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Famous people in Lincoln / shire

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pingu748 | 14:36 Thu 14th Sep 2006 | People & Places
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Who knows anyone "famous" that lives / lived in Lincoln or Lincolnshire ... I only know of Nick Bateman (x BBrother "star") ...
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Isaac Newton
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any idea whereabouts ?
Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, apparently. (Where?) He later went to the King's Grammar School in Grantham.
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...
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 .
Oh Grantham, that is it, sorry.
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thank you very much people ... a great help ...
The controversial cricket umpire, Darrel Hair (despite being an Aussie).
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

isaak newton!! where?

please tell me your kidding?
King Henry IV was born in Lincolnshire, as were Bernie Taupin, who writes lyrics for Elton John and Nicholas Parsons.
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.
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Suffragette ... I didnt know Nicholas Parsons & Elton John were a famous duet ?
Ha ha! I've just re-read my answer pingu. God, I really should make use of the preview button.
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
The Lincolnshire poacher.

I expect Nicholas Parsons has sung that in his time
You beat me to it, GrannyG. First famous Lincolnshire person I thought of was him.
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.

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