List of people from Yorkshire explained

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

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Edward Victor Appleton		1892–1965	Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947	[1]
	Leeds	1849–1942		[2] [3]
		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]
	Barnsley	1748–1814	invented hydraulic press; one of two founders of hydraulic engineering	[8]
		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
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
Capt. James Cook	Marton, Middlesbrough	1728–79	Georgian oceanic explorer
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
Amy Johnson	born in Hull	1903–41	aviator	[13]
Joseph Priestley	born in Birstall	1733–1804	physicist and chemist	[14]
Augustus Pitt Rivers		1827–1900	British Army officer, ethnologist, anthropologist and archaeologist
Nicholas Saunderson	Thurlstone	1682–1739	Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge	[15]
Helen Sharman	born in Sheffield	1963–	first British astronaut, first Western European woman in space
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
Frederick Walton	born in Sowerby Bridge	1834–1928	inventor of Linoleum	[17]
John Wycliffe		1330–84	theologian, reformist, pioneering translator
	born in Hull	1871–1951	one of the earliest western Buddhist monk in modern times

Politicians and activists

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
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
Guy Fawkes	York	1570–1606	Yorkshire-born soldier, part of the Gunpowder Plot	[19]
Roy Hattersley	born in Sheffield	1933–	British Labour politician, author and journalist
Elizabeth Smith Middleton	born in Yorkshire	1814–1898	British-born Canadian temperance leader	[20]
William Wilberforce	born in Kingston upon Hull	1759–1833	social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery	[21]
Harold Wilson	born in Huddersfield	1916–1995	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964–70 and 1974–76	[22]

Writers

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Simon Armitage	born Huddersfield	1963–	Poet, writer	[23]
W. H. Auden	born York	1907– 1973	Poet, critic, essayist	[24]
Alcuin of York	born near York	732–804	Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher	[25]
Alan Bennett	born in Leeds	1934–	playwright and actor
Barbara Taylor Bradford	born in Leeds	1933–	best-selling British-American novelist, debut novel, A Woman of Substance
Anne Brontë	born in Thornton	1820–49	writer, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall	[26]
Branwell Brontë	born in Thornton	1817–48	writer and artist
Charlotte Brontë	born in Thornton	1816–55	writer, author of Jane Eyre
Emily Brontë	born in Thornton	1818–48	writer, author of Wuthering Heights
Cædmon	born Whitby	657–684	Earliest English poet	Bede's Historia ecclesiastica.
Ian Clayton	born in Featherstone	1959–	Writer and broadcaster
Margaret Drabble	born in Sheffield	1939–	literary Prize-winning writer
Stanley Ellis	born in Bradford	1926–2009	English linguistics scholar, writer and broadcaster, English regional dialects.	[27]
Helen Fielding	born in Morley, West Yorkshire	1958–	novelist and screenwriter, Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), The Edge of Reason (1999)	[28]
Roger Hargreaves	born in Cleckheaton	1935–1988	writer of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books
Joanne Harris	born in Barnsley	1964–	English author, award-winning novel Chocolat
Tony Harrison	born in Leeds	1964–	Poet, translator, critic, dramatist
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
Barry Hines		1939–2016	Novelist, television script-writer. A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), Kes
Richard Hoggart	born in Potternewton, Leeds	1918–2014	Writer on English literature, sociology and cultural studies
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
Ted Hughes	born in Mytholmroyd	1930–98	poet laureate of United Kingdom, 1984–1998.
Anne Lister	born in Halifax, West Yorkshire	1791-1840	English landowner, diarist, and mountaineer.	[29]
Andrew Marvell	born in Winestead-in-Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire	1621–78	poet
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
Christopher Riley	born in Bridlington	1967–	Science and history writer and documentarian
Ray Robinson	born in Northallerton	1971–	English novelist and screenwriter, award-winning novel Electricity
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)
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

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Margaret Clitherow	born in York	1556–1586	saint, martyr	[30]
Edwin of Northumbria	Not born in Yorkshire	585–633	saint, King of Northumbria
John of Beverley	Harpham and Beverley	d. 721	bishop, founder and patron saint of Beverley	[31]
John Fisher	Beverley	1469–1535	bishop, cardinal, saint, martyr	[32]
Hilda of Whitby		614–680	princess, nun, nurse, founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and patron saint of Whitby	[33] [34]
	Egton	1596–1679	martyr	[35]

Entertainers

Actors and actresses

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Mark Addy	York		actor	[36]
Julian Barratt	Leeds		actor, comedian
Keith Barron	Mexborough		actor	[37]
Sean Bean	Sheffield	1959–	actor	[38]
Brian Blessed	Mexborough	1936–	actor
Chuckle Brothers	Rotherham	1944–2018, 1947–	TV actors
Sir Tom Courtenay	Hull, East Riding		actor	[39]
Dame Judi Dench	York		actress
Peter Firth	Bradford		actor
James Frain	Leeds		actor
Brian Glover	Sheffield (raised in Barnsley)		actor, comedian	[40]
Charlie Heaton	Bridlington	1994–	actor
Elizabeth Henstridge	Sheffield	1987-	actress, model, fashion designer, YouTuber, podcaster and director
Ralph Ineson	Leeds		actor	[41]
Gorden Kaye	Huddersfield	1941–2017	Actor, comedian	[42]
Sir Ben Kingsley	Scarborough		actor
Charles Laughton	Scarborough	1899–1962	actor, screenwriter, and director of the film The Night of The Hunter
Matthew Lewis	Leeds		actor
James Mason	Huddersfield	1909–1984	actor
Michael Palin	Sheffield	1943–	actor, comedian
Andrew-Lee Potts	Bradford		actor	[43]
Dame Diana Rigg	Doncaster	1938–2020	actress	[44]
Jack Shepherd	Leeds		actor	[45]
Peter O'Toole	Leeds		actor	[46]
Sir Patrick Stewart	Mirfield		actor	[47]
Laura White	Yorkshire	1996–	actress	[48]
Liz White	Rotherham	1979–	actress
Jodie Whittaker	Skelmanthorpe		actress	[49]
Tom Wilkinson	Leeds		actor	[50] [51]

