The "FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM YOUR AREA" Thread

[Tash.]

Uhm ones that are famous would be:

Dame Judi Dench
Frankie Howerd (Comedian - legend)
Guy Fawkes
Steve McClaren
James Martin - that chef who has his tv show on saturday morning hah.
Joseph + Benjamin Rowntree - Sweeties :]

So.. yeah.

[GJay]

The Feeling - Horsham.

Recently opened our new HMV store - I missed it coz I was at the Doctor's...damn my ears!

http://www.thefeeling.com/

Michael Caine (movie actor) also USED to live in Horsham. When he was younger, he got his first job being a ticket holder at our local cinema!

[cocaine]

I don't know to be honest.

But when I was younger (about 6 years old) I pushed a trolley into Martin Kemp while we were shopping in the town I live in.

[Simmzay]

Lleyton Hewitt.

Seen him play and yeah.

[Australian]

Lleyton Hewitt.

Seen him play and yeah.

he sucks to be honest. I dont think anyone is famous from Melbourne/Victoria but hey, who cares?

[Samster]

Tom Cruise is meant to have bought a second house here

Oh and Jordan lives here an all

[RyaREXIC]

The Veronicas live down my street :}, don't know if they're famous in the UK but they're massive in Aus

[Kymux]

Who lives in Hawaii LOL!

Seth from the OC lives here..
Erm! All of the LOST cast

[Kyle™]

Gordon Ramsey went to the same school as me.

[beer]

wikipedia:

This is a list of Yorkshire people. Yorkshire is the largest county in England and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Some of the most notable are:

