List of people from Nottingham

Armed forces

(c. 1040) William Peverel, Norman knight who may have fought in the Battle of Hastings, was awarded over 50 manors in Nottinghamshire.

(1615) John Hutchinson (Colonel), parliamentary army officer and regicide, was baptised in Nottingham and probably born in his father's house at Owthorpe.

(1795) William Raynor, thought to be the oldest recipient of the Victoria Cross, for valour at the Siege of Delhi in 1857, was born at Plumtree.

(1822) Francis Wheatley, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean War in 1854, was born in Ruddington.

(1829) Samuel Morley or Morely, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Nathapur, India in 1858, was born at Radcliffe-on-Trent and died in Nottingham.

(1832) Robert Humpston, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean War in 1855, died in Nottingham.

(1846) Anthony Clarke Booth, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, was born in Carrington, Nottingham.

(1873) Sapper William Hackett, awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for valour as a tunneller at Givenchy, France in 1916, was a miner from Sneinton.

(1873) Harry Churchill Beet, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Boer War in 1900, was born in Bingham.

(1881) Samuel Harvey, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, in 1915, was born in Basford.

(1881) Walter Richard Parker of the Royal Marines, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Gallipoli in 1915, died at Stapleford.

(1888) James Upton, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in the First World War in 1915, was born in the Meadows, Nottingham.

(1889) Robert Bye, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Third Battle of Ypres, died in Nottingham in 1962.

(1890) William Henry Johnson, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Ramicourt, France, in the First World War in 1918, was born at Worksop and died in Nottingham.

(1891) Charles Ernest Garforth, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Harmingnies, France, in the First World War in 1914, was cremated at Wilford Hill, Nottingham.

(1893) Wilfred Dolby Fuller, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in the First World War in 1915, was born in Greasley.

(1894) Geoffrey Vickers, awarded the Victoria Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre for valour at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in France in 1915, in charge of economic intelligence in the Second World War, and later a prominent management theorist, was born in Nottingham.

(1896) Albert Ball, First World War fighter pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross.

(1901) Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke of the Royal Navy, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942, was born and died at Oxton, Nottinghamshire.

(1915) Harry Nicholls, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour near the River Escaut in Belgium in 1940, was born and died in Nottingham.

(1935) Stella Rimington, first female head of MI5, educated at Nottingham High School for Girls.

Arts

(c. 1662) Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect, was born at East Drayton.

(1721) Thomas Sandby, architect and founder member of the Royal Academy.

(1731) Paul Sandby, artist and founder member of the Royal Academy.

(1802) Richard Parkes Bonington, landscape painter, born in Arnold.

(1815) George I. Barnett, born and raised in Nottingham and became a prominent architect in St. Louis, Missouri

(1834) Samuel Bourne, famed photographer of India, lived in Nottingham from 1870 until he died in 1912.

(1846) Kate Greenaway, illustrator of children's books, spent her childhood and many adult summers at Rolleston, Nottinghamshire.

(1861) Joseph Southall, painter and Quaker, born in Nottingham, the son of a grocer.

(1877) Dame Laura Knight, artist, studied in her teens and then taught at Nottingham School of Art.

(1878) Percy Claude Byron, New York photographer, was born in Nottingham.

(1907) Dudley D. Watkins, cartoonist and illustrator for comics such as The Beano, The Dandy, The Beezer and Topper.

(1964) Edmund de Waal, ceramicist and writer, author of the family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance, was born in Nottingham.

Business

(1631) Thomas Smith, either of Cropwell Butler or of East Stoke, established England's first provincial bank in Nottingham.

(1763) George Africanus, noted Nottingham entrepreneur of African origin

(1781) Samuel Fox, philanthropist, abolitionist Quaker and first chairman of Nottingham Building Society.

(1808) Mark Huish, railway manager, was born in Nottingham.

(1850) Jesse Boot, chairman and managing director of Boots the Chemists who transformed it into a national concern: the company was founded in Nottingham in 1849 by his father, (1815) John Boot.

(1848) Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Baronet spent the last 34 years of his life in Nottingham turning Raleigh into the world's largest bicycle maker.

(1947) Sir Paul Smith, fashion designer (from Beeston).

