- Daniel Luton
Daniel Luton (October 19 1821 - December 26 1901) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Elgin East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1871. He was born in Yarmouth Township in 1821, the son of immigrants from England. He served on the council for Elgin County, serving several terms as reeve for the township in 1860 and was warden for the county in 1863. Luton and his family later moved from their farm to St.
- Kevin Blackwell
Kevin Patrick Blackwell (born 21 December 1958) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of Luton Town.
- Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Peter Hopkins (born August 22, 1941) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Luton North. Kelvin Hopkins was born in Leicester, Leicestershire the son of a professor and was educated at the Queen Elizabeth Boys' Grammar School, Barnet and the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics, economics and mathematics with statistics.
- Curtis Davies
Curtis Eugene Davies (born March 15, 1985 in Leytonstone, London) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He is currently the captain of West Bromwich Albion.
- Calvin Andrew
Calvin Andrew (born 19 December 1986 in Luton) is an English footballer, who plays as a striker for club Luton Town. Calvin has been at Luton throughout his career since being signed from the academy in 2004. Calvin has enjoyed loan spells at Grimsby Town and Bristol City. At Grimsby, Calvin played five times, scoring once whilst at Bristol City, his fortunes changed, only starting one match, scoring none.
- Darren Ward
Darren Philip Ward (born September 13, 1978 in Kenton, Harrow) is an English footballer who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in The Championship as a defender.
- Dean Brill
Dean Brill (born December 2 1985 in Luton) is an English professional footballer currently playing at Luton Town He made his debut for Luton in the 2003-04 season and went on loan to Gillingham in late 2006, making his debut in a 2-0 away defeat to Yeovil Town on December 9th. Dean has since returned to Kenilworth Road, as he continues to be under-study to first-choice goalkeeper Marlon Beresford. He was once the subject of interest from Liverpool FC, …
- Margaret Moran
Margaret Moran (born on April 24, 1955, in London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South, and is a member of the Labour Party. Before her election in 1997 she had been a councillor and leader of the London Borough of Lewisham Council. Following the 2001 election she was promoted to the position of government whip, being attached to the Department of Work and Pensions.
- Will Smith
Will Smith (born September 28, 1982) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. Born in Luton, Smith originally played for Bedfordshire until he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2002. Primarily an opening batsman, at times Smith has been played slightly further down the order, especially during the Twenty20 cup. Though having played three times during Nottinghamshire's 2005 title-winning season, …
- Leon Barnett
Leon Peter Barnett (born 30 November 1985 in Luton, England) is a professional footballer with Luton Town in Football League One. Although primarily a central defender, he has also played at left back, right back, centre midfield and up front.
- Drew Talbot
Drew Talbot (born July 19, 1986 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire) is an English footballer currently playing for Luton Town. He made his debut for Luton on the 27th January 2007 against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup. Originally on the books of Barnsley F.C. he drifted out of soccer after injury but came back with Sheffield Wednesday's academy in 2003/2004.
- Monty Panesar
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April, 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer. A left-arm spinner with a classical action, Panesar plays Test and ODI cricket for England, and county cricket for Northamptonshire. He is the 631st capped player for England, with the number 46 on his ODI shirt. Born to Indian Punjabi parents, he is the first Sikh to represent a nation other than India in Test cricket.
- Chris Martin
Chris Martin (born November 4 1988) is an English footballer from Beccles in Suffolk who plays as a striker, currently for Championship side Norwich City. After impressing in the club's FA Youth Cup run, including two goals against Portsmouth, he was given a place on the bench for the game against Plymouth Argyle on January 13th 2007. He was set to make his first senior start away at Burnley although the match being postponed prevented him from doing this, …
- Simon Royce
Simon Ernest Royce (born 9 September 1971 in Forest Gate, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Queens Park Rangers. Royce spent part of the 2002-03 season on loan at QPR before signing permanently. He joined Gillingham in April 2007 as an emergency loan signing after the Kent team were left with no fit goalkeepers for their final three matches of the season. His previous clubs include: Southend United, Charlton, Leicester City, Manchester City (on loan), …
- Barry Fry
Barry Fry (born April 7 1945) is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger (his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton, Luton and Leyton Orient), who retired prematurely due to injury. He has managed Dunstable Town F.C., Bedford Town F.C., Maidstone United F.C., Southend United F.C., Barnet, Birmingham City and Peterborough United. In 1973, Dunstable Town received the financial backing of Keith Cheesman.
