[Sussex] Name a famous Sussex person.

[Comrade Sam]

Sake Dean Mahomed of Brighton claimed to have introduced shampoo to England, amongst other claims to fame.

 

[Bodian]

Anyone mentioned Hilaire Belloc with his plump Sussex girls and brown ale?

 

[ElectricNaz]

Maisie Peters of Glasto fame. She seems like our version of Taylor Swift

 

[Comrade Sam]

Steve Ellis and his everlasting love.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Julius Caesar passed through in the 1st Century BCE

 

[Comrade Sam]

Louise

 

[Comrade Sam]

Going to sleep now.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Did Ronnie Corbett live in Shoreham
&
Leo shortarse Sayer born in Shoreham

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Romesh Ranganathan's from Crawley.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Mark “Sparky” Phillips

lead singer of Demented Are Go.

his parents are Welsh, but his dad worked in Shoreham when he was born in Southlands

 

[BN9 BHA]

Louise

I’m sure you mean the singer that was married to Jamie Redkapp, just looked her up on Wikipedia and no mention being from Sussex.
I know there is a photo of her in an Albion shirt but not sure of the connection

 

[zefarelly]

Me! It's me isnt it!

Oh.

Maybe it's @Comrade Sam ?

actually it not, it's Gerard.

Giving it all away again

 

[Elbow750]

Natasha Kaplinsky - Barcombe, Mad Jack Fuller from Brightling, Nicholas Van Hoogstraetan - various places including lots of slum rentals in Btn and Hove, Tommy Cooper used to drink in the Dinkum at Polegate, Gideon Mantell (Dinosaur scientist) lived in Lewes, Percy Shelly - Warnham, Oscar Wilde wrote the Importance of Being Ernest whilst living in Worthing - hence the character Jack Worthing. Peter and the Test Tube Babies lived in Peacehaven, Alan and Colin Wells were decent cricketers from Newhaven, Chris Eubank x2 Brighton.

 

[Justice]

Romesh Ranganathan's from Crawley.

Unfortunately for him

 

[Justice]

I’m sure you mean the singer that was married to Jamie Redkapp, just looked her up on Wikipedia and no mention being from Sussex.
I know there is a photo of her in an Albion shirt but not sure of the connection

Are we getting confused with Frankie Bridge? Also pictured in an Albion top.

 

[AZ Gull]

Natasha Kaplinsky - Barcombe, Mad Jack Fuller from Brightling, Nicholas Van Hoogstraetan - various places including lots of slum rentals in Btn and Hove, Tommy Cooper used to drink in the Dinkum at Polegate, Gideon Mantell (Dinosaur scientist) lived in Lewes, Percy Shelly - Warnham, Oscar Wilde wrote the Importance of Being Ernest whilst living in Worthing - hence the character Jack Worthing. Peter and the Test Tube Babies lived in Peacehaven, Alan and Colin Wells were decent cricketers from Newhaven, Chris Eubank x2 Brighton.

Tommy Cooper lived in Motcombe Lane in Old Town in Eastbourne, and there is a tribute plaque to him on the property:-

It is about ten minutes walk from my sister's house; ran past it numerous times when I was visiting last Christmas.
(His niece Sabrina still lived in the town but was tragically murdered in December).

 

[The Tassie Seagull]

Are we getting confused with Frankie Bridge? Also pictured in an Albion top.

Louise grew up in East Grinstead, went to St Peter’s Primary School and then Imberhorne Comp - the other school in town, not the far superior Sackville!

 

[The Wookiee]

Simon Cowell

 

[Jesus Gul]

Carl Cox (Horsham?)

 

[BN9 BHA]

Are we getting confused with Frankie Bridge? Also pictured in an Albion top.