Famous Stokies

Anthea Turner
TV presenter. Once voted 15th worst Briton by Channel 4.

 

Bruno Brookes
Radio DJ. Real name: Trevor. Did Anthea Turner for a while in the 80s.

Captain Edward Smith
Captain of the RMS Titanic. Which sank. James Cameron blames him, I couldn't be bothered to find out if he's right or not.

Frank Bough
Retired TV presenter, best known for having cocaine-fuelled romps with S&M prostitutes.


Harold Shipman
Serial killer, responsible for at least 218 deaths. Without doubt, he is Britain's greatest ever serial killer.

Hugh Dancy
Actor, appeared in 'Black Hawk Down' and 'Basic Instinct 2'. More impressively, he is married to Claire Danes! Yes, really!

Jonathan Wilkes
TV presenter. Actor. Musician. Entertainer. Star of musical theatre. Perhaps the most talented man in Stoke. Has had a top 24 hit in the British pop charts.

Wilkes with Robbie Williams

Kendo Nagasaki
Famous British wrestler. Real name: Peter Thornley.

Lemmy
Motorhead front man with a love for Nazi memorabilia. Has moles on his face. Was kicked out of Hawkwind after being arrested for drug possession.

Neil Morrissey
Actor, but best known for having an affair with Amanda Holden while she was married to Les Dennis! More amazingly, he also went out with Rachel Weisz!!!!!

 

Nick Hancock
TV presenter. Also appeared in two episodes of 'Mr Bean'. Is married to a foreigner.

Rachel Shenton
Actress who stars in TV show 'Hollyoaks' and web series 'Blood and Bone China'.


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Reginald Mitchell
Designer of the Spitfire plane, helping to win WW2 for the good guys. As such, is responsible for the deaths of lots of bad Johnny Foreigners!

Robbie Williams
Singer famed for hits like 'Rudebox', 'Morning Sun' and 'South of the Border'. Actor Max Beesley once described him by saying: "I've never met anybody less gay in my life."

Sir Oliver Lodge
Physicist and writer who also conceived the spark plug.

Slash
Former Guns N' Roses guitarist was raised in Stoke before moving to America.


Stanley Matthews
Legendary footballer, won the FA Cup while playing for Blackpool.

Wendy Turner-Webster
Anthea Turner's sister.
 
The darts players
Phil Taylor, 15 time world champion. Ted Hankey, 2 time world champion. Adrian Lewis, 2 time world champion. You do the math.