Wayne Sleep
Wayne
grew up on Hartlepool Headland and went to the West Hartlepool Technical
High School for Boys.
He found fame in 1966 after joining the Royal Ballet in London.
He was awarded the OBE in 1998.
Ridley Scott
Sir
Ridley was born in South Shields and then lived in Stockton on Tees. He
studied at Hartlepool College of Art for four years excelling in graphics
and then moved on to the Royal College of Art.
He bagan his career as a set designer for the BBC and was quickly promoted
to director. Success came to him in 1991 with Thelma and Louise. His other
great films include, Blade Runner and Gladiator.
Brian Clough
Brian
Clough became the youngest manager in the Football League when he left
Sunderland for Hartlepool in 1965.
He transformed the Hartlepool Team and laid the foundations for Pools
first ever promotion and went on to greater success with Derby County
and Nottingham Forest.
Stuart Drummond
Stuart
Drummond a former call centre worker and the part time mascot H' Angus
for Hartlepool United helped make the Monkey one of the country's most
well known football mascots.
In 2002 Stuart amazed himself and the country by being elected to the
£53,000 a year post of Mayor of Hartlepool.
Phil Middlemiss
Actor
Phil Middlemiss formerly of Hart Lane, Hartlepool, became a major star
when he played love rat Des Barnes in Coronation Street.
He has also appeared in several other television dramas and is currently
part of the regular cast of Where The Heart Is.
Phil has used his high profile name to help several charities.
Brian London
Born
in Hartlepool but based in Blackpool, Brian won the British and Commonwealth
heavyweight title in 1958.
He also fought the greatest when he took on Muhammed Ali for the world
championship at Earls Court in August 1966. Sadly for London, the fight
ended in a round three knockout.
His dad Jack London was a champion in wartime, winning the British and
Empire titles in 1944.
Reg Smythe
Hartlepool
born Reg created one of the greatest cartoon characters of all time -
Andy Capp.
Andy's beer swilling adventures first appeared in the Daily Mirror in
1957 and have delighted millions of readers ever since. The cartoon can
still be found in the Hartlepool Mail and the Mirror.
After more than 40 years away Reg returned to the town in 1976 and died
aged 81 in 1998.
Scott Henshall
Since
graduating from the University of Northumbria, Dalton Piercy born Scott
has become one of the countrie's leading fashion designers.
His designs have appeared in glossy magazines like Vogue and Marie Claire
and have been bought up by top London fashion store Liberty.