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Old 02-03-2013, 23:29   #26
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On a programme the other night - Eddie Izzard was born in Yemen.

Bradley Wiggins was born in Belgium and father is Australian.
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Old 03-03-2013, 02:10   #27
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Does Lloyd Grossman have British citizenship now then? I always thought he was American
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Old 03-03-2013, 05:24   #28
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Joe Strummer was born in Turkey
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Old 03-03-2013, 08:10   #29
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Is the Duke of Edinburgh considered a "celebrity"?
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Old 03-03-2013, 09:17   #30
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Katie Melua was born in Soviet Georgia
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Old 03-03-2013, 09:24   #31
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The late great Bob "I'll have a P please" Holness was born in South Africa.
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Old 03-03-2013, 14:38   #32
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On a programme the other night - Eddie Izzard was born in Yemen.

Bradley Wiggins was born in Belgium and father is Australian.
Does that mean he could also count as a famous Belgian??
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Old 07-03-2013, 17:56   #33
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Chris Barrie, of Red Dwarf fame, was born in Germany
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Old 07-03-2013, 21:56   #34
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Andrew Garfield, born in L.A. but moved to England as a kid.
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Old 07-03-2013, 23:19   #35
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Jenny Eclair was born in Malaysia and so was Sandy Gall
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Old 08-03-2013, 00:14   #36
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Carry On Films star Sid James was South African
I had never thought about it but when I found out and watched his films suddenly his accent was so plain to hear I wondered why I hadn't noticed before.
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Old 08-03-2013, 00:29   #37
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Actually no she wasn't, she was born in Solihull, West Midlands. I've just finished reading her autobiography. But she was taken to India when she was very young and didn't come back to England till she was 18.
I think Felicity Kendal's parents ran a touring theatre company putting on Shakespeare plays across India...............I saw a documentary about it
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Old 08-03-2013, 17:24   #38
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Burn Gorman (Owen in Torchwood) born in Los Angeles
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Old 08-03-2013, 20:13   #39
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Freddie Mercury born in Zanzibar
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Old 09-03-2013, 09:42   #40
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Old 09-03-2013, 09:52   #41
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Andy Murray when he loses.
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Old 09-03-2013, 12:31   #42
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Whose post makes no sense or did you mean this thread makes no sense?
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Old 09-03-2013, 13:08   #43
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I had never thought about it but when I found out and watched his films suddenly his accent was so plain to hear I wondered why I hadn't noticed before.
That's what I felt as well.
The same goes for Bob Holness because now I know, he does seem to have a slight hint of a South African accent coming through now and again.
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Old 09-03-2013, 13:25   #44
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Old 09-03-2013, 15:37   #45
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Vivien Leigh was born in India.

Nicola Pagett (Miss Elizabeth in Upstairs, Downstairs) was born in Egypt.
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