealth games in the coming weeks, used to go to my school.

[Alexx..]

Uncle Vernon from Harry Potter

[marriott0.01]

Alec McCowen | Born 1925 - English actor.
Alfred Deller | Born 1912. Died 1979 - English counter-tenor.
Alfred E Coppard | Born 1878. Died 1957 - English short story writer and poet.
Alfred Whitehead | Born 1861. Died 1947 - English mathematician and philosopher.
Algernon Sidney | Born 1623. Died 1683 - English politician.
Anna Atkins | Born 1799. Died 1871 - English photographer and illustrator.
Anne Boleyn | Henry VII's second wife (Contested with Norwich though)
Aphra Behn | Born 1640. Died 1689 - English writer and adventuress.
Billy Rootes | Born 1894. Died 1964 - English car manufacturer.
Brenda Blethyn | Born 1946 - English actress.
Carol McGiffin | Loose Women ;)
Cecil Powell | Born 1903. Died 1969 - English physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins | Born 1923 - English theoretical chemist.
Christopher Marlowe | Born 1564 . Died 1593 - Poet & dramatist.
Christopher Smart | Born 1722. Died 1771 - English poet.
Dame Antoinette Sibley | Born 1939 - English dancer. (Swan Lake)
David Frost | Born 1939 - Broadcaster and businessman.
David Gower | Former professional cricket player.
David Harvey | Born 1935 - English geographer.
David Jenkins | Born 1925 - English prelate and theologian.
Denis Healey | Born 1917 - English politician.
Derek Barton | Born 1918. Died 1998 - English chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
Donald Lynden-Bell | Born 1935 - English astrophysicist.
Edward Heath | Edward “Ted” Heath was the man who took Britain into the European Union.
Edwin Arnold | Born 1832. Died 1904 - English poet and journalist.
Ethelbert | Born in 560 Died on 24th of February 616, Former King of Kent
F Tennyson Jesse | Born 1888. Died 1958 - Novelist and dramatist.
Fiona Phillips | Born 1961 - Journalist and broadcaster.
Francis Smith | Born 1808. Died 1874 - Inventor of the screw propellor.
Francis Walsingham | Born c1532. Died 1590 - English statesman.
Frank Muir | Born 1920. Died 1998 - English writer and broadcaster.
Freddie Laker | Born 1922. Died 2006 - Miami - English business executive.
Frederick Forsyth | Born 1938 - English writer.
Geoffrey Rootes | Born 1917. Died 1992 - English motor industry executive.
George Gipps | Born 1791. Died 1847 - Colonial administrator.
George Grote | Born 1794. Died 1871 - English politician and historian.
George Rooke | Born 1650. Died 1709 - English admiral.
George Young | Born 1882. Died 1959 - English historical essayist.
Gertrude Hermes | Born 1901. Died 1983 - Printmaker and sculptor.
Graeme Clark | Born 1907. Died 1995 - English archaeologist.
H G Wells | Born 1866 Died 1946 - English novelist
Hattie Jacques | Born 1922. Died 1980 - English comic actress.
Henry Hardinge | Born 1785. Died 1856 - Soldier and administrator.
Jack Cohen | Founder of the Tesco Supermarket Chain.
Jack Dee | Born 1962 - Stand-up comedian, actor and writer.
James Wolfe | General James Wolfe was born 2nd January 1727 and died 13th September 1759. He was a British army officer, known chiefly for his victory over the French in Canada and establishing British rule there.
Jodie Kidd | Born 1978 - Fashion model and television personality.
John Arthur Robinson | Born 1919. Died 1983 - Anglican prelate and theologian.
John Littlewood | Born 1885. Died 1977 - English mathematician.
John MacGregor | Born 1825. Died 1892 - English writer.
John Wallis | Born 1616. Died 1703 - English mathematician.
Joseph R Ackerley | Born 1896. Died 1967 - English writer.
Joss Stone | Born 1987 - Soul, R & B, and blues singer and songwriter.
Kate Bush | Born 1958 - English pop singer and songwriter.
Kate Lawler | Born 1980 - Winner of Big Brother.
Katherine Hamnett | Born 1947 - Fashion designer.
Kathleen Courtney | Born 1878. Died 1974 - Suffragette and world peace activist.
Keith Richards | Born 1943 - Musician.
Kelly Holmes | Kelly Holmes is a former British middle-distance runner who retired from athletics after her stunning success at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Lionel Johnson | Born 1867. Died 1902 - English poet and critic.
M R James | Born 1862. Died 1936 - Writer and scholar.
Mackenize Crook | Born 1971 - English actor.
Malcolm Campbell | Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist.
Mary Quant | Born 1934 . English fashion designer.
Mary Martin | Born 1907. Died 1969 - English painter and sculptor.
Michael Powell | Born 1905. Died 1990 - English film director, scriptwriter and producer.
Mick Jagger | English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and lead vocalist and frontman of the rock band, The Rolling Stones.
Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) | Born 1963 - Musician.
Orlando Bloom | Born 1977 – English actor.
Paul Oakenfold | Born 1963 - Record producer and disc jockey.
Pete Tong | Born 1960 - Disc jockey and music producer.
Peter Lilley | Born 1943 - English Conservative politician.
Peter Quennell | Born 1905. Died 1993 - English biographer.
Pixie Lott | Singer/Songwriter
Quentin Blake | Born 1932 - English artist, illustrator and teacher.
Richard Bennett | Born 1936 - English composer.
Robert Bridges | Born 1844. Died 1930 - English poet and critic.
Robert Leigh-Pemberton | Born 1927 - English banker.
Sidney Keyes | 1922. Died 1943 - English poet.
Siegfried Sassoon | Born 1886 . Died 1967 - English poet & novelist
Sir Eric Rideal | Born 1890. Died 1974 - English physical chemist.
Sir Henry Tizard | Born 1885. Died 1959 - English chemist and administrator.
Sir Philip Sidney | Born 1554. Died 1586 - English poet and patron.
Stanley Hooker | Born 1907. Died 1984 - English aero-engine designer.
Stephen Hales | Born 1677. Died 1761 - Botanist and chemist.
Steve Backley | British javelin thrower.
Thom Gunn | Born 1929. Died 2004 - English poet.
Thomas Linacre | Born 1460. Died 1524 - English physician.
Trevor Howard | Born 1913. Died 1988 - English actor.
Tyrone Guthrie | Born 1900. Died 1971 - Theatrical producer
Vita Sackville-West | Born 1892. Died 1962 - English poet and novelist.
Wally Hammond | Born 1903. Died 1965 - English cricketer.
William Caxton | first English printer and a great translator
William Harvey | Born 1578. Died 1657 - English physician, discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
William Hazlitt | Born 1778. Died 1830 - English essayist.
William Penney | Born 1909. Died 1991 - English physicist.
William Pitt (The Younger) | Born 1759 . Died 1806 -English statesman & orator
William Ridge | Born 1857. Died 1930 - English writer.
Zandra Rhodes | Born 1940 - English fashion designer.

