List of people from Doncaster

This is a list of people from Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England, and includes people from the town of Doncaster and the wider Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which encompassess Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also • References

A

• Mark Atkins – Professional footballer
• Thomas Aldham – early Quaker

B

• Douglas Bader – Fighter pilot who continued to fly after losing his legs.
• Jessica Baglow – Actress who played Lucy Snow in Where the Heart Is and Karla Bentham on BBC drama series Waterloo Road
• John Francis Bentley – Ecclesiastical architect, most famous for Westminster Cathedral
• Brian Blessed – Actor known for his work in film and TV was born in Mexborough in 1936.
• George Boole – Mathematician and philosopher and inventor of Boolean algebra.
• Liam Botham – Rugby player, former cricketer and son of well-known cricketer Ian Botham.
• Billy Bremner – Rovers manager
• Steve Burton – Footballer
• Andy Butler Footballer
• Lee Beevers current Walsall footballer and ex Lincoln, Boston United and colchester united Player.
• Chris Brown (footballer born 1984) – current Doncaster Rovers forward.

C

• Tony Christie – Famous singer and musical performer. Born in Conisbrough, just outside of Doncaster.
• Roy Clarke – Script writer. Credits include Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours and Last of the Summer Wine.
• Jeremy Clarkson – Journalist / television presenter.
• Thomas Crapper – Credited with popularising the modern flushing toilet.

D

• Richard Dawson – former England Test Cricket player.
• Neil Dudgeon – Actor

E

• Emma Chambers

F

• Caroline Flint- Don Valley Labour MP and former State Minister for Europe.
• John Field – English ballet dancer, choreographer and director, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and founder Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
• David Firth – English animator, best known for his work using Flash animation tools. Notable works includes the Salad Fingers series.

G

• Lesley Garrett – Singer from Thorne, Doncaster
• Margo Gunn – Actress who has appeared in Taggart, Doctor Finlay and Coronation Street

H

• Barbara Jane Harrison, GC, completed her schooling in Doncaster, and took her first job there.
• Kelly Harrison – Actress from BBC Drama Casualty.
• Darius Henderson – Sheffield United F.C. footballer
• Sam Hird – Doncaster Rovers footballer
• Kevin Hughes – Member of Parliament, died 2006
• Benjamin Huntsman – Inventor and steel-manufacturer
• Graham Hyde – former Sheffield Wednesday footballer
• Stephen Holt – former Sheffield Wednesday footballer
• Joe Harvey – Born In Edlington, Player and Manager of Newcastle United in he 1960's, Last manager to win a major trophy at St James' Park winning the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• Iron Hague, Champion boxer, born in Mexborough.
• Brett Hutton – Cricketer

K

• Kevin Keegan – former international and ex-Liverpool F.C. footballer. Former England coach and former Newcastle United manager. Born in Armthorpe near Doncaster.

L

• Shelley Longworth – Comedy actress, known for playing Sam in Series 4 of ITV comedy-drama Benidorm (TV series)

M

• Julia Mallam – Ex Emmerdale actress
• John McLaughlin – Famous jazz guitarist and leader of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, born 1942 in Kirk Sandall near Doncaster.
• Alan Menter, rugby union player for South Africa, and leading dermatologist, born in Doncaster.
• Mary Millar – Actress, famous for playing Rose in Keeping Up Appearances from series 2
• David Moffett Sports business manager for Sport England, Welsh Rugby Union and other major sporting organisiations, was born in Doncaster in 1947.

P

• David Pegg – Manchester United player who died in the Munich air disaster.
• Jonti Picking – Commonly known as Weebl, author of the Webcartoon Weebl & Bob.
• John Parr – Singer (st elmos fire)
• Dennis Priestley – Darts Player
• George Porter – Physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner.

R

• Ricky Ravenhill – Darlington FC footballer
• Diana Rigg – Actress best known for the ITV series The Avengers and Bond-girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film).
• Graham Rix – former Arsenal F.C. and England footballer, born in Doncaster.
• William Rokeby ( died 1521 ), Archbishop of Dublin, born and died in Kirk Sandall, Doncaster.
• Dennis Rollins- Jazz trombonist. Born in Birmingham but lived in Doncaster from an early age. Joined Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra at 14.
• Danny Rose – Tottenham Hotspur footballer
• Mark Ryan – Actor, Swordmaster, voice-over actor – Robin of Sherwood, King Arthur, Transformers (voice of Bumblebee).
• John Ryan – Chairman of Doncaster Rovers F.C.

S

• Matthew Schellhorn – Classical pianist
• Danny Schofield – Footballer, currently playing for Millwall F.C. and previously for Huddersfield Town and Yeovil Town F.C.
• Brian Shenton – former sprinter who represented England and Great Britain in the 1950s.
• Sheridan Smith – Actress
• Sarah Stevenson – Bronze medallist in the sport of Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
• David Speedie – Former Footballer (Chelsea,Blackburn,Liverpool & Scotland)

T

• James Toseland – MotoGP motorcycle racer, 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion. Born in Doncaster in 1980
• Anna Tunnicliffe – Olympic sailor
• Louis Tomlinson – UK X-Factor Contestant, member of boy band One Direction

W

• Dean Winstanley – Darts Player
• Steve Wade – British executioner
• Simon Weaver – Footballer
• Roger Webster – Musician
• Mick Whitnall – Current (2008) lead guitarist with Babyshambles
• Bruce Woodcock – Heavyweight boxing champion of Britain and Empire in mid-20th century.