This is a list of people from Coventry, a city in the West Midlands region of England. The list is arranged alphabetically by surname.
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- Aimee Challenor (born 1997), politician and transgender activist[1]
D
- Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001), composer of electronic music, creator of the theme music to Doctor Who
G
- Frederick Gibberd (1908–1984), English architect, town planner and landscape designer.[2]
- Bobby Gould (born 1946), English former footballer and manager[3]
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- Vince Hill (born 1934), English traditional pop music singer and songwriter[4]
J
- JAY1 (born 1998), British rapper and Songwriter
I
- Frank Ifield (born 1937), English-Australian country music singer and guitarist[5]
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- Richard Keys (born 1957), English sports presenter[6]
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- Philip Larkin (1922–1985), English poet, novelist, and librarian[7]
M
- Reg Matthews (1933–2001), English football goalkeeper[8]
- Brian Mitchell (born 1967), Australian politician
O
- Clive Owen (born 1964), actor[9]
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- Henry Parkes (1815-1896), statesman and founder of modern Australia[10]
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- Kevin Warwick (born 1954), cybernetics scientist[9]
- Pete Waterman (born 1947), English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ and television presenter[11]
- Frank Whittle (1907-1996), inventor of the jet engine[12]
References
- ↑ "FRONT PAGE: EXCLUSIVE: LGBTQ+ activist Aimee Challenor no longer in Liberal Democrats post amid probe into sick tweets". Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "Gibberd, Sir Frederick Ernest (1908–1984), architect and town planner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31144. Retrieved 27 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Gould, Bobby (13 June 2013). "Solid Gould: Meet the family who made me the man I am". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Rodger, James (22 May 2019). "Coventry singer Vince Hill heads home for farewell charity concert". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "The Aussie singer who had a support act called The Beatles". Daily Telegraph. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Larner, Tony (20 February 2017). "Richards Keys' wife reveals tell-tale sign he was 'cheating'". Birmingham Mail.
- ↑ "Philip Larkin © Orlando Project". orlando.cambridge.org. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Live, Coventry (15 October 2001). "Last tributes to hero Matthews". CoventryTelegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- 1 2 "A History of Keresley, Coventry". www.localhistories.org. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Woolf, Sheila (26 May 2015). "Coventry celebrates one of its most famous exports to Australia". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Lynch, Lucy (13 April 2017). "Pete Waterman returns to his roots in Coventry for TV documentary". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "The Royal Air Force - History Section". Archived from the original on 13 July 2007.
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