By Tim Lambert
BRADGATE PARK Lady Jane Grey 1537-1554 Queen of England for 9 days in 1553
COALVILLE Kathleen Fidler 1899-1980 Writer
HINCKLEY Davy Graham 1940-2008 Guitarist
Julian Barnes 1946- Writer
Henry Bates 1825-1892 Naturalist
Christopher Bruce 1945- Choreographer
Graham Chapman 1941-1989 One of the Monty Python team
Anne Fine 1947- Writer
Ernest Gimson 1864-1919 Architect
John Merrick 1862-1890 ‘The Elephant Man’
Parminder Nagra 1975- Actor
Joe Orton 1933-1967 Playwright
C P Snow 1905-1980 Writer
Sue Townsend 1946-2014 Writer
Gok Wan 1974- Fashion stylist
Colin Wilson 1931-2013 Writer
John Cleveland 1613-1658 Poet
David Neilson 1949- Actor
LUTTERWORTH David Brightwell 1971- Footballer
MARKET BOSWORTH Thomas Simpson 1710-1761 Mathematician
MARKET HARBOROUGH Jeremy Bulloch 1945- Actor
OAKHAM Titus Oates 1649-1705 Liar who invented the ‘Popish plot’
THURCASTON Hugh Latimer 1485-1555 Protestant martyr