- Simon Francis
Simon Charles Francis is a football player currently playing for Southend United. An England U21 international, he is a powerful player who can fill numerous defensive and midfield slots. Released as a youngster by Notts County, Francis joined Bradford City as a trainee in November 2002 and made over 50 starts for the Bantams before being sold to Sheffield United in 2004 for £200,000 by the administrators.
- Lee Croft
Lee Robert Croft (born 26 June, 1985 in Billinge Maternity Hospital in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester), is an English footballer who currently plays for Norwich City. He made his League debut on loan from Manchester City at Oldham Athletic in November 2004. His first team debut for Manchester City was on March 7, 2005 against Bolton Wanderers, coming on as a substitute. His first Premier League start was on 31 October 2005 against Aston Villa, …
- Paul Underwood
Paul Underwood is a professional footballer, currently playing for Luton Town in the Football League Championship. Paul began his career with Carshalton Athletic, and after spells at Sutton United, Dorking F.C. and Molesey F.C., he moved to Enfield F.C.. After a year at Enfield F.C. he joined Rushden & Diamonds for £50,000 in the summer of 1997. During his time at Rushden & Diamonds he represented England as a semi-professional international.
- John Spicer
John Spicer (born September 13, 1983 in Romford) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Burnley as a midfielder. He started his career with Arsenal, but could only manage a single League Cup appearance for the Gunners, as a substitute against Rotherham United on October 28, 2003. He later went on a four month loan spell at Bournemouth, starting on September 10, 2004. At Bournemouth, he played 19 games and scored four goals; impressed with his form, …
- Shabina Begum
Shabina Begum was a pupil at Denbigh High School, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, who claimed she had a right to wear a jilbab (a long gown) to school (which she believed was required by her Muslim faith), in contravention of the school uniform policy. The school stated that she was required to attend school dressed in the correct uniform, and Begum refused to attend unless she was allowed to wear the jilbab. Begum, with her brother as her litigation friend, …
- Jaime Peters
Jaime Peters (born 4 May 1987 in Pickering, Ontario) is a Canadian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Ipswich Town in the English Coca-Cola Football League Championship. He made his Canadian national team debut at the age of 17 against Guatemala. He has played 12 times for Canada.
- Charlotte Atkins
Charlotte Jean Scott Atkins (born 24 September 1950) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands. The daughter of Ron Atkins, the former left wing Labour MP for Preston North, Atkins was educated at the Colchester County High School, and is a graduate of the London School of Economics. She joined the Labour Party in 1965.
- John Hegley
John Hegley is a popular English performance poet, musician and songwriter whose poems and songs have appeared both in print and on the radio. He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up in Luton and Bristol. He has a B.Sc. from the University of Bradford in social sciences, concentrating on European literature and the history of ideas. Hegley has French ancestry (his father's name is René), …
- Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy (born 26 March 1965, Luton) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol East in the 2005 general election. Kerry has lived in Bristol East since February 2005 when she was selected as a candidate for Bristol East. She is single. She was formerly a councillor in Luton and for a short period of time volunteered in the Legal Department of the Labour Party. She was also a member of the Labour's National Policy Forum.
- Shane Blackett
Shane Blackett (born October 3 1982 in Luton, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Peterborough United.
- Nick Hawkins
Nick Hawkins was a guitarist with Big Audio Dynamite II. Hawkins joined Big Audio Dynamite II in 1990, and went on to receive gold and platinum awards with the band for their hit singles, "Rush" and "The Globe". He left the band in 1997. Hawkins died of a heart attack at the age of 40. He is survived by his wife, the singer Jo Beng, with whom he had collaborated musically since leaving BAD.
