My home town - just one General Sir Harry Smith, the Hero of Aliwal, hardly the most famous bloke, but I also found this trawling the net:
Little known fact that Dam Busters used the sluices at the Dog and Doublet for testing the bomb sight for the bouncing bomb. While secret work was carried on, Guy Gibson lived in a cottage situated where McCains effluent plant is. The squadron of night bombers were known as the Owls - hence the carving of the owl on the ridge of the roof of Nat West bank.
Also has major factories for McCains and Hanson (London) brick.
Local city - Geoff Capes, Frank Perkins, Thomas Cook, Nobby the tramp
Local area - Oliver Cromwell, Hereward the Wake, Octavia Hill, Isaac Newton, John Major...