List of people from Yorkshire
Appearance
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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. Some of the most notable figures from the county are:
Lawyers and Jurists
Brenda Hale, President of the British Supreme Court, 2017–present
Inventors, explorers, scientists and pioneers
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Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Edward Victor Appleton | 1892–1965 | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 | [1] | |
James Henry Atkinson | Leeds | 1849–1942 | inventor of the mousetrap | [2][3] |
Donald Bailey | 1901–1985 | inventor of the Bailey Bridge | [4] | |
William Bateson | 1861–1926 | geneticist; first to use term "genetics" | [5][6] | |
George Birkbeck | 1776–1841 | doctor, philanthropist, founder of Birkbeck College | [7] | |
Joseph Bramah | Barnsley | 1748–1814 | invented hydraulic press; one of two founders of hydraulic engineering | [5][8] |
Harry Brearley | 1871–1948 | Sheffield inventor of stainless steel | [9] | |
Henry Briggs | 1561–1630 | perfected system of logarithms used today by astronomers, navigators | [10] | |
Phil Burgan | 1951– | pharmacist; CEO and Chairman of MMCG | [citation needed] | |
Ralph Burton | d.1768 | British soldier and Canadian settler | [11] | |
Sir George Cayley | born in Scarborough | 1773–1857 | engineer, one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics | [5] |
Capt. James Cook | Marton, Middlesbrough | 1728–79 | Georgian oceanic explorer | [5] |
Rick Dickinson | 1956(?) | industrial designer responsible for the ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL keyboards and cases | [12] | |
John Harrison | Foulby | 1693–1776 | horologist and mathematician | [5] |
Amy Johnson | born in Hull | 1903–41 | aviator | [5][13] |
Joseph Priestley | born in Birstall | 1733–1804 | physicist and chemist | [14] |
Augustus Pitt Rivers | 1827–1900 | British Army officer, ethnologist, anthropologist and archaeologist | [5] | |
Nicholas Saunderson | Thurlstone | 1682–1739 | Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge | [15] |
Helen Sharman | born in Sheffield | 1963– | first British astronaut | [5] |
Percy Shaw | born in Halifax | 1889–1975 | inventor of the cat's eyes reflecting roadstuds | [16] |
John Smeaton | 1724–92 | civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses | [5] | |
Frederick Walton | born in Sowerby Bridge | 1834–1928 | inventor of Linoleum | [17] |
John Wycliffe | 1330–84 | theologian, reformist, pioneering translator | [5] |
Politicians and activists
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Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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H. H. Asquith | born in Morley | 1852–1928 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908–16 | [18] |
William Bradford | born in Austerfield | 1590–1657 | Plymouth governor, pilgrim father | [5] |
Guy Fawkes | York | 1570–1606 | Yorkshire-born soldier, part of the Gunpowder Plot | [5][19] |
Roy Hattersley | born in Sheffield | 1933– | British Labour politician, author and journalist | |
William Wilberforce | born in Kingston upon Hull | 1759–1833 | social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery | [5][20] |
Harold Wilson | born in Huddersfield | 1916–1995 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964–70 and 1974–76 | [21] |
Writers
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Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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W. H. Auden | born York | 1907– 1973 | Poet, critic, essayist | [22] |
Alcuin of York | born near York | 732–804 | Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher | [5][23] |
Alan Bennett | born in Leeds | 1934– | playwright and actor | [5] |
Barbara Taylor Bradford | born in Leeds | 1933– | best-selling British-American novelist, debut novel, A Woman of Substance | [24] |
Anne Brontë | born in Thornton | 1820–49 | writer, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | [25] |
Branwell Brontë | born in Thornton | 1817–48 | writer and artist | [25] |
Charlotte Brontë | born in Thornton | 1816–55 | writer, author of Jane Eyre | [25] |
Emily Brontë | born in Thornton | 1818–48 | writer, author of Wuthering Heights | [5][25] |
Cædmon | born Whitby | 657–684 | Earliest English poet | Bede's Historia ecclesiastica. |
Ian Clayton | born in Featherstone | 1959– | Writer and broadcaster | [citation needed] |
