Category
page 1People from Leicester
Lady Jane Grey
Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553
Joseph Merrick
British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England (1208-1265)

David Icke
English conspiracy theorist (born 1952)
Katherine Grey
noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)
Daniel Lambert
English gaol keeper and animal breeder, famous for his unusually large size
Roger Pratt
British cinematographer (1947–2024)
Alan Walker
British anthropologist (1938-2017)
Madeleine McCann
English girl who disappeared in 2007
James Acheson
costume designer
Harold Hopkins
British physicist
Eliane Plewman
French Resistance member (1917–1944)

Kevin Friend
British football referee

Lilian Lenton
British suffragist
Ian Burchnall
British association football manager
Louisa Burnaby
great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
John H. Plumb
British historian (1911–2001)

Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
British scholar

Ben Hammersley
British journalist (b. 1976)
John Hunting
Football referee
Edith Rimmington
English artist, poet and photographer (1902–1986)
Thomas White
English merchant 1492-1567