Musicians
Craig Armstrong - Composer
Jimmy Barnes - rock singer
Maggie Bell - rock and blues singer - sang Taggart's theme tune 'No Mean City.'
Jack Bruce, (Bassist in Cream)
Jim Diamond
Lonnie Donegan - skiffle musician
Donovan
Archie Fisher - Scottish folk singer
Cilla Fisher - singer and part of the singing kettle
Clare Grogan
Alex Harvey, Scottish rock singer
Bert Jansch - guitarist (died 2011, aged 67)
Mark Knopfler, British rock singer and guitarist - Dire Straits
Mary Lee - singer and long term partner of Jack Milroy of Francie and Josie
Lulu
Lena Martell
Amy McDonald - singer
Iain Mackintosh - folk singer
Matt McGinn - Scottish folk singer
Onnie McIntyre - Average White Band
Frankie Miller, soul singer
Stuart MacMillan, Slam - DJ and co-producer of world-renowned Soma record label
Adam McNaughton - Scottish folk singer - Jeely piece song; Skyscraper Wean.
Jim Mullen - Jazz guitarist
Willam Primrose CBE - violist
Eddi Reader, Fairground Attraction
Maggie Reilly, singer - collaborated with Mike Oldfield
Brian Robertson - member of Thin Lizzy
B.A. Robertson
Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat, Communards
Andy Stewart - singer, songwriter and entertainer
Hamish Stuart, guitarist/vocalist - Average White Band
Midge Ure
George 'Big George' Watt, guitarist and singer
Nancy Whiskey - Scottish folk singer
Angus Young, guitarist in AC/DC
Malcolm Young, founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-song writer of AC/DC
Bands
Altered Images
Aztec Camera
The Beatstalkers, Scotland's number one beat band in the 60s.
Beecake - winner of the Tartan Clef best live act 2008. Billy Boyd - actor also a member of band
Belle and Sebastian
The Blue Nile
The Bluebells
Camera Obscura
Deacon Blue
Del Amitri
The Delgados
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Glasvegas
Gun
Hipsway
Hue and Cry
Jesus and Mary Chain
The JSD Band
Love and Money
Marmalade
Mogwai
Primal Scream
The Silencers
Simple Minds
Strawberry Switchblade
Texas
Travis
Wet Wet Wet
Actors and Comedians
John Barrowman, actor, musical performer and TV presenter
Stanley Baxter, comic actor
Billy Boyd, actor - Lord of the Rings
Frankie Boyle, comedian
Kevin Bridges, comedian
Gerard James Butler - actor and singer
Dayton Callie - actor (Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood)
Peter Capaldi - actor
Robert Carlyle, actor - Trainspotting
Robbie Coltrane, actor/comedian - Cracker and Harry Potter
Billy Connolly, comedian and actor
Tony Curran, actor
Iain Cuthbertson - actor
Craig Ferguson, actor, comedian
Gregor Fisher, comedian, actor - Love Actually, Rab C Nesbitt
Bill Forsyth, director, Gregory's Girl.
Tommy Flanagan, actor - Braveheart and Gladiator
Rikki Fulton, comic actor
John Grieve, actor - The Vital Spark
David Hayman, actor
Greg Hemphill, comic actor - Chewing the Fat and Still Game
Armando Iannuci - writer, director
Sir Jeremy Isaacs - TV producer - BAFTA and Emmy Award winner
Gordon Jackson, actor - Upstairs, Downstairs and The Professionals
Gerard Kelly, actor - City Lights
Lorraine Kelly, TV presenter
Ford Kiernan, comic actor - Chewing the Fat and Still Game
Eddie Large - born Edward McGinnis, comedian
Angus Lennie - actor, The Great Escape
Gary Lewis - actor, Gangs of New York, Rebus, My Name is Joe, Orphans, Billy Elliot
Jimmy Logan, comedian
Kelly Macdonald - actress - Trainspotting
Duncan Macrae, actor - Casino Royale, 1967
James McAvoy - actor (The Last King of Scotland)
Jane McCarry, comic actor - (Isa) Still Game
David McCallum, movie star - Man from Uncle
Roddy McMillan - actor, (Para Handy) The Vital Spark
Donald Meek (1878 to1946) - actor. Starred in over 100 Hollywood Films.
