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)
Louise Brealey, journalist & actor (pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC Series, Sherlock) [3]
John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress" [4]
Ian Hay Davison, former chief Executive of Lloyds of London [5]
John Harrison, clockmaker, "Longitude". [6]
Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
Philip Hollobone, MP [7]
Robin McKinley, author [8]
Timmy Mallett, television performer [9]
Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister [10]
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 [11]
Jon Shanklin, discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985
Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener [12]
Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian [13]
People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only
John Barrowman, TV personality on the Royal Jubilee Bells as part of the 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Peter Benson, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [14]
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [15]
Jamie de Courcey, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [16]
Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC [17]
Peter Davison, actor in All Creatures Great and Small(3 episodes - specific episode in which he rings not yet identified)
Geoffrey Hughes, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [18]
David Lonsdale, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [19]
Lyndsey Marshal, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [20]
Francis Matthews, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [21]
Adrian Scarborough, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [ [22]
Gwen Taylor, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [23]
Seamus Whitty, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead [24]
