- Marc Warren
Marc Warren (born March 20, 1967 in Northampton) is an English actor, best known for his role as Danny Blue in "Hustle". - Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is an English actor, presenter, and writer. He is probably best known for his roles as presenter of Scrapheap Challenge, and as the android Kryten in the hit sitcom "Red Dwarf". His skills as a physical performer encouraged Grant and Naylor to write Robert Llewellyn additional characters for the series, most notably The Data Doctor (Back in the Red, series VIII), Human Kryten (DNA, … - Ben Smith
Benjamin Francis Smith (born 3 April 1972 in Corby, Northamptonshire) is an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. Smith played for the Leicestershire second team for a couple of years as a teenager before making his first-class debut in the 1990 season in a game against Oxford University; he was lbw for just 4 in his only innings, but got another chance in a County Championship match against Glamorgan a fortnight later. - John Dryden
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.1631 – May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden - William Carey
William Carey (August 17, 1761 - June 9, 1834) was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society. As a missionary in Serampore, India, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and numerous other languages and dialects. - Alfred East
Sir Alfred East (December 15, 1849 - September 28, 1913), was an English painter. He was born in Kettering in Northamptonshire and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. His romantic landscapes show the influence of the Barbizon school. His "The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour" was published in 1906. He was awarded A British Knighthood in 1910 by King Edward VII. His portrait was painted by Philip de Laszlo. - Mal Loye
Malachy Bernard Loye, most commonly known as Mal Loye, (born 27 September 1972, Northampton), is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers, and off break bowler. Often noted by ex-players and pundits alike for being unlucky to not have been capped for England, … - Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke, born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Radiohead. He has also recorded as a solo artist; he released his debut album, "The Eraser", in July 2006. Yorke mainly plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the "Kid A" and "Amnesiac" Radiohead sessions). - Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton (1540 - November 20, 1591) was an English politician, the lord chancellor of England and, according to speculation, the lover of Queen Elizabeth I. His father was William Hatton (d. 1546) of Holdenby, Northamptonshire and his mother was Alice Saunders. He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford. Known as a handsome and accomplished man, especially distinguished for his elegant dancing, … - Peter Walton
Peter Walton is an English football referee for the FA Premier League, and former player in the "United Counties League". He was born on 10 October 1959, and is based in Long Buckby, Northants, for whom he played his football. His interests are listed as current affairs and golf. - Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953 in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels "Watchmen", "V for Vendetta" and "From Hell". He has also written a novel, "Voice of the Fire", and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with the Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD. As a comics writer, … - Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville or Wydville (c. 1437 - 7/8 June 1492) was the Queen consort of King Edward IV of England from 1464 until his death in 1483. - William Law
William Law (1686 - April 9, 1761), English divine, was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire - Francis Harry Compton Crick
Francis Harry Compton Crick was born on June 8th, 1916, at Northampton, England, being the elder child of Harry Crick and Annie Elizabeth Wilkins . He has one brother, A. F. Crick , who is a doctor in New Zealand. Crick was educated at Northampton Grammar School and Mill Hill School, London. - H. E. Bates
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, who published under the pen name H. E. Bates (May 16 1905 - January 29 1974), was an English writer and author. His most well-known works include "Love for Lydia", "The Darling Buds of May", and "My Uncle Silas". - Malcolm Arnold
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. He began his career as a professional trumpeter, but by the time he was thirty he was composing full-time, being bracketed with Britten and Walton as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain. His natural melodic gift earned him a reputation as a composer of light music in works such as the sets of Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish and Cornish Dances, … - Jo Whiley
Johanne Whiley (born July 4, 1965 in Northampton) is a English radio disc jockey on BBC Radio 1, and television presenter for the BBC. - Edward Montagu
Sir Edward Montagu (circa 1485 - February 10, 1556/1557) was an English lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Montagu of Hemington, Northamptonshire and Agnes, daughter of William Dudley of Clopton. He was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's Bench in 1539, which office he resigned in 1545 when he was constituted Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was a member of the Privy Council of King Henry VIII of England, … - John Gill
John Gill (November 23, 1697 - October 14, 1771) was an English Baptist, a biblical scholar, and a staunch Calvinist. Gill's relationship with hyper-Calvinism is a matter of academic debate. He was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. In his youth, he attended Kettering grammar school, mastering the Latin classics and learning Greek by age eleven. The young scholar continued self-study in everything from logic to Hebrew. - Steve Brown
Steve Brown (born July 7, 1966 in Northampton) is a former English professional football midfielder, now youth team manager at Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship. 'Brownie' started his career at Northampton Town, but left in December 1985 to join Irthlingborough Diamonds. He rejoined Northampton in July 1989 and was signed for Wycombe Wanderers in February 1994 by Martin O'Neill. He was a fans' favourite at the club, … - George Tryon
