Hmm, he might have been born there then. But he has a very broad Hull accent and represented East Hull politically for ages.
J. Arthur Rank - Film Producer and Studio Owner Maureen Lipman - Actress Alan Plater - Playwright David Whitfield - Singer John Alderton - Actor
Ian Ashbee - most successful captain in the history of English football (if defined by promotions with one team or similar)
Indeed norman cook is from brighton. Erm... Not that many world famous people. Maureen lipman Joe longthorne Roland gift ( fine young cannibals ) John Prescott (though I don't think he's from hull he's certainly very closely associated)
Nick Barmby Clive Sullivan - i know he played for both Hull Rugby teams and we have a road named after him - but not sure if that counts?
2 winners of The Apprentice were from Hull. Issy Suttie from Peep Show (also a live comedian) was born in Hull. Max McElligott (aka Wolf Gang) who released their debut album today and are in this week's NME magazine and the current issue of Kisser Magazine was originally from Hull. [video=youtube;TZLv36LvRo8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZLv36LvRo8[/video]
Wrong! "Scarlet was a UK based vocal duo from Hull, East Yorkshire, England. They consisted of Cheryl Parker (vocalist, guitarist) and Jo Youle (pianist, keyboardist, vocalist). The group originally had a third member, Joanna Fox, but she left before the band had any major success."
No offence butbeing your age and Swedish probably lends to you not knowing most if any of the names but most of the people mentioned had a decent level of fame in British and certainly some of them in Europe so they are stars regardless of age.
Ronnie Hilton (Singer) Malcolm Storey (Actor) Ian Carmichael (Actor) Trevor Bolder (Spiders From Mars - with Ronno & Woody Woodmansey [who was from Driffield]) Stevie Smith (poet/novelist) Andrew Marvell (poet/writer/assistant to Oliver Cromwell) Billy Holmes (first cyclist to ride 25 miles in 1 hour) John Bentley (bass player in Squeeze) Sean O'Brien (poet)