List of people from Sheffield

This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England.

(Bold text = born in Sheffield)

Arts and Humanities

• Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author
• John Balguy, philosopher
• A. S. Byatt, novelist

• Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
• Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
• Bruce Chatwin, writer
• Paul Conneally, poet and artist
• Thomas Creswick, painter
• Margaret Drabble, novelist
• Ebenezer Elliott, poet
• William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
• William Flockton, architect
• Charles Harding Firth, historian
• Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat), born in Barnsley, studied and taught at the University of Sheffield
• Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian
• Marina Lewycka, author
• Arthur Lismer, artist
• Steve McCaffery, poet
• James Montgomery, editor and poet
• John Parkin, architect
• John Ruskin, artist and designer
• Frederick Varley, artist

Entertainment

• Derek Bailey, musician, writer
• Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
• Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian
• Sean Bean, actor
• J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
• Gavin Bryars, musician
• Marti Caine, comedienne
• Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
• Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
• Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
• Joe Cocker, singer
• Maurice Colbourne, actor
• Christopher Colquhoun, actor
• Jamie Cooke, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
• Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
• Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
• Steve Edwards, singer.
• Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
• Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, best known as "John Shuttleworth"
• Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
• Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
• Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
• Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
• Patricia Maynard, actor
• James McCourt, television presenter
• Richard McCourt, television presenter
• Patrick McGoohan, actor
• Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
• Phil Oakey, musician, lead singer of the Human League
• Tony Oxley, musician
• Judy Parfitt, actor
• Michael Palin, comedian, actor, and travel presenter
• Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle Of Filth
• Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
• Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
• David Slade, film director
• Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
• Anna Walker, television presenter
• Martyn Ware, musician Heaven 17

Politics

• Nick Ainger, politician
• Clive Betts
• David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)
• Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport
• John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
• George Hadfield, 19th century politician
• Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
• Roy Hattersley, politician
• Samuel Holberry, Chartist
• Oona King, politician
• Helen Jackson
• J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
• 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
• Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
• Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
• Angela Smith
• Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
• Derek Simpson, trade unionist
• Samuel Danks Waddy
• Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator

Science and Engineering

• Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
• Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer
• Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
• Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
• Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
• Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
• Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer
• Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Joseph Locke, railway engineer
• David Mellor, cutler
• Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
• Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
• Helen Sharman, astronaut
• Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
• Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
• John Paul Wild, astronomer

Sport

• Gordon Banks, footballer
• Steven Bellamy, British Karate Team
• Gary Cahill, footballer
• Charles Clegg, footballer
• William Clegg, footballer and politician
• Sebastian Coe, athlete
• Derek Dooley, footballer
• Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist
• Jessica Ennis, athlete
• David Ford, Footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
• Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
• Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
• Naseem Hamed, boxer
• David Hirst, former England footballer
• Emlyn Hughes, footballer
• Ben Moon, rock climber
• 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
• Billy Sharp, Footbaler
• John Sherwood, International 400 metre Hurdler.
• Sheila Sherwood, International Long Jumper 1962 - 1974.
• David Sherwood, tennis player
• Joe Simpson, mountaineer
• Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
• James Toseland, motorcycle racer, winner of the 2004 World Superbike championship
• Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team
• Chris Waddle, former England footballer
• Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
• Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager
• Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
• Chris Woods, former England goalkeeper
• Clinton Woods, boxer
• Harry Wright, major league baseball player

Other

• John Brown, industrialist
• John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
• Charles Peace, notorious murderer
• Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman

References

Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)