Margaret Drabble | born in Sheffield | 1939– | literary Prize-winning writer | [citation needed] |
Stanley Ellis | born in Bradford | 1926–2009 | English linguistics scholar, writer and broadcaster, English regional dialects. | [26] |
Helen Fielding | born in Morley, West Yorkshire | 1958– | novelist and screenwriter, Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999) | [24] |
Roger Hargreaves | born in Cleckheaton | 1935–1988 | writer of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books | [citation needed] |
Joanne Harris | born in Barnsley | 1964– | English author, award-winning novel Chocolat | [citation needed] |
Tony Harrison | born in Leeds | 1964– | Poet, translator, critic, dramatist | [24] |
Susan Hill | born Scarborough, North Yorkshire | 1942– | novels include The Woman in Black and I'm the King of the Castle, Somerset Maugham Award (1971). Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012 | [citation needed] |
Barry Hines | born Hoyland Common near Barnsley | 1939–2016 | Novelist, television script-writer. A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), Kes | [citation needed] |
Richard Hoggart | born in Potternewton, Leeds | 1918–2014 | Writer on English literature, sociology and cultural studies | [citation needed] |
Winifred Holtby | Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire | 1898 - 1935 | Novelist of works based on 1920-1930 Yorkshire women's empowerment, her works include South Riding (novel), The Land of Green Ginger, A Crowded Street, Anderby Wold | [citation needed] |
Ted Hughes | born in Mytholmroyd | 1930–98 | poet laureate of United Kingdom, 1984–1998. | [5] |
Anne Lister | born in Halifax, West Yorkshire | 1791-1840 | English landowner, diarist, and mountaineer. | [27] |
Andrew Marvell | born in Winestead-in-Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire | 1621–78 | poet | [5] |
Ian McMillan | born in Darfield, South Yorkshire | 1956– | poet | |
Julie O'Neill | 1971– | author | ||
J. B. Priestley | born in Bradford | 1894–1984 | writer, novelist and broadcaster | [5] |
Ray Robinson | born in Northallerton | 1971– | English novelist and screenwriter, award-winning novel Electricity | [citation needed] |
Sally Wainwright | born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire | 1963– | English television writer, producer, and director: Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2016), Happy Valley (2014–present), and Gentleman Jack (2019-present). | |
Keith Waterhouse | born in Hunslet, Leeds | 1929–2009 | British novelist, newspaper columnist, many television series, novels: Billy Liar (1959) | [24] |
Stanley Wells | born in Hull | 1930– | Shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor who has been honorary president of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, professor emeritus at the University of Birmingham |
Saints
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Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Margaret Clitherow | born in York | 1556–1586 | saint, martyr | [28] |
Edwin of Northumbria | Not born in Yorkshire | 585–633 | saint, King of Northumbria | [5] |
John of Beverley | Harpham and Beverley | d. 721 | bishop, founder and patron saint of Beverley | [29] |
John Fisher | Beverley | 1469–1535 | bishop, cardinal, saint, martyr | [30] |
Hilda of Whitby | 614–680 | princess, nun, nurse, founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and patron saint of Whitby | [31][32] | |
Blessed Nicholas Postgate | Egton | 1596–1679 | martyr | [33] |
Entertainers
Actors and actresses
Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Mark Addy | York | actor | [34] | |
Julian Barratt | Leeds | actor, comedian | [citation needed] | |
Keith Barron | Mexborough | actor | [35] | |
Sean Bean | Sheffield | 1959– | actor | [36] |
Brian Blessed | Mexborough | 1936– | actor | [37] |
Chuckle Brothers | Rotherham | 1944–2018, 1947– | TV actors | [citation needed] |
Sir Tom Courtenay | Hull, East Riding | actor | [38] | |
Dame Judi Dench | York | actress | [5] | |
Peter Firth | Bradford | actor | [5] | |
James Frain | Leeds | actor | [5] | |
Brian Glover | Sheffield (raised in Barnsley) | actor, comedian | [39] | |
Charlie Heaton | Bridlington | 1994– | actor | |
Ralph Ineson | Leeds | actor | [40] | |
Sir Ben Kingsley | Scarborough | actor | [5] | |
Charles Laughton | Scarborough | 1899–1962 | actor, screenwriter, and director of the film The Night of The Hunter | [5] |
Matthew Lewis | Leeds | actor | [citation needed] | |
