List of sons and daughters of Leicester
This list includes - without claiming to be exhaustive - people born in the British city of Leicester and represented with an article in the German language Wikipedia:
A.
- James Acheson (* 1946), costume designer
- Ché Adams (born 1996), football player
- Christopher Adcock (* 1989), badminton player
- James Allen (1864-1912), writer
- Paul Anderson (* 1988), football player
- Richard Armitage (* 1971), theater and film actor
- Henry Ernest Atkins (1872–1955), chess player
B.
- Julian Barnes (* 1946), writer
- Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), naturalist, evolutionary biologist and entomologist
- Colin Bell (* 1961), soccer player and coach
- Damon Buffini (born 1962), businessman
- Walter Byron (1899–1972), actor
C.
- Richard Caldicott (born 1962), photographer
- Jamie Caven (born 1976), dart player
- Graham Chapman (1941–1989), actor and writer
- Roger Chapman (born 1942), singer
- Deryck Cooke (1919–1976), musicologist
D.
- Matt Darey (* 1968), trance DJ and producer
- Brian Davison (1942-2008), drummer
- John Deacon (born 1951), musician
- Irene Dölling (* 1942), sociologist and former university professor
- Dion Dublin (born 1969), football player
F.
- Anne Fine (* 1947), writer
- Glenn Flear (* 1959), chess player and author
- Stephen Frears (* 1941), director and film producer
G
- Edward Gamble (born 1935), archer
- Bob Gerard (1914–1990), racing car driver
- Jamie Green (* 1982), racing car driver
- Neil Grewcock (born 1962), football player
H
- Anthony Hallam (1933–2017), geologist and paleontologist
- Ben Hammersley (* 1976), internet technologist, strategist and journalist
- Michael Harvey (* 1944), British-American conceptual artist, writer, painter, draftsman and film artist
- Lucy Hatton (* 1994), hurdler
- Emile Heskey (* 1978), soccer player
I.
- David Icke (* 1952), soccer player and sports reporter
- John Illsley (born 1949), bassist
J
- John Arthur Jarvis (1872–1933), swimmer
- Stephen Jelley (* 1982), racing car driver
- Joe Jogia (* 1975), snooker player
- Kenneth Johnson (1928–2015), long distance, cross and obstacle runner
K
- Tony Kaye (born 1946), musician
- Dominic Keating (born 1962), actor
- Michael Kitchen (born 1948), actor
- William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912), entomologist and folklorist
L.
- Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), the heaviest man in the world in his time
- McKenzie Lee (born 1979), porn actress
- Suzanna Leigh (1945-2017), actress
- Lilian Lenton (1891–1972), suffragette
- Barry Letts (1925–2009), actor, film producer, director and screenwriter
- Gary Lineker (born 1960), soccer player
- Aynsley Lister (* 1976), guitarist and singer
- Jon Lord (1941–2012), musician
- Henry Lowther (* 1941), jazz trumpeter, violinist and pianist
M.
- Beryl Markham (1902-1986), aviation pioneer
- Charlie Martin (* 1981), racing driver, vlogger and transgender activist
- Stephen Mason (1923–2007), chemist and historian of science
- Joe Mattock (born 1990), soccer player
- Kim McLagan (1948–2006), photo model
- Joseph Merrick (1862–1890), elephant man
- John Merricks (1971–1997), regatta sailor
- Jonathan Monk (* 1969), artist
N
- Parminder Nagra (* 1975), actress
- David Needham (born 1949), football player
- Andy Nyman (* 1966), actor, producer, screenwriter and magician
O
- Kate O'Mara (1939-2014), actress
- Joe Orton (1933-1967), playwright
P
- George Pollock (1907–1979), director and assistant director
- Roger Pratt (* 1947), cameraman
R.
- Bali Rai (* 1971), writer
- Michael Robinson (1958-2020), football player and commentator
- Daryl Runswick (born 1946), musician
S.
- John Edwin Sandys (1844–1922), classical philologist
- Mark Selby (* 1983), snooker and pool player
- Peter Shilton (born 1949), football goalkeeper
- Charles Percy Snow (1905–1980), scientist and writer
T
- John Taylor (1933–1966), racing car driver
- Sue Townsend (1946-2014), writer
V
- Robert Valentine (1674–?), Flautist and composer
W.
- Geoffrey Waddington (1904–1966), Canadian violinist and conductor
- Denis Wakeling (1918-2004), bishop
- Alan Walker (1938-2017), anatomist and paleoanthropologist
- Gianfranco Walsh (* 1970), economist and university professor
- Roger Williamson (1948–1973), racing car driver
- Colin Wilson (1931-2013), writer
- Pick Withers (born 1948), drummer