Not all of them, but they're the ones from the county I grew up. And that's only born not lived xoxoxox

[AgnesIO]

Off the top of my head:

Michael Fitch - Magician
Olly Murs
Boadicia
Blur
Dermot O'Leary

Will search for others x

--

My friend would be a more interesting list. Anyone like the Queen lol

---------- Post added 26-09-2010 at 01:20 PM ----------

Off the top of my head:

Michael Fitch - Magician
That guy who is the host on X Factor
Olly Murs

Will search for others x

[Sharon]

Can't think of many on my iPod because my mind has gone blank

Closest to me is CORIN FORSHAW FROM BB11 ;D

[Technologic]

A fair few of the foreign man city players live in houses on my road owned by the club and a former city manager lives on here too (no idea who he is i just know he lives here). Paulo wanchope nearly knocked me off my bike with his ferrari when he lived here a few years ago

[Apple]

Thomas Turgoose - He was born 11 February 1992 and brought up in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He and a brother were raised by his mother, using her maiden name, in a run down area of Grimsby. Whilst filming This Is England, he attended Wintringham School, Grimsby (now Oasis Academy Wintringham) and The Innocence Project but he now goes to Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2007/04/10/thisisengland1.jpg

So he is now 18?! I always thought he was about 12 in This is England but he will of been 14/15.

