Born in Stratford in 1564 and widelyregarded as the greatest writer in the English language, his work has appealedto all classes of society and continues to be popular nearly 400 years afterhis death.

Novelist Mary Ann Evans, known by her penname George Eliot, was born in Nuneaton and was one of the leading writers ofthe Victorian era. Her novels include Middlemarch and Mill on the Floss and shehas a hospital, hospice and school named after her in her home town.

English inventor and father of the bicycleindustry. As one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles andtricycles – he invented the penny-farthing – his factory helped Coventry becomethe centre of the British bicycle industry.

11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who,according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry to overturn theoppressive taxation imposed by her husband, Leofric, the Earl of Mercia, on histenants.

Award-winning film and televisiondirector born in Nuneaton who is known for his naturalistic directing style andfor his treatment of social issues. His films include Kes, The Wind That ShakesThe Barley, and Looking For Eric. He turned down an OBE.

Popular Labour MP whose time as NorthernIreland Secretary saw the signing of the historic Good Friday Peace Agreementin 1998. She grew up in Coventry and was head girl at Coundon Court School. Shedied of a brain tumour in 2005.

Comic writer and film director who grew upin Coventry. Her film work includes her hit Christmas comedy Nativity trilogy,Confetti and the ITV series Love and Marriage.

Poet, writer and librarian born inCoventry in 1922. He attended King Henry VIII School and went on to readEnglish at Oxford. His many honours include the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetryand he was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984.

Coventry-born actor who attended BinleyPark Comprehensive School. Came to prominence in ITV series Chancer, his filmsinclude The Bourne Identity, Closer, Children of Men, Sin City, and Inside Manand was once rumoured to be the next James Bond before Daniel Craig steppedinto 007’s shoes.

RAF fighter pilot and World LandSpeed Record holder who was born in Atherstone. On September 25, 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of714.144mph. On October 15, 1997 Green reached 763.035mph, the first supersonicrecord.

Kenyan-born actor who grew up inCoventry and went to Coundon Court School. Best known for playing Masood Ahmedin EastEnders since 2007.

Fantasy fiction writer born in Keresley,Coventry, who has won the British Fantasy Award six times. His books includeDreamside, Do The Creepy Thing, The Silent Land and Some Kind of Fairy Tale. Healso played in goal for the England Writers football team. He died from cancerin 2014, aged 59.

Actress who moved to Coventry withher family when she was a child. The former Stoke Lodge School pupil is bestknown for playing Edith Artois, wife of cafe owner Rene, in ‘Allo ‘Allo. Shedied in 2002.

Coventry-born rugby player for England andNorthampton Saints. The former Woodlands School pupil was named 2011Premiership Player of the Season and captained the England team in 2013.

Coventry-born singer-songwriter andactress who became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles “Eighth Day”,“D-Days” and “Will You”, as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass.

Award-winning actor born in Coventrybest remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretaryin the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister, the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes,Prime Minister, and also for playing the title role in 1994 film The Madness ofKing George. He died in 2001.

RAF pilot born in Earlsdon, Coventry, in1907. He grew up in Leamington and devised the turbojet engine which hepatented in 1930, with the prototype created in 1937. He is commemorated withthe Whittle Arch monument and statue outside Coventry Transport Museum.

Coventry’s 2-Tone and ska revival band whoenjoyed seven UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, including two number onehits, “Too Much Too Young”, and “Ghost Town”.

Coventry born pop mogul and TVpresenter who was a regular DJ at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry city centrefor years before he found fame as part of 1980s hit-making trio Stock AitkenWaterman. He has scored more than 20 UK number one singles and is also a keenrailway enthusiast.

Coventry ska group fronted by PaulineBlack who notched up a handful of hit singles in the British charts, includingGangsters, On My Radio and Three Minute Hero.

Singerborn in Coundon, Coventry in 1937. Known for his yodelling, he achieved successin the early 1960s, enjoying four number one hits in the UK Singles Chart in1962 and 1963, including I Remember You, which topped the charts for sevenweeks.

Coventry-born rugbyplayer who played for England in the Sixties and Seventies and tasted successwith Coventry and Warwickshire. His trademark side-stepping runs down the linebecame part of rugby lore in the 1973 Barbarians side that beat the All Blacksat Cardiff Arms Park.

Coventry-born professional motorcycle roadracer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship. He is best known forwinning the 2009 Supersport World Championship and was also the 2006 BritishSupersport Championship champion.

Warwickshire cricketerborn in Walsgrave, Coventry, who was a key part of England’s Ashes victories in2005, 2009 and 2013, and has scored more than 7,000 runs for his country.

Leamington-born boxer who wasconsidered by some to be Europe’s best middleweight boxer of the 1940s and1950s. In 1951 he became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar RayRobinson.

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