Bob Champion .
Sir Ridley Scott
English filmmaker famed for movies such as Alien , Blade Runner , Thelma & Louise , Gladiator and The Martian . Scott lived much of his early life in Stockton-on-Tees and it was the dramatic landscape of the local chemical plant at Billingham that inspired scenes in Blade Runner .
Bob Champion OBE
Guisborough-born Champion was a jump jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti while recovering from cancer – a story made into a film starring John Hurt .
Sir Ridley Scott .
Nicholas Patrick
Born in the Teesside coastal town of Saltburn and later living in Great Ayton , Patrick is a former NASA astronaut . His flight on the Discovery STS-116 mission in 2006 made him only the fourth person born in the UK to go into space .
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
Darlington-born Reeves and Middlesbrough ’ s Mortimer came to fame with a comedy double act , becoming TV regulars through their shows The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer , Shooting Stars and Randall and Hopkirk ( Deceased ).
Nicholas Patrick .
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer .
Paul Rodgers
A singer , songwriter and multi-instrumentalist , Middlesbroughborn Rodgers hit the heights as lead singer of Free , Bad Company
Paul Rodgers . and Queen . Rolling Stone magazine ranked him as one of the greatest singers of all-time , while he received the British Academy ’ s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2011 .
Chris Rea .
Andy Green .
Chris Rea
Rock and blues singer , songwriter and guitarist , Middlesbrough-born Rea – known for his husky , gravelly voice – has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide , while two of his studio albums topped the UK charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s .
Andy Green OBE
Green has travelled faster than a speeding bullet . The RAF fighter pilot not only holds the world land speed record – and was the first person to break the sound barrier on land – but is aiming to smash it again . The record was set in 1997 when Marske-born Green reached 763mph in the Thrust supersonic car . He is now the driver of Bloodhound , in which he hopes to attempt to break the 1,000mph mark .
Jamie Bell .
Rory Underwood MBE
Middlesbrough-born Underwood is the all-time leading try scorer for England ’ s rugby team in international matches . He won a then-record 85 England caps between 1984 and 1996 , scoring a record 49 tries .
Rory Underwood .
Jamie Bell
Hollywood actor Bell got his acting breakthrough in the leading role of film Billy Elliot when he was just 13 years old . The Billingham-born star has gone on to play leading roles in King Kong , Defiance and The Adventures of Tin Tin .
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