Jack Milroy, comedian
Alex Norton, DCI Matt Burke, Taggart
David O'Hara, actor - Braveheart, The Devil's Own, Hotel Rwanda
Ray Park, actor - Star Wars, X-Men
Bill Paterson, actor - Comfort and Joy, Gregory's Girl, Miss Potter
Dorothy Paul - comedian/actor
Paul Riley, comic actor - (Winston) Still Game
Carol Smillie, TV presenter
Elaine C Smith - comic actor (Rab C Nesbitt)
Ian Tough - one half of the Krankies - also known as 'Wee Jimmy Krankie's' father
Molly Weir, actress
Poets
Thomas Campbell, poet
Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humorist
Liz Lochhead, poet and playwright
William Miller wrote Wee Willie Winkie
Edwin Morgan, poet
Novelists and writers
James Kelman - Booker Prize Winner 1994
Grant Morrison - comic book writer: New X-Men; The Invisibles; Animal Man
Christopher Brookmyre - Winner of the 'First Blood Award' - for best first crime novel of the year
Karen Campbell - The Twilight Time and After the Fire
Alasdair Gray - Scottish writer and artist. Best known for his novel, Lanark, published in 1981.
Clifford Hanley - Journalist, Novelist best known for his novel "Dancing in the Streets".
Jack House - Writer and broadcaster.
Tom Weir - author, broadcaster and climber
Denise Mina - Scottish crime writer
Archie Hind - author of award winning novel Dear Green Place
Alexander B Taylor - author of The Bellfield Runners
Alistair MacLean - author of Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare.
Theatre and Opera
David McVicar - Theatre and Opera Director
SCIENTISTS, INVENTORS AND ENGINEERS
Lord Alexander R Todd - Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, 1957.
John Logie Baird - Inventor of television
William John MacQuorn Rankine - civil engineer and physicist.
John Elder - Marine engineer and inventor.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler - archeologist
JOURNALISTS AND BROADCASTERS
Andrew Marr
Gavin Esler
Harry Benson - Award winning photojournalist
Ken Bruce - DJ
Arthur Montford
Archie Macpherson
"Tiger" Tim Stevens
ARCHITECTS
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - architect and designer
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson - architect and designer
Archibald Leitch - architect (football stadiums)
ART
Hannah Frank - artist and sculptor
David Donaldson - Queen's painter and Limner
Douglas Gordon - Turner Prize winnner 1996
Martin Creed - Turner Prize winnner 2001
Susan Philpz - Turner Prize winner 2010
Jim Lambie - Turner Prize nominee 2005
Nathan Coley - Turner Prize nominee 2007
Herbert Macnair - pioneer of the 'Glasgow Style'
Thomas Corsan Morton - one of 'The Glasgow Boys' group of artists
Bud Neill - Cartoonist. Known for Lobey Dosser.
Neil MacGregor - Art historian and museum director.
BUSINESS
Sir William Burrell - shipping magnate and philanthropist
James McGill - businessman and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Lipton - creator of the famous Lipton tea brand
Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden - entrepreneur
Willie Haughey - businessman and philanthropist
Miss (Kate) Cranston - development of Tea Rooms and major patron of our famous architect and designer Charles Rennie MacKintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald
Michelle Mone - creator of Ultimo designer lingerie
Jim Dunlop - founder of Dunlop, manufacturer of musical instrument accessories
Calton Weavers - community of handweavers originating in the 18th century
SPORTS
Kenny Dalglish - Footballer and manager
Tommy Docherty - Footballer and manager
Sir Alex Ferguson - Football legend and manager
Barry Ferguson - Footballer
Glasgow Mid Argyll - The 1973 Camanachd winning team - shinty
Arthur Graham - footballer - Aberdeen, Leeds United, Manchester United, Bradford City and Scotland.
Gerry Hughes - first deaf yachtsman to cross the Atlantic Ocean
Mo Johnston - Footballer
Benny Lynch - Scotland's first boxing champion
Ally MacLeod - football manager
Danny McGrain - Footballer
Members of the 1972 UEFA Cup Winners Cup team (Rangers FC): Alex MacDonald and Willie Johnston
Members of The Lisbon Lions (Celtic FC) winners of the European Cup, to date the only Scottish team to do so: Ronnie Simpson, Jim Craig, Bobby Murdoch, Stevie Chalmers and Bertie Auld
Alex McLeish - Scotland Manager and footballer
Robert Millar - cyclist (king of the mountains champion 1984)
Willie Miller - Football player for Aberdeen and Scotland
Colin Montgomerie - golfer
David Moyes - football manager
Andy Murray - Scotland's highest ranked tennis player.
