List of famous people from Lincolnshire, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Lincolnshire, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Lincolnshire you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Lincolnshire, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.
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If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Lincolnshire?" or "Which celebrities were born in Lincolnshire?" then this list is a great resource for you.
William ByrdDied at 83 (1540-1623) - William Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard, and ...more
Neville Marrinerage 93 - Sir Neville Marriner CBE is an English conductor and violinist.
Bernie Taupinage 67 - Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's ...more
Dave Mooreage 58 - David "Dave" Moore is an English former professional footballer, football manager and physiotherapist. He is head physiotherapist of Conference National club Grimsby Town. As a player ...more
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TennysonDied at 83 (1809-1892) - Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Tennyson excelled ...more
Boz BurrellDied at 60 (1946-2006) - Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist and guitarist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the bands King Crimson and Bad Company. He ...more
Michael GilbertDied at 94 (1912-2006) - Michael Gilbert is a screenwriter.
William G. Stewartage 82 - William Gladstone Stewart is an English television producer and director of comedy and game shows. He was the presenter and producer of the Channel 4 quiz show Fifteen to One.
Wallace L. W. SargentDied at 77 (1935-2012) - Wallace Leslie William Sargent was a British-born American astronomer. He was often known as Wal Sargent. Although he became a U.S. citizen, he was born in Elsham, England. He received his Ph.D. ...more
Anthony AschamDied at 36 (1614-1650) - Anthony Ascham was a British academic, political theorist, Parliamentarian and diplomat.
Elizabeth JenningsDied at 75 (1926-2001) - Elizabeth Jennings was an English poet.
John FoxeDied at 70 (1517-1587) - John Foxe was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of Actes and Monuments, an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the sufferings of English ...more
Charles HudsonDied at 37 (1828-1865) - Charles Hudson was an Anglican chaplain and mountain climber from Skillington, Lincolnshire, England. Hudson was one of the most important climbers of the golden age of alpinism. An immensely ...more
Martin Simpsonage 64 - Martin Stewart Simpson is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in Britain, Ireland, America and beyond.
Chris Woodsage 58 - Christopher 'Chris' Charles Eric Woods is a former England international football goalkeeper, who played in the Football League and Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, ...more
Iain Matthewsage 71 - Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was a singer with Fairport Convention, before forming his own band Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number one in 1970 with a ...more
Jean IngelowDied at 77 (1820-1897) - Jean Ingelow, was an English poet and novelist.
John TavernerDied at 55 (1490-1545) - John Taverner was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era.
Toby Jepsonage 50 - Toby Jepson is a singer, songwriter and was lead vocalist and guitarist in the British rock band, Little Angels between the years of 1984 and 1994. Between 2008 and 2010, he was the lead singer ...more
Henry StubbeDied at 44 (1632-1676) - Henry Stubbe or Stubbes was an English physician, writer and scholar.
William PaleyDied at 81 (1843-1924) - William Paley was a cinematographer and film director.
Christopher de Lapuenteage 55 - Christopher de Lapuente is a businessperson.
Jeff HallDied at 30 (1929-1959) - Jeffrey James "Jeff" Hall was an English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England. It was the death of Hall – a young, fit, international footballer – from ...more
Kate Haywoodage 30 - Kate Emma Haywood is a retired English elite swimmer who competed for Great Britain and England, predominantly as a breaststroke swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the ...more
Richard Buckage 31 - Richard Thomas Buck is a British sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He is from York, and trains in Loughborough; his current club is City of York A.C,; previously he had an ...more
James Elphinstone RoeDied at 79 (1818-1897) - James Elphinstone Roe was a convict transported to Western Australia. After serving his sentence he became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Through his agitation for education ...more
John ElliottDied at 67 (1858-1925) - John Elliott was an artist, illustrator, and muralist. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Carolus-Duran. In 1878, he went to Rome to study ...more
Rod Tempertonage 70 - Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is a British songwriter, record producer and musician from Cleethorpes, England, United Kingdom, significant for being keyboardist and producer in funk band ...more
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount AddisonDied at 82 (1869-1951) - Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, KG, PC, FRCS was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the First World ...more
George Spencer-Brownage 95 - George Spencer-Brown is a polymath best known as the author of Laws of Form. He describes himself as a "mathematician, consulting engineer, psychologist, educational consultant and ...more
Georgie Twiggage 27 - Georgie Twigg is a British field hockey player.
Carmelage 59 - Carmel McCourt is an English singer, best known for her eponymous band Carmel with bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.
James CobbanDied at 89 (1910-1999) - Sir James Macdonald Cobban, CBE, DL was an English educator and headmaster, as well as a prominent lay leader in the Church of England. He was the headmaster of Abingdon School from 1947 to 1970 ...more
Mike Jacksonage 74 - General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally ...more
Reginald GoodallDied at 89 (1901-1990) - Sir Reginald Goodall was an English conductor and singing coach, noted for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner and for conducting the premieres of several operas by Benjamin
Richard FoxeDied at 80 (1448-1528) - Richard Foxe was an English churchman, successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Juliet E. McKennaage 53 - Juliet E. McKenna is a British fantasy author. McKenna was born in Lincolnshire in 1965, and studied Greek and Roman history and literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She now lives in West ...more
Rachael English Rachael English is an Irish broadcaster and writer. Known for presenting Five Seven Live for six years, English has also presented other radio shows, such as RTÉ News at One,Today with ...more
Rob Lockeage 46 - Rob Locke is a British actor, television host and voice-over artist who lives in Los Angeles, California.
Freddie FrintonDied at 59 (1909-1968) - Freddie Frinton, born Frederick Bittiner Coo, was an English comedian who remains a household name in Germany and Scandinavia because of his performance in Dinner for One.
Graham Oatesage 74 - Graham Oates is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Oates began his career with Ron Suart's Blackpool in 1961. He made his debut for the Division One club on 16 ...more
Jackie Marriottage 90 - John Leonard "Jackie" Marriott is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as an outside right for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and
Hannah Macleodage 33 - Hannah Macleod is an English field hockey player.
Harry Pougherage 77 - Harry Pougher was a former English cricketer. Pougher was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Pougher made his debut for Lincolnshire ...more
Steve Croudsonage 37 - Steven David "Steve" Croudson is an English former professional footballer and academy goalkeeping coach of Premier League side Hull City. He played as a goalkeeper initially from 1998 ...more
Shirley Brasherage 83 - Shirley Brasher, née Bloomer is an English former tennis player who won three Grand Slam titles during her career and who was the second ranked singles player in her country in 1957. ...more
Lambert WilliamsonDied at 68 (1907-1975) - Lambert Williamson was a film score composer.
Kelly Adamsage 38 - Kelly Adams is an English actress.
Brian Bollandage 67 - Brian Bolland is a British comics artist. Best known in the UK as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology 2000 AD, he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the ...more
John Osterage 39 - John Morgan Oster is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Conference Premier side Gateshead. Oster was a product of the youth team at Grimsby Town where ...more
