Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Leicester, Leicestershire*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• Alison King who plays Carla in Corrie,Betty Driver who plays Betty in Corrie and David Neilson who plays Roy in Corrie
• Englebert Humpadink
• The best rock band in the country - KASABIAN!!
• Halfords - was a cycleshop before the rise of the car. Halford lived in Leicester and opened his first store there.
• Film director Stephen Frears, indie band Kasabian, John Deacon from Queen, Parminder Nagra from ER and Bend It Like Beckham, rugby player Martin Johnson
• The great band Kasabian, from Blaby of course!! No ones said Benny Hill, he was brought up in South Wigston..
• Comedian Bob Mortimer lived in Leicester for a while, whilst studying at Leicester Uni, Roger Chapman and the band 'Family' were from here, as was John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. And, of course, Kasabian are from the county. Paula Ratcliffe the runner, and the gut who plays Roy in Coronation Street are from nearby Loughborough!
• Always-injured goalkeeper Chris Kirkland is from Earl Shilton. He went to the school in which I teach.
• John deacon from queen came from Hidcote road Oadby Leicester
• Matt Darey: Producer, remixer, DJ of mash up trance and house music, and general International Man of Mystery, was born, brought up, and educated in Leicester (he's also my brother). He now lives in Chigwell, Essex.
• Gary Lineker used to live here.
• Gary lineker (footballer) Engelbert Humperdink (singer) George Stevenson (inventor of the steam train and tourism)
• ALASTAIR YATES, presenter at BBC NEWS 24, was at school in Leicestershire and has family in the County. He was a DJ at RADIO LEICESTER in 1975. See more @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_news_24/presenters/1879136.stm
• Kasabian! And Engelbert Humperdink came from loughborough
• Gary Lineker, John Merrick (Elephant man - I think his body double descendents still live in New Parks), the Attenborough brothers went to University here, Englebert Hunperdinck, David Icke, Joe Orton, Thomas Cook, Rosemary Connelly, Showaddywaddy, Kasabian ............... lots and lots and lots of famous people.
• David Gower (cricket), Willy Thorne (snooker),Gary Lineker (football), Sue Townsend (writer), Joe Orton (playwright),Julian Barnes (writer), Dean Richards (rugby), Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), the Elephant Man, Daniel Lambert (fattest man), CP Snow (writer), Jenny Fletcher (1912 Olympic bronze medallist for swimming).
• The Elephant man
• The ex-mayoress of Leicester lives down my road, but i dont spose im allowed to say where that is.hmmm, its near Doghouse.
• Martin Johnson went to school here.
• PETER SHILTON /GARY LINNEKER/ EMILE HESKEY/RODGER CHAPMAN
• Englebert Humperdinck, Showaddywaddy (I know... I know...) Richard Attenborough, Gary Lineker (his family run a greengrocers stall in the market), Thomas Cook (he's got a shop or two in the town too...)
• There is a famous ex-resident of Leicester that you all appear to have forgotten: Joe Orton. One of the most famous playwrights of the 1960's. Born and bred on the Saffron Lane estate, and immortalized in the biopic 'Prick up your Ears', where Gary Oldman played him.
• Narinder from Big Brother 2, and Lee from Big Brother 3. Simon DeMonfort. And one certain footballer named GARY LINEKER.
• andy townsend lives in blaby he used to be a wicked skate till he done a backside flip of the bus shelter on blaby park and broke his leg and arm and dislocated his elbow!!
• BLACK WIDOW Leics black magic cult band stablemates with Black Sabbath anthology out 24th Feb 2003
• Thomas Cook the travel business, the man himself lived in London Road, Leicester and started his business with charabanc (horse drawn carriages) to Belvoir Castle. The Attenborough bros, Dickie and David were born in Leicestershire, Gary Lineker's mum and dad run a veg stall in the City market place.
• I'm surprised no-one's mentioned C.P. Snow. Author of the "Strangers and Brothers" series, the first of which (Time of Hope) starts off in Leicester just before WWI.He caused a bit of upset in the literary world with his "Two Cultures" Lecture, published in the New Statesman in the '50s, and angrily rebutted by F.R Leavis in the Spectator (probably because it was too near the mark!) These days, he is regarded (unfairly, in my opinion) as very unfashionable and an inferior author to his wife, Pamela Hansford Johnson.
• Dion Dublin is from Leicester and his brother who is the spitting image of him drinks in the Weston!
• I myself am a great pose to the city of leicester as i hold the record of 19 wanks in 1 day
• Gary Lineker, Robbie Savage... erm, that's about it. Oh yeah, and Mark Morrison, who famously came back to Leicester rather than live in Miami. He must be mad.
• Apart from me of course, the elephant man was born here (the guiser with the bone deformaty - watch the film!) and of course both the Attenboroughs - David and Richard.
• peter shilton,gary liniker,danny lambert,tomas cook,willy thorne,maggie philbin,simon demontfort,richard &david attembourgh,leicester city has han its fair share.........
• Mark Morrison ( return of the mack)
• Mark Morrison
• the lead singer blokey out of apollo 440, who used to be in gay bikers on acid
• David Ike...dont forget about the lizards!!!
• That woman on Crimewatch, Sue something, studied Biology at Leicester Uni.
• Millionaire lottery winner Lee Ryan is from Leicester. He was sussed by the tabloids soon after his win about what a twenty-four carrot bell-end he was. This coined the tabloid headline "National Rotter Lee". Top marks to the boys at Fleet Street.
• Andy Simpson - voted the UK's 31st favourite skater ( also runs Casino and makes things happen )
• Rosemary Conley fitness guru. Her car's always parked at the station when she's appearing on richard and judy.
• Andy Simpson... erm, 'iccle Luke Walker (i hate him, hes so small yet so f**king dope at skating!)
• Gary Lineker must be Leicester's most famous local lad. His dad still owns a stall in the market and Gary himself used to help out there as a young 'un.
• Gary Birtles - god rest his soul
• That orange kilt-wearing troll with orange skin, green hair, no legs, who used to bound along snarling on huge fists in Tango adverts, but subsequently got banned for scaring the shit out of little kiddies, lives in Leicester. Last seen terrorising the Narborough Road area.
• Sue Townsend - of Adrian Mole fame
• Attenborough brothers?
• betty turpin from Coronation street shawoddywoddy Gary Lineker Rosemary Conelly
• Mark Morrisson !
• John Merrick aka 'the Elephant Man ' was born in Leicester.
• Englebert Humperdink- yeah he IS the BEST
• Leicester's most famous son is Gary Lineker, who has now returned to the city from Japan.
• The city has also spawned both good and bad music - Small indie bands like Cornershop and Diesel Park West, and sadder people such as Showwaddywaddy and Engleburt Humperdink are all from Leicester.
• The home of Daniel Lambert (big guy).
• Thomas Cook. He started off providing teetotal holidays from Leicester to Loughborough, 10 miles up the railway line. His statue stands outside Leicester Midland railway station.
• Mark Morrison
• Generally to embaressing to mention! Showaddywaddy! Engelbert Humberdinck Gary Lineker Rusty Lee Bill Tidy Bill Maynard Rosemary Conley
• Simon DeMontfort: Rapist, pillager, all round bad dude

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Last updated: 2010-11-03