In my area I guess I probably have nearly half of the Waterloo Road cast lol. Got one of the Dingles from emmerdale I think and also the indian woman from coronation street that is married to dev. Paul Scholes still lives here I think, Andy from emmerdale lives here. Sure there are more but I can't really think of anyone else. :P

[buttons]

i live in scotland no-one here has talent:S
ehh sandi thom was born and brought up here she's so ******* annoying irl
and some author but he died in china and no1 cared

[AgnesIO]

i live in scotland no-one here has talent:S
ehh sandi thom was born and brought up here she's so ******* annoying irl
and some author but he died in china and no1 cared

Susan Boyle is everyones hero?

Quite right though, Scotland and talent don't fit ;)

[Nikki]

Cat Deeley grew up two doors away from my nans house,
thats all i know :)

[Faboosh]

Erm Andrew Carnegie, Adam Smith, Gordon Brown, Ian Rankin, Jack Vettriano all I can think of from the top of my headdd

[Jordan]

I think Dawn French and Will young I believe.

[Imosae]

Steve McClaren
ex-Middlesbrough manager if that counts

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/09/SteveMcclaren50906_228x342.jpg

[Jessie]

Erm I used to live 5 doors down from Joss Stone? and someone from Spellbound (BGT) comes from my town :')

[Bun]

Steve McClaren
ex-Middlesbrough manager if that counts

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/09/SteveMcclaren50906_228x342.jpg

and ex-England manager lol..

Jamie Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Bell), actor famous for the role of Billy Elliot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Elliot), and Griffin in the movie Jumper
Diane Youdale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Youdale), famous for the role of Jet in the TV Series Gladiators (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiators_(British_TV_show))
Andrew Davies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Davies_(footballer)), Former Middlesbrough F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C.) and Southampton F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_F.C.) Footballer currently with Stoke City F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C.)
Billy Dunlop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Jeopardy#England_and_Wales), the first person to be found guilty of murder following changes to UK law for double jeopardy cases. Originally found not guilty of the murder of Julie Hogg, but convicted following a re-trial after he openly confessed to her murder whilst in prison for a separate offence
Zeitgeist 77 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zeitgeist_77&action=edit&redlink=1), Legendary Punk Band
Sean Gregan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Gregan), footballer
Eddie Jobson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jobson), musician
Willie Maddren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maddren), former Middlesbrough F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C.) footballer and manager
Tommy Mooney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Mooney), footballer
Gary Pallister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Pallister), footballer for Middlesbrough F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C.), Manchester United (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United) and England. Now an occasional pundit for the BBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC)
Paul Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Smith_(singer)), the frontman of Indie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_music) group Maxïmo Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%C3%AFmo_Park)
Jamie Pollock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Pollock), former footballer for Manchester City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_City)

^ they are from my town, which has like 35,000 population lol.

[Moh]

We have a few famousish people.

William Wilberforce - Was the leader to abolish the slave trade in England

Amy Johnson - First person to fly solo from England to Australia

The Beautiful South - Band

John Prescott - Former deputy prime minister

Mark Hill - He's a celeb hairdresser (Fearne Cotton, Holly Willoughby, Leona Lewis, Keira Knightley) so urm, does he count?

Roland Gift - Lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals grew up in Hull


Don't really have any recent famous people :(

[Andeeh]

Paul McCartney - lives in Hove now
Katie Price
Des Lynham
Chris Eubank
Fat Boy Slim
and lots more :)

[Shockwave.2CC]

