The Knowhere Guide

Local Heroes in Derby, Derbyshire*

Derby, Derbyshire Famous Residents

Cringing Cult of Celebrity (Famous residents and ex-residents.)

• This is THE Sarah Johnson, I do like to get out in Derby now and again, well spotted!!
• Richard Felix from Most Haunted on Living TV.
• Kevin Coyne, born in Derby. Artist, poet and blues musician, still going strong after over 30 albums. Desribed recently as a national treasure. In the 70's he employed a little known guitarist called Andy Summers! Check out Coyne's music, you don't know what you are missing.
• cris rigget (footballer, lives in breadsall)
• Lightyear- Derby Ska Punk band
• Ellen McArthur, the sailing woman.
• ELLEN MACARTHUR: She's a local hero! Here at the BBC in Derby we're following her in her latest race and bringing you daily updates on our website. If you want to send Ellen an Email wishing her luck, you can do right here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/have_your_say/2002/11/ellen_route_du_rhum.shtml cheers Bel x
• sarah johnson was seen out clubbing in derby the other week.
• Tosh's brother, he's a reporter on BBC news.
• Kate Bush - screaching singer lived in Belper Robert Lindsay- of James Bond fame also lived in Belper
• No-one seems to have mentioned Lara Croft was "born" in Derby
• David Dixon (who ?) Ford Prefect from Hitch-Hiker's Guide....is a Derby lad.
• i don't think one famous person has ever come from derby, well, not off the top of my head. however, Tosh Lines who some of you might remember from the TV police program, The Bill, came from nearby duffield. he supped himself to death though a couple of years back.
• How can you lot forget that megastar that was Arthur Brown.. as in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the nutter who sang "Fire" in 1968, just 12 years or so before you were born......
• How could anyone forget thet the mighty one hit wonderdom of White Town was from Derby. The video for Mark n' Lard favourite Your Woman was filmed all around the city centre and he did a song called Thursday Night At The Bluenote, although I think Fridays are better now.
• tracy shaw AKA maxine out of coro. lives in belper, also in the leugue of gentleman. Royston vasey is actually in derbyshire. It's real name is hadfield in buxton. And the tune 'everybody' was made in the derby progress.
• Tosh from the Bill (RIP)
• brian & nigel clough live here

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• Theres that nutter in east street who is completely self taught on his trumpet.
• there's a guy that sings a lot of radiohead songs opposite the shops by the zanzibar night club.
• oh god, the man who stands outside BHS and groans oasis tunes, he looks a bit like a homeless grant mitchell. I payed him once to shut up. Surprisingly it worked!
• Watch the meat going mouldy outside Dewhurst Butchers in St Peters Street. The table is refrigerated but the sun wins - and people stil buy it!
• The bloke ho plays the banjo on Sadlergate!!!

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Last updated: 2008-01-02