James Mason | Huddersfield | 1909–1984 | actor | [citation needed] |
Michael Palin | Sheffield | 1943– | actor, comedian | [citation needed] |
Andrew-Lee Potts | Bradford | actor | [41] | |
Dame Diana Rigg | Doncaster | actress | [citation needed] | |
Jack Shepherd | Leeds | actor | [42] | |
Sir Patrick Stewart | Mirfield | actor | [43] | |
Elizabeth White | Rotherham | 1979– | actress | [citation needed] |
Jodie Whittaker | Skelmanthorpe | actress | [44] | |
Tom Wilkinson | Leeds | actor | [45][46] |
Television performers
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Musicians and bands
Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Arctic Monkeys | formed in Sheffield | indie band | [49] | |
James Arthur | born in Middlesbrough | 1988– | singer | [citation needed] |
Asking Alexandria | formed in York | metalcore band | [50] | |
Mel B | Leeds | member of the Spice Girls | [50] | |
Dame Janet Baker | opera singer | [50] | ||
John Barry | York | best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy | [50] | |
The Beautiful South | formed in Hull | popular music band | [50] | |
Bring Me the Horizon | formed in Sheffield | metalcore band | [50] | |
Arthur Brown | rock singer | [50] | ||
Tony Christie | Conisbrough | singer | [50] | |
Joe Cocker | Sheffield | rock singer | [50] | |
David Coverdale | born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea | lead vocalist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake | [51] | |
The Cribs | formed in Wakefield | indie band | [52] | |
Kiki Dee | Bradford | singer-songwriter | [50] | |
Def Leppard | formed in Sheffield | hard rock group | [50] | |
Frederick Delius | composer | [50] | ||
Gang of Four | formed in Leeds | post-punk group | [50] | |
Vin Garbutt | born in South Bank, Middlesbrough | folk singer | [53] | |
Lesley Garrett | Doncaster | opera singer | [50] | |
Gareth Gates | born in Bradford | singer | [50] | |
Heaven 17 | 80s band | [50] | ||
The Human League | formed in Sheffield | synthpop band | [50] | |
Kaiser Chiefs | formed in Leeds | indie band | [50] | |
Zayn Malik | born in Bradford | Singer-songwriter and former member of boy band One Direction | [citation needed] | |
Jane McDonald | born in Wakefield | singer | [citation needed] | |
John Newman | born in Settle | 1990– | soul singer | [citation needed] |
Robert Palmer | Batley | 1949–2003 | singer | [50] |
Pulp | formed in Sheffield | popular music band | [50] | |
Corinne Bailey Rae | born in Leeds | singer | [50] | |
Chris Rea | born in Middlesbrough | singer | [50] | |
Paul Rodgers | born in Middlesbrough | 1949– | rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company | [54] |
Kate Rusby | folk singer | [50] | ||
Shed Seven | formed in York | indie-rock band | [50] | |
Ed Sheeran | born in Hebden Bridge | singer | [citation needed] | |
Kimberley Walsh | born in Bradford | member of pop group Girls Aloud | [citation needed] | |
Christopher Wolstenholme | born in Rotherham | bassist of Muse | [55] | |
Louis William Tomlinson | born in Doncaster | Member of boy group One Direction | [citation needed] |
Sport
Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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David Bairstow | born in Bradford, Yorkshire | 1951 – January 1998 | cricketer | [citation needed] |
Jonathan Bairstow | born in Bradford | 1989– | Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer and son of David. (Above) | [56] |
Geoffrey Boycott | born in Fitzwilliam | 1940– | Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer | [57] |
Alistair Brownlee | born in Dewsbury | 1988– | Olympic gold medalist, world champion in triathlon | [58] |
Jonathan Brownlee | born in Leeds | 1990– | Olympic silver medalist, world champion in triathlon | [58] |
Brian Clough | born in Middlesbrough | 1935–2004 | footballer and football manager | [5] |
Jessica Ennis | born in Sheffield | 1986– | Olympic gold medalist, world champion in heptathlon | [59] |
Lewis Cook | born in York | 1997– | footballer, midfielder for Bournemouth and England | [citation needed] |
Ben Godfrey | born in York | 1997– | footballer, defender/midfielder for Norwich City | [citation needed] |
Darren Gough | born in Barnsley | 1970– | cricketer | [5] |
Alan Hinkes | 1954– | mountaineer, first Briton to climb world's highest 14 peaks | [5] | |
Len Hutton | born in Pudsey | 1916–90 | cricketer, Ashes-winning captain | [5] |
Innes Ireland | born in Mytholmroyd | Formula One driver | [citation needed] | |
