Famous bellringers

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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)

Jo Brand, comedian [2]

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

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]