List of people from Wolverhampton
This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Wolverhampton in England.
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- Sir (William) James Adams KCMG (born 1932) - diplomat; Ambassador to Egypt and Tunisia[1]
- Jack Addenbrooke (1865–1922) - football player and manager; his 37-year term as manager of Wolves remains the longest in club history[2]
- George Africanus (c. 1763–1834) - baptised George John Scipio Africanus; West African former slave; became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham[3]
- Aisha (born 1962) - real name Pamela Ross, roots reggae singer[4]
- Reg Allen (1917–1989) - Academy Award-nominated set decorator[5]
- Frederick W. Allsopp (1867–1946) - newspaperman, author, book collector, co-founder of bookshop; namesake of Allsopp Park, Little Rock, Arkansas[6]
- George Armstrong (1822–1901) - Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1864–1897[7]
- Joseph Armstrong (1816–1877) - Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1854–1864[8]
- Rod Arnold - footballer, goalkeeper, spent the majority of his career at Mansfield Town; with 513 first-team appearances for Mansfield (440 in the league),[9] he is the holder of the club's all-time appearance record
- Arthur Arrowsmith (1880–1954) - footballer, inside right[10]
- Lindsey Ashford - crime novelist and journalist; first woman to graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge in its 550-year history; first woman to graduate Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology[11]
- Bill Asprey (born 1936) - footballer (defender) and coach[12]
- Len Astill (1916–1990) - footballer, left wing[13]
- Rebecca Atkinson-Lord - theatre director and writer[14]
- Richard Attwood - winner of 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans; former Formula One driver[15]
B
- Keedie Babb - classical crossover soprano[16]
- Babylon Zoo - British electro rock band of the mid-1990s[17]
- Jono Bacon - software developer and journalist; community manager of the Ubuntu Linux project[18]
- Ruth Badger - runner-up of the second series of The Apprentice[19]
- William Bagley - footballer, inside left[20]
- Diane Bailey MBE - golfer; represented Great Britain and Ireland in Curtis Cup fixtures in 1962 and 1972; captained the team in 1984, 1986 and 1988[21]
- Professor Chris Baines - environmentalist, gardener, naturalist, television presenter and author
- Peter Baker - golfer[22]
- Jack Bannister (1930–2016) - cricketer and commentator[23]
- Frances Barber - actress[24]
- Steve Barnett (born 1952) - chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group[25]
- George Barney (1792–1862) - Royal Engineer officer who became Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of North Australia, son of Joseph Barney[26]
- Joseph Barney (1753–1832) - artist and engraver[27]
- Dr George Barnsby (c. 1919–11 April 2010) - socialist scholar
- Tom Barrett (1891–1924) - motor-racing riding mechanic; his death in the 1924 San Sebastian Grand Prix brought an end to the practice of riding mechanics in two-seat racing cars[28]
- Al Barrow - bassist of the British band Magnum[29]
- Dickie Baugh (1864–1929) - footballer, right back who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals, one as captain[30]
- Stuart Baxter - football manager; current manager of Finland national football team[31]
- Edwin Butler Bayliss (1874–1950) - artist, known for his realistic and unsentimental paintings of industrial sites in the Black Country[32]
- Sir William Maddock Bayliss (1860–1924) - physiologist; co-discoverer of peristalsis of the intestines and the peptide hormone secretin, the first discovered hormone[33]
- Ann Beach (1938– ) - actress[34]
- Miles Beevor (1900–1994) - solicitor, pilot and businessman[35]
- Clinton Bennett - British American scholar of religions and participant in interfaith dialogue, specializing in the study of Islam and Muslim-non-Muslim encounter[36]
- Nigel Bennett - actor[37]
- Kenneth Benton, CMG (1909–1999) - MI6 officer and diplomat 1937–68;[38] after retirement, began a second career as writer of spy and crime thrillers
- Charles Albert Berry (1852–1899) - nonconformist divine[39]
- Gwen Berryman (1906–1983) - played Doris Archer in the BBC radio soap opera The Archers from the first episode in 1951 until 1980[40]
- Jane Besemeres (1827–1905) - author and pioneer worker with the deaf; published under the pseudonym Janet Byrne[41]
- Dick Betteley (1880–1942) - footballer, defender[42]
- Bibio - professional name of British music producer Stephen Wilkinson[43]
- William Bidlake (1861–1938) - architect; a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham; Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art, 1919–1924[44]
- Dr J. Alan Biggins, TD, MA MSc PhD, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Soldier, scientist and surveyor - Alumnus.
