List of people from Sheffield
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This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England. Those born in Sheffield are listed in boldface.
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[edit] Arts and Humanities
- Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian.[1]
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author[2]
- Malcolm Bradbury, author[3]
- William Sterndale Bennett, composer[4]
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist[5]
- Angela Carter, novelist.
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor[2]
- Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
- Thomas Creswick, painter[2]
- Margaret Drabble, novelist[6]
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet[2]
- William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
- William Flockton, architect[7]
- Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
- Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
- Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music[8]
- Charles Harding Firth, historian[2]
- Mary Anne Everett Green, historian[9]
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
- Barry Hines, author
- John Holland, poet and journalist[9]
- Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian[10]
- Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
- Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
- Marina Lewycka, author
- W. C. Leng, journalist[9]
- Arthur Lismer, artist[11]
- Steve McCaffery, poet[12]
- James Montgomery, editor and poet[2]
- Geoff Nicholson, author
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- John Parkin, architect[11]
- Jack Rosenthal, playwright [1]
- Joe Scarborough (artist), artist[13]
- Si Spencer, TV dramatist & Graphic Novelist
- Frederick Varley, artist[11]
- Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
- Geoffrey Howse historian, author and actor
[edit] Entertainment
- Owen Aaronovitch, actor
- Leslie Ash, actress
- Ray Ashcroft, actor
- Derek Bailey, musician, writer[14]
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
- Carol Barnes, newsreader [2]
- Keith Barron, actor
- Josephine Barstow, opera singer
- Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian[15]
- Dave Berry, musician
- Sean Bean, actor
- J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
- Gavin Bryars, musician
- Alastair Burnet, news reader
- Marti Caine, comedienne
- Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
- Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
- Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
- Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
- Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
- Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
- Joe Cocker, singer
- Maurice Colbourne, actor
- Christopher Colquhoun, actor
- Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
- Henry Coward, choral conductor
- Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
- Thomas Craig, actor
- Stephen Daldry, film director
- Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
- Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
- Steve Edwards, singer.
- Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
- Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, best known as "John Shuttleworth"
- Martin Fry, pop singer with ABC
- Mark Gasser, Concert Pianist
- Peter Glossop, opera singer
- Brian Glover, actor & wrestler
- Oliver Sykes, musician, lead singer of Bring Me The Horizon
- Michael Grandage, Theatre director
- Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
- Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
- Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
- Steven Houghton, actor & singer
- Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
- Robert Hudson, actor
- Jayne Irving, television presenter
- Eddie Izzard, comedian [3]
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Richard H. Kirk, musician
- Skelton Knaggs, actor
- Bobby Knutt, actor & comedian
- Tim Lever, music producer
- Susan Littler, actor
- James Lomas, Olivier award winning actor
- Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- Jonny Maudling, composer
- James McCourt, television presenter
- Richard McCourt, television presenter
- Patrick McGoohan, actor
- Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
- Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
- Tony Oxley, musician
- Judy Parfitt, actor
- Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
- Nick Park, Animator & Film Director [4]
- Mike Percy, music producer
- Angela Pleasence, actor
- Donald Pleasence, actor
- Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
- Ian Reddington, actor
- Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
- Kate Rusby, folk singer
- Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
- Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
- David Slade, film director
- Linda Smith (comedian)
- Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
- Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
- Anna Walker, television presenter
- Martyn Ware, musician Heaven 17
- Mark Webber (guitarist), guitarist with Pulp
- Dominic West, actor
- Frank White, musician
- Mark White, musician with ABC
[edit] Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- Clive Betts
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)[16]
- William Broadhead, early trade unionist[16]
- Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport
- Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
- John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
- William Dronfield, early trade unionist
- George Hadfield, 19th century politician
- Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
- Roy Hattersley, politician
- Samuel Holberry, Chartist[16]
- Isaac Ironside, Chartist[16]
- Oona King, politician
- Helen Jackson
- J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
- Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
- Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
- J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
- John Parker, 19th century politician
- Sir Irvine Patnick OBE, politician and Conservative Party Whip under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
- Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
- Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
- Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
- Derek Simpson, trade unionist
- Angela Smith
- Henry Stephenson, politician and businessman[9]
- Samuel Danks Waddy
- Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
- G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland[16]
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
[edit] Religion
- John Balguy, divine and philosopher[2]
- Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
- John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
- Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
- James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903[9]
- Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663[9]
[edit] Science and Engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Henry Bessemer, engineer[17]
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- John Curr, coal mine and railway engineer[18]
- Leonard Cockayne, botanist
- Samuel Earnshaw, mathematician
- Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge[19]
- Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
- Professor David Hughes, astronomer
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer[20]
- Amy Johnson, pioneering female aviator
- Pieter Kok, co-developer of quantum interferometric optical lithography
- Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[21]
- Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[22]
- Joseph Locke, railway engineer
- David Mellor, cutler
- Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Helen Sharman, astronaut (first Briton in space)
- Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
- Richard J. Roberts, biochemist
- John Roebuck, inventor[2]
- Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
[edit] Sport
- Micky Adams, former footballer;[23]
- John Amaechi, former NBA basketball player
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Dave Bassett, football manager
- Steven Bellamy, British Karate Team
- Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
- Jon Brown, marathon runner
- Gary Cahill, footballer
- Lee Chapman, footballer
- Charles Clegg, former England footballer and Chairman of the Football Association
- William Clegg, former England footballer and politician
- Sebastian Coe, athlete
- Tommy Crawshaw, footballer for England and Shefffield Wednesday.
