Celebrities born in Countries you didnt expect

[Derwent]

Sir Michael Stoute, born and raised in Barbados.

[Futtocks]

4 hours ago, gingerjon said:

I don’t think any more as he’s relinquished the US citizenship that he held.

But there'd be no Obama-style birther conspiracies from the nutter tendency, what with him being white.

[Maximus Decimus]

Not quite the same, but I was shocked to find that Eric Dier has joint English/Portuguese nationality. 

 

 

[Mumby Magic]

Engelbert Humperdinck IndiA

Slash England

Tony Blair Scotland

Harry H Corbett Burma

[DavidM]

2 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Not quite the same, but I was shocked to find that Eric Dier has joint English/Portuguese nationality. 

 

 

Why did he have to pick  English ?

[JonM]

9 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Why did he have to pick  English ?

I guess the fact that his granddad, Ted Croker, ran English football for decades might have been a factor?

Interesting childhood though - his mum left England to work for the Portuguese FA to promote Euro 2004, he got picked up by the Sporting Lisbon academy (which also produced Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo etc.) at the age of 9. His family stayed there until he was 16, when he stayed living at the football club and they came back to the UK. 

[DavidM]

24 minutes ago, JonM said:

I guess the fact that his granddad, Ted Croker, ran English football for decades might have been a factor?

Interesting childhood though - his mum left England to work for the Portuguese FA to promote Euro 2004, he got picked up by the Sporting Lisbon academy (which also produced Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo etc.) at the age of 9. His family stayed there until he was 16, when he stayed living at the football club and they came back to the UK. 

I was thinking more the fact that if he didn’t we wouldn’t be able to pick him 

[Maximus Decimus]

42 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Why did he have to pick  English ?

He started his career at Sporting Lisbon. Was curious watching the most recent All or Nothing when he was having a conversation in Portuguese with Mourinho. 

[JonM]

34 minutes ago, DavidM said:

I was thinking more the fact that if he didn’t we wouldn’t be able to pick him 

Looks like Portugal did actually ask him, but he had to wait a couple more years to be eligible and England u-17s got in first. I guess Southgate rates him more highly than you do  

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

2 hours ago, DavidM said:

Why did he have to pick  English ?

Could say the same about Johnson.....

[Derwent]

Joe Strummer  -  Ankara

Mel Gibson - New York

Emma Watson - Paris

Kim Cattrall - Widnes

 

[gingerjon]

16 hours ago, Pen-Y-Bont Crusader said:

Could say the same about Johnson.....

He only stopped being a US citizen because the IRS came calling.

True story.

[Mumby Magic]

Anni-Frid ABBA Norway

[Mumby Magic]

Chris Froome Kenya

[nadera78]

3 hours ago, gingerjon said:

He only stopped being a US citizen because the IRS came calling.

True story.

Aye, but he still paid up, despite blustering that he wouldn't. Renounced his citizenship afterwards.

[Griff9of13]

John Mahoney who played Martin Crane in the American sitcom Frasier  was born in Bispaham.

Kim Cattrall of Sex in the City is a Scouser.

Eric Blair (George Orwell) was born in Motihari, Bengal India.

[Bleep1673]

Not quite Country, But I was born on Ward A3 of Hope Hospital, and when I qualified as an ODA, I was handed my Certificate approximately 10m from where I was Born. So I was Born, and reborn within 10m. I know you don't care!

[Oldbear]

We have a chain of bookstores in Canada called Chapters Indigo. All of the have a wall of names located near the escalators listing famous Canadians, many of whom are naturally assumed to be American because their careers were so successful in the US, people like John Candy, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Donald Sutherland, Jim Carrey and Ryan Reynolds. Sadly Justin Bieber is also on the list!

[Hopping Mad]

Newsnight's Emily Maitlis (Hamilton, Ontario)

[Bleep1673]

17 hours ago, Oldbear said:

Sadly Justin Bieber is also on the list!

All have our bugs to bear.

[Mumby Magic]

King Juan Carlos of Spain. Errm born in Italy.

[lucky 7]

England Cricket captains born overseas.

Douglas Jardine-India

Gubby Allen- Australia

Freddie Brown=Peru

Colin Cowdrey= India

Ted Dexter- Italy

Tony Greig -South Africa

Nasser Hussain-India

Andrew Strauss-South Africa

I'm sure there must be others as well

[CrushersForever]

2 hours ago, lucky 7 said:

England Cricket captains born overseas.

Douglas Jardine-India

Gubby Allen- Australia

Freddie Brown=Peru

Colin Cowdrey= India

Ted Dexter- Italy

Tony Greig -South Africa

Nasser Hussain-India

Andrew Strauss-South Africa

I'm sure there must be others as well

Eoin Morgan - Ireland

[Bleep1673]

Nice thread

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

19 hours ago, lucky 7 said:

England Cricket captains born overseas.

Douglas Jardine-India

Gubby Allen- Australia

Freddie Brown=Peru

Colin Cowdrey= India

Ted Dexter- Italy

Tony Greig -South Africa

Nasser Hussain-India

Andrew Strauss-South Africa

I'm sure there must be others as well

Tony Lewis, born Swansea, and Mike Denness, born Bellshill, Lanarkshire.  OK, not overseas, but not England either.