Famous People from your Home Town

[SexyWayne]

bugger

Well, thats one thing that happens

[Sputryk]

Bah! How could I forget? Not sure if he was born in/near Silsden, but Stock-Car meisters Frankie Wainman Jnr and Snr both lived there for many, many years; Jnr was in my brothers class during school!

And according to Wiki, Sir Henry Price lived there, opening his first Fifty Shilling Tailors shop there, and Margaret Wintringham [who? Everyone], who was the second female to take a Seat at the House of Commons.

Oh, and me, of course! Though I don't know what I'm famous for.

[lanky316]

Another I remembered fighting self scan in Sainsburys', largely due to him doing likewise, Dragonforce drummer Dave Mackintosh is a local too.

Eastenders actor Sid Owen lives local now. He got arsey with missus for not being given preferential treatment the other day.

[STranger81]

My small town in Derbyshire has had 3 celebs (that I know of)

Simon Groom (ex Blue Peter)

Tracy Shaw (ex Coronation Street) Big headed tosspiece. So glad when her "career" went tits up. She used to walk round the town centre with various Coronation Street cast members and Darran Day.

Timothy Dalton aka "Belper Bond" (James Bond, Hot Fuzz)

[alistair_thomas]

Northampton here, and I *think* Matt Smith and Alan Carr were from there originally.

[The Master]

This conversation has moved somewhat disappointingly away from sheep shagging.

They do say that the sheep vagina blah blah blah etc etc. "Innit"?

[Liamh1982]

Was searching for something completely different, stumbled across this thread. Here goes:
Robbie Savage
Tim Vincent
Mark Hughes (Ruabon really, but close enough)
Country music "superstar" Charlie Landsborough
Ricky Tomlinson lives round here, mum sees him shopping.
And Elihu Yale - who founded THE Yale - is buried here.

[tekaotaku]

well coming from scunthorpe (and village classed as near-scunthorpe)....not many people....

Most famous is prob Joan Plowright (as the Plowright Theatre is named after here, the plowright)

and then possibly the Guy who wrote the Jack Carter series, Ted Lewis, while from Manchester lived in Barton-upon-humber (near scunthorpe)for a while and then based his book Jack Returns Home in Scunthorpe. (The movie rights for get carter changed Scunthorpe to Newcastle)... thats a bit of a push that one but still lol

Oh Elliot Morley (MP) For screwing the tax payer over and claiming on a mortage he no longer had, I suppose he's famous for the wrong reason.

mmmm.....possible Sheriden Smith, she was from one of the surrounding villages, and my mate soon to be famous (his words) Ian Sharpe, starred in Heartbeat (played a drunk retard in one episode, no really) was an extra in Band Of Brothers (opening battle scenes) is currently on stage as a dancer in Les Miserable and has an independent movie out called KICK-OFF, about a gay football who come out against the hardest/ruffest team in the leaque, its pretty censored to be honest.

Thats about it

[QuantumCrayons]

Mine would be Falkirk. We've got one that some people might know; Alan Bisset, a Scottish novelist.
We seem to be more about business, having Barr's (creators of Irn Bru) begun here. Also, Calvin Harris lived here for a bit, seems.

Yes, we are boring.

[Katzkatz]

well coming from scunthorpe (and village classed as near-scunthorpe)....not many people....

Most famous is prob Joan Plowright (as the Plowright Theatre is named after here, the plowright)

and then possibly the Guy who wrote the Jack Carter series, Ted Lewis, while from Manchester lived in Barton-upon-humber (near scunthorpe)for a while and then based his book Jack Returns Home in Scunthorpe. (The movie rights for get carter changed Scunthorpe to Newcastle)... thats a bit of a push that one but still lol

Oh Elliot Morley (MP) For screwing the tax payer over and claiming on a mortage he no longer had, I suppose he's famous for the wrong reason.

mmmm.....possible Sheriden Smith, she was from one of the surrounding villages, and my mate soon to be famous (his words) Ian Sharpe, starred in Heartbeat (played a drunk retard in one episode, no really) was an extra in Band Of Brothers (opening battle scenes) is currently on stage as a dancer in Les Miserable and has an independent movie out called KICK-OFF, about a gay football who come out against the hardest/ruffest team in the leaque, its pretty censored to be honest.

Thats about it

Tekaotaku, you should also add the radio presenter Ian Collins(he of Talksport, Invicta radio and BBC Radio Kent fame). He is always mentioning the fact that he was born in Scunthorpe(apparently he has an aunt who still lives there) and moved down south to Ashford in Kent when he was 3.

[GamingWeston]

Not a single famous person as I was born in Hungary but Ede Teller comes from my country

[tekaotaku]

Tekaotaku, you should also add the radio presenter Ian Collins(he of Talksport, Invicta radio and BBC Radio Kent fame). He is always mentioning the fact that he was born in Scunthorpe(apparently he has an aunt who still lives there) and moved down south to Ashford in Kent when he was 3.

Ah...thats another one, but never heard of him lol

[Liamh1982]

Not a single famous person as I was born in Hungary but Ede Teller comes from my country

Surely there are more famous Hungarians? Ferenc Puskás, for example.

[djcarlos]

Despite someone claiming Shakespeare was a Brummie a few pages ago, I'm claiming him being as I was born in Stratford-On-Avon.

I now live in a little village just outside Newhaven.....which has no famous children. But it was the last place Lord Lucan was seen.

[Liamh1982]

Got some more:
Dennis Taylor lives in Llay.
Andrew Scott - guitarist in The Sweet
Jason Koumas, Joey Jones, Paul Jones - Welsh international footballers
Rob Jones - the only England international born in Wales!
K-Klass - dance music act, "Rhythm Is A Mystery" reached #3 in 1991.
Tom James - Olympic gold winning rower
Edwin Hughes - Balaclava Ned, the longest lived survivor from The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Amy Guy - Gladiator "Siren" from the Sky reboot.
Rosemarie Frankland - 1961 Miss World
David Bower - played David in "Four Weddings and a Funeral".