(1970) Julian Penniston-Hill, founder and CEO of the Nottingham-based investment management firm Intelligent Money

Literature

(1723) William Hutton, poet and historian, was a stocking maker's apprentice in Nottingham and later a bookseller in Southwell.

(1785) Henry Kirke White, religious poet, was the son of a Nottingham butcher.

(1788) Lord Byron, the poet resided at Newstead Abbey and is buried at nearby Hucknall along with his mathematical daughter (1815) Ada Lovelace.

(1788) Robert Millhouse, poet, stocking weaver and bank clerk, was born in Nottingham.

(1792) William Howitt, Quaker poet and author, served as a Nottingham alderman in the 1830s

(1795) Richard Howitt, Heanor-born poet, spent much of his life in Nottingham and died at Edingley

(1799) Mary Howitt, Quaker poet and author, lived in Nottingham with her husband William in the 1830s

(1816) Philip James Bailey, poet, lived with his father at 16 and 18 Denman Street, later moving to 449 Alfreton Road. His poem Festus was written in the Basford area.

(1824) Anna Mary Howitt, writer and painter, was born in Nottingham.

(1835) Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon, born at Langar, Nottinghamshire

(1860) J. M. Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist, lived in Nottingham in 1883–85, working as a leader writer at the Nottingham Journal.

(1875) Arthur Mee, compiler of the Children's Encyclopaedia and author of the King's England series, was born in Stapleford.

(1880) Henry James Bruce, diplomat, wrote a book about his teenage years at Clifton Hall, Nottingham.

(1885) D. H. Lawrence, novelist and poet, born in Eastwood and educated at Nottingham High School

(1896) Hilda Lewis, historical and children's novelist, taught in Nottingham from the 1920s and died there in 1974.

(1909) Geoffrey Trease, children's novelist, Bows Against the Barons, was the son of a Nottingham wine merchant.

(1919) Stanley Middleton, novelist, born in Bulwell, educated at High Pavement School and University College of Nottingham. He taught English at High Pavement and was a prolific author and accomplished organist and painter.

(1928) Alan Sillitoe, novelist (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), born and raised in Nottingham and worked at the Raleigh factory for four years.

(1934) Helen Cresswell, children's writer, born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and died at Eakring

(1943) Vicki Feaver, poet, born in Nottingham

(1944) Barbara Erskine, novelist, born in Nottingham

(1947) Stephen Lowe, actor and playwright, born in Nottingham

(1948) Miranda Seymour, biographer and novelist, brought up at Thrumpton Hall and still owns it

(c. 1949) Max Blagg, poet, writer and performer, born in Retford

(c. 1950) Posie Graeme-Evans, novelist and TV director, born in Nottingham

(1952) Stephen Booth, crime writer, lives in Retford

(1953) Michael Bywater, writer and broadcaster, educated at Nottingham High School

(1957) Robert Harris, novelist and screenplay writer, was born and raised in Nottingham

(1959) Susanna Clarke, novelist (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), born in Nottingham, daughter of a Methodist minister

(1960) Julie Myerson, novelist and newspaper columnist, born in Nottingham

(1965) Keith Mansfield, writer and publisher, went to school in Nottingham and West Bridgford

(1965) Jonathan Emmett, children's author, has lived in Nottingham since studying architecture at the University of Nottingham in the 1980s

Music

(1849) Sam Torr, music-hall performer

(1932) Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), street entertainer

(1940) John Crocker, clarinetist and saxophonist with Chris Barber's Jazz Band until 2003

(1941) Christopher Hogwood conductor

(1942) Edwin Starr, U.S. soul music singer, died in Bramcote

(1944) Alvin Lee, rock guitarist and singer, born Graham Barnes in Nottingham.

(1944) Anne Briggs, folk singer, born in Toton, near Beeston

(1945) Elton Dean, jazz saxophonist, was born in Nottingham.

(1948) Ian Paice, drummer for Deep Purple.

(1950) Graham Russell, guitarist and vocalist from soft rock group Air Supply

(1952) Judith Bingham, composer and singer, was born in Nottingham.

(1958) Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden

(1959) Corinne Drewery, lead singer of Nottingham group Swing Out Sister

(1960) Nick Hallam and (1961) Robert Birch, founder members of Stereo MCs.