C P Snow - Born in Leicester on 15th October 1905 - Died 1st July 1980 - English novelist and physicist
Christopher Bruce - Born in Leicester on 3rd October 1945 - English dancer and choreographer
Ernest Gimson - Born in Leicester on 21st December 1864 - Died 12th August 1919 - Architect and furniture designer
Gary Lineker - Born in Leicester on 30th November 1960 - English footballer and commentator
George Villiers - Born in Leicester on 28th August 1592 - Died 23rd August 1628 - English politician and court favourite
Gok Wan - Born in Leicester on 9th September 1974 - British fashion consultan
Graham Chapman - Born in Leicester on 8th January 1941 - Died 4th October 1989 - Comedian, writer and actor
Harold Hopkins - Born in Leicester on 6th December 1918 - Died 22nd October 1994 - Optical physicist
Henry Bates - born in Leicester on 8th February 1825 - Died 16th February 1892 - English naturalist
Hugh Latimer - Born in Leicester in 1485 - Died 16th October 1555 - English Protestant reformer
Jane Grey - Born in Leicester in 1537 - Died on 12th February 1554 - Eldest daughter of Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset
Jenny Pitman - Born in Leicester on 11th June 1946 - Former horse trainer turned author
Joe Orton - Born in Leicester on 1st January 1933 - Died 9th August 1967 - Trained as actor before turning to writing
John Cleveland - Born in Leicester on 16th June 1613 - Died 29th March 1658 - English Cavalier poet
Joseph Hall - Born in Leicester on 1st July 1574 - Died 8th September 1656 - Prelate and writer
Joseph Merrick - Born in Leicester on 5th August 1862 - Died 11th April 1890 - Englishman known as the Elephant Man
Julian Barnes - Born in Leicester on 19th January 1946 - English novelist
Robert Burton - Born in Leicester on 8th February 1577 - Died 25th January 1640 - English writer and clergyman
Selina Huntingdon - Born in Leicester on 24th August 1707 - Died 17th June 1791 - Methodist leader
Sue Townsend - Born in Leicester on 2nd April 1946 - English writer
Thomas Hooker - Born in Leicester on 5th July 1586 - Died 7th July 1647 - English nonconformist clergyman
Willian Lilly - Born in Leicester on 11th May 1602 - Died 9th June 1681 - English astrologer

A lot woo

[:LUFC:]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Leeds

[FlyingJesus]

DAVE BENSON-PHILLIPS

I WIN

[Arron]

Rick Astley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley) Singer - Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down (8)
Ed Clancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Clancy). Won a gold medal at the Olympics in cycling. lives 3 doors from me, however i've not seen him for about 4 months so he may have moved.
and Colin Welland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Welland)

From my hometown of Denton, Greater Manchester, Mick Hucknall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Hucknall) (Simply Red) was also from here. He went to the same School as my sister's dad, in fact they were in the same class.

Then of course, me. Unfortunately my Wiki page hasn't yet been published.

[:DBeth:D]

Scott Adkins - actor
Kavita Dhande - comedian
Stacey Cadman - actress
George Bodington - GP and pulmonary specialist
Colin Charvis - Welsh international rugby union player
Derek Dauncey - World Rally Team Manager, Mitsubishi Ralliart Japan
Cat Deeley - television presenter
Rory Delap - footballer
James Fleetwood - later Bishop of Worcester.
Apache Indian - Reggae Singer
Kate Gerbeau (née Sanderson) - television presenter
Emma Griffiths - MTV presenter, former model and wife of Matt Willis from Busted
Mark Kinsella - Aston Villa and Charlton Athletic Footballer, Irish National Team Captain.
Anna Kumble - British pop star, better known as Lolly
Rasmus Hardiker - actor
Alan Jerrard - Holder of the Victoria Cross
Mike Jordan - racing driver
Arthur Lowe (1915–1982) - Comic actor. Ashes scattered at Sutton Coldfield Crematorium
Sir Michael Lyons - Chairman of the BBC Trust
Steve Marshall - Rugby Player. Born in Sutton Coldfield, now resides in Gloucester
Sir Roger Moore - actor
Paul Merson - former footballer and ex Walsall manager
Ken Miles - racing and sports car driver
Martin O'Neill - Irish footballer and former manager of Aston Villa
Mike Nattrass - Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands region for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)[66]
Alfred Owen - proprietor of Rubery Owen
Renato Pagliari - singer famous for "Save Your Love"
James and Oliver Phelps - actors, play the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter series of films
Natalie Powers - singer, member of Scooch who represent Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Flying the Flag (for You)
Tom Ross - Capital Gold Radio Presenter
John Shelley - Illustrator
Jane Sixsmith - international hockey player
John Benjamin Stone - four times Mayor
James Sutton Hollyoaks actor
Chandeep Uppal- Actress
Darius Vassell - footballer
James Vaughan - Everton footballer
Brigadier Rory Walker OBE - SAS Commander
Dennis Waterman - actor, Minder used to live in Sutton
Arnold Horace Santo Waters - Holder of the Victoria Cross
Peter Weston - Influential British Science fiction fan and winner of multiple Hugo Awards
Baruch Harold Wood OBE, (B.H.) - chess master, writer and organiser
William F Woodington ARA - painter and sculptor
John Wyatt - inventor and engineer
Dorian Yates - six times Mr Olympia Bodybuilding World Champion

