Famous people from your hometown or city?

[Kate!]

So St Helens has 3 that I know of.

Louise Glover - Model and Photographer
Emma Rigby - Actress (ex Hollyoaks)
Johnny Vegas - Stand up Comic

What about your neck of the woods?

[Saph]

from my hometown the only famousish person was some girl from S Club Juniors who went to my school

but where I am now has quite a few famous people like carol mcgiffin, zoella, lady c and some others icr

[Strictly Jake]

Eric Morecambe
Thora Hird
Tyson Fury

[Shaun]

Agatha Christie, Peter Cook, Miranda Hart, Toff from IAC/MIC and Lily Cole

[Black Dagger]

The best member of Girls Aloud and best CBB winner Sarah Harding of course.

[Morgan.]

Ashley Cain (Footballer, MTV Star)
Gareth Edwards (2014 Godzilla Director)

[LaLaLand]

Mark Hughes the footballer/manager (same school).
Bryn Law the football commentator (same school again).
The band Neck Deep.
Tim Vincent.
Robbie Savage.
A couple of Olympic rowers.
“Hanging” Judge Jeffries.
Rosemary Frankland who won Miss World.
OB from Hollyoaks.
A girl on the revival series of “Gladiators” was from up the road from me too, and she was in Miss World too.


Can’t remember anymore off the top of my head.

[Alf]

William Wilberforce (our greatest son)
Phillip Larkin (adopted Hull as his home)
Sir Tom Courtenay (legendary actor)
Mick Ronson (guitar legend)
Maureen Lipman (actress, currently in Corrie)
"Cool hand" Luke Campbell (boxer)
Reece Shearsmith (actor/writer League of Gentlemen, Psychoville, inside no 9)
Debra Stephenson (actor/impressionist aka Shell Dockley)
Derren Litten (actor/writer, creator of TV series Benidorm)
Gerard Thomas (writer/director of the Carry On films)
Isy Suttie (actress/comedian Dobbie in Peep Show)
Joe Longthorne (Entertainer)
Nick Barmby (former England International footballer)
Tommy "Boom boom" Coyle (boxer)
Gemma Oaten (actress, former Emmerdale)
Dan Bryan (Big Brother 3)
Callum Scott (singer)

[Kate!]

Mark Hughes the footballer/manager (same school).
Bryn Law the football commentator (same school again).
The band Neck Deep.
Tim Vincent.
Robbie Savage.
A couple of Olympic rowers.
“Hanging” Judge Jeffries.
Rosemary Frankland who won Miss World.
OB from Hollyoaks.
A girl on the revival series of “Gladiators” was from up the road from me too, and she was in Miss World too.


Can’t remember anymore off the top of my head.

Wow thats a lot of talent.

OB :love:

[Morgan.]

Oh I forgot Dan Rose from this year’s love island. A celebrity!

[GiRTh]

Rebecca Adlington
Jermaine Jenas
Andy Cole
Wes Morgan
Chris Sutton
Carl Forch
Ken Clarke
Ed Balls
Jake Bugg
Stuart Staples of Tindersticks - Went to school with my brother
DH Lawrence
Sir Paul Smith
Stella Rimmington
London Grammar

[Alf]

So St Helens has 3 that I know of.

Louise Glover - Model and Photographer
Emma Rigby - Actress (ex Hollyoaks)
Johnny Vegas - Stand up Comic

What about your neck of the woods?Michael Smith, the Darts player is from St Helens.Also YouTube legend Mad Benny

[Barry.]

Sir Brian Cox.

[Beso]

Famous people from Kelso have included the leading suffragette supporter Georgiana Solomon who was born here in 1844, the civil engineer Sir James Brunlees (1816–1892) who constructed many railways in the United Kingdom as well as designing the docks at Avonmouth and Whitehaven.


Me..my mates in the 90s...and this lot copied and pasted from wiki....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Kelso,_Scottish_Borders

I know each and every rugby player mentioned...adam Roxburgh since primary 1...he was strange at school..scared of thunder..always had a sick note for swimming from his mum who worked in the chemists...I was better than him at school until about 15...he went the right way..I went the other..

He will admit I was better than him at rugby though at that age if I was to drag him on tibb..to prove a point..

John Jeffrey. .big white haired flanker..turned wanker..was my hero till I found out about his hypocrisy when he turned his nose up at me in the white Swan in kelso one night. Do you know who I am I asked him, yes he said...this a man who smashed a treasured trophy through disrespectful drunkenness on princess street in edinburgh..and a man rumoured to have pumped princess anne...local judge these days..