- Edward Bird R.A. (1772–1819) - artist, early member of the Bristol School[45]
- John Blackburn (1933–1994) - Conservative member of Parliament in the United Kingdom; represented the constituency of Dudley West from 1979 until his death in 1994[46]
- Joan Blackham - actress, Bridget Jones's Diary[47]
- Sue Blane - theatrical costume designer[48]
- Billy Blunt (1886–1962) - footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers; became the first Wolves player to score two hat-tricks during a season; twice he scored 4 in games[2]
- George Bradburn (1894–1975) - footballer, played as a centre-half for Southampton and Walsall in the years immediately after World War I[49]
- Thomas Edward Bridgen (1832–1895) - architect of hospitals in Manchester and London[50]
- Henry Brinton (1901–1977) - author of 1962 Cold War novel Purple-6[51]
- Peter Broadbent (1933–2013) - England international footballer, midfielder; won major domestic honours with Wolverhampton Wanderers; appeared in the 1958 World Cup; scored the club's first ever goal in European competition when he netted against Schalke in a European Cup tie in November 1958[52]
- Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich (1875–1929) - mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society[53]
- Norman Brook (1902–1967) - Cabinet Secretary (1947–1962)[54]
- Rt Rev James Brown (1812–1881) - RC Bishop of Shrewsbury (1851–1881)[55]
- Nicholas Budgen (1937–1998) - barrister and politician[56]
- Steve Bull - footballer, striker; holds the club goalscoring record for Wolves and has a stand named after him at their Molineux Stadium[57]
- Tony Butler - radio presenter[58]
- Stephen Byers - former Cabinet Minister, Labour Party politician[59]
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- Bill Caddick - folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for his songwriting and as a member of the group Home Service[60]
- Eddie Chambers - artist, writer, curator and academic[61]
- William Chappell (1907–1994) - dancer, ballet designer, director; appeared as Elihu/The Three Messengers in excerpts from de Valois' ballet Job (1936), the second broadcast of ballet on television following the official start of the BBC high definition television service in 1936[62][63]
- Ben Christophers - singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[64]
- Charles Chubb (1779–1845) and Jeremiah Chubb - lock and safe manufacturers[65]
- Eddie Clamp (1934–1995) - footballer, right half, nicknamed 'Chopper Eddie'[66]
- Wayne Clarke - footballer, striker[67]
- Sean Clayton - tenor[68]
- Louis Coatalen (1879–1962) - automobile engineer[69]
- Leon Coates (born 1937) - composer, performer and academic[70]
- B. L. Coombes (1893–1974) - writer, spent most of his working life in the coal mines of the South Wales coalfield, which provided the subject matter for much of his writing[71]
- John Cooper QC - barrister specialising in human rights and criminal law; broadcaster and politician[72]
- Leonard Cottrell (1913–1974) - author and journalist[73]
- Ernest Frank Guelph Cox (1883–1959) – electrical and mechanical engineer; marine salvage expert[74]
- Charlotte Craddock - field hockey player, youngest member of the British hockey squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[75]
- Garry Crawford - sociologist whose research focuses primarily on audiences and consumer patterns, in particular, sports fans[76] and video gamers[77]
- Steve Cross - footballer, defender / midfielder; played for Shrewsbury Town, Derby County and Bristol Rovers; commentator on BBC Radio Shropshire[78][79]
- Geoff Crudgington - footballer, goalkeeper[80]
- Stan Cullis (1916–2001) - footballer (defender) and football manager with Wolves; namesake of a stand at their Molineux Stadium[81]
- Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick FRSE OBE (1859–1945) - pioneer of electromagnetism in relation to its effects upon atomic particles. He served as Director of Electrical Engineering for the Royal Canadian Navy and Director of the Electrical Research Division of the Defense Research Board of Canada.[82]
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- Kevin Darley (born 1960) - jockey, British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2000 (155 wins); co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain[83]
- Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903) - stage actress in England and the US[84]
- Howard R. Davies (1895–1973) - motorcycle racing champion and motorcycle designer[85]
- Mark Davies - footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers[86]
- Kirk Dawes QPM - Detective Constable with West Midlands Police, founded the Centre For Conflict Transformation, formerly West Midlands Mediation and Transformation Services, a company involved in trying to reduce gun and gang violence in the United Kingdom[87]
- Group Captain Montagu Ellis Hawkins "Monty" Dawson DFC & Bar, DFM (1919–2003) - bombardier and navigator[88]
- Christopher Hugh Dearnley LVO (1930–2000) - cathedral organist, director of music, served in Salisbury Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral[89]