- Lucy Creamer, climber
- Louis Dodds, football player
- Derek Dooley, footballer
- David Fraser-Darling, cricketer
- Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist
- Jessica Ennis, athlete
- David Ford, Footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
- William Foulke, aka "Fatty" Foulks. Goalkeeper
- Trevor Francis, footballer and football manager
- Redfern Froggatt, former England footballer
- Paul Goodison, sailor
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Keith Hackett, football referee
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- Ernest Harper, former Olympic athlete
- Donna Hartley, Olympic sprinter & Commonwealth gold medalist
- David Hirst, former England footballer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
- Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
- Paul Jones, boxer
- Nick Matthew, squash player
- Reg Matthewson, footballer.
- Don Megson, footballer
- Gary Megson, footballer and football manager
- Ben Moon, rock climber
- John Motson, football commentator.
- Kyle Naughton, Footballer
- Johnny Nelson, boxer
- Carlton Palmer, former England footballer
- Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
- Steve Peat, Professional cyclist. Three time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
- Albert Quixall, former England footballer
- Jamie Reeves, Former winner of World's Strongest Man
- Uriah Rennie, Football referee
- Ryan Rhodes, Boxer
- Dave Richards, Chairman of the FA Premier League and former Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
- Mark Roe, professional golfer, coach and commentator
- Alan Rouse, mountaineer
- John Sadler, sports writer
- Jackie Sewell, former England footballer
- Billy Sharp, Footballer
- John Sherwood, International 400 metre Hurdler.
- Sheila Sherwood, International Long Jumper 1962 - 1974.
- David Sherwood, tennis player
- Ron Shudra, former NHL Ice Hockey player
- Joe Simpson, mountaineer
- Jim Smith, footballer and football manager
- Timothy Smith, cricketer
- Ron Springett, former England goalkeeper
- Mel Sterland, former England footballer
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
- Thomas Thorpe, cricketer
- Will Thursfield, football player
- Geoff Thompson, chairman of the Football Association
- James Toseland, motorcycle racer, 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion
- George Ulyett, former Test cricketer
- Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team from 2003 to 2008
- Chris Waddle, former England footballer
- Edward Wainwright, former Test cricketer
- Kyle Walker, Footballer, England Right-back
- Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
- Nicky Weaver, goalkeeper
- Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Dennis Woodhead, footballer 1947 - 1959
- Chris Woods, former England goalkeeper
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
- Harry Wragg, jockey & trainer
- Harry Wright, major league baseball player[24]
[edit] Business and others
- Major William Barnsley Allen VC DSO MC and Bar, recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I, was born in Sheffield.[25]
- Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
- John Brown, industrialist[2]
- John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Arnold Loosemore, World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer[26]
- Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman.
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
- Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. 1911.
- ^ "Author Sir Malcolm Bradbury dies". BBC News. BBC. 28 November 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1043975.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Sir Sterndale Bennet". The Times: p. 9. 1875-02-02.
- ^ Taylor, Philip. "Edward Carpenter Biographical Note". The Edward Carpenter Archive. Simon Dawson. http://www.edwardcarpenter.net/ecbiog.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Margaret Drabble". Contemporary Writers. British Council. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth31. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Harman, R.; Minnis, J. (2004). Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-300-10585-1.
- ^ "King of soul music loses cancer fight". The Star (Sheffield Newspapers Ltd). 21 October 2004. http://www.thestar.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=874829. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
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