Notable People
Comedian Sandy Powell was born in Rotherham. The town has produced several other entertainers who started on the Working men's club circuit, such as Duggie Brown. Christopher Wolstenholme of Muse and Dean Andrews, of Life On Mars, and artist Margaret Clarkson were all born in Rotherham. Rob McVeigh, a contestant on Any Dream Will Do hails from Rotherham.
Rotherham is the hometown of the Chuckle Brothers, Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman, along with World Cup and English Premier League referee Howard Webb. Actors Liz White, Ryan Sampson and Darrell D'Silva also hail from Rotherham, as does former Conservative Party leader William Hague and Sir Donald Coleman Bailey. Presenter James May grew up in Rotherham and went to Oakwood comprehensive school. His co-presenter on TopGear Jeremy Clarkson trained to be a journalist at the Rotherham Advertiser.
Most famously Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers, who scored three number ones, were based from Rotherham. With help of these number ones, they spent a combined eight weeks at number one and managed to knock off many songs, at the time, favourites for number one including rock legend Alice Cooper with his smash hit "Poison".
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