[Gemma]

Heath Ledger is all I can think of!

[IceNineKills]

loads;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Brighton_and_Hove

[Rozi]

WELLLLLLLLLLLL,

William Wilberforce campaigned for the Abolition of the Slave trade from a church 5 minutes walk away from me.
Apparently Natasha Beddingfield haha
Charlie Brooker woop
Heather Mills and Piers Morgan >.<
Jo Brand
Samuel Peeps oooh yeahhh
JK Rowling :o
Vivienne Westwood, her son once said I was cute ;)
and Dr Crippin, the victorian dude who used to marry women then kill them by decomposing their bodys and **** lives on a road like 2 seconds away from mine, which is by far the coolest.

[Imosae]

also i have to add;

People associated with the town include John Wesley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley), founder of Methodism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism) and Tom Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brown_%28hero%29), hero in the Battle of Dettingen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen).
It is home to professional footballers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football) such as Middlesbrough (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C.) and Holland international George Boateng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boateng) and former Valencia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia_CF) and Spain International Gaizka Mendieta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaizka_Mendieta). Former England boss Steve McClaren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McClaren) also regularly visits the town,[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarm#cite_note-11) as his family home is situated in the neighbouring village of Aislaby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aislaby,_County_Durham). Iron Maiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden) guitarist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar) Janick Gers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janick_Gers) lives here. West End playwright and international screenwriter Graham Farrow also lives in Yarm.
Over the years many famous people have visited Yarm. They include Diana, Princess of Wales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales) and Sir John Major (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major). Diana's son, Prince Harry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Harry), also visited the town on Tuesday 7 August 2007, while making a week-long army visit to RAF Leeming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leeming). He was spotted drinking with friends in the Black Bull pub and later moving onto The Keys nightclub.[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarm#cite_note-12) Rock band Oasis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis) famously drank in the Black Bull in the mid-1990s.

[Starburst..x]

http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/about...famous-bristol (http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/about-bristol/famous-bristol)

Some cool people in that list, including Derren Brown and JK Rowling. Additionally Johnny Depp has a house in Portishead which isn't far from Bristol at all.



I heard about Johnny Depp having a house in Portishead but apparently it isn't true :/

[Tintinnabulate]

A man city footballer lived in the house opposite me. Dno who else.

[Rixion]

Cheryl Cole and Michelle Bass come to mind.

[JackBuddy]

Theo Paphitis, Peter Crouch, most of the Chelsea squad, Jenson Button, Cliff Richard, Nicola from Girls Aloud, Eamonn Holmes.

[Sam-VisualVPS]

Hey!

Actually have LOADS of people [Musicians] you may now..

- Tempa T!
- Tinie Tempah
- Skepta
- JME
- DDE [Newham Generals]
- Pure Music Generals
- Artist Suli
- Artist Sinan
- DONPS
- USMAN K
- Mumzy Stranger
- Jay Sean
- DJ Limelight (BBC ASIAN NETWORK)
- Kandman (BBC ASAIN NETWORK)
- Opium
- and argh LOADS MORE!

And i actually know all these guys!

[surfer]

The only famous person I know of is Sid Vicious used to go to my school! Clevedon Community School... He got expelled though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious
I also believe we have an old desk, which he carved his name into as well :L

[1cred]

I think the only person is the writer of coronation street used to go to my primary school :( ..

