The Arts and Entertainment
- Karl Beattie (Living TV Presenter, Most Haunted & Most Haunted Live)
- Biddy Baxter (editor, Blue Peter)
- Manish Bhasin (BBC sports presenter, Football Focus)
- OJ Borg (radio and TV presenter)
- Sara Dhada The Apprentice 2008
- Julie Etchingham (TV news reader, Sky News, ITN)
- Derrick Evans, (TV fitness instructor, Mr Motivator)
- Duncan Fegredo (comic book artist)
- John Flower (artist), 1793–1861
- Stephen Frears (film director, Dangerous Liaisons)
- Martin Gillingham (Sports commentator and journalist)
- Ernest Gimson (architect, craftsman)
- Clare Hollingworth (foreign correspondent)
- David Icke (sports reporter, conspiracy theorist)
- Oliver Kamm (Times leader writer and columnist)
- Mary Linwood (famous needlewoman)
- Kim McLagan (model and cosmetologist)
- Kevin Myers journalist, (Irish Independent)
- Phil Shaw (inventor of extreme ironing)
- Jon Tickle (Leicester University graduate, Brainiac: Science Abuse presenter)
- Tony Wadsworth (broadcaster, BBC)
- Gok Wan (fashion stylist and presenter of How to Look Good Naked, Channel 4)
- Arlo White (broadcaster, BBC)
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“On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)