The famous Southampton

There have been a number of famous and accomplished people who were born in Southampton or lived there at some point in their lives.

Many hail Southampton illustrious sons of the music world. There Will Champion, drummer of Coldplay, who was born in Southampton in 1978. Champions father, Timothy, is currently a professor of archeology at the University of Southampton, where his mother was also a teacher. Champion was Cantell secondary school in Basset Southampton, before moving to London University to study anthropology. That's where he met with his Coldplay bandmates in the future. Champion played guitar growing and the names by Tom Waits and traditional Irish music among his early influences in music.

R & B singing sensation and songwriter Craig David is another product of Southampton. Craig David Born as Ashley on the farm in 1981 Holy Crucifix in the center of the city. His father is from Grenada, while his mother is Jewish-English. David, has sold over 13 million albums worldwide (2007), attended Bellemoor School. David is proud to be a fan of Southampton FC and is happy to correct those who think that the roots of Leeds United (as portrayed by Leigh Francis in the popular TV comedy show "Bo Selecta". And large Craig has become David. Singer-songwriter Elton John was quoted as saying, "If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher."

BBC Radio One DJ Scott Mills is also a native of Southampton, where he was born in 1974. He has made a name for himself in the culture of the United Kingdom through your drive time "will appear on BBC Radio 1, named The Scott Mills Show. At the risk of losing their base of listening, Mills admitted his homosexuality to the press in 2001. In 2007, the Independent on Sunday Pink List named Mills as the 41st most influential gay person in Britain

During the 17th century, Southampton was the place Birth of the "father of English hymnody," Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 to 25 noviembre 1748). One of his most famous works, O God Our Help past, is the anthem of the school of King Edward VI School in Southampton. It is also the ringing of the clock tower of the Civic Center. Watts is recognized as the first hymn popular and prolific English writer, with over 750 hymns to his name. Many of them are still used today and have been translated into many languages. Watts attended King Edward VI School, where one of the houses is now named in his honor. On the other hand, was also an accomplished theologian and logical, and a writer of numerous books and essays on these issues. A memorial to Isaac Watts is at Westminster Abbey, the first memory to survive built in his honor. On November 25, 2006, was celebrated as a writer hymns in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church.

In the 19th century, Southampton was another great artist, the British painter and illustrator, Sir John Everett Millais (June 8, 1829 to August 13, 1896), recognized as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

The son of a leading family Jersey, distinguished Millais win, at age 11, a place at the Royal Academy, a feat unprecedented in the time that someone so young. In 1948, along with his contemporaries William Academy Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Millais Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood together at the home of Millais own.

The internationally popular comedian Benny Hill is also a product of Southampton, born Alfred Hawthorn Hill in 1924. Tauntons School attended and during the Second World War, was among the scholars who were moved to Bournemouth School in East Way, Bournemouth. After graduation, he was back in Southampton, Eastleigh, where he worked as a milkman, the driver, the battery and operator bridge, but could only get into the entertainment, working as an assistant stage manager. Soon would follow the footsteps of great British music hall comic, changing his name to Benny (in honor of his idol, Jack Benny) in the process. Despite his burgeoning career as a comedian, Hill spent much of his life living with his mother in the gardens of Westrow in Southampton.

Two famous radio personalities and television also have their roots in Southampton - an international radio presenter Andy Collins naturalist and television presenter Chris Packham.

From the ranks of the armed forces, Southampton boasts of Admiral John Jellicoe (December 5, 1859 till 20 November 1935), former commander of the British Navy and British Royal Navy admiral.

The exile, Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793-1877), a former dictator of Argentina, spent his last years at Southampton. Rosas was the head of Argentina from 1829 to 1852. He is remembered as one of America's first famous American leaders (powerful political-military leader).

In the sports field, Southampton has among its children the former England and Southampton FC football player Matthew Le Tissier, who has lived in the city since the 1980s. Other residents are popular Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas and former tennis player Wally Masur.

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