Question Famous people from your town

[Ch3tan]

Bah and I thought you were an old skool Freddy! Green is FH!

He's only been here for like a year!

 

[Sparx]

Im pretty sure im the most famous person to live in Strathaven

 

[Litmus]

Sir (Ernie) Ernest William Titterton was born in Tamworth. He was a research officer for the British Admiralty during World War II before becoming in 1943 a member of the British mission to the U.S. to participate in the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb. He was knighted in 1970.
Former The Teardrop Explodes frontman and solo artist/writer Julian Cope was raised in Tamworth and later lived in nearby Drayton Bassett. Cope recorded three solo albums during his Tamworth years, 'World Shut Your Mouth' (1984), 'Fried' (1984) and 'Saint Julian' (1987), and all three used various locations around Tamworth for their sleeve art and several videos. The heavy rock band Wolfsbane cut their teeth in the town, before their lead singer Blaze Bayley went on to front the legendary Iron Maiden. Rock guitarist Clem Clempson was born in Tamworth. The Pop/Rock band Everybody Looks Famous started out in Tamworth, the band have been growing in popularity and have gone on to play the Midlands Music Festival on 8 August 2009 and 18 July 2010. Structures, the enigmatic Post-Rock band also call the town their home. Tamworth has an active music scene, which circulates to some degree around The Skull Club and Tamworth Bands (also known as 'Tambands') websites although both receive much criticism from many in the town.

 

[Sparx]

pretty shit famous people from strathaven

* Bertie Auld Footballer and one of the Lisbon Lions who played with Celtic
* William Craig Brownlee Clergyman, author and Professor of Languages at Rutgers University
* William Cochran Painter
* James Mackinnon Fowler Australian politician and founding member of the Victorian Socialist Party
* Sir Robert Giffen Financial editor of The Times newspaper and President of the Royal Statistical Society
* Andy Kerr Labour Politician and former Scottish Executive Health Minister
* Sir Harry Lauder Singer, comedian and music hall entertainer
* Thomas Leiper Tobacco merchant
* Una McLean Actress and comedian
* Ricky Warwick Singer and guitarist with rock bands The Almighty and Circus Diablo
* James Wilson Revolutionary leader who participated in the Scottish Insurrection of 1820

 

[Access Denied]

I don't know about my current location but where I grew up had a fair few famous people. Harrow (Town and Borough):

Roger Moore.
Tess somethingorother Javelin thrower
Ronnie Barker
Churchill went to Harrow School as did a few other MP's and famous figures.

All I can think of at the moment.

 

[Access Denied]

Oh and Roger Bannister. Have a sports ground named after him.

 

[Access Denied]

Lord Byron

 

[Maeloch]

Town....

Okay he was only passing through, but suprised it misses one of the more famous ex-residents:

Errol Flynn

He was there less for a year, but it was the beginning of his acting career and in his biography (quite a read) he states it was the happiest time of his life.


Grimsby Town, suppose it's not too bad for the shithole:

Thomas Turgoose (lead actor, This Is England)
Julie Peasgood (actress, Brookside, Birds Eye adverts)
Patricia Hodge (actress, Life and Loves of a She-Devil) - went to school with my mum
John Hurt (actor, strickly speaking Cleethorpes next-door)
Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr (Soham Murderers) - at least one went my school, couple years younger than me don't remember them, thank god.
Normal Lamont (ex-chancellor of the exchequer) - saw him once going back home on the train, so props to him for using public transport. Can't see bumping into George Osbourn/Gordon Brown, etc.
Bernie Taupin (songwriter to Elton John in the 70s)

Too much spare time at work.

 

[Shagrat]

Melton Mowbray:

Think the most famous things to come out of melton are Stilton cheese, pork pies and

John Ferneley - 1782-1860 Painter of horses and the fox-hunting set during its heyday.
Malcolm Sargent - 1895-1967 Conductor
Graham Chapman - 1941–1989 Comedian known for Monty Python series.
Paul Anderson - Nottingham Forest footballer.
Terri Dwyer - TV Presenter
Craig Dolby - Racing driver
Alfie Jackson - Singer and guitarist in the band The Holloways
Stuart Broad - Former Leicestershire and now Nottinghamshire and England cricketer. Played for Egerton Park CC from 1997-2005
Adrian Scarborough - Played Pete Sutcliffe in BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey and Mr Jolly in Psychoville
Tom Brake - Member of Parliament
Alison Williamson - Olympic Archer for Team GB[7]
Ricki Curtis - Co founder of MoonPig greeting cards and pioneered Relationship Marketing during the 1990's.

