Notable People
Notable Jesmond residents have included the industrialist William Armstrong, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, actor James Scott, English Rugby Union player Mathew Tait, footballers Shola Ameobi, Kevin Nolan and Jonás Gutiérrez journalist and broadcaster Nancy Spain, concert pianist Denis Matthews, writer Catherine Cookson, writer and poet Michael Roberts, singers Bryan Ferry and Sting, songwriter and record producer Steve Hillier, novelist Eva Ibbotson, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Arthur Sutherland 1st Baron, and Carole Middleton (mother of The Duchess of Cambridge). The only Briton to die in the Killing Fields of Cambodia, John Dewhirst, was born in Jesmond. Chris Donald and Simon Donald, the founders of Viz (comic), spent their early lives on Lily Crescent in Jesmond.
| North Jesmond | |
|---|---|
| Councillors | |
| 1st: Lucy McKeever (Liberal Democrats) | |
| 2nd: Tony Rounthwaite (Liberal Democrats) | |
| 3rd: Ron Armstrong (Liberal Democrats) |
| South Jesmond | |
|---|---|
| Councillors | |
| 1st: Tom Woodwark (Liberal Democrats) | |
| 2nd: David Hardman (Labour) | |
| 3rd: Chris Boyle (Liberal Democrats) |
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