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 .

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.

[9y]

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



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.

[Nixt]

http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/about...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 Also Richard Hale, is like next to my school basically.

[Special]

from wiki

• Olave Baden-Powell, wife to Robert Baden-Powell and Chief Guide from 1918 until her death in 1977[47]
• Baron Bowden, English scientist and educationist, particularly associated with the development of UMIST as a successful university.
• Paul Burrell, former royal butler and author[48]
• Barbara Castle, former Labour government minister.[49]
• Pete Dodd member of 1980's band, The Thompson Twins.
• Simon Groom,[50] Blue Peter presenter
• Jo Guest, glamour model
• William Edwin Harvey, MP lived here.[51]
• John Hurt, actor[52]
• Ian Hyland, Daily Mirror television critic
• Jeremy Kemp, actor[53]
• Frank Lee, MP lived here.[54]
• John Lukic, footballer
• Violet Markham CH, writer, social reformer, mayor and administrator.[55]
• Geoff Miller, Derbyshire and England cricketer.
• Henry Normal, co-writer of The Royle Family
• Johnny Pearson, Composer of theme tunes for Captain Pugwash, News at Ten and All Creatures Great and Small
• Samuel Pegge (1704–1796), antiquary, Old Whittington vicar.
• Jon Podgorski, member of 1980's band, The Thompson Twins.
• Claire Price, actress
• Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids.[56]
• Joe Screen, international Speedway Rider, also attended Tapton House School.
• Mark Shaw, lead singer of 1980s band Then Jerico
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, former Motörhead drummer
• Percy Toplis, criminal active during the 1910s
• Eric Varley, (1932–2008) MP for Chesterfield till 1984, past Chairman of Coalite, Labour Peer
• Rik Makarem Actor Emmerdale
• Steven Blakeley Actor Heartbeat
• Bob Wilson, footballer
• Peter Wright, MI5 officer, author of Spycatcher[57]

Other prominent people connected with the town:

• Gordon Banks, England's World Cup Winning goalkeeper played for Chesterfield F.C. between 1955 and 1959.
• Tony Benn, Labour MP for Chesterfield from 1984–2001.
• Geoff Capes, Two time winner of The Worlds Strongest Man competition now lives in Chesterfield.
• The Venerable Edmond Francis Crosse, was the first Archdeacon of Chesterfield.
• Erasmus Darwin, (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802), one of the founder members of the Lunar Society, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers. He was educated at Chesterfield School.
• 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 which is now a Chesterfield College campus.
• Kerry Hallam, artist, folk musician and writer, trained at Chesterfield Art College for two years.
• Alfred Seaman successful Victorian photographer opened his first studio in the town
• Sir Montague Burton, founder of the Burton 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