Moseley - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Many people who have been born, lived or worked in Moseley have made important contributions, a few of the more high profile ones are:

  • J. R. R. Tolkien, Author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings
  • Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, MP and Lord Mayor of Birmingham (declared World War II)
  • Joseph Austen Chamberlain MP, Statesman, Lord Mayor of Birmingham and philanthropist
  • Austen Chamberlain, Statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner
  • Fyfe Dangerfield, musician, solo artist and lead singer of the Guillemots
  • Nick Rhodes, Keyboardist for Duran Duran
  • Ali Campbell, Singer UB40
  • Brian Travers, Saxophone UB40
  • Simon Fowler, Musician and lead singer of Ocean Colour Scene
  • Frederick W. Lanchester, Pioneer of the motor car
  • Nigel Howard, Game Theorist and originator of Drama Theory
  • Carl Chinn, Historian, radio presenter, newspaper columnist, and media personality
  • Roger Jon Ellory, Author
  • Bob Haines, Chief Sub Editor for the Independent
  • Joanne Malin, TV presenter, co-presenter of Central Tonight
  • Kabir Ali, Worcestershire & England cricketer
  • Bach, Edward. Doctor who created a Flower Remedies System.
  • Alan Cottrell, materials scientist.

Read more about this topic:  Moseley

Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or residents:

    “Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
    —For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)