The hugely popular TV actress made her name on Coronation Street as ditzy Mavis Riley, appearing in nearly 2,000 episodes over 26 years. A real life hero, Captain Richard Annand was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War for conspicuous gallantry in May 1940 while serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Belgium. As a young man he had worked in repertory theatre for Newcastle Playhouse.

Born Scotswood, Newcastle, March 1, 1900. In 1986, he wrote a show called Heads Held High to be performed on the route of the 50th anniversary of the Jarrow to London hunger march. Flat cap, no sleeves & great music. Ann was born in Hertfordshire and moved to the North East in 1987, living in Whitley Bay and has won a series of awards for her works. Died 2006. He had lost an eye in an industrial accident and took up photography, buying a camera at a pawn shop in 1954. Born South Shields, 1937. We have some of his, First poet to hold the Northern Arts Fellowship. Born in Newcastle and raised in Cramlington, Ross is one of the country’s top stand up comics as well as one of its most original. Actress in films & television. Footballer & Ex-manager of Newcastle United & the Republic of Ireland Football Team.

Fitted with turbine machinery, it achieved speeds of 34 knots and at the naval review held in 1897 caused a sensation by travelling faster than any other vessel afloat. Lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. One of the ‘Pitmen Painters’, he was a member of the same sketching group in Spennymoor as another miner-artist, Norman Cornish. He first appeared in his local comedy club at 15, before studying performing arts at Newcastle College. Born Stockton December 6, 1888. Born Peterlee, County Durham, April 14 1964. Born in Newcastle in 1961 Peter Beardsley  was actually signed to NUFC on 3 separate ocassions and was awarded an MBE for services to football in 1995. Born September 13, 1919, died October 10, 2018.
Died June 17, 1999. Set up next to the railway arches by Dean Street; within a year, the organisation had 40 helpers supporting its mission to provide food and friendship to anyone who needed support, and continues to do so to this day. A multi award winning player, she is a much in demand musician. Rowan Atkinson. His talent for art was evident even as a young boy, winning his first drawing prize aged four before he began working down the mines at 14. He also directed many TV ads including the famous Hovis advert in which a bread delivery lad pushes his bike up a steep, cobbled hill to the strains of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Actor famous for playing Dennis in Auf Wiedersehen Pet & more recently Les/Lesley in Benidorm.

There are different definitions of what constitutes a Geordie. Its success led to Blackadder - written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton - Mr Bean and latterly the Johnny English films. He died of a heart attack in 1995 and his ashes were scattered at the mouth of the River Tyne. The Higgs boson, the so-called God particle, provides mass to the most basic building blocks of matter. Blaydon Races Blaydon Races is a famous Geordie folk song composed in the 19th century by Geordie Ridley. We’ve taken on the task of naming them with a little help from our readers, and today our exclusive countdown continues, Chronicle's 100 Greatest Geordies: No's 9 to 7, Chronicle's 100 Greatest Geordies: No's 12 to 10, Who are the 100 Greatest Geordies to have ever lived? Died September 6, 2017. Died April 16, 1988. He was made MBE in 1985, and OBE in 2003. In later life he was sub editor first on the Journal and then the Evening Chronicle. Born Monkseaton, 1936. He played for, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). She was a senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, and wrote her first book, Beast And Man (1978), when she was in her fifties, and went on to write over 15 more. Pte Adam Wakenshaw was killed in action at Mersa Metruh in Egypt on June 27, 1942. A member of the legendary and surreal comedy group Monty Python, he appeared in their famous Holy Grail, Life of Brian and Meaning of Life films, while he also was a part of the parody rock band The Rutles, and the writer, for the music and lyrics, of the Broadway musical Spamalot. He was particularly popular in the 1980s and has sold over 30 million records. You can find a selection of his work at 821.914 HAR in the Robinson Library.

One of Britain’s best known comedy actors, Atkinson became famous nationally in the satirical show Not the Nine O’Clock News in which he starred with Pamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith. He was part of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for London 2012. One of Hume’s achievements was to build bridges with the Church of England.

Born Benwell, Newcastle, January 29, 1952. An award-winning actor who has had a string of TV hits including Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel, Grafters, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks. Actor/Singer best known for Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Spender & singing about Crocodile Shoes. As founder of the Stockton-based hospice that bears her surname, Mary Butterwick has brought vital comfort and support to countless people, providing crucial care to those coping with terminal illness. She was an active spokesperson for women’s interests and issues, speaking passionately in favour of an equal franchise and equal pay. Not everyone from the North East of England identifies as a Geordie. In the course of her career, she dealt with over 200,000 letters from viewers seeking advice. Director/Producer and younger brother of Ridley. Born in Newcastle, 1935.

Died February 6, 1947. Born Sunderland, June 9, 1932. One of his first TV roles, in 1980, was in The Captain’s Tale based on the West Auckland team which won the first football World Cups in 1909 and 11. Since then he has become a Hollywood star appearing in a number of big budget movies, the latest being Rocketman, the biopic of Elton John in which he plays the role of John’s lyricist, Bernie Taupin. The son of a miner who became a millionaire property developer whose fortune was based on two big projects which helped transform the region. He was a British veterinary surgeon and writer who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books consisting of stories about animals and their owners.