- Narinder Dhami - children's author[90]
- Michael Dibdin (1947–2007) - crime writer[91]
- David Dodd - co-founder of UK variety store chain Poundland[92]
- Derek Dougan (1938–2007) - Northern Ireland international footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers; defender / midfielder / forward; chief executive and later chairman of Wolves, as part of a consortium that saved the club from liquidation[93]
- Spencer Dunkley - basketball player; his natural position on court was the pivot; coaches in Appoquinimink High School, Odessa, Delaware[94]
- Sheila Dunn (1940–2004) - actress[95]
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- Catherine Eddowes (1842–1888) - victim of the Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper[96]
- Dean Edwards - footballer (forward), football manager[97]
- Major Roland Elcock VC MM (1899–1944) - as corporal he was the recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces[98]
- Verona Elder MBE (born 1953) - British, Commonwealth and European medal-winning English 400 metres runner;[99] manager of the British athletics team for people with learning disability
- Edward Elgar (1857–1934) - despite living in Worcester, he was an ardent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and may have travelled to home games on his bicycle[100]
- Fiona Elliot - table tennis; in 1990 became the first woman for 20 years to hold the national singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles simultaneously[21]
- Billy Ellis (5 November 1895–18 November 1939) - footballer, played in the Football League for Sunderland, Birmingham, Lincoln City and York City as a winger[101]
- Georgia Elwiss - international cricketer, right arm medium fast bowler and right handed batsman[102]
- Simon Emmerson - electroacoustic music composer working mostly with live electronics[103]
- Sir Walter Evans, 1st Baronet (1872–1954) - hydraulic engineer, politician and public servant; was created a baronet of Wightwick near Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, in the 1920 New Years Honours for his services to the War Savings Committees during the First World War[104]
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- Eugene Fadiora - mixed martial artist, fights at Welterweight and Middleweight[105]
- Craig Fallon - judoka; second male British judoka to simultaneously hold both a World and European title[21]
- Dr Robert William Felkin (1853–1926) - LRCS (Edinburgh), MD (Marberg), FRSE, FRGS; medical missionary; ceremonial magician, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and founder of the Whare Ra lodge; author on Uganda and Central Africa; explorer and anthropologist[106]
- Ron Flowers - footballer, midfielder; member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad; playing at Wolves he won three league championships and an FA Cup; made 515 appearances for the club, scoring 37 times[107]
- Herbert Edward Forrest (1858–1942) - naturalist and author[108]
- Laurence Foster (born 1944) - actor; played Sam O'Shea in the TV mini-series Manions of America[109]
- Edith Henrietta Fowler (1865–1944)[110] and Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929)[111] - authors
- Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830–1911) - solicitor and politician[112]
- Henry Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton (1870–1943) - peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom; the title became extinct on his death, without issue[113]
- Richard Fryer (1770–1846) - local banker, landowner and British Whig politician; held a seat in the House of Commons, 1832–1835, representing Wolverhampton
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- Trevor Gadd - track cycling champion, represented Great Britain and England at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships; won two silver medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, for the kilometre time trial and for the tandem, with Dave Le Grys[114][115]
- Alan Garner (1929–1996) - British Labour party activist and trade unionist[116]
- Arthur Gaskin (1862–1928) - illustrator, painter, teacher and designer of jewellery and enamelwork; he and his wife Georgie Gaskin were members of the Birmingham Group of Artist-Craftsmen, which sought to apply the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement across the decorative arts[117]
- Dr Helen Geake - archaeologist and Anglo-Saxon specialist on archaeological television programme Time Team[118]
- Frank Noel George (1897–1929) - footballer, goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers;[119] made 242 senior competitive appearances for Wolves[120]
- John Lloyd Gibbons (1837–1919) - engineering surveyor; justice of the peace; county councillor for Bilston; Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South, 1898–1900
- Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734) - Roman Catholic bishop; Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England, 1687–1703; Vicar Apostolic of the London District of England, 1703–1734
- Christopher Gill RD (born 1936) - family meat processing business; politician (MP) both Conservative and UKIP[121]
