Colchester
Colchester is a town in the county of Essex, in southeast England. In the Castle Park, Colchester Castle is a huge Norman keep, built on the foundations of a Roman temple. Its museum displays artefacts up to 2,500 years old. Also in the park is Hollytrees Museum, a Georgian townhouse displaying 3 centuries of clothing, clocks and decorative arts. Nearby, in the Dutch Quarter, are the remains of a Roman theatre.
People born in Colchester (First 49 people) - Page 0
Helen Boaden
Director of BBC Radio
Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley
Lacey Kohl
Actress
Lyman Trumbull
Former Illinois Secretary of State
henry c. deming
Former United States Representative
John B. Day
William R. Green
Former United States Representative
Thomson J. Skinner
Former United States Representative
Epaphroditus Champion
Former United States Representative
Elijah McCoy
Canadian-American engineer
Jim Lohr
American football player
Janet Elaine Jewsbury
James H. Davidson
U. S. representative
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families of the United Kingdom
Dermot O'Leary
British-Irish television presenter
Adrian Newey
Chief Technology Officer of the Red Bull Racing
Darren Day
English actor
Dave Rowntree
Musician
Jules Hudson
English archaeologist
Petronella Barker
Actress, born 1942
Roger Penrose
British mathematician
Margaret Cavendish
English philosopher
Anna Pancaldi
Musical artist
Robert Thorogood
Screenwriter
Elizabeth Inglis
Actress ‧ Sigourney Weaver's mother
Christian Lees
Actor
Jonah Lees
Actor
Georgina Cates
Film actress
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Former Governor-General of India
Piers Courage
British racing driver
Stevi Ritchie
Singer
Carol Leader
Television actress
Sue Denim
English singer
Helen Mary Jones
Former Member of the Senedd
Francis Hauksbee
English scientist
Giles Smith
British journalist
Sam Organ
Television producer
Ali Carter
English snooker player
Jon Hunt
British entrepreneur
Darren Styles
Record producer
Sammie Szmodics
Football player
Sam Cadman
Film director
Jonathan Penrose
Lionel Penrose's son
William Gull
Physician
Shahin Badar
Singer
Colin Lloyd
English darts player
Louis Dunne
Soccer player
