Famous Names
- Nigel Benson, the author, was born in Newport Pagnell
- Steve Brooker, footballer, was born in Newport Pagnell
- Kelly George, actor and star of BBC children's television series Grange Hill, lived and was educated in the town
- Gordon Moakes, bassist of Indie band Bloc Party, was educated in Newport Pagnell, as were the members of the ska punk band Capdown
- David Oldfield who played for Leicester City, Stoke City & Oxford United, lived in Newport Pagnell
- The town is briefly mentioned in the song "Is It Really So Strange?" by Manchester band The Smiths
- Oliver Cromwell (son of his more famous father) is rumoured to have died in Newport Pagnell in the spring of 1644
- George Walters, born 15 September 1829 in Newport Pagnell, won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Inkermann (where he was a Sergeant with the 49th Regiment of Foot) on 5 November 1854, by saving the life of Brigadier-General Adams
- Charles Sanford Terry, the historian, musicologist and authority on J. S. Bach, was born in Newport Pagnell in 1864
- Letitia Dean went to Cedars School in the town
- James Nash, World Touring Car Championship driver, lives in Newport Pagnell
- Richard Meredith, author, lives in Newport Pagnell
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or names:
“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“If marriages were made by putting all the men’s names into one sack and the women’s names into another, and having them taken out by a blindfolded child like lottery numbers, there would be just as high a percentage of happy marriages as we have here in England.... If you can tell me of any trustworthy method of selecting a wife, I shall be happy to make use of it.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)