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, KCB (4 January 1832- 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS "Victoria" collided with HMS "Camperdown" during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon. Born at Bulwick Park, Northamptonshire, England and educated at Eton he entered the Royal Navy in 1848 as a cadet. After a period serving on the North American station, he saw action in the Crimean War on "Vengeance" and later ashore in the Naval Brigade. - Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (born August 10, 1982, Northampton, England) is an English professional snooker player and the 2005 world snooker champion. - Andrew Collins
Andrew John Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster. After studying graphic design at Chelsea School of Art, Collins started writing for "New Musical Express" in the early 1990s, subsequently taking up editorship of "Q". He also formed a double-act with fellow music journalist Stuart Maconie, presenting the Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 1 show "Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade", … - John Wilkins
John Wilkins (1614-01-01 - 1672-11-19), an English clergyman, is the only person to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He married Oliver Cromwell's sister, Robina. He was the first secretary of the Royal Society from its first meeting in 1660. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. - Michael Cox
Michael Cox is an English biographer and novelist, born in Northamptonshire in 1948. - Phil Neal
Philip ("Phil") George Neal (born February 20 1951 in Irchester, Northants) is a much-decorated former footballer who is the only player to have appeared in the first five of Liverpool's European Cup finals, winning four of them. He was a dependable full back. His son, Ashley Neal, also had a footballing career, albeit short-lived. - Leah Moore
Leah Moore (born February 4, 1978, in Northampton) is an English writer. She is the daughter of Alan Moore and wife of John Reppion and she has worked with both on the comic "Albion". She has also written for other comics and publications including "Tom Strong" and "The End Is Nigh". Leah and John have co-writing credits on "Wild Girl", a 6 part comic for Wildstorm, … - Peter Hausted
Peter Hausted (died July 20, 1644), Doctor of Divinity, was a "playwright, poet, preacher" in early seventeenth-century England. In his own time, he was notorious as a flamboyant preacher against Puritan and sectarian dissent in the Church of England, and was remembered for the riot that accompanied a performance of his play "The Rival Friends". Hausted was born at Oundle, in Northamptonshire. He earned an M.A. from Queen's College, Cambridge, … - William Fitzwilliam
Sir William FitzWilliam (1526-1599) was an English statesman. - William Paley
William Paley (July 1743 - May 25, 1805) was a British divine, Christian apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher. He is best remembered for his "watchmaker analogy", an argument for the existence of God in his book "Natural Theology". - Charles Montagu 1st Earl of Halifax
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS (16 April 1661-19 May 1715) was an English poet and statesman. - Bob Harris
"Whispering" Bob Harris (born Robert Brinley Harris in Northampton, England on 11 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week. His programmes feature a moderately eclectic blend of mostly American and British rock, country, and occasional folk music from the 1950s to the present. His on-air delivery suggests a deep enthusiasm and affection for the music and musicians featured on his shows. - Anne Of York Duchess of Exeter
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter was the second child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. She was an older sister of Edward IV of England, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk, Margaret of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England. In 1447, Anne was married to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter. They had one daughter: *Anne Holland (c. 1455 - 1475), … - William Alwyn
William Alwyn (November 7, 1905 - September 11, 1985) was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. - Jonathan Adams
Jonathan Adams (February 14, 1931 - June 13, 2005) was a British actor, born in Northampton, England. He acted in a number of roles in British TV and film, including the part of Adam in the TV mini-series "Jesus of Nazareth" and the part of Carter in "Nemesis". He acted as the Narrator in the original London production of "The Rocky Horror Show", but he is more famous for portraying the part of Dr. - Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon (born 1962 in Northampton) is a novelist and poet, who was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English. In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best First Book for his novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", a book which is written from the perspective of a boy with Savant syndrome. - Richard Morris
Richard Morris (born May 20, 1964 near Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire) is the third writer to have written a biography of the British psychic researcher Harry Price. In the few weeks that 'Harry Price": "The Psychic Detective' has been available it is absolutely clear people are still fascinated by Price and his extraordinary life, some 59 years after his death. - Mary Cartwright
Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright DBE (December 17, 1900 - April 3, 1998) was a leading 20th century British mathematician. She was born in Aynho, Northamptonshire where her father was the vicar and died in Cambridge, England. In October 1919 she entered St Hugh's College of the Oxford to study mathematics, one of only five women at that university studying the subject. She graduated from Oxford in 1923 with a first class degree in Final Honours. - Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra (23 May 1901-14 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was highly respected by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his public popularity in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his works are his eleven symphonies. Although he was composing at a time when many people wrote twelve-tone music, he decided not to compose in this style. - John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 - October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as the courts, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, …
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