(1961) Andy Fletcher of synth band Depeche Mode was born in Nottingham.

(c. 1962) Digby "Dig" Pearson, musician and founder of Earache Records. Nottingham is its UK base.

(1965) Stuart A. Staples, guitarist and singer, notably of the band Tindersticks

(1965) Ian Campbell, AKA "ICE MC", Eurodance rapper from Hyson Green, topped the Italian charts.

(1977) Steven Price, composer and music editor who played pieces for the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

(1981) Chris Urbanowicz, lead guitarist in Editors.

(c. 1983) MistaJam, born Pete Dalton, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ radio presenter and TV actor.

(c. 1985) Liam Bailey, acoustic soul musician.

(1987) Indiana, singer whose single Solo Dancing charted at #14 on 27 April 2014

(1988) Natalie Duncan, soul/blues singer

(1989) Lucy Kay, opera singer and Britain's Got Talent runner-up in 2014.

(1990) Jay McGuinness, member of the boy band The Wanted, grew up in Newark-on-Trent and Carlton.

(1991) Tindersticks, indie band from Nottingham

(1991) Bianca Claxton, a trained musician and member of the girl group Parade, was born in Gunthorpe and educated at Nottingham High School for Girls.

(1994) Jake Bugg, singer/songwriter, is from Clifton.

(1995) Saint Raymond is a solo musician and song writer from Bramcote.

(2002) Edward Tomanek, award-winning violinist

(2006) Sleaford Mods, Nottingham-based punk duo

(2008) Dog Is Dead is a five-piece indie band from West Bridgford.

(2009) London Grammar, trip-hop band formed in Nottingham while members at University of Nottingham

Politics

(c. 1090) William Peverel the Younger, courtier and landowner, was born in Nottingham.

(1122) Eleanor of Aquitaine, consort of Henry II of England, imprisoned in Nottingham Castle in 1173–89 after plotting against him.

(1546) Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont was a member of Parliament for Nottingham.

(1584) Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull of Holme Pierrepont was a member of Parliament for Nottingham, then active in the House of Lords from 1627, but neutral in the English Civil War.

(1607) Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, of Holme Pierrepont was a prominent Royalist politician and a scholar.

(1607/8) William Pierrepont, born at Holme Pierrepont, was a prominent parliamentary politician under the Commonwealth.

(1622) Gilbert Mabbot, newsbook writer in the period of the English Civil War, was the son of a Nottingham cobbler and baptised in St Mary's Church, Nottingham.

(1667) Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a prominent Whig politician and from 1707 recorder of Nottingham.

(1737) Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers, politician, MP for Nottinghamshire, and naval officer, inherited Thoresby Hall and Holme Pierrepont Hall in 1788.

(1740) John Cartwright, political reformer, born in Marnham

(1790) Jeremiah Brandreth, revolutionary, born in Wilford

(1825) Anthony John Mundella, who went into the Nottingham hosiery trade in 1837, was an MP and a minister in three Liberal governments.

(1826) Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers, politician, MP for Nottinghamshire, was born at Holme Pierrepont.

(1854) Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers, politician, was MP for the Newark Division of Nottinghamshire.

(1855) Alice Zimmern, suffragist and pacifist, daughter of a lace merchant

(1878) Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor, anti-war activist

(1881) Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers, army officer and politician, was buried at Perlethorpe.

(1893) William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland, Conservative politician and chancellor of Nottingham University, lived at Welbeck Abbey.

(1913) Hugh Lawson, Common Wealth MP for Skipton (1943–45), was brought up in Nottingham, attending Nottingham High School and Nottingham University College, before holding positions in local government, latterly as Director of Leisure Services for Nottinghamshire.

(1930) Ken Coates, left-wing trade-union activist, academic and politician, MEP for East Midlands (1989–99), lived and worked in Nottingham as a student in sociology and lecturer in adult education at Nottingham University, and director of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

(1932) Jim Lester, Conservative MP for Beeston, then Broxtowe, and a junior minister, was born in Nottingham and educated at Nottingham High School.

(1940) Kenneth Clarke, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1993–97) and MP for Rushcliffe; educated at Nottingham High School.

