Famous people from your local area

[Shimmeringstar]

Just that really, name some famous people from your local area (sorry if it’s already been down before)

I’ll go first… Martin Compston is from the same town as us.

John Prescott
Paul Heaton of the Beautiful South
Philip Larkin RIP

Jon Snow (King of the North) went to my local secondary school.

Alf Ramsey
Bobby Moore
Sandie Shaw
Sara Pascoe
Stacey Solomon
Ross Kemp
John Terry
Dudley Moore
Terry Venables

Si King (hairy biker) is actually my neighbour.

Kevin McKidd

Charlie Watts (Rolling Stone) used to own the large estate on the edge of our village - he's the subject of many local legends.

A select few make my list, not all born and raised because very few people were actually born and raised here... we are a 'fluid enclave'
Writers
Samuel Pepys
Polly Toynbee
Kingsley Amis
Graham Greene
Angela Carter (one of my absolute favourite authors)

Actors
Jo Brand
Leslie Ash
Vanessa Redgrave
Jeremy Brett
Margaret Rutherford
Lena Headey
Margot Robbie (used to have a flat above my friends - a night or two in Infernos was shared!)
Miriam Margolyes
Neil Pearson

Fashion
Viveienne Westwood

Music
Malcolm McLaren
Natasha Bedingfield

General celeb/others
Brian Dowling (we share a dentist!)
Huw Edwards (hmmm)
Ainsley Harriot
Holly Willoughby

Sports
Andrew Castle
Jack Hobbs

Oh yeah Douglas booth was in my a level English literature class. Until he left to do a film.

Mark Addy
Judi Dench
Janet McTeer
Rick Witter
Guy Fawkes

I went to school with Tracey Shaw, the actress who was in Coronation Street and was featured in the lads’ mags in the 90s. I was a few years older than her, so I didn’t know her well.

I grew up in Luton so I get Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate 😕

Same town!

Jude Bellingham
Robert Plant
Kit Harrington
Rustie Lee (does she count?)

Nails what?

Mine is Ewan McGregor. Same school too

Isy Suttie

I'm in the US.

The most famous that people in the UK would know would be:

Beyoncé
Lizzo
Jim Parsons ("Sheldon" from the Big Bang Theory)
Patrick Swayze
Renee Zellwegger

Alison Hammond
Joe Lycett
Nigel Mansell
JRR Tolkien

Amanda Holden

Leigh Francis (Keith lemon)
Mel b (spice girls )
kalvin Phillips

I'm in the middle of nowhere, but nearest town of any size - James Norton.

Also Matthew Lewis ( Harry Potter Neville longbottom )

Me too. And Rory Stewart.

Are you all really telling the internet where you live?

Next threads from OP - What's your mother's maiden name? What did you call your first pet? 😆

I get Jason Statham so win

Ricky Gervais
Chris Tarrant (I think)
Catherine Middleton
Mr Tumble
Kenneth Branagh (after his family left Ireland)
Natalie Dormer
Lucy Worsley