Famous people in Lincoln / shire

[pingu748]

Who knows anyone "famous" that lives / lived in Lincoln or Lincolnshire ... I only know of Nick Bateman (x BBrother "star") ...

[shammydodger]

Isaac Newton

[pingu748]

any idea whereabouts ?

[shammydodger]

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, apparently. (Where?) He later went to the King's Grammar School in Grantham.

[A Chill Wind]

Go to http://www.knowhere.co.uk/contents.html#area40 and click on whichever place takes your fancy, then scroll down to Local Heroes on the category bar on the right - you should find one or two in there to keep you going...

[dot.hawkes]

Margaret Thatcher was from up that way somewhere, just won't come to me and I will not Google her name that would be just to much .

[dot.hawkes]

Oh Grantham, that is it, sorry.

[Craig007]

http://www.visitlincolnshire.com/exec/104906/1 185/

[pingu748]

thank you very much people ... a great help ...

[RogK]

The controversial cricket umpire, Darrel Hair (despite being an Aussie).

[Famous5]

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (poet laureate) was from Lincs.

Wing Commander Guy Gibson & the Dambusters were based in Lincs, and the Red Arrows pilots are there nowadays

[rugeleyboy]

isaak newton!! where?

please tell me your kidding?

[suffragette]

King Henry IV was born in Lincolnshire, as were Bernie Taupin, who writes lyrics for Elton John and Nicholas Parsons.

[shammydodger]

What's the problem, rugeleyboy?

Did I know him? Of course not. He popped into my local, the Scrofula & Leeches, from time to time but we were not acquainted.

[pingu748]

Suffragette ... I didnt know Nicholas Parsons & Elton John were a famous duet ?

[Octavius]

http://www.knowhere.co.uk/593_heroes.html

[suffragette]

Ha ha! I've just re-read my answer pingu. God, I really should make use of the preview button.

[rugeleyboy]

shammy, my "your kidding " was not aimed at you? the way i first read it, it looked like pingu wnated to know where he lived so he could visit?

my mistake...sorry to all!! LOL

[grannyg]

The Lincolnshire poacher.

I expect Nicholas Parsons has sung that in his time

[JillP]

You beat me to it, GrannyG. First famous Lincolnshire person I thought of was him.

[~ vortex ~]

Oscar winning actor Jim Broadbent is from Lincolnshire. Singer/ Actress Barbera Dickson lives near Louth.
One time Emmerdale Star Frazer Hines has a place in Lincoln as does Eastenders actress Letitia Dean.
Film actor John Hurt went to school in Lincoln.