(1953) Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Defence (1999–2005), Secretary of State for Transport 2008–09 and MP for Ashfield (1992–2010), was educated at Nottingham High School.

(1967) Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2011–15) and previously MP for Morley and Outwood, grew up in Keyworth and attended Nottingham High School.

Religion

(1340–45) Walter Hilton, mystic and author of The Ladder of Perfection, was a canon of Thurgarton Priory and died there in 1396.

(1489) Thomas Cranmer, archbishop and martyr, was born at Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

(c. 1550) Thomas Helwys, co-founder of the Baptist denomination, defender of religious liberty and victim of religious persecution

(1549/50) Gervase Babington, Anglican theologian and Bishop of Worcester, was born in Nottinghamshire.

(1560 or 1566) William Brewster, postmaster of Scrooby, sailed as one of the Pilgrim Fathers on the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony.

(1562) John Darrell, exorcist and Puritan, was appointed curate of St Mary's Church, Nottingham in 1597, having earlier lived at Bulwell.

(c. 1600) Elizabeth Hooton, first female Quaker preacher, lived at Skegby.

(1631) John Barret, Presbyterian minister, was born and died in Nottingham.

(1698) Caleb Williams, dissenting minister and polemicist, was born in Nottingham on 4 November 1698.

(1738) Daniel Taylor, founder of the New Connexion of General Baptists, was baptised in the River Idle at Gamston, Bassetlaw.

(1762) Luke Booker, cleric, poet and antiquary

(1779) Joseph Gilbert, Congregational writer and minister in Friar Lane, Nottingham.

(1781) Samuel Fox, Quaker philanthropist, was from Nottingham.

(1800) William Williams, missionary in New Zealand, and first Anglican Bishop of Waiapu

(1829) William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army, was born in Sneinton.

(1860) Herbert Kelly, Anglican priest, moved his Society of the Sacred Mission to Kelham Hall in 1903.

(1878) Constance Adelaide Smith, Anglican reviver of the feast of Mothering Sunday, died in Nottingham in 1938.

(1886) Arthur Pink, U.S. evangelist and religious writer, was born in Nottingham.

(1929) Victor Alexander de Waal, cleric, religious writer and later dean of Canterbury, was chaplain of Nottingham University in 1963–69.

(1950) Kobutsu Malone, American Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest and prison reformer, was born Kevin Christopher Malone in Nottingham.

Science, technology and scholarship

(c. 1563) William Lee, inventor of the stocking frame.

(1670) Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos, historian and travel writer, moved aged 17 to Wollaton Hall with her brother after disagreements with their stepfather.

(1724) Robert Darwin, botanist, brother of Erasmus, was born at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire.

(1731) Erasmus Darwin, physician and natural philosopher, was also born at Elston Hall.

(1785) Gravener Henson, Nottingham workers' leader and historian of the framework knitters

(1793) George Green (of Green's Mill), mathematician and physicist, famed for Green's theorem, was born in Sneinton.

(1800) Godfrey Howitt, physician, botanist and entomologist, was educated in Mansfield and honorary physician at Nottingham's City Infirmary and General Hospital before emigrating to Australia.

(1807) Thomas Hawksley, civil engineer responsible for major water and sanitary improvements in Nottingham and other parts of the United Kingdom, born in Arnold.

(1810) E. Cobham Brewer, compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, died at Edwinstowe on 6 March 1897.

(1823) John Russell Hind, astronomer and discoverer of several asteroids, was born in Nottingham and attended Nottingham High School.

(1830) Richard Copley Christie, lawyer and academic, was born in Lenton.

(1863) Frederick Kipping, noted research chemist, was professor of chemistry at University College, Nottingham in 1897–1936.

(1866) George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who backed the excavation of Tutankhamun's Tomb, had estates at Shelford, Nottinghamshire.

(fl. 1895) Frederick Gibson Garton, grocer who created HP Sauce in 1896.

(1910) John Pilkington Hudson, horticultural scientist and bomb-disposal expert, was Nottingham University's first professor of horticulture from 1958.

(1923) Geoffrey Kirk, classical scholar, was born and bred in Nottingham.

(1933) Peter Mansfield, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has been a professor at Nottingham University since 1964.