[Jessicrawrr]

William Wilberforce - A politician who helped stop the slave trade
John Prescott - Deputy Prime minister to Tony Blare.
init.

[Amberr]

I cant really find anything on google for very famous people, herefordshire is known for its success obviously..... :L

The only person i know from knowledge is Ellie Goulding (lol i live near her old high school (A))

[Sarah]

The only ones off the top of my head are Joanna Page, Russell T Davies and Catherine Zeta-Jones oh and Enzo Maccarinelli?

[Joe!]

Erm Andrew Davenport(my step-dads cousin), writer of teletubbies, tots tv and in the night garden.. William Harvey, obviously dead now, but discovered the circulation of blood. And paul o grady lives about ten mins away :)
O YEH and sam pepper, completely forgot about that haha my best friend kinda knows him, he used to hang around with us, such a **** irl.

[karter]

I usede to live in Essex , where Jade Goody's home was not far away :)

[Homosexual]

Jaye Davidson, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the movie The Crying Game, grew up here and went to Hillside Comprehensive School (now Yavneh College).
Marilyn, early 80s New Romantic singer went to St Teresa's Catholic School
Shona McGarty, plays Whitney Dean in EastEnders.
Simon Cowell, brought up in Borehamwood by his parents, Eric and Julie Cowell. Left School at 16.
James Hay-Stevens FRAeS. Inspirational Aviation Journalist, Illustrator and Pilot lived in Borehamwood. James Hay-Stevens is most famous for developing the 1:72nd scale model used by Airfix and many other toy manufacturers. Despite being disabled, James Hay-Stevens was an active pilot who wrote and illustrated over 500 publications including many books and articles on many aspects of aviation.

+ i'm friends with tom law, who plays peter beale in eastenders :]

tehehe

[Fifteen]

I live near Noel Edmonds. (h)(h)

[HelloKitteh]

Mia Wasikowska. (Alice in Wonderland)
She's originally from Canberra (Australia) and that's where I'm from. :)

[AgnesIO]

Hey!

Actually have LOADS of people [Musicians] you may now..

- Tempa T!
- Tinie Tempah
- Skepta
- JME
- DDE [Newham Generals]
- Pure Music Generals
- Artist Suli
- Artist Sinan
- DONPS
- USMAN K
- Mumzy Stranger
- Jay Sean
- DJ Limelight (BBC ASIAN NETWORK)
- Kandman (BBC ASAIN NETWORK)
- Opium
- and argh LOADS MORE!

And i actually know all these guys!

Most of those people are nobodies :L

[Hollyish]

Gok Wan lived here
his parents still do and they own a chip shop here.

I don't know of anybody else and ceebs to research

[Neversoft]

David Arnold. He scored many of the James Bond films, along with Independence Day and Little Britain. He doesn't live here anymore though (of course) because it sucks.

Also...
- John Badham (director)
- Danny Cannon (screenwriter, director, producer)
- Kerry Dixon (footballer)
- Arthur Hailey (novelist)
- Sarfraz Manzoor (writer)
- Monty Panesar (cricketer)
- John Payne (musician)
- Colin Salmon (actor)
- Billy Schwer (boxer)
- Paul Young (musician)
- Jackie Chan (only joking)

[Luke]

Birth name Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
Born 6 January 1955 (age 55)
Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/RowanAtkinsonMar07.jpg/200px-RowanAtkinsonMar07.jpg


What he said. Consett FTW. I actually used to live in the same street as his father. (:

[Yupt]

erm.