Teri Dwyer.....that must be a win surely, noone can top HollyOaks celebrityness, I went to the same school as her and everything. My sister was one of her mates....

 

[Fafnir]

Europe...

 

[Ch3tan]

I'm still winning then.

D A N E superawesome B O W E R S

 

[Edmond]

He's only been here for like a year!

2 1/2 to be exact, and lurking for a lot longer. I cant read shit all on the green screen, so i have it default :kissit:

 

[Soulja_IA_]

Tom Jones (Pontypridd)

Small town boy who made it BIG

 

[CorNokZ]

Copenhagen.. None

 

[Zede]

Don't know about town, but when I was growing up ( aged 11 to 16) had the Manager of Everton 20 doors to the left, Carl Critchlow of Judge Dredd/2000ad fame 10 doors to the right & Ian Mcculloch ( Echo from the bunnymen) a few doors down from him ! Got to know the manager & artist, but not the (as i though !) morbid spotty black clad weirdo.

 

[pikeh]

People born in Canterbury include Christopher Marlowe,[101] TV presenter Fiona Phillips,[102] actor Thomas James Longley, airline entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker,[103] boy singer and actor Joseph McManners,[104] comic book artist Jack Lawrence, and actor Orlando Bloom.[105] Mary Tourtel, the creator of Rupert Bear,[106] and the Victorian animal painter who taught her, Thomas Sidney Cooper.[107] were both born and lived in the city. The Cricketer David Gower,[108] physician William Harvey,[109] actress and singer Aruhan Galieva, writer W. Somerset Maugham[109] and film director Michael Powell[109] are among the former pupils of The King's School, Canterbury. Notable alumni of the University of Kent include comedian Alan Davies, singer Ellie Goulding, newspaper editor Rosie Boycott, actor Tom Wilkinson, and Booker Prize winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro,[110] and Chris Simmons (best known for playing DC Mickey Webb in ITV's hit police drama, The Bill. Fred W Finn born canterbury 1940 Guinness World Record Holder Worlds Most Travelled Man 718 flights in Concorde 15 million miles in total


My cousin lives in Mary Tourtels old house!

 

[Helme]

The onlyone I can remember off the top of my head is Johan Holmqvist, the hockey goalie.

 

[Ezteq]

The onlyone I can remember off the top of my head is Johan Holmqvist, the hockey goalie.

OMG Johan Holmqvist?? Man I love that guy, he is freekin awesome!! :worthy:

 

[georgie]

OMG Johan Holmqvist?? Man I love that guy, he is freekin awesome!! :worthy:

I agree!

He's the best out of all the Holmqvists!!!!

 

[Helme]

Now I'm freaked the fuck out.. two people from the UK who knows who a hockey goalie is?

 

[Turamber]

Birmingham can boast, amongst other notables,

Alfred Bird (invented custard!)
Matthew Boulton
Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy (Black Sabbath, dudes!)
John Cadbury
Barbara Cartland
Neville Chamberlain
Cat Deeley <3
Trevor Eve
Sir Francis Galton
Rob Halford (Judas Priest!)
Tony Hancock
Richard Hammond
Lord Digby Jones
Edward Burne-Jones (if you know your pre-Raphaelites)
Jeff Lynne (ELO)
Enoch Powell
Murray Walker
Steve Winwood

Pretty impressive methinks ^^

 

[Killswitch]

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Erm...Harold Shipman's first practice was a mere stone's throw away in Todmorden

Think that's pretty much it

Of course, from my home town we have;

Uriah Rennie
Derek Dooley
Mel Sterland
<many other footballing luminaries>
Jessica Ennis
James Toseland
"Rocket" Ron Shudra
David Blunkett (you're welcome!)
Bobby Knutt
Jarvis Cocker
Def Leppard
Human League
Arctic Monkeys

so clearly Sheffield >>> Scallyfax

 

[fettoken]

From Lidköping:

* Tommy Ingemarsson (aka Potti) of the esport-team Ninjas in Pyjamas
* Linda Sundblad
* Carl Dalemo of the band Razorlight
* Gunnar Wennerberg
* Anders Järryd
* Reorus Torkillus
* Mary Anderson
* Måns Jälevik of the band Her Majesty

Shamefully stolen from Wikipedia.

