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Magnus Magnusson was born in Iceland but was brought here at the age of 3

Lloyd Groseman was born in Boston USA but came here in the 70s hence that hilarious accent

Anyone think of any more
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Spike Milligan was born in India
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    carefree_bluecarefree_blue Posts: 9,045
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    Pop tart Rita Ora was born in the old Yugoslavia.

    Former England footballer John Barnes was born in Jamaica.
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    mourinhosmissusmourinhosmissus Posts: 5,593
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    Eddie Badger wrote: »
    Spike Milligan was born in India

    so was Cliff Richard
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    MagicCoppeliaMagicCoppelia Posts: 21,089
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    Sir Clifford of Richard born in Lucknow, India. Also Freddie Mercury born in Zanzibar. Pretty famous examples I suppose.
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    MagicCoppeliaMagicCoppelia Posts: 21,089
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    mourinhosmissus wrote: »
    so was Cliff Richard

    Beaten to it!.
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    Smiley433Smiley433 Posts: 7,898
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    Richard E Grant
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    Thomas007Thomas007 Posts: 14,309
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    Boris Johnson was born in New York.
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    BritFlicks1BritFlicks1 Posts: 631
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    Zoe Wanamaker was born in New York and came to Britain so her father could escape the McCarthy witchunts.
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    Brummie Girl Brummie Girl Posts: 22,689
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    Eddie Badger wrote: »
    Spike Milligan was born in India
    mourinhosmissus wrote: »
    so was Cliff Richard

    and Joanna Lumley
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    retroguy wrote: »
    Magnus Magnusson was born in Iceland but was brought here at the age of 3

    Lloyd Groseman was born in Boston USA but came here in the 70s hence that hilarious accent

    Anyone think of any more
    British celebs born abroad
    Magnus Magnusson was not British.
    Do you mean foreign celebs who now live/work here?
    Do you mean British nationals who were born abroad?
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Thomas007 wrote: »
    Boris Johnson was born in New York.

    I'm not sure he was born on this planet ;)
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    21stCenturyBoy21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506
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    Felicity Kendal was born in India
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    ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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    Laura Robson was born in Melbourne, Australia.
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Smiley433 wrote: »
    Richard E Grant

    Swaziland wasn't it?
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Mo Farah - Somalia
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    SexSex Posts: 44,161
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    Thomas007 wrote: »
    Boris Johnson was born in New York.

    :eek: did not know that
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    catboy71catboy71 Posts: 471
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    Carry On Films star Sid James was South African , and Dom Joly is Lebanese.
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    Smiley433Smiley433 Posts: 7,898
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    Alrightmate wrote: »
    Swaziland wasn't it?

    Thanks, I remember a discussion on one of the very early QI episodes but couldn't recall where it was. And was too lazy to look it up myself!
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    Emma Watson was born in Paris.
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    Gill PGill P Posts: 21,591
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    Alrightmate wrote: »
    Swaziland wasn't it?

    Yes he was - that came up in Pointless this week - Famous Richards!:D
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    Dominic Monaghan from Lost and the Lord of the Rings films was born in Germany
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    kjhskj75kjhskj75 Posts: 3,005
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    Alan Whicker - Egypt
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    VerenceVerence Posts: 104,589
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    Arcana wrote: »
    Laura Robson was born in Melbourne, Australia.

    Of the current top 5 British female tennis players only Anne Keovathong was born in Britain

    1st. Heather Watson was born on Guernsey
    2nd. Laura Robson
    3rd. Johanna Konta (born in Sydney to Hungarian parents), she did a Rusedki and switched to playing for Britain previous represented the country of her birth.
    4th Anne Keovathong (Hackney)
    5th. Elena Baltacha (Kiev, moved to Britain when her father Sergei, a footballer signed for Ipswich in 1989)
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    Lily_MLily_M Posts: 1,328
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    21stCenturyBoy wrote: »
    Felicity Kendal was born in India

    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.
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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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