Kate Winslet
George Michaels
John Madjeski

List of famous people from my school (from wikipedia)
Jeffrey Bernard, journalist
Sir Robin Gillett, 2nd Baronet, Lord Mayor of London
Mike Hailwood, motorcycle racer
Rodney Pattisson, yachtsman and Olympic gold medallist
John Ridgway, yachtsman and rower
Andrew Simpson, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
David Smiley, Army officer, SOE and MI6 agent
James Sorel-Cameron, English teacher and novelist
Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-Digby Dean of Peterborough, 1966–80
Ken Russell, Director
Blaine Harrison, Lead singer of the Mystery Jets
Patrick Derham, Headmaster of Rugby School

[ChickenFaces]

I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Tisdale) know Ashley Tisdale and John Travolta lived near to where I live. There were a lot more but there's just too many and I'm too lazy (A)

[Yupt]

I'm just waiting for someone living in London to say 'The Queen..'
on topic, Shanni, there'd be hundreds in New Jersey xD

[immense]

Or should that be local famous people....... meh

is anybody from your area famous? is the area proud of them? who are they?

we have like john lee and joss stone but nobody cares oh and tom daley but nobody cares for him either

oh yeah agatha christie people talk about her lots and i think there are festivals and stuff about her

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[Robbie]

Paul Scholes. Gary Glitter moved here last year I think it was (I think he might've moved away now though idk)

[Jordan]

Dawn french and some others I cant remember

[-:Undertaker:-]

Or should that be local famous people....... meh

is anybody from your area famous? is the area proud of them? who are they?

we have like john lee and joss stone but nobody cares oh and tom daley but nobody cares for him either

I do.

I suppose if I include all of Liverpool then its the Beatles, Craig Charles, Cilla Black, Ricky Tomilson and Clive Swift.

[Pyroka]

Muse in Teignmouth. nuff sed.

[Robbie]

Muse in Teignmouth. nuff sed.

Gary Glitter wins this battle sorry even though he wasn't born here WE ARE PROUD

[Special]

jo guest being the most famous (model)

[Ed.]

James Nesbitt, Robert Glennister and some others.

[Alkaz]

I posted one of these a while ago but two of the most well know:

Gemma Arterton (St Trinians, James Bond etc)
Charles Dickens (Writer)

[Casanova]

off wikipedia:

Arts
Gerard Butler (actor)
John Byrne (artist and playwright)
Tom Conti (actor)
Kari Corbett (actress)
John Rankin (Photographer)
Jim Dewar (musician and singer/songwriter
Joe Egan (musician and songwriter)
Colin Galbraith (writer)
Anya Gallaccio (artist)
Matt Healy, Actor (Matthew King from ITV's soap Emmerdale)
Thomas Kibble Hervey (poet and critic)
Kenny Ireland (director and actor)
Jill Jackson (singer/songwriter)
Patricia Leitch (children's author, Jinny at Finmory series)
Paul McGillion (actor)
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
Neve McIntosh (actress)
Steven Moffat (writer)[12]
Paolo Nutini (singer/songwriter)
David Tennant (actor)
Alexander Stoddart, Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland
Gerry Rafferty (musician and singer/songwriter)
Kelly Marie (singer; born Jacqueline McKinnon)
Hector Nicol (Singer/Comedian/Actor)
[edit]Media
Nick Currie (singer/songwriter, journalist)
Andrew Neil (journalist and television presenter)
Derek Ogilvie (self proclaimed psychic)
[edit]Politics
Douglas Alexander (politician)
Wendy Alexander (politician)
Willie Gallacher (politician)
Ian Hamilton (lawyer and nationalist)
[edit]Sport
Owen Coyle (footballer and current manager of Bolton Wanderers)
David Hay (footballer)
Paul Gallacher (footballer)
Archie Gemmill (footballer)
James Grady (footballer)
Dale Greig (holder of the women's world record for the marathon in 1964)
Jamie Langfield (footballer)
Derek McInnes (footballer)
Paul Lambert (footballer and current manager of Norwich City)
Robbie Neilson (footballer)
Lee Peacock (footballer)
Bernie Slaven (footballer)
Campbell Money (footballer)
Mark Ralph (Scottish international hockey player)
[edit]Miscellaneous
James McMillan (author and historian)

most notable, gerard butler, paulo nutini, one of the king brother's off emerdale, that 'david' guy that won 'fame accademy' and there's a world famous hairdresser, trevor sorbie.

there's a giantttt list somewhere but I completely forget it haha.

[Conservative,]

Charles Darwin
David Bowie and some other insignificant and annoying people...

Oh and me.

