Who was a famous name when you were growing up that young people today wouldn't have heard of?

[Brettthepei]

Hearsay

[Abhannmor]

John Peel
Kenny Everret
Donovan
Anna Ford
Dusty Springfield
Joan Bakewell

[barbarahunter]

Bobby Crush

[Perry13579]

@sudo

When I was VERY young ...

Hughie Green

I'm in my late 40s and hadn't heard of Hughie Green when the Paula Yates story broke - I think he's now more famous for being her dad than for his career.

[ComputerInitiateJump]

Just adding Richard Chamberlain. I had a massive crush on him after watching The Thorn Birds.

[MrsGusset]

Billy Bunter
Sylvia Peters
Sooty & Sweep
Max Wall
Muffin the Mule

[NooNakedJacuzziness]

Norris Mcwhirter

[SuperSuperDry]

gail porter

[KettleOn919]

Freddie "Parrotface" Davies.

[Abhannmor]

Ah fame is so fleeting and fickle.Who remembers

Paula Yates or
Jess Yates
Michael Hutchence

[HuntingoftheSnark]

John Kettley (is a weatherman)

[TokyoSushi]

Sean Maguire

That other guy, Paul maybe who was very attractive and a similar genre? Might have been in Eastenders, and something before that!

[Whenwillglorioussummercome]

Paul Nicholls. Not of course Paul Nicholas, who also works for this list.

Adam Faith.

[HerVagestyTheQueef]

Spike Milligan
Tommy Cooper
The two Ronnies
Dick Emery
Ray Allen (and lord Charles)
Bob Carolgees (and Spit!)
The Milky bar Kid
Patrick Moore

Love this thread! So nostalgic! Interesting to spot posters who must be around my age. And I hadn't thought about Magnus Pike, David Bellamy or Johnny Morris in many a decade!

[ZittiEBuoni]

Marti Caine
Geoff Capes

My dc def know about Tom Baker because I constantly bang on at them about how he was the best Doctor .

[HerVagestyTheQueef]

@HuntingoftheSnark

John Kettley (is a weatherman)

And so is Michael Fish 😉

[Northernsouloldies]

@foreverbasil

That was Michael Crawford

Yes it was but was also a stock in trade impression by yarwood.

[ZittiEBuoni]

And so
Is Iannnn
McCaskiiiiilll

[HerVagestyTheQueef]

And so is Wincey Willis!

[ComputerInitiateJump]

Bettyyyyy

[HPLikecraft]

@ZittiEBuoni

Marti Caine
Geoff Capes

My dc def know about Tom Baker because I constantly bang on at them about how he was the best Doctor .

I remember trying not to cry when the Jon Pertwee Dr Who became Tom Baker, because I totally loved Jon Pertwee. I was 5.

I soon grew to love Tom, though.

[TimeSlipMushroom]

@QueSyrahSyrah

He DJs now, played at our big local festival a year or so back, so did Madness.

I hope he played the fun house song!

[Abhannmor]

@ZittiEBuoni

And so
Is Iannnn
McCaskiiiiilll

Aaargh...who sang that? It's driving me crazy

[alloutofluck]

@EducatingArti

Dave Allen

If young people have heard of him it is just as lily allens dad.

[FriedEggChocolate]

Isla St. Clair. I think she did Sunday night TV appearances.

[FriedEggChocolate]

@alloutofluck that's Keith Allen. Dave Allen was an Irish comedian