The North East is home to some of our nation's most beloved figures.
From music legends to TV royalty and sporting heroes there's nothing our region can't do.
But while all the people below once hailed from our great region they don't call the North East home anymore.
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While some people like Sam Fender still live and breathe the Geordie air, others have strayed further afield to the glitz and glamour of places like London and LA.
Below we take a look at where these celebrities who were born in the North East are now living.
Sting
Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner in Wallsend and became a worldwide star with his band The Police before pursuing a successful solo career.
The North East music legend is proud of his roots with his musical The Last Ship inspired by his childhood experiences and the shipbuilding industry in Wallsend.
Despite his love for the region, he moved out and now lives with his wife in a £7m 16th-century manor house located in Wiltshire.
Sting also owns a New York City flat, which was once owned by Billy Joel, and the Villa Il Palagio estate in Figline Valdarno, Tuscany.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
Geordie legends Ant and Dec were born in Newcastle and are still proud as punch of where they come from.
The pair made their name on the hit kids’ TV programme Byker Grove, set in Newcastle where they played pals PJ (Ant) and Duncan (Dec), even enjoying a brief but successful chart career.
Ant used to live in Chiswick with his then make-up artist wife Lisa Armstrong- just down the road from Dec.
However, Ant moved in with his current wife Anne-Marie Corbett in 2018 and the couple bought a £6m mansion in Wimbledon, close to parks and open spaces.
Dec still lives in his seven-bedroom Chiswick mansion alongside his wife Ali Astall and daughter Isla.
Perrie Edwards
Born and raised in the Whiteleas area of South Shields on 10 July 1993, Perrie is one-third of the pop sensation Little Mix.
After she began dating Liverpool star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain it was revealed the pair were living in a stunning mansion in Surrey.
And in August 2021, the couple announced that they had welcomed a son into the world who they named Axel.
Now six months old, Axel is enjoying lavish holidays to Dubai with his superstar mam and dad.
Jade Thirlwall
Perrie's bandmate and close friend Jade also hails from South Shields in the Laygate area and although she has moved away is still proud of her hometown.
She now lives in a lavish £1m apartment in London but is still regularly spotted in and around the North East.
Jade owns the Arbeia bar in Ocean Road, South Shields, which was initially opened in 2019 as Red Door before the 28-year-old singer renamed it in a nod to one of the town's Roman fort.
The glitzy venue has attracted a host of fellow celebs, including Andy Carroll, Joe McElderry, and Geordie Shore's Sophie Kasaei.
Cheryl
Known to her many fans as Cheryl Tweedy, then Cheryl Cole, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and now simply Cheryl, she rose to fame after winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV’s Popstars: The Rivals.
She later became a popular judge in the similar talent spotting programme X-Factor.
The 38-year-old was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 30 June 1983 and grew up on council estates in the suburbs of Walker and Heaton.
Cheryl has since made her home in Buckinghamshire in the large village of Chalfont St. Peter.
Ridley Scott
One of Hollywood’s top directors, Ridley Scott was born on 30 November 1937 in South Shields.
But despite his humble beginnings, he went on to make a series of hugely influential and acclaimed movies which are also box office gold, like Alien, Thelma and Louise, Blade Runner, and Gladiator.
He also directed many TV ads including the famous Hovis advert in which a bread delivery lad pushes his bike up a steep, cobbled hill to the strains of Dvorak’s New World Symphony.
The director now divides his time between his homes in London, France, and Los Angeles.