- John Wayne Glover (1932–2005) - British-born Australian serial killer convicted for the murders of six elderly women on Sydney's North Shore; over a fourteen-month period in 1989–90, he killed six elderly women, for which he was dubbed the "granny killer"[122]
- Karthi Gnanasegaram - sports presenter with the BBC; formerly with Sky News, ITN and Al Jazeera's International News Channel in Doha[123]
- Richard Green - footballer, defender[124]
- Button Gwinnett (1735–1777) - signatory of the US Declaration of Independence[125]
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- Sir Geoff Hampton - head teacher, transformed the fortunes of the first school in Britain which had been deemed by OFSTED inspectors as "failing"[126]
- Johnny Hancocks (1919–1994) - footballer, right wing[127]
- Gilbert Harding (1907–1960) - journalist and radio and television personality[128]
- Neil Harrison - top ranking cricket umpire based in Japan; one of two members of the International Cricket Council East Asia Pacific Elite Umpires Panel from Japan;[129] umpired four matches at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup[130]
- Billy 'Artillery' Hartill (1905–1980) - footballer, forward; Wolves' top goalscorer for 45 years until the feat was broken by John Richards shortly before Hartill's death[131]
- Jack Hayes (1887–1941) - police officer, trade unionist and politician; after serving in the Metropolitan Police, became general secretary of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers; in 1923 became the first Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool when he was elected to represent Edge Hill; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1929–1931 as[132]
- Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman - first Lord Speaker[133]
- Sir Charles William Hayward CBE (1892–1983) - entrepreneur and philanthropist[134]
- Henry John Hayward (1865–1945) - Wolverhampton-born New Zealand theatrical company manager and cinema chain proprietor[135]
- Sir Jack Hayward, OBE - son of Wolverhampton factory owners; self-made millionaire; benefactor of many charities; fighter pilot in the Second World War; President of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.[136]
- Rudall Hayward (1900–1974) - filmmaker[137]
- Norman Heath (1924–1983) - footballer, goalkeeper[138]
- Karl Henry - footballer, defensive midfielder[139]
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint - captain of the England Women's Cricket World Cup team in 1973[140]
- Kenny Hibbitt - footballer, midfielder; during his time at Molineux he won 2 League Cups (1974 and 1980, scoring in the 1974 final) and played in the 1972 UEFA Cup Final; played 544 games for Wolves, scoring 114 goals, the second most appearances a player has made in Wolves history[141]
- Benjamin Hicklin JP (1816–1909), solicitor and Borough Magistrate; the Hicklin test is a legal test for obscenity established by the English case Regina v. Hicklin; at issue was the statutory interpretation of the word "obscene" in the Obscene Publications Act 1857, which authorized the destruction of obscene books[142]
- Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet (1830–1910) - industrialist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons 1885–1906[143]
- Barbara Hicks - actress[144]
- James Higginson (1885–1940) - cricketer who played one first-class game, scored no runs in his only innings (but maintained an infinite batting average on account of remaining not out), and took no wickets or catches[145]
- Alexander Staveley Hill (1825–1905) - barrister and QC, politician (MP); namesake of Stavely, Alberta[146]
- Dave Hill - lead guitarist for the band Slade[147]
- Edward Hill (1843–1923) - prolific artist, poet, songwriter and newspaper correspondent[148]
- Matthew Hislop - footballer, defender[149]
- Noddy Holder - born in Walsall, singer/rhythm guitarist for Slade[150]
- Surgeon Rear Admiral John Holford CB, OBE (1909–1997) - medical officer in the Royal Navy; worked for the Ministry of Health, 1965–1974; later senior principal medical officer[151]
- Dave Holland - jazz bassist[152]
- Dave Holland - drummer with Judas Priest[153]
- Don Howe (born 1935) - football player, coach and manager[154]
- Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 1994) - track and field sprinter, 4×400 metres relay gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[155]
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- Eric Idle - actor and comedian, attended the Royal Wolverhampton School[156]
- David Inshaw - artist, a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists[157]
J
- Howard Jacobson - Booker Prize for Fiction-winning author and journalist[158]
- Jamelia - musician, originally from Birmingham, now living in Wolverhampton[159]
- Hardeep "Harry" Jawanda - English international[160] hockey player who plays as a midfielder/forward[161]
- Stuart Jeffries - jourmalist and author; feature writer and columnist for The Guardian; author of Mrs Slocombe's Pussy: Growing Up in front of the Telly (2000)[162]
