St Neots - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • England/QPR/Aston Villa footballer and Aston Villa manager John Gregory attended St Neots' Longsands School. One of his England shirts from the 1980s is in St Neots Museum
  • Rob Harris, guitarist with the band Jamiroquai.
  • John Bellingham, the only man to assassinate a British Prime Minister (Spencer Perceval on 11 May in 1812), lived in St Neots. He had been unhappy that he was unable to obtain compensation for being unfairly imprisoned in Russia. He was found guilty and hanged on Monday, 18 May 1812.
  • Australian evangelist Pastor Peter Foxhall was born in St Neots.
  • Olympic swimmer Mark Foster lives in St Neots.
  • The St Neots Quads became famous as the first surviving quadruplets in Britain. They were born 28 November 1935
  • Actress Rula Lenska was born in St Neots.
  • Fencer Graham Paul, who competed at four Olympic Games.

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