Famous people in your area?

[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