- Sir Stephen Jenyns (c. 1450–1523) - wool merchant; Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company; Mayor of London; founder of Wolverhampton Grammar School[163]
- Charles Jones (1866–1959) - gardener and photographer[164]
- Francis Jones MBE FRS (1914–1988) - physicist who co-developed the OBOE blind bombing system[165]
- Jackery Jones (1877–1945) - footballer, full back; played over 300 games in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers; member of the club's Hall of Fame; made his team debut in 1901, the first of 111 consecutive appearances; as full-back, he missed only a handful of games during that decade, setting a club record of 5 ever-present seasons; part of Wolves' 1908 FA Cup triumph[166]
- Jenny Jones - Labour Party politician[167]
- Wayne 'The Wanderer' Jones - darts player[168]
- William Highfield Jones JP (1829–1903) - industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor; with two of his brothers, built one of the largest businesses in Wolverhampton, Jones Brothers & Co.; became an alderman and the 25th mayor of Wolverhampton; the Jones brothers are the only family to have provided three mayors of Wolverhampton[169][170]
- Alfred John Jukes-Browne FRS FGS (1851–1914) - British invertebrate palaeontologist and stratigrapher[171]
- Jake Jervis - professional footballer
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- István Kecskés - boxer, heavyweight[172]
- Lisa Kehler (née Langford) - race walker who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics (1992 and 2000)[173]
- Chris Kelly - Conservative Party politician[174]
- Jonathan Kemp - professional squash player, represented England[175]
- Karl Keska - 10,000m runner, 8th at 2000 Sydney Olympics[176]
- Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817–1894) - barrister, county court judge and arbitrator[177]
- Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury - Governor of the Bank of England[178]
- Beverley Knight - soul singer[179]
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- Stuart Lampitt - cricketer, right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county[180]
- Michael Langdon (born Frank Birtles, 1920–1991) - bass opera singer[181]
- James Langley MBE MC (1916–1983) - Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards, MI9, joint commander of IS9 (WEA)[182]
- Joanne Latham - English former glamour model[183]
- Margery Lawrence (1889–1969) - pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur E. Towle; fantasy, horror and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories[184]
- Winifred Lawson (1892–1961) - opera and concert singer[185]
- Jim Lea - musician, member of Slade[186]
- Margaret Lee - actress[187]
- Joleon Lescott - footballer, centre-back; graduate of the Wolves Academy, was named in the Championship team of the 2005–06 season, also the Wolves' Player of the Year (born in Birmingham)[188]
- Sir Richard Leveson (1570–1605) - Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life, hero of the Battle of Cadiz, 1596[189]
- Denise Lewis - Olympic gold medallist, born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton[190]
- Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994) - soul/neo-soul and R&B singer and songwriter[191]
- Bob Lilley MM BEM (1914–1981) - founding member of the British Special Air Service; member of the Coldstream Guards; one of the first four men selected by Colonel David Stirling to be a founder member of L Detachment 1st SAS in Middle East HQ Cairo 1940; took part in many special forces operations and missions behind enemy lines in Libya against Italian and German forces during World War II[192]
- Adrian Littlejohn - footballer, midfielder / forward[193]
- Anita Lonsbrough - Olympic gold medallist in swimming[194]
- Barbara "Babs" Lord - dancer in Pan's People[195]
- Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940) - often known as A. E. H. Love; mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of elasticity and a mathematical model of surface waves known as Love waves[196]
- Des Lyttle - footballer (defender), football manager and coach[197]
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- Macka B - born Christopher MacFarlane, in Wolverhampton; reggae artist, performer and activist[198]
- Alan Lindsay Mackay FRS - crystallographer; made scientific contributions related to the structure of materials; predicted quasicrystals in 1981[199]
- John Malam - historian, archaeologist, and author of Children's non-fiction (informational) books[200]
- Sir Charles Arthur Mander, 2nd Baronet JP, DL, TD (1884–1951) - public servant, philanthropist, manufacturer; managing director of Mander Brothers, the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1773[201]
- Sir Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd Baronet (1921–2006) - industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer; known as Marcus Mander[202]
- Sir Charles Tertius Mander (1852–1929) - manufacturer, philanthropist and public servant[203]
- Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882–1962) - chairman of Mander Brothers; Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East; donor of Wightwick Manor to the National Trust[204]
