A few years back I met Jaqueline Wilson (not sure if it's spelled right, meh!) and the guy who played Albert (?) in Only Fools and Horses lived around here before he died and though I never actually met him I often saw him on the pavement (no not as a homeless person) when we passed through the town!
I dunno if she's exactly famous but someones mother used to talk to me in this library about a book she was writing which was going to be published. Hmm...