* Arctic Monkeys indie band
* Arthur Aaron, VC, DFM, World War II bomber pilot
* Alcuin, famous Christian monk
* Sir Edward Appleton, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, radio engineer, discoverer of ionospheric propagation
* Herbert Asquith, Liberal MP, Prime Minister 1908-1916
* Mark Aston, rugby league player
* Derek Bailey, composer and guitarist
* Roy Bailey, folk singer
* Sid Barras, cyclist
* Julian Barratt, comedian, actor and writer, best known as one half of The Mighty Boosh
* John Barry, composer, best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy
* Sean Bean, actor
* Henry Beauclerk, Norman King of England
* Alan Bennett, playwright and actor
* Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricket umpire
* Brian Blessed, actor
* Eirik Bloodaxe, 2nd King of Norway and last King of Jorvik
* David Blunkett, Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, Home Secretary 2001-2004
* Ivar the Boneless, conqueror of Northumbrian Deira from the Angles
* Betty Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons
* Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer
* John Braine, novelist and playwright
* John Bratby, artist
* Professor Asa Briggs, historian
* Anne Brontë, writer, author of "The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall"
* Branwell Brontë, writer and artist
* Charlotte Brontë, writer, author of "Jane Eyre"
* Emily Brontë, writer, author of "Wuthering Heights"
* Arthur Brown, rock singer
* Beryl Burton, cyclist
* Marti Caine, comedienne
* Lords Baltimore the founding colonists of Avalon Peninsula and Maryland
* Tony Capstick, folk singer and actor
* Kenny Carter, former world speedway champion
* Barbara Castle, Labour MP, former Minister of Transport who introduced the breathalyser
* Thomas Chippendale, furniture designer and maker
* Tony Christie, singer
* Howard Clark, Ryder Cup golfer
* Jeremy Clarkson, broadcaster
* Brian Clough, football manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest
* Jarvis ****er, lead singer of Pulp
* Joe ****er, rock singer
* Sebastian Coe, athlete and politician
* Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor crowned in Eboracum(York)
* Capt. James Cook, Georgian oceanic explorer
* Harry Corbett, puppeteer, creator of "Sooty and Sweep"
* Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin and Jorvik
* Frederick Delius, composer
* Michael Denison, actor
* George Duffield, jockey
* Richard Dunn, boxer
* Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King of Northumbria
* Adrian Edmondson, comedian and actor, "Vyvyan" in The Young Ones
* Peter Elliott (athlete), athlete
* Keith Emerson, organist
* Professor Sir William Empson, author of "Seven Types Of Ambiguity"
* Derek Enright, linguist and Labour MP
* Frank Feather, international business futurist and author
* Chris Firth, designer
* Peter Firth, actor
* Sir Marcus Fox, Conservative MP for Shipley (1970-1997), former chairman of the 1922 Committee
* Mark Frith, editor, Heat magazine
* Martin Fry, lead singer of ABC
* Lesley Garrett, opera singer
* Gareth Gates, singer
* Brian Glover, actor and former wrestler
* Guy Fawkes, of the Gunpowder Plot
* Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
* J. Atkinson Grimshaw, artist
* William Hague, MP and former leader of the Conservative Party
* "Prince" Naseem Hamed, boxer
* John Harris, legendary settler and businessman
* John Harrison, horologist and mathematician
* Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party
* Denis Healey, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Barry Hines, Author and film producer ("Kes")
* Allan Holdsworth, "jazz fusion" guitarist and composer
* Robin Hood (Robert of Loxley), legendary outlaw and English folk hero
* Karen Horner, local heiress and noted socialite
* Professor Geoffrey Hounsfield, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
* Professor Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer and author of "A For Andromeda"
* David Hockney, artist
* Frankie Howerd, comedian
* Ted Hughes, ex-husband of Sylvia Plath and former poet laureate
* Sir Leonard Hutton, cricketer
* Dorothy Hyman, athlete
* Raymond Illingworth, cricketer
* Sir Bernard Ingham, former press secretary to Margaret Thatcher
* Amy Johnson, aviator
* Kaiser Chiefs, indie band from Leeds
* Kevin Keegan, former England footballer, now football manager
* Les Kellett, wrestler and pig farmer
* Richard H. Kirk, musician, member of Cabaret Voltaire
* Jim Laker, cricketer and broadcaster
* Charles Laughton, actor
* Maureen Lipman, actress
* Thomas Lord, builder of Lord's Cricket Ground in London
* Geoff Love, bandleader
* George MacBeth, poet
* John McLaughlin, jazz guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
* Stephen Mallender, musician, member of Cabaret Voltaire
* Michael Marks, founder of Marks and Spencer
* Andrew Marvell, poet
* James Mason, actor
* Roy Mason, former Labour MP and cabinet minister
* John Metcalfe, aka "Blind Jack of Knaresborough", pioneering road builder
* Percy Metcalfe, artist
* Henry Moore, sculptor
* Adrian Moorhouse, Olympic swimmer
* Don Mosey, cricket commentator and journalist, nicknamed "The Alderman"
* Bill Nelson, lead guitarist in Be-Bop Deluxe
* The Neville family, prior second family of Yorkshire after royal family
* Richard Oastler, educationalist
* Oswiu of Northumbria, first Angle King of all Northumbria and also Bretwalda
* Peter O'Toole, actor
* Michael Palin, actor and comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
* Robert Palmer, singer
* Jonti Picking, creator of the Weebl and Bob cartoon series
* Michael Parkinson, chat show host
* James Pickles, former High Court judge
* Wilfred Pickles, actor, comedian and quizmaster
* Edward Plantagenet, Yorkist Prince of Wales.
* Sandy Powell, comedian
* J. B. Priestley, man of letters
* Joseph Priestley, chemist and discoverer of oxygen
* Robert Raikes the Elder, printer,founder of Gloucester Journal
* Chris Rea, singer
* Don Revie, footballer and manager of Leeds United and England
* Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer
* Diana Rigg, actress, "Emma Peel" in The Avengers
* Mick Ronson, guitarist with David Bowie's Spiders From Mars
* Steve Rothery, guitarist with Marillion
* Sir Jimmy Savile, disc-jockey and broadcaster
* Arthur Scargill, miners' union leader
* The Scrope family of nobles
* David Seaman, footballer, 75 caps as England goalkeeper
* Len Shackleton, England footballer, known as the "Clown Prince"
* Paul Shane, actor and comedian
* Percy Shaw, inventor of Cat's Eyes
* John Sherwood, athlete
* Alan Smith, Ex-Leeds United and England footballer
* Harvey Smith, showjumper and racehorse trainer
* Patrick Stewart, actor, "Jean-Luc Picard" in Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Charles Stross, science fiction writer (Singularity Sky)
* Mollie Sugden, actress (Are You Being Served?)
* Clive Sullivan, rugby league player
* Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon men's semi-finalist in 1973
* Jake Thackray, folk singer
* Jane Tomlinson, cancer charity fundraiser
* Fred Trueman, cricketer
* Eddie Waring, rugby league commentator
* Keith Waterhouse, journalist and author
* Fanny Waterman, concert pianist, music teacher, founder of the Leeds International Piano Festival
* Timothy West, actor
* Marco-Pierre White, chef
* Billie Whitelaw, actress
* Richard Whiteley, television presenter, Countdown
* William Wilberforce, social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery
* Saint Wilfrid
* Charlie Williams, footballer and comedian
* Harold Wilson, Labour MP, Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-76
* Ray Wilson, footballer, part of the England World Cup-winning team of 1966
* Chris Wolstenholme, musician in the English band, Muse
* Helen Worth, soap opera actress (Coronation Street)
* Frank Worthington, footballer