Former Residents
- Catherine Cookson, author, spent time in Westoe in her youth. Westoe was the backdrop for a number of her romance novels
- Dame Flora Robson, actress. Nominated for an Oscar for her role in Saratoga Trunk.
- William Fox Three time Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- Elinor Brent-Dyer, author of the Chalet School books. She was born in South Shields and attended school in Westoe.
- Joe McElderry Winner of X Factor 2009. Pop/Classical Crossover singer and model. He was born and grew up in Westoe, still lives nearby and returns there often to visit family and friends.
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Famous quotes containing the word residents:
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)
“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)