[Neil]

Born in Stevenage

Ian Allinson (b. 1957), footballer
Harry Bates (1850–1899), sculptor
Andrew Croft (1906–1991) explorer and SOE (Special Operations Executive) agent
Albert and Ebenezer Fox (1857–1926, 1857–1936), infamous poachers
Lewis Hamilton (b. 1985), Formula One world champion (2008)
Peter Harper (1921-2003) International Rally Driver
Alex Pettyfer (b. 1990), actor
Jason Shackell (b. 1983), footballer
Ed Westwick (b. 1987), actor
Jack Wilshere (b. 1992), Arsenal footballer
Ashley Young (b. 1985), Aston Villa footballer

Lived in Stevenage

Francis Cammaerts (1916–2006), headmaster of Alleyne's Grammar School and witness in the Lady Chatterley Trial, October 1960
Russel Coultart, founder of Transient Records[11]
Edward Gordon Craig, theatrical designer and artist
Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), actor, who lived in the house now known as the 'Little Folks Lab' nursery in the North-West of the town
Fields of the Nephilim, goth band
Barbara Follett (b. 1942), politician
Ken Follett (b. 1949), author
Ken Hensley (b. 1945), keyboard player and main songwriter of Uriah Heep (band) in the '70s
E. M. Forster (1879–1970), novelist, lived in the house at Rooks Nest from 1883 to 1893.
Cathy Lesurf, singer and member of bands such as Oysterband, Fiddler's Dram, Fairport Convention and The Albion Country Band[12]
Nicki Pedersen World Speedway Champion
Kevin Phillips (b. 1973), footballer
Rob Playford (b. 1968), Drum and Bass Pioneer and founder of Moving Shadow Records
Elizabeth Poston, composer, lived in Rooks Nest from 1914 to 1987.
Ian Poulter (b. 1976), golfer
Naum ****zky (1894–1965), designer, master of Weimarer Bauhaus
John Thurloe (1616–1668), secretary to Oliver Cromwell, lived in what is now the Cromwell Hotel.
Phil Vincent (1908–1979), British motorcycle pioneer
Henry Trigg, 18c. farmer who wanted to come back from the dead after 30 years. His coffin was placed on a beam in a barn which later became a bank in Old Stevenage.
Anthony (Tony) John Wright (b. 1962), cricketer
Karen Woo, surgeon, killed along with other aid workers in Afghanistan ( 2010 Badakhshan massacre )

Not many popular ones, a few worth noting, Lewis Hamilton actually used to go to the same school as my girlfriend and lived on a street near mine.

[mr.tom]

jk rowling just bought a house down the road from me and her daughter goes to my friends' school

[Circadia]

Umm the ones i know of

Coleen Nolan , Barney Harwood , Little Boots (used to live 5 minutes away) And she was a baby sitter to my mate, Aiden Grimshaw (not famous but hes on xfactor :L)

Yeah .....

[Muppet]

Frank Bellamy - Illustrator of comics
William Carey - Missionary
Richard Coles - Member of 80s band The Communards
Sir Alfred East - Painter
John Alfred Gotch - Architect and Architectural historian
Thomas Cooper Gotch - Illustrator
Sienna Guillory - Actress
William Knibb - Missionary
John Profumo - Former British politician, best known for the Profumo Scandal
Edward Sismore - Air Commodore
Charles Wicksteed - Created Wicksteed Amusement Park
Andrew Kooner - Canadian boxer, born in Kettering
Peter Ebdon - professional snooker player, born in Kettering
Russ Russell - Professional music engineer
Hugh Dennis - English comedian, born in Kettering
Faryl Smith - Young singer rose to fame in Britain's Got Talent

[Shar]

No famous people in my town (I don't think), lots in my county though.
But four famous people were born in my town and one went to the school I used to go to :O!

[Conservative,]

Oh I forgot Robert key (went to my school and parents played hockey with him) and pixie Lott. Yes it's a talented place.

[louder]

haha, devon generally is poor for this sort of thing 8-)

dawn french is from around here, and her gran lives a few minutes away from me 8-)
and joss stone went to my college.

wonderful.

[immense]

agatha christie!!
tom daly!!
anne widdicombe lives in devon
david james does
muse