- Miles Mander (1888–1946) - early Hollywood film actor, director and novelist[205]
- Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet (born Charles Nicholas Mander, 1950 Wolverhampton - British baronet; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries[206]
- Rob Marris - solicitor, politician and MP[207]
- Sir Charles Marston F.S.A., K.St.J PEF (1867–1946) - businessman who funded several major archaeological excavations across Palestine between 1929 and 1938; son of John Marston[208]
- John Marston (1836–1914) - founder of the Sunbeam company, in Upper Villiers Street[209]
- Scott Matthews - singer/songwriter[210]
- John McHugh (1912–2002) - operatic tenor known for his singing of ballads and romantic tunes and lyrics[211]
- Maria Miller - born Maria Frances Lewis; politician, MP and marketing consultant[212]
- Mil Millington - journalist and novelist[213]
- Caitlin Moran - broadcaster and columnist; grew up in Wolverhampton[214]
- Geoffrey Moreland (1914–1996) - footballer, centre forward[215]
- Jimmy Mullen (1923–1987) - spent his whole career, 1938–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.; also played for England 12 times[216]
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- Alex Newport - Grammy-nominated English record producer, mixer and engineer, based in New York City[217]
- Laura Newton (born Macleod, 1977) - international cricketer; also played for Wolverhampton and Staffordshire[218]
- Johnny Nicholls (1931–1995) - footballer, inside forward[219]
- Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) - poet[220]
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- Sean O'Connor - professional footballer, 2008 Scottish Cup finalist[221]
- Sean O'Driscoll - footballer, midfielder, and football manager[222]
- Mark O'Shea - herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality[223]
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- Tina Packer - actress and artistic director of the Shakespeare & Company theatre company in Massachusetts[224]
- Sara Wells Page (1855–1943) - artist[225]
- Dee Palmer - formerly David Palmer;[226] composer, arranger,[227] and keyboardist; known for having been a member of the rock group Jethro Tull[228]
- The Right Reverend Philip Pargeter (born 1933) - Titular Bishop of Valentiniana; retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham[229]
- Phil Parkes (born 1947) - football goalkeeper; Wolverhampton Wanderers' first-choice keeper for much of the late 1960s and early 70s; appeared in 127 consecutive league matches, breaking Noel George's club record[230]
- Derek Parkin - football player, full-back; made a record number of appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers (609); in 1968, became the most expensive full-back in Britain when he joined First Division side Wolves for £80,000[52]
- Florence Paton (1891–1976) - née Widdowson, Labour Party politician; MP from 1945 to 1950[231]
- Suzanne Paul - winner of New Zealand's Dancing with the Stars 2007[232]
- Liam Payne - contestant on The X Factor in 2010; member of UK boyband One Direction[233]
- Jonathan Pedley - leading UK authority on wine[234]
- Andrew Pelling - politician; first elected as a Conservative; independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central; announced his intention to contest the seat as an Independent at the 2010 general election,[235] but lost the seat to his former party; member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton; councillor in Croydon
- Brian Pendleton (1944–2001) - rhythm guitarist with The Pretty Things in the sixties[236]
- Dora Penny (1874–1964) - daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton; a good friend of Edward Elgar and his family; became immortalised as 'Dorabella' in the tenth of the Enigma Variations; autobiography Memories of a Variation was penned under her married name of Mrs Richard Powell[237]
- Fred Pentland (1883–1962) - footballer (forward) and football manager (including Germany (Olympic team), France, Racing de Santander, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Real Oviedo)[238]
- Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (born Pauline Welch, 1931) - educationalist; Conservative politician; member of the British House of Lords; Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England[239]
- Shaun Perry - rugby union footballer, usual position scrum half[240]
- Suzi Perry - television presenter[241]
- Tom Phillips CBE R.A. - artist, painter, printmaker, collagist[242]
- George Phoenix (1863–1935) - Victorian/Edwardian landscape, figurative, and portrait artist and sculptor[243]
- Bob Plant (1915–2011) - soldier, recipient of MC[244]
- Robert Plant - singer in Led Zeppelin, born in West Bromwich; Non-Executive director of Wolves[245]
- Clive Platt - footballer, striker[246]
- Hugh Porter - Olympic cyclist, broadcaster and media personality[247]
- Lisa Potts - teacher and George Medal holder[248]
- Don Powell - born in Bilston, drummer for Slade[249]
- Enoch Powell (1912–1998) - politician (Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West 1950 - Feb 1974), poet, scholar and soldier[250]
