By Tim Lambert
ALNWICK
Sir George Airy 1801-1892 Astronomer
ASHINGTON
Sir Bobby Charlton 1937- Footballer
Jack Charlton 1935- Footballer
BEDLINGTON Sir Daniel Gooch 1816-1889 Engineer
BELFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND William Coldstream 1908-1987 Artist
BISHOP AUCKLAND Anthony Eden 1897-1977 Prime Minister
BISHOP MIDDLEHAM, DURHAM Henry Taylor 1800-1886 Poet
CHESTER LE STREET Bryan Robson 1957- Footballer
CONSETT Rowan Atkinson 1955- Comedian
DARLINGTON Maurice Elvey 1887-1967 Film Director
DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND Robson Green 1964- Actor
DURHAM Roger Charles Blunt 1900-1966 Cricketer
FATFIELD, COUNTY DURHAM Harold Jeffreys 1891-1989 Physicist
GATESHEAD
Stephen Cram 1960- Athlete
Anne Redpath 1895-1965 Artist
HEBBURN-ON-TYNE Arthur Holmes 1890-1965 Geologist
HEXHAM Wilfrid Wilson 1878-1962 Poet
LONGBENTON, NORTHUMBERLAND Thomas Addison 1793-1860 Doctor after whom Addison’s disease is named
Thelma Barlow 1929- actor
Brian Clough 1935-2004 Footballer
Chris Rea 1951- Singer
MORPETH William Turner 1508-1568 Botanist
Mark Akenside 1721-1770 Poet
William Armstrong 1810-1900 Engineer
ROTHBURY Imogen Stubbs 1961- Actress
SOUTH SHIELDS
Elinor Brent Dyer 1894-1969 Writer
Flora Robson 1902-1984 Actress
Kathy Stobart 1925-2014 Saxophonist
George Stout 1860-1944 Psychologist
Thomas Sheraton 1751-1806 Furniture designer
John Walker 1793-1858 Inventor of friction match
Kate Adie 1945- Journalist
James Bolam 1935- Actor
Joseph Swan 1828-1914 He was one of the inventors of the electric light
Tom Taylor 1817-1880 Playwright
WALLSEND Gordon Sumner ‘Sting’ 1951- Rock star
WASHINGTON
Bryan Ferry 1945- Musician
WEST HARTLEPOOL Sir Edward Mellanby 1884-1955 Pharmacologist
WYLAM, NORTHUMBERLAND George Stephenson 1781-1848 Railway engineer