	Loughborough natives include [[Albert Francis Cross]], the journalist, author, poet and playwright who was born on Moor Lane on 9 May 1863, the two time [[Laurence Olivier Award]] nominated stage actress [[Nicola Hughes (actress)|Nicola Hughes]] and "[[Coronation Street]]"'s [[Roy Cropper]] actor [[David Neilson]], and the notorious rock star of the mid-1960s, [[Viv Prince]] of [[the Pretty Things]]. [[Bobsleigh]]er and [[Paratrooper]] [[Dean Ward (bobsleigh)|Dean Ward]], who won a [[Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics|bronze medal]] at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] was born in the town.