Did you go to school with someone famous?

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I mean someone who was famous back then, not someone who became famous more recently. Child stars, athletes, children of celebrities...

How did they act? Do you think the fame affected them?

It's always the same I don't know why those posters bother .

The daughter of a then very famous footballer (still well known in the media now). She could be a bit of a little madam, but I found out later that he’d been a bit of a shit to his family and it had screwed her up a bit.

Same school - the son of a top league football manager. He was a bit of an arse about how his dad’s team was the best in the league (they weren’t by some distance), but looking back it was sweet in a way. I remember a lot of gossip when his dad got sacked, which looking back now must have been hard on a school kid.

Secondary school - a child actor in a children’s TV series. He was absolutely in love with himself. He got quite a bit of attention from girls, but a lot of people hated him. I looked him up on IMDB and he works behind the scenes now.

Not famous at the time, but a girl several years above me was predicted to be a big West End star, and a boy the year below me had signed for the youth team at a big local football club. She went into a well-known, but ultimately B/C list pop group and got pigeonholed in the cheesy pop arena. (She’s also apparently only a year older than me, if you believe her Wikipedia page 😏)

He played for a few clubs at Championship level, and manages at a similar level now, so while not a household name, he’s done well.

Bridlington?

My DH went to this school too and was in A Level geography with Olivia Coleman.

My sister was at school with a Miss Scotland (I think she became Miss GB or U.K. whatever).

I thought my sister was actually prettier (she really was - and I look nothing like her) but since she is only 5 foot nothing, I guess the world of glamour and prancing around in a bikini (for it was the 80s) wasn’t for her…

Never heard of Sienna - googled her and, nope, still no idea.

invent she’d be gutted!

Same year group as Sly Bailey- former CE of Trinity Mirror

Adele

Someone who was in the band who wrote ‘push the button’. She was a nasty bully.

Sugababes?

Wasn’t one well known for being a bully to … not sure if her name - Kesha?

I think I went to your school 🤣
#Cov

@MsBinker indeed you did. I'm a bit younger than the Specials but about the same age as the page 3 girl. You?

Greshams! Tea at Byfords,

A friend had the son of a well-known TV personality in his Primary class, he once said just before break 'Will the lads stay behind for a couple of minutes and we'll pick the team for Saturday's match'. Child of personality piped up 'Sir, my father says one picks one's nose, one selects a football team'. Father later jailed for child abuse.

I’m a bit younger - as I did GCSE’s in ‘early 90’s.
In my time some teachers & deputy head became more (in)famous for the wrong reasons!

Gary Barlow

That's called a 'Dani Behr age' in our house because DBs age changes so much and not in the normal, yearly incremental way. When she was on The Word she was the same age as me. A few years ago she popped up and was magically 5 years younger than me 😂

Yes me too. I've always admired his form 😁

I feel I need to get this info via DM.
I'm one of the last O level years.

My daughter was at school with a corrie actor.

a family member was in the same class as David Bowie

It's a shame that nearly all the posts are about people who later became famous rather than were famous when at school, which is what the OP was asking about.

Nearest thing we had at our school was 2 sisters who were frequently in the Grattan (?) catalogue modelling children's clothes. 😂

The breakaway kid.

That would be quite rare I expect.