(1934) Clive Granger, Nobel Prize–winning economist, studied and taught at Nottingham University.

(c. 1945) Viacheslav Belavkin, a pioneer of quantum probability, is a mathematics professor at Nottingham University.

Boxing

(1811) William 'Bendigo' Thompson, bare-knuckle boxer, was born in Sneinton.

(1951) Dave Needham, 1970 Commonwealth Games gold-medal winner and one-time holder of the British flyweight and bantamweight titles

(1970) Jawaid Khaliq, professional boxer; first professional fight in 1997 and went on to be IBO World Welterweight Champion

(1977) Carl Froch, professional boxer

(1977) Jason Booth, professional boxer

Cricket

(1835) Richard Daft, player for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

(1904) Harold Larwood, professional player for Nottinghamshire and England

(1920) Reg Simpson, player for Nottinghamshire and England

(1930) Alan Armitage, player for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Oxford University Cricket Club

(1947) Peter Plummer, player for Nottinghamshire

(1982) Mark Dale, player for Northumberland County Cricket Club

(1986) Stuart Broad, player for Nottinghamshire and England

(1989) Dan Wheeldon, player for the Unicorns

Football

(1870) Herbert Kilpin, player for and founder of A.C. Milan.

(1928) Peter Taylor, manager of Burton Albion, Brighton & Hove Albion and Derby County. More famous as Brian Clough's number two at Hartlepools United, Derby County and Nottingham Forest.

(1942) Jeff Astle, player for West Bromwich Albion

(1944) Henry Newton, Nottingham Forest, Everton and Derby County player

(1945) David Pleat, former Nottingham Forest player and manager of Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday and Luton Town.

(1956) Viv Anderson, first Black player for England, having 30 caps and scoring two goals. Also played for Nottingham Forest, Arsenal and Manchester United.

(1963) Steve Hodge, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds United, Aston Villa, Queens Park Rangers, Leyton Orient and England player.

(1968) Steve Chettle, Nottingham Forest defender and captain

(1971) Andy Cole, member of Manchester United's multi trophy-winning side of late 1990s.

(1973) Chris Sutton, Chelsea, Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Celtic and Aston Villa player.

(1976) Darren Huckerby, Coventry City and Manchester City striker

(1983) Jermaine Jenas, midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest.

(1983) Jermaine Pennant, right-winger for Stoke City, previously playing for Notts County, Arsenal, Watford, Leeds United, Birmingham City, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Real Zaragoza.

(1984) Julian Bennett, Sheffield Wednesday.

(1984) Wes Morgan, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest.

(1985) Simon Francis, AFC Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Charlton Athletic

(1985) Craig Westcarr, player for Chesterfield FC, earlier Nottingham Forest and Notts County FC

(1986) Leon Best, Blackburn Rovers striker

(1986) Tom Huddlestone, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest youth

(1986) Will Hoskins, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol Rovers.

(1987) David McGoldrick, player for Ipswich Town.

(1988) Lewis McGugan, Nottingham Forest and England Youth

(1988) Scott Loach, Rotherham United and England U21 Goalkeeper.

(1989) Sophie Bradley, Notts County and England women defender

Martial arts

(1982) Dan Hardy, MMA fighter in UFC.

(1983) Paul Daley, MMA fighter in Bellator.

Other sports

(1896) Tim Birkin, racing driver, born in Basford

(1905) Archie Birkin, motorcycle racer

(1912) Archibald Stinchcombe, ice hockey player, became coach to Nottingham Panthers in 1949 and lived in the city until he died in 1994.

(1914) Tom Blower, swimmer

(1941) Doug Scott, mountaineer

(1957) Jayne Torvill and (1958) Christopher Dean, Olympic ice skating gold medallists

(1969) Bryan Steel professional racing cyclist, Olympic and World Championships medallist

(1971) Anthony Hamilton and (1978) Michael Holt, professional snooker players who both competed in the Nazareth House Snooker League, which was established in Nottingham in 1940.

(1973) Lee Westwood, professional golfer who was ranked number 1 in October 2010.

(1981) Robert Newton, hurdling athlete. Britain's only openly gay athlete.

