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Most famous resident of each big UK City?
Who in your opinion is the most famous Son or Daughter (living or dead) from each large UK city? As in a global sense i.e. someone has probably heard of them in New Zealand, Alaska or South Africa.
They no longer have to stay in the city. But have to have been born there and have stayed in their home city for a considerable amount of time (more than a few weeks). Just one name for each please.
Aberdeen -
Dundee -
Edinburgh -
Glasgow -
Belfast -
Newcastle -
Sunderland -
Leeds -
Sheffield -
Liverpool -
Manchester -
Cardiff -
Birmingham -
London -
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Re: Most famous resident of each big UK City?
Betraying my "cultural" references...had to google a few Cities to get inspiration. Fame is subjective though!
Aberdeen - Denis Law
Dundee -Brian Cox
Edinburgh -Irvine Welsh
Glasgow -Billy Connoly
Belfast -George Best
Newcastle -Paul Gascoigne
Sunderland -Steve Cram
Leeds -Howard Clarke (!)
Sheffield -Sean Bean
Liverpool -John Lennon
Manchester -Noel/Liam Gallagher
Cardiff -Shirley Bassey
Birmingham -Ozzy Osbourne
London -David Beckham
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Re: Most famous resident of each big UK City?
Aberdeen - no idea
Dundee - oor wullie
Edinburgh - Stephen hendry
Glasgow - Arthur Thomson snr
Belfast - Ian Paisley
Newcastle - Alan shearer
Sunderland - Charlotte crosby
Leeds - no idea
Sheffield - no idea
Liverpool - cilla black
Manchester - Noel n Liam Gallagher
Cardiff - John hartson
Birmingham - no idea
London - Danny dyer
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Re: Most famous resident of each big UK City?
Used Google too, just to check a few....
Aberdeen – Ron Yeats
Dundee –William McGonagall
Edinburgh –J.M. Barrie
Glasgow – Alex Harvey
Belfast – Alex Hurricane Higgins
Newcastle – Rudolf Abel (since I can’t pick two, Ant and Dec are omitted)
Sunderland –Bryan Ferry
Leeds –Harry Ramsden
Sheffield – Michael Palin
Liverpool –Arthur Askey
Manchester –Mark E. Smith
Cardiff –Terry Nation
Birmingham –Tony Hancock
London –Charlie Chaplin
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Re: Most famous resident of each big UK City?
Aberdeen - Annie Lennox
Dundee - Brian Cox
Edinburgh - Sir Sean Connery
Glasgow - Billy Connolly
Belfast - George Best
Newcastle - Paul Gascoigne
Sunderland - Bryan Ferry
Leeds - Jimmy Savile
Sheffield - Jarvis Cocker
Liverpool - John Lennon
Manchester - Morrissey
Cardiff - Roald Dahl
Birmingham - Ozzy Osbourne
London - The Queen
*Had to cheat a bit with Leeds. Despite being the UK's third largest city I don't know much about it*
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Re: Most famous resident of each big UK City?
I'll give it a shot. First name is who I think is most likely to be recognised, in my opinion, and the other name in brackets is the people who I personally think of being attached to the city.
Aberdeen - Annie Lennox (Evelyn Glennie)
Dundee - Brian Cox (William TOPAZ McGonagall)
Edinburgh - Sean Connery (Shirley Manson)
Glasgow - Sir Alex Ferguson (Robert Carlyle)
Belfast - George Best (Roy Walker)
Newcastle - Gazza (Brian Johnson)
Sunderland - Bryan Ferry (Lauren Laverne)
Leeds - Mel B (Vic Reeves)
Sheffield - Sean Bean (Michael Palin)
Liverpool - Paul McCartney (Kim Cattrall)
Manchester - Danny Boyle (Albert Finney)
Cardiff - Ryan Giggs (Shakin' Stevens)
Birmingham - Ozzy Osbourne (Kenny Baker, R2 D2)
London - David Bowie (Charlie Chaplin)