- Hayley Price - Olympic gymnast in Los Angeles[251]
- Ken Purchase - politician (MP)[252]
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- Paul Raven (1961–2007) - musician[253]
- William Regal (born 1968) - ring name of Darren Kenneth Matthews, WWE/WCW/ECW wrestler, commentator and general manager; also known as King Regal, Lord Steven Regal, Roy Regal, Steve Regal and Steven William Regal; member of The Blue Bloods[citation needed]
- Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813–1875) - the "father of art photography"[254]
- Emma Reynolds - politician (MP)[255]
- John Rhodes - racing driver[256]
- Mark Rhodes (born 1981) - singer and television presenter; known for TMi, Copycats and Pop Idol 2[257]
- John Richards - international footballer, striker for Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he broke the club's goalscoring record ending with 194 goals; during a fourteen-year association with Wolves he won two League Cups; played in the first UEFA Cup Final in 1972; after retiring, went into local government in Wolverhampton; later returned to Wolves as managing director in 1994, a post he held until 2000[258]
- Pauline Richards - athlete, appeared as Rocket in Gladiators[259]
- The Rt Revd Barry Rogerson (born 1936) - first Bishop of Wolverhampton, 1979–1985; Bishop of Bristol from then until his retirement in 2002; formerly vicar of St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield[260]
- Carina Round - singer/songwriter[261]
- Kevin Rowland - singer in Dexys Midnight Runners[262]
- Arthur Rowley (1926–2002) - footballer, inside left and football manager[263]
- Jack Rowley (1920–1998) - footballer, forward and football manager[264]
- Sir Merton Russell-Cotes (1835–1921) - Mayor of Bournemouth, 1894–1895, the only mayor of Bournemouth who was not also a member of the council[265]
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- Tessa Sanderson - gold medallist in the javelin throw, 1984 Olympic Games[266]
- Sathnam Sanghera - journalist and author[267]
- Keith Short - sculptor, primarily working within the feature film industry in the UK[268]
- Bill Shorthouse (1922–2008) - professional football player and coach; spent his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers[269]
- George Showell (1934–2012) - footballer, played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City and Wrexham;[270] spent the majority of his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the 1960 FA Cup Final
- Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1212) - Bishop of Bangor from 1197 to his death[271]
- Charles Simon (1909–2002) - actor, Shadowlands, 102 Dalmatians[272]
- Jarnail Singh - association football referee who officiated in the Football League[273]
- Tjinder Singh - singer, songwriter, and guitarist; founder member of indie rock band Cornershop[274][275]
- Bill Slater CBE - international footballer, inside-forward / defender; made the majority of his appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won three league championships and the FA Cup; in the same year was voted Footballer of the Year; in 1982, Slater was awarded an OBE for his services to sport; a CBE followed in 1998[276]
- Nigel Slater - food writer and journalist[277]
- John Sleeuwenhoek (1944–1989) - footballer, centre half; made 226 appearances in the Football League for Aston Villa; capped twice for England at under-23 level[278]
- Dean Smith - racing driver; 2009 champion of the British Formula Renault Championship; winner of that year's McLaren Autosport BRDC Award[279]
- Harry Smith (born 1932) - footballer, left back[280]
- Jack Smith (born 1882) - footballer, forward; scored 39 goals in 110 appearances in First Division of the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham[281]
- Vikram Solanki - England and Worcestershire cricketer[282]
- Philip Solomon - spiritualist medium, author, broadcaster and paranormal researcher[283]
- John Hanbury Angus Sparrow (1906–1992) - academic, barrister, book-collector and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, 1952–77[284]
- Mark Speight (1965–2008) - television presenter[285]
- Roger Squires - world's most prolific crossword compiler[286]
- Percy Stallard (1909–2001) - racing cyclist; founder of the British League of Racing Cyclists; as organiser of the 1942 Wolverhampton-Llangollen race, the father of massed-start cycle racing on public roads in Britain[287]
- Derek Statham - footballer, full back[288]
- Josef Stawinoga (1920–2007) - local hermit[289]
- Richard Stearman - footballer, centre back, right back[290]
- Paul Sterling (born 1964) - Wolverhampton-born English/Welsh rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing at representative level for England and Wales, and at club level for Hull, Leeds Rhinos, and Hunslet Hawks as a Wing[291]
- Stevens family - Joe Stevens, father of Harry, George, Albert John ('Jack'), and Joe Stevens Junior; engineers, Stevens Screw Company Ltd and later A J Stevens & Co (AJS) motorcycles[292]
- Surinder Sunar - professional poker player[293]
