Famous bellringers
The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung:
Kate Barker, economist [1]
John Betjeman, poet (email from Bryan McCahey)
John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress" [3]
Ian Hay Davison, former chief Executive of Lloyds of London [4]
John Harrison, clockmaker, "Longitude". [5]
Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
Philip Hollobone, MP [6]
Robin McKinley, author [7]
Timmy Mallett, television performer [8]
Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister [9]
Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer (pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998)
Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4 (email from Jim Shepherd)
Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
Paul Revere, American revolutionary [10]
Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener [11]
Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian [12]
Louise Brealey, journalist & actress (pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC Series, Sherlock) [13]
[14], discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985
People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only
Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC [15]
Adrian Scarborough, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [ [16]
Gwen Taylor, actress in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [17]
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [18]
Jamie de Courcey, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [19]
Lyndsey Marshal, actress in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [20]
Seamus Whitty, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [21]