- Liam George
Liam George (born February 2, 1979) is an Irish footballer, who represented Ireland in the Under 18 European Youth Championship, and who now plays in the USL in America. Liam's family originates from Saint Lucia (father, Victor) and Church Street, Dublin (mother, Anne). He grew up on Luton's Marsh Farm housing estate and attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School.
- Adrian Forbes
Adrian Emmanuel Forbes is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Blackpool. His position is as a right midfielder. Forbes began his career at Norwich City. He played under several different managers in his six years at Carrow Road, including Martin O'Neill, Mike Walker and Bruce Rioch. In the summer of 2001 he moved to Luton in a £60,000 deal. After three seasons at Kenilworth Road, Forbes signed for Swansea City on a free transfer.
- David Arnold
David Arnold (born January 23, 1962 in Luton in Bedfordshire, England) is a Grammy Award-winning British film composer, best known for scoring four James Bond films and cult television show Little Britain.
- Kerry Dixon
Kerry Michael Dixon (born 24 July 1961, in Luton) is a retired English professional footballer who played most notably for Chelsea and England. A tall and athletic striker who had pace, an impressive heading ability and was effective with both feet, Dixon started out as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur but was released before ever playing for the club. After spells with Chesham United and Dunstable, he got his first taste of League football with Reading, …
- Paul Allen
Paul Allen (born August 28, 1962 in Aveley, Thurrock, Essex) was an English footballer in the 1980s and 1990s. His position was midfield. He was most famous for being the youngest player to play in an FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Allen was 17 years and 256 days old when he appeared for West Ham United in 1980, against Arsenal. He was not however, the youngest player ever to appear in an FA Cup Final.
- Bobby Moncur
Robert "Bobby" Moncur is a former professional footballer. He is most famous for his role as captain of Newcastle United F.C. in the late 1960s, and of the Scottish national side in the early 1970s. Moncur made his full League debut as an 18-year-old in a Division Two clash between Newcastle and Luton in 1963. However, he proved to be something of a slow developer and was nearly sold to Norwich for as little as £25,000.
- Mark Pembridge
Mark Anthony Pembridge (born November 29, 1970) is a footballer currently without a club after his contract with Fulham finished. His favoured position is the left side of midfield. He has also won numerous caps for Wales. He began his career at Luton Town FC. Vital Statistics *Date of Birth: November 29 1970 *Birthplace: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales *Nationality: Welsh *Height: 175.26cm *Weight: 73.36kg *Position: Midfield *Previous Clubs: Luton, Derby County, …
- Simon Evans
Simon Evans (born 9 May 1965), is an English comedian, born in Luton and currently living in London.
- Mick Abrahams
Michael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams (born 7 April 1943, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) was the original guitarist for Jethro Tull. He recorded the album "This Was" with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave once the album was finished. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt folk and jazz influences.
- Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey was a British/Canadian novelist.
- Vidar Riseth
Vidar Riseth is a football player who currently plays for Rosenborg BK. Riseth has previously played for Neset F.K., Kongsvinger, Luton, LASK Linz, Celtic and 1860 München. He has been capped 48 times for the Norwegian national team, scoring 4 goals, and played for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
- Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson (born Robert Johnson on 19th February 1974) is an English radio producer and presenter on the London based talk radio station LBC 97.3. Brought up in Watford, England, he attended St Clement Danes School and the University of Luton (now the University of Bedfordshire). Always interested in radio, he was a volunteer at Radio Mount Vernon, a Hospital Radio Station in Northwood.
- Kevin Dearden
Kevin Dearden is an English football coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is currently on the coaching staff at Millwall. Kevin Dearden was born in Luton. He began his career as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur, turning professional on 5 August 1988. In need of first-team experience, he joined Cambridge United on loan on 9 March 1989, making his league debut two days later in a 3–0 away win against Exeter City.
- Clive Bunker
Clive William Bunker (born 30 December 1946, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) was a drummer for the British band, Jethro Tull, between 1967 and 1971. Bunker left after Tull's release of their album, "Aqualung", to get married. He was replaced by Barriemore Barlow, a school friend of Ian Anderson's. Bunker played in his first band The Warriors in the 1960s. With Mick Abrahams he later formed the band known as McGregor's Engine.