Disclaimer: Some individuals may or may not be considered famous.

 

[georgie]

Now I'm freaked the fuck out.. two people from the UK who knows who a hockey goalie is?

Dunno about Ez, but I've got no fucking idea who he is.

 

[cHodAX]

Erm...Harold Shipman's first practice was a mere stone's throw away in Todmorden

His last practice where he killed all those old people is 1 mile away from where I live and he visited our family home once on a home visit in the mid to late 1990's. Only found out last week that my local shopkeeper is the son of one of his confirmed victims as well, poor fella.

 

[Aoami]

john & justin fashanu used to live next door to my mum. my auntie used to go out with justin before he turned gay.

 

[Ch3tan]

Was it her that turned him? ;p

I'm still winning with the Dane to the B then.

 

[cHodAX]

john & justin fashanu used to live next door to my mum. my auntie used to go out with justin before he turned gay.

Did she get him into anal? If so then it is your aunties fault that a potential England great went off the rails!

 

[ford prefect]

Being northern and coming from gods back yard (Oldham), everyone is famous from where I come from, but here is what wiki had to say on the subject:

Michael Atherton - broadcaster, journalist and retired cricketer for Lancashire and England..
Bobby Ball - one half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball.
Christopher Biggins - television presenter, pantomime actor and winner of 2007's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
Louise Brown - the world's first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilisation.
Dora Bryan - Oldham-raised actress best known for her role as Roz in Last of the Summer Wine.
Tommy Cannon - one half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball.
Brian Clarke - Oldham-born artist known for his work in stained glass.
Brian Cox - Oldham-born television presenter, particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester.
Bernard Cribbins - character actor and musical comedian.
Agyness Deyn - supermodel.
Paul Edwards - ex-association footballer who played for Manchester United, Oldham Athletic and Stockport County.
Karen Elson - Oldham-raised supermodel and wife of American musician Jack White.
Emma Greenwood - one of the thirteen 2004 Big Brother housemates. Sorry
Nick Grimshaw - Television presenter and DJ
Shobna Gulati- Oldham-born actress, writer and dancer.
Inspiral Carpets - Madchester/indie rock band.
Suranne Jones - actress who played Karen McDonald in Coronation Street.
Annie Kenney - one of the first suffragettes to be imprisoned for protesting for women's suffrage.
Anne Kirkbride - soap opera actress best known for playing Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street.
Jack Kirkbride - acclaimed cartoonist.
Barbara Knox - soap opera actress best known for playing Rita Sullivan in Coronation Street.
Sarah Lancashire - Oldham-born television actress.
Joseph Lees - regional dialect poet from Glodwick, who wrote Jone o Grinfilt.
Ralf Little - television actor, best known for his roles in the The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Syd Little - comedian and straight man in the double act Little and Large.
Eric Longworth - Actor best known for his semi-regular part in sitcom Dad's Army, as the town clerk of Walmington-on-Sea.
Michelle Marsh - glamour model and page 3 girl.
Matthew Maynard - former England Test cricketer.
Kieran O'Brien - actor who gained notoriety for his role in the 2004 film 9 Songs.
Mark Owen - Oldham-born member of boyband Take That. Sorry about him too
David Platt - association footballer, formerly captain of the England national football team.
Andy Ritchie - former Oldham Athletic A.F.C. player and manager.
Phillip Schofield - Oldham-born television presenter.
Nicola Stephenson - television actress.
William Stott - successful impressionist painter.
Eric Sykes - comedy writer and actor.
Henry Taylor - British Olympic freestyle swimming triple gold medallist and champion.
Kevin Thaw, alpinist, climber; many first and notable ascents, member of The North Face climbing team, Altitude Everest Expedition 2007
Geoff Tootill - Oldham-born scientist helped create the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine in 1948, the world's first wholly-electronic stored program computer.
Dame Eva Turner, DBE - Renowned soprano opera singer
Sir William Walton - acclaimed composer and conductor.
Ricky Whittle - Oldham-born model and actor.
Jack Wild - Academy Award nominated actor, best known for his role as the Artful Dodger in the 1968 musical film Oliver!.
Woolly Wolstenholme - Oldham-vocalist and keyboard player with progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest.


We were also the first to slice up potatoes and put them in hot oil. Go figure.

 

[cHodAX]

How do you get to Oldham?


Ask her nicely!