Famous people in your area?

[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

and ex-England manager lol..

Jamie Bell, actor famous for the role of Billy Elliot, and Griffin in the movie Jumper
Diane Youdale, famous for the role of Jet in the TV Series Gladiators
Andrew Davies, Former Middlesbrough F.C. and Southampton F.C. Footballer currently with Stoke City F.C.
Billy Dunlop, 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, Legendary Punk Band
Sean Gregan, footballer
Eddie Jobson, musician
Willie Maddren, former Middlesbrough F.C. footballer and manager
Tommy Mooney, footballer
Gary Pallister, footballer for Middlesbrough F.C., Manchester United and England. Now an occasional pundit for the BBC
Paul Smith, the frontman of Indie group Maxïmo Park
Jamie Pollock, former footballer for 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 Singer - Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down (8)
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

From my hometown of Denton, Greater Manchester, 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!