Alan tait..rugby legend..both codes..spunked in Jeremy gusgott British lions rugby socks the night before tait scored a break through finger pointing try to beat the south Africans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Kelso,_Scottish_Borders


Andrew kerr..played for Scotland at cricket and rugby..first person. .his brother jake was my pe teacher at primary school, p7 I beat adam Roxburgh to win schools sport champion...he failed at swimming and didn't get any points..

Ross ford...most capped scotland player ever...taught my boy rugby in his spare time..great guy..very humble..his dad gets called toot..

Roger bAird. ..49 odd caps for Scotland on the wing...no tries in the 5 nations though..but set up the best scottish try in the 80s when he danced up the wing in Cardiff.

[Beso]

And John robson my dad's 2nd cousin got a bronze in the 1980 commonwealth games for the 1500 Mtrs

[Amy Jade]

Only ones I am aware of are Daniel Craig and Michael Owen

[Oliver_W]

James Acaster - comedian (he went to my school a while before me!)

Hugh Dennis - actor and comedy show panelist

Some snooker player

Sienna Guillory - actress, Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil movies

John Profumo - politician who had a public affair with some hookers apparently born elsewhere, was MP here.

[Daniel-X]

Sir Ian McKellen, Kay Burley and George Formby are probably the three most famous. Loads of minor celebs like David McIntosh, Tanya Bardsley, soap actors and rugby players too.

[Niamh.]

Cillian Murphy
Roy Keane

[Kate!]

Cillian Murphy
Roy Keane

Oooh Cillian. :flutter:

[GiRTh]

Cillian Murphy
Roy Keane
Is Graham Norton from Cork? :hee:

[Calderyon]

Lots of unknown people.

[Niamh.]

Is Graham Norton from Cork? :hee:Oh he is [emoji23] forgot about him. Roy Keane went to my school too :hee:

[RileyH]

amy from bb8
patricia hodge
kevin clifton

[Lewismacfarlane]

David Tennant

[Beso]

You are more famous than him Lewis. ..

How's tricks?

[Alf]

Famous people from Kelso have included the leading suffragette supporter Georgiana Solomon who was born here in 1844, the civil engineer Sir James Brunlees (1816–1892) who constructed many railways in the United Kingdom as well as designing the docks at Avonmouth and Whitehaven.


Me..my mates in the 90s...and this lot copied and pasted from wiki....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Kelso,_Scottish_Borders

I know each and every rugby player mentioned...adam Roxburgh since primary 1...he was strange at school..scared of thunder..always had a sick note for swimming from his mum who worked in the chemists...I was better than him at school until about 15...he went the right way..I went the other..

He will admit I was better than him at rugby though at that age if I was to drag him on tibb..to prove a point..

John Jeffrey. .big white haired flanker..turned wanker..was my hero till I found out about his hypocrisy when he turned his nose up at me in the white Swan in kelso one night. Do you know who I am I asked him, yes he said...this a man who smashed a treasured trophy through disrespectful drunkenness on princess street in edinburgh..and a man rumoured to have pumped princess anne...local judge these days..


Alan tait..rugby legend..both codes..spunked in Jeremy gusgott British lions rugby socks the night before tait scored a break through finger pointing try to beat the south Africans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Kelso,_Scottish_Borders


Andrew kerr..played for Scotland at cricket and rugby..first person. .his brother jake was my pe teacher at primary school, p7 I beat adam Roxburgh to win schools sport champion...he failed at swimming and didn't get any points..

Ross ford...most capped scotland player ever...taught my boy rugby in his spare time..great guy..very humble..his dad gets called toot..

Roger bAird. ..49 odd caps for Scotland on the wing...no tries in the 5 nations though..but set up the best scottish try in the 80s when he danced up the wing in Cardiff.I saw Alan Tait play many times, for Widnes and Leeds, great player.

[Beso]

I saw Alan Tait play many times, for Widnes and Leeds, great player.

Some athlete right enough..I worked under him at one point in time as an apprentice plumber.

[Nicky91]

eindhoven

Theo Maassen (stand up comedian) i've seen him a couple times back when i worked on the farm, he's so genuinely friendly, despite him being so hyperactive, controversial in his stand up performances

Christijan Albers (former formula one racing driver)

Paul Haarhuis (former professional tennis player)

Jan De Bont (famous movie director from us dutch now in hollywood)

Lenny Kuhr (eurovision song contest winner with De Troubadour)

Patrick Lodewijks (former goalkeeper and now goalkeeping coach at dutch national football team)