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List Of People From Blackpool
This is a list of people from Blackpool. Blackpool is a seaside town and unitary authority in Lancashire, in the North West England. Academia and research * Valerie Austin (born 1948), hypnotherapist and writer Arts and entertainment *Joe-Warren Plant (born 2002), actor * Bill Ashton (born 1936), jazz saxophonist and composer *David Atherton (born 1944), conductor * David Ball (born 1959), music producer and musician *Zoë Ball (born 1970), television and radio presenter * Steve Barker (born 1971), film director and screenwriter *Lennie Bennett (1938–2009), comedian and television presenter *Charlie Cairoli (1910–1980), Italian-born clown based in Blackpool * Roy Calley, journalist *Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian based in Blackpool *Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 1986), actress * Robert Crampton (born 1964), journalist *Lucy Fallon (born 1995), actress *Karima Francis singer-songwriter * Errol Fuller (born 1947), author and painter * Tom Gregory (born 1995), singer *Aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the River Ribble, Ribble and River Wyre, Wyre rivers, and is north of Liverpool and northwest of Manchester. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720 while the urban settlement had a population of 147,663, making it the List of settlements in Lancashire by population, most populous settlement in Lancashire, and the fifth-most populous in North West England after Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The Blackpool Urban Area, wider built-up area (which also includes additional settlements outside the unitary authority) had a population of 239,409, making it the fifth-most populous urban area in the North West after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennie Bennett
Michael Berry (26 September 1938 – 8 April 2009), known professionally as Lennie Bennett, was an English comedian and game show host. After attending the Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool, Bennett became a journalist for the '' West Lancashire Evening Gazette'' before becoming a professional hypnotist and appearing on the BBC light entertainment programme '' The Good Old Days'' in 1969. He starred with Jerry Stevens in the ''Lennie and Jerry Show'', which ran from 1978 to 1980. Bennett was also the host of ''Punchlines'' and ''Lucky Ladders'' in the 1980s. He also performed in twelve Royal Variety Shows, and had a brief stint as a chat show host on London Weekend Television in 1982, before working as a speaker on the after-dinner circuit. Bennett suffered a serious heart attack in 1994, which necessitated a bypass operation. He died at the age of 70 in the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on 8 April 2009, following a fall at his home from which he failed to regain consciousnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Hammond
Jeffrey Hammond (born 30 July 1946), often known by his former stage name Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, is an artist and retired musician best known for being the bassist of progressive rock band Jethro Tull from 1971 to 1975. With Jethro Tull, Hammond played on some of the band's most successful and well-known albums, including '' Aqualung'' (1971) and ''Thick as a Brick'' (1972). Hammond adopted the name "Hammond-Hammond" as a joke, since both his father's surname and mother's maiden name were the same. He also joked in interviews that his mother defiantly chose to keep her maiden name, just like Eleanor Roosevelt. Musician with Jethro Tull One of several band members of Jethro Tull to originate from Blackpool, England, Hammond met the band's leader Ian Anderson in school when he was 17 years old, eventually joining a band with him and future band members John Evan and Barriemore Barlow. After leaving grammar school Hammond opted to study painting rather than continue with musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Hamilton
Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (''Hamish'' is the vocative form of the Gaelic Seumas eaning James ''James'' the English form – which was also his given name, and ''Jamie'' the diminutive form). Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as ''Hamish Hamilton''. The Hamish Hamilton imprint is now part of the Penguin Random House group. History and current publishing Hamish Hamilton Limited originally specialized in fiction, and was responsible for publishing a number of American authors in the United Kingdom, including Nigel Balchin (including pseudonym: Mark Spade), Raymond Chandler, James Thurber, J.D. Salinger, E. B. White and Truman Capote. In 1939 Hamish Hamilton Law and Hamish Hamilton Medical were started but closed during the war. Hamish Hamilton was established in the literary district of Bloomsbury and went on to publish many promising British and American authors, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden Grimshaw
Aiden Samuel Grimshaw (born 4 December 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and actor who is better known by his stage name Butterjack. He successfully made it to the live shows in the seventh series of ''The X Factor'' in 2010 and finished ninth. After his elimination, Grimshaw was signed by RCA Records. On 3 June 2012, he released his debut single "Is This Love", which debuted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. His debut album '' Misty Eye'' was released on 20 August 2012 and reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart. Biography Early life Grimshaw was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and studied at the Michael Hall Theatre School in North Shore, Blackpool. He played Tom Holmes in an episode of CBBC show '' Half Moon Investigations''. 2010: ''The X Factor'' He auditioned with "Gold Digger", prompting Simon Cowell to say, "Now ''that's'' what I call a pop star!". He then auditioned with "This Year's Love" during Bootcamp, and "Cannonball" at Judge's Houses. Dannii M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gregory (singer)
Thomas Gregory (born 10 November 1995) is an English singer and songwriter. He released his album ''Heaven in a World So Cold'' in 2020. Early life Tom Gregory was born in Blackpool, England. During his childhood, he notes that some of his biggest idols are Keane, The La's, OneRepublic and Phoenix, referring to the latter as "One of the best French groups from the last twenty years". These musical inspirations Gregory acclaims to the records given to him by his father, and started his complete obsession with music. Growing up on the outskirts of Blackpool, opportunities presented little more than listening to handed down CDs and writing songs in his bedroom; something that the young singer says helped him to learn his craft. He completed his formal school education in the local independent Rossall School. Career In 2013, Gregory appeared in the second season of ''The Voice UK'' but did not make it to the final stages. This failure however did not weaken him, and eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errol Fuller
