FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN LEICESTERSHIRE
Click on towns in blue to read their histories BRADGATE PARK Lady Jane Grey 1537-1554 Queen of England for 9 days in 1553 COALVILLE Kathleen Fidler 1899-1980 Writer Davy Graham 1940-2008 Guitarist Julian Barnes 1946- Writer
Henry Bates 1825-1892 Naturalist Christopher Bruce 1945- Choreographer Graham Chapman 1941-1989 One of the Monty Python team Anne Fine 1947- Writer Ernest Gimson 1864-1919 Architect John Merrick 1862-1890 'The Elephant Man' Parminter Nagra 1975- Actor Joe Orton 1933-1967 Playwright C P Snow 1905-1980 Writer Sue Townsend 1946- Writer Gok Wan 1974- Fashion stylist Colin Wilson 1931- Writer John Cleveland 1613-1658 Poet David Neilson 1949- Actor LUTTERWORTH David Brightwell 1971- Footballer MARKET BOSWORTH Thomas Simpson 1710-1761 Mathematician MARKET HARBOROUGH Jeremy Bulloch 1945- Actor OAKHAM Titus Oates 1649-1705 Liar who invented the 'Popish plot' THURCASTON Hugh Latimer 1485-1555 Protestant martyr