Name seven famous Northamptonians

Ross Noble's episode of Freewheeling on Northampton was quite funny but told little of Northampton's proud history apart from it being the birthplace of Kryton out of Red Dwarf

 The statue above is of Charles Bradlaugh. He was a 19th century  MP for Northampton. He kept getting sent back from Parliament because as an atheist he refused to swear the religious oath of allegiance. The stubborn Northamptonians kept re-electing him!

Here are some more:
 
•   Will Alsop (1947–), architect
•   Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), light music composer
•   Bauhaus (1978–1983, 1998, 2005–2008), a gothic rock band, formed in Northampton.
•   Alan Carr (1976–), comedian, grew up in Northampton and attended what is now Weston Favell Academy. His father Graham Carr managed Northampton Town FC.[3]
•   John Clare (1793–1864), poet, was detained in Northampton County Lunatic Asylum, now St Andrew's Hospital, where he died.
•   Ben Cohen (1978–), activist and former England rugby union international player who began his career with Northampton Saints in 1996.
•   Richard Coles (1962–), musician, journalist and openly gay Church of England priest, was born in Northampton and lives in the area.
•   Maureen Colquhoun (1928–), Labour MP for Northampton North in 1974 was the UK's first openly lesbian MP.
•   Andrew Collins (1965–), journalist and broadcaster, grew up in the town and wrote about it in his memoir Where Did It All Go Right?.
•   Francis Crick (1916–2004), Nobel Prize winner, molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, and most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 with James D. Watson, was born in the town.
•   Mark Haddon (1962–), novelist and poet best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, was born in the town.
•   "Whispering Bob Harris" (1946–), radio presenter, was born in the town.
•   Lesley Joseph (1945–), Birds of a Feather actress, grew up in the town.
•   Tim Minchin (1975–), comedian, actor and musician, was born in Northampton.
•   Alan Moore (1953–), writer of V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Voice of the Fire, a fictionalised history of the town, is a lifelong resident
•   Nanette Newman (1934–), actress and author, wife of Bryan Forbes was born here
•   Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), only MP for Northampton to have held office of Prime Minister and only Prime Minister to have been assassinated.
•   Derek Redmond (1965–), Olympic runner, was born and raised here and attended Roade Comprehensive School. now Roade Sports College, where the sports hall is named after him
•   Gian Sammarco (1970–), actor who played Adrian Mole in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, was born and resides in the town.
•   Matt Smith (1982–), played the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, was born and raised in the town and attended Northampton School for Boys.[8][9][10][11][12]
•   Faye Tozer (1975–), singer from pop group Steps, was born in Northampton
•   Walter Tull (1888–1918), Northampton Town FC player who became Britain's first black army officer in the First World War
•   Jo Whiley (1965–), former BBC Radio 1 presenter, now presenting on BBC Radio 2, attended Campion School in Bugbrooke