Kevin Keegan | born in Doncaster | 1951– | footballer, 2 x European footballer of the year | [5] |
Harry Maguire | born in Sheffield | 1993 – | football player for Manchester United and England | |
Steve McClaren | born in York | 1961– | football manager and former player | [citation needed] |
Jamie Reeves | born in Sheffield | 1962– | world champion strength athlete, World's Strongest Man of '89 | [citation needed] |
Joe Root | Sheffield | 1990 | Cricketer for Yorkshire CCC and England | [60] |
David Seaman | born in Rotherham | 1963 | footballer, goalkeeper for Arsenal and England | [61] |
John Stones | born in Barnsley | 1994– | footballer, Centre back,for Manchester City and England | [citation needed] |
Jane Tomlinson | 1964–2007 | amateur athlete and cancer charity fundraiser | [62] | |
Fred Trueman | 1931 – July 2006 | cricketer | [5] | |
Jamie Vardy | born in Sheffield | 1987– | footballer, striker for Leicester City and England | [63] |
Danny Willett | born in Sheffield | 1987– | golfer, second Englishman to win The Masters | [64] |
Artists and sculptors
Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Gertrude Spurr Cutts | Scarborough | 1858–1941 | painter | [65] |
John Atkinson Grimshaw | Leeds | 1836–1893 | painter | [5] |
Barbara Hepworth | Wakefield | 1903–1975 | artist | [66] |
David Hockney | Saltaire | 1937– | artist | [5] |
Henry Moore | Castleford | 1898–1986 | sculptor | [5] |
Robert Thompson | Kilburn | 1876–1955 | carpenter, furniture maker recognised for his mouseman furniture, exclusively using Yorkshire Oak | [5] |
Andy Goldsworthy | Cheshire, raised in Leeds | 1956– | British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specificsculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings | [67] |
William Etty RA | York | 1787–1849 | English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures | [68] |
Damien Hirst | grew up in Leeds | 1965– | artist | [69] |
Patrick Heron | Leeds | 1920–1999 | artist | [70] |
Trevor Bell | Leeds | 1930–2017 | artist | [citation needed] |
Norman Ackroyd | Leeds | 1938– | artist | [71] |
Ian Berry | Huddersfield | 1984– | artist | [72] |
Joash Woodrow | Leeds | 1927–2006 | artist | [73] |
Jacob Kramer | Leeds based | 1892–1962 | artist | [74] |
Matthew Krishanu | Bradford | 1980– | artist | [75] |
Pete McKee | Sheffield | 1960– | artist | [76] |
Crime
Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
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Mary Bateman | born in Asenby, worked in Thirsk | 1768–1809 | "Yorkshire Witch"; convicted of fraud and murder, hanged | [77] |
John Christie | born in Illingworth | 1899–1953 (Hanged) | serial killer, known as "The Rillington Place Strangler" | [78] |
Stephen Griffiths | born in Dewsbury | 1969– | serial killer, known as "The Crossbow Cannibal" | [79] |
Mark Hobson | born in Wakefield | 1969– | 'spree killer' who murdered four people | [citation needed] |
Donald Neilson | born in Dewsbury | 1936–2011 | armed robber, serial killer, known as "The Black Panther" | [80] |
Jimmy Savile | born in West Riding | 1926–2011 | Prolific sex abuser of both adults and children, TV presenter, celebrity, charity fund-raiser | [81] |
Edward Simpson | born in Sleights | 1815–? | infamous forger of prehistoric flint tools, sold to many notable museums | [82] |
Peter Sutcliffe | born in Bingley | 1946– | serial killer, known as "The Yorkshire Ripper" | [83] |
People in fiction
- Dracula by Bram Stoker: A Russian ship, the Demeter, having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, during a fierce tempest. Whitby continues to celebrate its link with Dracula, as well as its Victorian gothic past.[84]
- Beedle the Bard: In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter wizarding world, he is the fictional author of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Beedle was born in Yorkshire in the 15th century.[85][86]
- Robinson Crusoe: The title character from the novel by Daniel Defoe is from Yorkshire.
See also
- List of people from Kingston upon Hull
- List of people from Leeds
- List of people from Sheffield
- List of people from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- List of people from North Yorkshire
- List of people from South Yorkshire
- List of people from West Yorkshire
- List of Yorkshire County Cricket Club players
- Historic names
- Whincup, the earliest references are in the 16th century in Yorkshire (Spofforth, Collingham, Copgrove)
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