Alan Rough - goalkeeper, Partick Thistle and Scotland
Alison Sheppard - swimmer
John Wark - Scottish footballer
Jim Watt - Boxer
Paul Weir - two-time world champion boxer
POLITICS / MILITARY
Gordon Brown - former Prime Minister (UK)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - former Prime Minister (UK) 1905 -1908
Donald Dewar - former Secretary of State for Scotland, First Minister
Sir Menzies Campbell, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Sir John A MacDonald, Canada's first Prime Minister
The Rt. Hon. Michael J Martin MP - the first Scottish Speaker in the House of Commons
Jimmy Reid - Trade Union Activist, Orator, Politician, Journalist.
Rosslyn Mitchell (1879 to 1965) - politician and solicitor
Arthur Henderson - politician and Nobel Prize winnner
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore - MP. Brisith soldier and General.
Field Marshall Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde) - British Army officer
William "Bill" Millin - Commonly known as Piper Bill, Millin is best remembered for playing the pipes whilst under fire during the D-Day landing in Normandy
TOBACCO LORDS
The Tobacco Lords (or Virginia Dons) were Glasgow merchants who, in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco from Great Britain's colonies.
Among the important Lords whose mansions gave their names to Glasgow city centre streets were.
Andrew Buchanan
James Dunlop
Archibald Ingram
James Wilson
Alexander Oswald
Andrew Cochrane
John Glassford
The Virginia Mansion of Alexander Speirs gave Virginia Street its name and Alexander gave his name to Speirs Wharf in Port Dundas in Glasgow.
AVIATORS
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown - navigated the first successful non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean with Alcock (pilot)
James (Jim) Allan Mollison - pioneer aviator
DETECTIVES
Allan Pinkerton - created the first detective agency in the USA (Pinkerton Agency - famous for private eye logo).
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
Scrooge McDuck (Disney cartoon character)- the richest duck in the world; Donald Duck's Uncle; and Great Uncle to Huey, Duey and Luey
Groundskeeper Willie - from the Simpsons. Once claimed he was "the ugliest man in Glasgow", but now says he is from Orkney.
WIZARDS
Merlin, legendary wizard - King Arthur's magician.
A great list. I know Nathan Coley in rl. He is a lovely bloke.
Sting, Val from Emmerdale, George Stephenson - built the first railway in the world for steam locomotives; William Armstrong (Famous Engineer), Jack Higgins - writer; Mark Knofler and Jimmy Nail - to name but a few.
A weekend or so ago, there was a "where are they now?" item, and I realised it was about the school bully. He :
had fights in toilets,
burst into a French class to threaten the diminutive French master,
was a major suspect in the Great Dinner Ticket Robbery of around 1957.
That crippsie was a real bastard.
It turned out he'd moved to London, joined a backing group. Eventually, the article said, he was engaged to an Australian singer / actor called John.
Melvyn Bowler Counsellor and Experiential Therapist
Luke Baines, actor, singer and model
Trevor Grimshaw, artist
Ricky Hatton, boxer
Matthew Hatton, boxer
Lee Martin, former Manchester United footballer
L.S. Lowry, artist
Harold Shipman, serial killer
Ian Brady*and*Myra Hindley, "Moors Murderers", serial killers
Alan West*, footballer, central midfielder for Burnley and Luton Town
Danny Brocklehurst), BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Shameless, Clocking Off, Talk to Me
Tom Cassell, Incredibly popular YouTuber, Highest subscribed YouTube Channel in the UK
Musicians
Brian and Michael, singers ofMatchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
Wayne Fontana, singer and musician
Broadcasters
Stuart Hall, BBC radio and television presenter
Timmy Mallett, television presenter and entertainer
Justin Moorhouse, radio presenter and actor
Some of those weren't born in the town, only lived there and some aren't especially famous.
Living in Yarm, people associated with the town include John Wesley and Tom Brown. Former England boss Steve McClaren regularly visits the town and many other professional footballers that are with my local football club.
