Famous Londoners

• ▶ David Bowie

  He was a singer and a musician, born in Brixton, in South London. He sang Space Oddity and Heroes. He loved changing his look and his hair colour. He died in two thousand and sixteen.

• ▶ Charlie Chaplin

  He was an actor in old silent films, with no voices. His famous character, the Tramp, has a little black hat, a small moustache, big shoes and a walking stick.

• ▶ Alfred Hitchcock

  He was a film director. He made scary films, like Psycho and The Birds. He liked to appear for a few seconds in his own films!

• ▶ David Beckham

  He is a famous football player, born in East London. He played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and England. His wife, Victoria, was a singer in the Spice Girls.

• ▶ Michael Faraday

  He was a scientist, two hundred years ago. He did important experiments with electricity and magnets, and he made the first electric motor.

• ▶ Roger Moore

  He was an actor. He played James Bond, the famous British spy, in seven films. He also worked for UNICEF, to help children.

• ▶ Naomi Campbell

  She is a supermodel, born in South London. She started at fifteen, and she was the first black model on the cover of French Vogue. She also helps charities.

• ▶ Amy Winehouse

  She was a singer and she wrote her songs. Her famous album is Back to Black. She had big black hair and lots of tattoos. She died in two thousand and eleven, at twenty-seven.

• ▶ Charles Dickens

  He was a writer. He lived in London and he wrote Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. When he was a child, his family was poor and he worked in a factory.

• ▶ Benedict Cumberbatch

  He is an actor, born in London. He plays Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Sherlock, and Doctor Strange in the Marvel films.

• 🔍▶ Sherlock Holmes

  He is a detective. He lives at two-two-one B Baker Street. He is very clever: he observes everything! Arthur Conan Doyle created him.

• 🧸▶ Mr Bean

  He is a very funny man in a brown jacket. He hardly speaks! He drives a little green car, and his best friend is his teddy bear.

• 🥣▶ Oliver Twist

  He is a poor boy with no parents: he is an orphan. He is always hungry, and he asks for more food: « Please, sir, I want some more. » Charles Dickens wrote his story.

• 🕶️▶ James Bond

  He is a British spy. His number is double-O seven. He has fast cars and secret gadgets. Ian Fleming created him.

• 🐻▶ Paddington

  He is a little bear from Peru. He arrives at Paddington Station. He wears a blue coat and a red hat, and he loves marmalade sandwiches.

• 🥚▶ Hercule Poirot

  He is a Belgian detective in London. He has a big black moustache, and he is very proud of it! Agatha Christie created him.

• ⚡▶ Harry Potter

  He is a young wizard with glasses and a scar. Every September, he takes the train to Hogwarts at King's Cross station, platform nine and three-quarters.

• ☂️▶ Mary Poppins

  She is a magic nanny. She flies with her umbrella, and she looks after the Banks children in London.

• 🧚▶ Peter Pan

  He is a boy who can fly, and he never grows up. He takes Wendy and her brothers from London to Neverland.

• 🎈▶ Phileas Fogg

  He is a rich English gentleman. He travels around the world in eighty days! Jules Verne wrote his story.

1. Who am I? (in pairs or with the class): choose a famous Londoner, real or not. Say three clues, like the riddles of step 4. The others guess!

2. Write (on a sheet of paper): choose a famous person from your town or your country, and write four or five sentences about him or her.