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This is a list of people from Yorkshire. Yorkshire is the largest historic county in both England and the United Kingdom. Efforts have been made in the past to compile lists of the most noted people from Yorkshire, such as the Yorkshire Greats book by Sir Bernard Ingham which listed fifty Yorkshiremen and women.[1] Some of the most notable figures from the county are:

Contents

[edit] Saints

John Fisher
Name Place Life Comments Reference
Margaret Clitherow born York 1556–1586 saint, martyr [2]
Edwin of Northumbria 585-633 saint, King of Northumbria [1]
John of Beverley Harpham and Beverley d. 721 bishop, founder & patron saint of Beverley [3]
John Fisher Beverely 1469–1535 bishop, cardinal, saint, martyr [4]
Hilda of Whitby 614-680 princess, nun, nurse, founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and patron saint of Whitby [5][6]
Blessed Nicholas Postgate Egton 1596–1679 martyr [7]

[edit] Inventors, explorers, scientists and pioneers

Captain James Cook
Amy Johnson
Name Place Life Comments Reference
James Henry Atkinson Leeds 1849–1942 inventor of the mousetrap [8][9]
Edward Victor Appleton 1892–1965 Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 [10]
Donald Bailey 1901–1985 inventor of the Bailey Bridge [11]
William Bateson 1861–1926 geneticist; first to use term genetics [1][12]
George Birkbeck 1776–1841 doctor, philanthropist, founder of Birkbeck College [13]
Joseph Bramah 1748–1814 invented hydraulic press; one of two founders of hydraulic engineering [1][14]
Harry Brearley 1871–1948 Sheffield inventor of stainless steel [15]
Henry Briggs (mathematician) 1561–1630 perfected system of logarithms used today by astronomers, navigators etc. [16]
Ralph Burton d.1768 British soldier and Canadian settler [17]
Capt. James Cook Marton, Middlesbrough 1728-79 Georgian oceanic explorer [1]
Rick Dickinson 1956(?) Industrial designer responsible for the ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL keyboards and cases [18]
John Harrison Foulby 1693–1776 horologist and mathematician [1]
Amy Johnson born Hull 1903-41 aviator [1][19]
Joseph Priestley born Birstall 1733–1804 physicist and chemist [20]
Augustus Pitt Rivers 1827–1900 British Army officer, ethnologist, anthropologist and archaeologist [1]
Nicholas Saunderson Thurlstone 1682-1739 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge [21]
Percy Shaw born Halifax 1889–1975 inventor of the Cat's Eyes reflecting roadstuds [22]
John Smeaton 1724-92 civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. [1]
John Wycliffe 1330-84 theologian, reformist, pioneering translator [1]
Helen Sharman Born Sheffield 1963 first British astronaut. [1]

[edit] Politicians and activists

William Wilberforce
Name Place Life Comments Reference
William Wilberforce born Hull 1759–1833 social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery [1][23]
Guy Fawkes York 1570–1606 traitor, Yorkshire born soldier and part of the Gunpowder Plot [1][24]
Robin Hood Barnsdale Hero and Outlaw [25]
William Bradford born in Austerfield 1590–1657 Plymouth governor, pilgrim father [1]
Harold Wilson born in Huddersfield 1916–1995 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964-70 and 1974–76 [26]
Herbert Henry Asquith born in Morley 1852–1928 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908-16 [27]

[edit] Writers

Emily Brontë
Name Place Life Comments Reference
Alcuin of York born near York 732-804 an Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher [1][28]
Alan Bennett 1934- playwright and actor ,[1]
Anne Brontë born Thornton writer, author of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" [29]
Branwell Brontë born Thornton writer and artist [29]
Charlotte Brontë born Thornton writer, author of "Jane Eyre" [29]
Emily Brontë born Thornton 1818-48 writer, author of "Wuthering Heights" [1][29]
Ted Hughes 1930-98 poet laureate of United Kingdom [1]
Andrew Marvell 1621-78 poet [1]
J. B. Priestley 1894–1984 writer, novelist and broadcaster [1]