Melvyn Bowler Counsellor and Experiential Therapist
Luke Baines, actor, singer and model
Trevor Grimshaw, artist
Ricky Hatton, boxer
Matthew Hatton, boxer
Lee Martin, former Manchester United footballer
L.S. Lowry, artist
Harold Shipman, serial killer
Ian Brady*and*Myra Hindley, "Moors Murderers", serial killers
Alan West*, footballer, central midfielder for Burnley and Luton Town
Danny Brocklehurst), BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Shameless, Clocking Off, Talk to Me
Tom Cassell, Incredibly popular YouTuber, Highest subscribed YouTube Channel in the UK
Musicians
Brian and Michael, singers ofMatchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
Wayne Fontana, singer and musician
Broadcasters
Stuart Hall, BBC radio and television presenter
Timmy Mallett, television presenter and entertainer
Justin Moorhouse, radio presenter and actor
Some of those weren't born in the town, only lived there and some aren't especially famous.
Another celebrity that grew up in the Thetford area in Norfolk:
Caroline Flack.
(some websites seem to say she grew up in London. She didn't.
I didn't know this until recently even though there are a lot of Flacks in Thetford.
Ian Henderson is a professional footballer that grew up in Thetford too.
He started out as a trainee at Norwich City and was a pretty important squad player for two or three seasons in the early noughties.
He now plays for Rochdale, I believe.
I know - he;s no star. But Thetford is only a town of 25 000 odd people. Although it was once the third largest place in the country (after London and York) and has a lot of history.
Comments
Kenny G is an excellent musician, if you mean the below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_G
I've often driven past, but never gone in. Is it any good?
had fights in toilets,
burst into a French class to threaten the diminutive French master,
was a major suspect in the Great Dinner Ticket Robbery of around 1957.
That crippsie was a real bastard.
It turned out he'd moved to London, joined a backing group. Eventually, the article said, he was engaged to an Australian singer / actor called John.
Who'd have thunk it.
Luke Baines, actor, singer and model
Trevor Grimshaw, artist
Ricky Hatton, boxer
Matthew Hatton, boxer
Lee Martin, former Manchester United footballer
L.S. Lowry, artist
Harold Shipman, serial killer
Ian Brady*and*Myra Hindley, "Moors Murderers", serial killers
Alan West*, footballer, central midfielder for Burnley and Luton Town
Danny Brocklehurst), BAFTA-winning screenwriter, Shameless, Clocking Off, Talk to Me
Tom Cassell, Incredibly popular YouTuber, Highest subscribed YouTube Channel in the UK
Musicians
Brian and Michael, singers ofMatchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
Wayne Fontana, singer and musician
Broadcasters
Stuart Hall, BBC radio and television presenter
Timmy Mallett, television presenter and entertainer
Justin Moorhouse, radio presenter and actor
Some of those weren't born in the town, only lived there and some aren't especially famous.
is it manchester? Morrissey!
Gareth Gates
Kiki Dee
Zayn Malik (One Direction)
Tasmin Archer
Smokie
Kimberley Walsh
Frederick Delius (Composer)
Actors
Ade Edmonson
George Layton
Criminals
Peter Sutcliffe (aka Yorkshire Ripper)
Dennis Nielsen (aka Black Panther)
Art
David Hockney
There are probably numerous others but these spring to mind.
I live in Bradford, West Yorkshire
Hyde?
Ah you're from Yorkshire.:D
You forgot Darren Day
To my shame I had to Google him and tbh I'm still not sure who he is. But still Darren Day!!! Go Colchester :-D
Caroline Flack.
(some websites seem to say she grew up in London. She didn't.
I didn't know this until recently even though there are a lot of Flacks in Thetford.
Ian Henderson is a professional footballer that grew up in Thetford too.
He started out as a trainee at Norwich City and was a pretty important squad player for two or three seasons in the early noughties.
He now plays for Rochdale, I believe.
I know - he;s no star. But Thetford is only a town of 25 000 odd people. Although it was once the third largest place in the country (after London and York) and has a lot of history.
Rhys Ifans
Suggs
Connie Fisher
Where I now live, Fred Dibnah, Peter Kay, Sara Cox, Frank Finlay
Salford