- Dave Swift - bassist with Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra[294]
- Meera Syal - actress, novelist and comedian[295]
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- Mandy Takhar - British Indian model and actress, predominantly appears in Punjabi films[296]
- Kalbir "Kali" Takher - field hockey player, participated for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[297]
- James W. Tate (1875–1922) - songwriter, accompanist; composer and producer of revues and pantomimes[298]
- Jack Taylor (1930–2012) - referee, 1974 FIFA World Cup final[299]
- Andy Tennant - professional track and road racing cyclist[300]
- Dame Maggie Teyte (1888–1976) - soprano, creator of role of Melisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande; younger sister of James W. Tate[301]
- Kristian Thomas - British artistic gymnast; from Wolverhampton; member of the Earls gymnastics club; educated at St Edmund's Catholic School, Wolverhampton[302]
- Colonel Stephen John Thompson (1875–1955) - mechanical engineer and manufacturer; High Sheriff and later Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Staffordshire; President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1942)[303]
- George Rennie Thorne (1853–1934) - solicitor and politician[304]
- Thomas Tomkis or Tomkys (c. 1580–1634) - playwright of the late Elizabethan and the Jacobean eras; arguably one of the more cryptic figures of English Renaissance drama[305]
- Tricksta - hip-hop DJ and producer[306]
- Billy Tuft (born 1874) - footballer, full back[307]
- Herbert Turnbull (1885–1961) - mathematician[308]
- Syd Tyler (1904–1971) - footballer, full back[309]
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- Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) - mystic and Anglican writer[310]
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- Hugh Vallance (1905–1973) - footballer, centre forward; held the club record for number of goals scored in a season at Brighton & Hove Albion, the record eventually broken three years after his death[311]
- Joseph Vickers de Ville (1856–1925) - painter of landscapes and rural subjects[312]
- Sir Charles Pelham Villiers (1802–1898) - member of Parliament for 63 years, holding the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history; a statue of him stands in West Park in Wolverhampton[313]
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- George Wallis, FSA (1811–1891) - artist, museum curator and art educator, first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at South Kensington Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)[314]
- David Watkins - designer of London 2012 Olympics medal; special effects maker for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey[315]
- Stuart Watkiss - footballer (defender) and football manager[316]
- Mickey Wernick - professional poker player[317]
- Sir Charles Wheeler (1892–1974) - sculptor, former president of the Royal Academy[318]
- Fred White (1916–2007) - footballer, goalkeeper[319]
- Jonathan Wild (1683–1725) - self-penned Chief Thieftaker General of Great Britain and Ireland[320]
- Harry Wilding (1894–1958) - footballer, centre half; played for the Grenadier Guards, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers[321]
- Ashley Williams - footballer, defender[322]
- Bert Williams - spent his whole career, 1945–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; also played for England 24 times[323]
- Charles Williams (1887–1971) - track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles[324]
- Gary Williams - footballer, won European cup with Aston Villa; played for Leeds, Bradford and Watford[325]
- John Williams - A&R executive, record producer, photographer, manager, recording artist, songwriter[326]
- Paul Willis - social scientist, major contemporary figure in sociology and cultural studies[327]
- 'Mad Marty' Wilson - professional poker player; biggest win came in 1998, with $171,000[328]
- Tony Wilson - boxer, British light heavyweight champion, represented Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics[329]
- Pete Winkelman - chairman of football club Milton Keynes Dons, property developer and former CBS Records executive[330][331]
- William Wood (1671–1730) - lived at The Deanery, a large house in Wolverhampton; was given a contract as a mintmaster to strike an issue of Irish coinage, 1722–1724; this coinage was extremely unpopular as a result of the publication of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters and was recalled[332]
- Billy Wright (1924–1994) - captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers; for a long time, the most capped English football player[333]
- Billy Wright (1960–1997) - Wolverhampton-born prominent Ulster loyalist[334]
- David Wright - UK Ambassador to Japan[335]
- Lady Wulfrun (c. 935–1005) - Anglo-Saxon noble woman and landowner, established a landed estate at Wolverhampton in 985[336]
Y
- Alison Young - sailor;[337] competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placed fifth[338]
- Percy M. Young (1912–2004) - musicologist, writer and composer[339]
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