(1983) Hayley Turner, top female horse-racing jockey of all time

(1984) Andrew Hadfield, canoe slalomist

(1989) Rebecca Adlington OBE, freestyle swimmer, Olympic and world champion and world record holder

(1992) Becky Downie, gymnast competing at the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and 2008 Olympics.

(1993) Sam Oldham, gymnast, member of GB bronze medal-winning team, 2012 Olympics

(1994) Niamh Rippin, gymnast, London 2012 Reserve

(1999) Ellie Downie, gymnast, sister of Becky Downie, multiple medalist at Youth Olympic Games, 2014 Junior European champion on vault

Theatre, broadcasting and film

(1650) Nell Gwyn ("Let not poor Nelly starve") was granted the estate of Bestwood by King Charles II.

(1870) Katie Seymour, burlesque and vaudeville entertainer, was born in Nottingham.

(1842) Constance Loseby, stage actress and singer in Gilbert and Sullivan, was born in Nottingham.

(1900) Lester Matthews, film actor, was born in Nottingham.

(1925) Ivor Roberts, TV actor and announcer, was born in Nottingham.

(1931) Roy Skelton, actor, best known for the voices of Zippy and George from children's television programme Rainbow, and The Daleks, Dr Who, was born in Nottingham.

(1933) Leslie Crowther, comedian, actor and game show host, was born in West Bridgford.

(1933) Dennis McCarthy, radio presenter, notably with Radio Nottingham.

(1936) John Bird, actor, comedian and satirist best known for Bremner, Bird and Fortune, was born in Bulwell.

(1939) Ray Gosling, radio and TV writer and broadcaster, and gay activist, lived in Nottingham for much of his life.

(1947) Richard Beckinsale, actor best known as Lennie Godber in the sitcom Porridge, was born in Beeston.

(1949) Su Pollard, actor best known for her roles in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord? was born in Nottingham.

(1950) Sherrie Hewson, actor and novelist best known as regular panellist on Loose Women, was born in Nottingham.

(1952) Cherie Lunghi, film and TV actress, was born in Nottingham.

(1958) Alison Snowden, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter, born in Arnold.

(1970) Justine Thornton, actress best known for her roles in Dramarama and Hardwicke House, was brought up in Nottingham.

(1971) Ace Bhatti, actor best known as Yusef Khan on EastEnders, was born in Nottingham.

(1972) Natalie Hallam, actress who starred in Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was born in Nottingham.

(1975) Andrea Lowe, actress best known for roles in Coronation Street, The Tudors and Ken Loach film Route Irish, was born in Arnold. born in Arnold.

(1976) Craig Robert Young, actor best known for his role in Dream Team, was born in Nottingham.

(1977) Samantha Morton, actor best known for her role in the film Sweet and Lowdown, was born in Nottingham.

(1978) Mathew Horne, actor best known as Gavin in Gavin and Stacey, was born in Nottingham.

(1982) Matt Forde, comedian and radio presenter, was born in Nottingham.

(1983) Vicky McClure, BAFTA award winning actress best known as Lol in This Is England, was born in Nottingham.

(1984) Arsher Ali, actor born in Basford, who starred in the film Four Lions

(1985) Jonny Sweet, actor and comedian who played Boris Johnson in When Boris Met Dave, was born in Nottingham.

(1986) Alice Levine, DJ and broadcaster, was born in Nottingham.

(1987) Joe Dempsie, actor best known as Chris Miles from Skins, grew up in West Bridgford.

(1990) Aisling Loftus, actress best known as Agnes Towler in Mr Selfridge, was born in Nottingham.

(1990) Anjli Mohindra, actress best known as Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures, was born in West Bridgford.

(1992) Georgia Groome, actress, best known from the movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging in the main role Georgia, was born in Nottingham.

Miscellaneous

(1934) Peter Wynne-Thomas, Retford-born cricket writer, historian, and librarian of Nottinghamshire CCC

(1944) Margaret Humphreys, social worker and Director of the Child Migrants Trust.

(1946) Harold Shipman, physician and serial killer.

(1966) Thomas de Waal, journalist and expert on the Caucasus, was born in Nottingham.

(1987) Paris Lees, journalist, presenter and transgender rights activist.

(1989) Jessica Linley, Miss England 2010.