Errol Fuller (born 19 June 1947) is an English writer and artist who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, grew up in South London, and was educated at Addey and Stanhope School. He is the author of a series of books on extinction and extinct creatures. Reception ''Extinct Birds'' Andrew Sugden, reviewing ''Extinct Birds'' in the ''London Review of Books'', notes that Fuller set out "to find at least one drawing, painting or lithograph: many by the great 19th-century illustrator J.G. Keulemans, a couple (great auk and Himalayan mountain quail) by Edward Lear. He also embellishes the historical account where possible with portraits of the sailors, explorers and naturalists who recorded (and sometimes helped to extinguish) a species and biographical snippets about them – all of which provides an important context for the extinctions themselves. Most of these species vanished, of course, before we had film of sufficient speed for wildlife photogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karima Francis
Karima Francis (born Karima Antoinette Francis Cunliffe, 28 April 1987 in Blackpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter. Karima was named by ''The Observer'' the number one act to watch in 2009. After performing at In The City in Manchester and SXSW in Austin she was signed by the independent record label Kitchenware Records/ Columbia Records. She signed with Vertigo Records, a division of Mercury Music Group, in 2011. She released her first album, ''The Author'', on 23 March 2009, The record was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby. ''The Author'' was mixed by Micheal Brauer and mastered by Bob Ludwig. Notable performances include appearing on '' Later With Jools Holland'', supporting Paul Simon on the main stage at Hard Rock Calling, shows with Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith and Stereophonics, as well as playing The Royal Albert Hall in support of Teenage Cancer Trust. Her second album, '' The Remedy'', was released in August 2012. Produced by Flood ( U2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Fallon
Lucy Fallon (born 13 November 1995) is an English actress. She played Bethany Platt in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2015–2020). The role has earned her widespread recognition and several accolades, including two British Soap Awards, an ''Inside Soap'' Award, and a National Television Award. Early life Fallon was born on 13 November 1995 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to engineer Andrew Fallon and accountant Angela Fallon. She has two older sisters, Rachel and Laura. She grew up in Cleveleys, Lancashire. From the age of two, Fallon studied singing, dancing and drama at the Barbara Jackson Theatre Arts Centre; since the age of eight, she had private drama classes, and also took the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) exams. She first went to Hodgson Academy, and then attended the Blackpool Sixth Form College, where she achieved a Distinction Star and two Distinctions in BTEC Extended Diploma Performing Arts. For financial reasons, she declined offers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Crampton
Robert Crampton (born 10 August 1964) is an English journalist. He is also the son of Peter Crampton, former Member of the European Parliament for Humberside. Early life Crampton was born in Blackpool in 1964. His family lived in Solihull for a while before moving to Hull in 1970, where he grew up in an affluent suburb.https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0385601891 He has an older brother, David, born in 1962. Their parents were active in politics locally; Peter Crampton was a teacher and lecturer in geography and later a United Kingdom member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, representing the Humberside constituency for the Labour Party. Robert's mother came from London and was a geography teacher. Crampton attended St Andrews County Primary School, then Wolfreton School, a local comprehensive school. At this time, he was heavily involved in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. When he was 18, he was convicted of a breach of the peace, and fined £20 for his part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna-Louise Coleman
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986), known professionally as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Clara Oswald in the science-fiction series ''Doctor Who'', Queen Victoria in the period drama ''Victoria'', Joanna Lindsay in the crime miniseries '' The Cry'', and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the crime miniseries '' The Serpent''. She has also had roles in several films, including '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), and ''Me Before You'' (2016). In 2022, she portrayed Johanna Constantine in the Netflix fantasy drama series '' The Sandman''. Early life Jenna-Louise Coleman was born in Blackpool on 27 April 1986, the daughter of Karen and Keith Coleman. Her father is a joiner and fitter of bar and restaurant interiors. She has an older brother named Ben, a joiner. Her grandmother named her after the character of Jenna Wade from the American TV series ''Dallas''. She attended Arnold School i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Carson
Hugh Francis Carson KSG (6 November 1926 – 22 February 2012) was a Northern Irish comedian and actor from Belfast. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as '' The Comedians'' and ''Tiswas''. His trademark line was "It's the way I tell them!" Carson was a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Early life Carson was one of six children born to a working-class Catholic family from the inner-city Belfast locality known as the Half Bap (now called Cathedral Quarter). He attended St Patrick's Elementary School. The family later moved to 94 Corporation St in the Little Italy area, close to Sailortown. Carson worked as an electrician and later a plasterer in the building trade. Carson's family were of Italian descent, with his grandmother hailing from Sicily.. In his early days Carson was a choirboy at St Patrick's Catholic church on Donegall Street. Carson spent th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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