People from Newcastle-under-Lyme

Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy, was an English musician. He was the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the only continuous member. Kilmister had previously been a member of Hawkwind from 1971 to 1975, before being sacked from that band.

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dancy currently portrays Senior Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price on NBC's revival of the original Law & Order (2022–present).

English writer (1893-1970)

English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus"

British politician (born 1970)

British actor and singer (1936–2006)

English singer-songwriter

British actress

English Fifth Monarchist and regicide of Charles I of England (1606-1660)

English actress

British singer-songwriter and actress (1940–2015)

British politician (born 1962)

Roman Catholic bishop (1950–2008)

British politician (born 1959)

Sri Lankan musician and photographer (1900–1944)

English television personality

British cricketer and politician (1856-1930)