[edit] Entertainers

[edit] Actors/ Actresses

Name Place Life Comments Reference
Mark Addy York actor [30]
Julian Barratt Leeds actor, comedian [citation needed]
Sean Bean Sheffield actor [31]
Brian Blessed Mexborough actor [32]
Dame Judi Dench York actress [1]
Peter Firth Bradford actor [1]
James Frain Leeds actor [1]
Brian Glover Sheffield actor, comedian [33]
Sir Ben Kingsley Scarborough actor [1]
Charles Laughton Scarborough 1899–1962 actor, screenwriter, and director of the film The Night of The Hunter [1]
Matthew Lewis Leeds actor [34]
James Mason Huddersfield 1909–1984 actor [35]
Michael Palin Sheffield 1943- actor, comedian [36]
Andrew-Lee Potts Bradford actor [37]
Sir Patrick Stewart Mirfield actor [38]
Tom Wilkinson Leeds actor [39][40]

[edit] Television performers

Name Place Life Comments Reference
Paul Daniels South Bank, Middlesbrough 1938 - present illusionist, quiz show host [41]
Bob Mortimer Acklam, Middlesbrough 1959 - present comedian, entertainer [42]

[edit] Musicians and Bands

Melanie Brown
Name Place Life Comments Reference
David Coverdale born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea lead vocalist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake [43]
Arctic Monkeys formed in Sheffield indie band [44]
Dame Janet Baker opera singer [45]
Melanie Brown member of the Spice Girls [45]
John Barry best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy' [45]
The Beautiful South formed in Hull Popular music band [45]
Arthur Brown rock singer [45]
Dewey Bunnell folk rock singer/songwriter, America [45]
Tony Christie singer [45]
Joe Cocker rock singer [45]
The Cribs formed in Wakefield indie band [46]
Kiki Dee singer/songwriter [45]
Def Leppard hard rock groupB [45]
Heaven 17 80s band [45]
Frederick Delius composer [45]
Gang of Four formed in Leeds post-punk group [45]
Paul Rodgers born in Middlesbrough 1949-present English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. [47]
The Human League formed in Sheffield synthpop band [45]
Kaiser Chiefs formed in Leeds indie band [45]
Lesley Garrett opera singer [45]
Gareth Gates born Bradford singer [45]
Robert Palmer Batley 1949–2003 singer [45]
Pulp formed in Sheffield popular music band [45]
Corinne Bailey Rae born Leeds singer [45]
Chris Rea born in Middlesbrough singer [45]
Kate Rusby folk singer [45]
Shed Seven Formed in York Indie-Rock Band [45]
Kimberley Walsh born in Bradford Member of pop group Girls Aloud [citation needed]

|Christopher Wolstenholme |[45] |Born in Rotherham | |Bassist of Muse

[edit] Sport

Len Hutton
Name Place Life Comments Reference
Geoffrey Boycott Born in Fitzwilliam 1940– Yorkshire CCC and England Cricketer [48]
Brian Clough Born in Middlesbrough 1935–2004 footballer and football manager [1]
Leonard Hutton 1916–90 cricketer, Ashes-winning captain [1]
Alan Hinkes 1954– mountaineer, first Briton to climb world's highest 14 peaks [1]
Kevin Keegan 1951– footballer, 2 x European footballer of the year [1]
Jamie Reeves Born in Sheffield 1962- world champion strength athlete, World's Strongest Man of '89
Jane Tomlinson 1964–2007 amateur athlete and cancer charity fundraiser [49]
Fred Trueman 1931 – July 2006 cricketer [1]

[edit] Artists and sculptors

Name Place Life Comments Reference
John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836–1893 painter [1]
Henry Moore 1898–1986 sculptor [1]
David Hockney 1937- artist [1]
Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975 artist [50]

[edit] Miscellaneous

Name Place Life Comments Reference
Mary Bateman Born Asenby, worked in Thirsk 1768–1809 The "Yorkshire Witch"; convicted of fraud and murder, hanged. [51]

[edit] People in fiction

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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