Warwickshire
Shakespeare's County
And the Will of all Will's was a Warwickshire lad.
William Shakespeare, Warwickshire's illustrious playwright - see here
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12
Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays...
Warwickshire Regiments Colours
John Enoch Powell - Birmingham's Nostradamus, politician and classical scholar.
Churchill said of him: Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king.
Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine, was born in Warwickshire - learn more
Roland Hill, civil servant and instigator of the modern postal service - see more
Mary Ann Evans, better known as, George Eliot, was a Warwickshire wench
BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - George Eliot photograph archive
Birmingham spawned Tony Hancock, although he grew up in Bournemouth.
Although born in South Africa, J R R Tolkien spent much of his early years in Birmingham where his parents hailed from.
Rupert Brooke