Television performers

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Jeremy Clarkson			presenter and former host of BBC TV's Top Gear	[52]
Angela Crow	Wharfedale	1938–	actress
Rodney Bewes	Bingley, Bradford	1937–2017	comedian, actor
Roy Castle	Scholes	1932–1994	comedian, singer, actor, television presenter	[53]
Paul Daniels	South Bank, Middlesbrough	1938–2016	illusionist, quiz show host
Adrian Edmondson	Bradford	1957–	comedian, actor
Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon)	Beeston, Leeds	1973–	comedian, entertainer
Frankie Howerd	York	1917–1992	comedian
Gorden Kaye	Huddersfield	1941–2017	actor
Bob Mortimer	Acklam, Middlesbrough	1959–	comedian, entertainer
Wendy Richard	Middlesbrough	1943–2009	actress
Paul Shane	Thrybergh, Rotherham	1940–2013	comedian, actor
Mollie Sugden	Keighley	1922–2009	actress
Dame Penelope Wilton	Scarborough	1946–	actress
Ernie Wise	Bramley	1925–1999	comedian

Musicians and bands

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Arctic Monkeys	formed in Sheffield		indie band	[54]
James Arthur	born in Middlesbrough	1988–	singer
	formed in York		metalcore band
Mel B	Leeds		member of the Spice Girls
			opera singer	[55]
	York		best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy
	formed in Hull		popular music band
Bring Me the Horizon	formed in Sheffield		metalcore band
Arthur Brown			rock singer
Tony Christie	Conisbrough		singer
Joe Cocker	Sheffield		rock singer
David Coverdale	born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea		lead vocalist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake	[56]
The Cribs	formed in Wakefield		indie band	[57]
Kiki Dee	Bradford		singer-songwriter
Def Leppard	formed in Sheffield		hard rock group
			composer
	formed in Leeds		post-punk group
Vin Garbutt	born in South Bank, Middlesbrough		folk singer	[58]
	Doncaster		opera singer
	born in Bradford		singer
Heaven 17			80s band
	formed in Sheffield		synthpop band
Kaiser Chiefs	formed in Leeds		indie band
	born in Bradford		Singer-songwriter and former member of boy band One Direction
Jane McDonald	born in Wakefield		singer
John McLaughin	born in Doncaster	1942–	jazz guitarist	[59]
John Newman	born in Settle	1990–	soul singer
	Batley	1949–2003	singer
Pulp	formed in Sheffield		popular music band
	born in Leeds		singer
	born in Middlesbrough		singer
	born in Middlesbrough	1949–	rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company	[60]
			folk singer
	formed in York		indie-rock band
Ed Sheeran	born in Hebden Bridge		singer
	born in Bradford		Composer
	born in Bradford		member of pop group Girls Aloud
			bassist of Muse	[61]
Louis William Tomlinson	born in Doncaster		Singer-songwriter and member of boy group One Direction, currently solo
Dominic Harrison	born in Doncaster		Singer Yungblud
Saxon (band)	formed in Barnsley		Heavy Metal band part of the NWOBHM

Sport

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
	born in Bradford, Yorkshire	1951 – January 1998	cricketer
Jonathan Bairstow	born in Bradford	1989–	Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer and son of David. (Above)	[62]
Gordon Banks	born in Sheffield	1937-2019	Goal keeper, England World Cup Winner 1966
Geoffrey Boycott	born in Fitzwilliam	1940–	Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer	[63]
Alistair Brownlee	born in Dewsbury	1988–	Olympic gold medalist, world champion in triathlon	[64]
Jonathan Brownlee	born in Leeds	1990–	Olympic silver medalist, world champion in triathlon
Brian Clough	born in Middlesbrough	1935–2004	footballer and football manager
Jessica Ennis	born in Sheffield	1986–	Olympic gold medalist, world champion in heptathlon	[65]
Lewis Cook	born in York	1997–	footballer, midfielder for AFC Bournemouth and England
Josh Coburn	born in Bedale	2002-	footballer, formerly for Sunderland Football Club, current forward for Middlesbrough Football Club
Ben Godfrey	born in York	1997–	footballer, defender/midfielder for Norwich City
Darren Gough	born in Barnsley	1970–	cricketer
		1954–	mountaineer, first Briton to climb world's highest 14 peaks
Len Hutton	born in Pudsey	1916–90	cricketer, Ashes-winning captain
Innes Ireland	born in Mytholmroyd		Formula One driver
		1951–	footballer, 2 x European footballer of the year
Harry Maguire	born in Sheffield	1993 –	football player for Manchester United and England
Steve McClaren	born in York	1961–	football manager and former player
Jamie Reeves	born in Sheffield	1962–	world champion strength athlete, World's Strongest Man of '89
Joe Root	Sheffield	1990		[66]
David Seaman	born in Rotherham	1963		[67]
John Stones	born in Barnsley	1994–	footballer, Centre back,for Manchester City and England
Jane Tomlinson		1964–2007	amateur athlete and cancer charity fundraiser	[68]
		1931 – July 2006	cricketer
Jamie Vardy	born in Sheffield	1987–	footballer, striker for Leicester City and England	[69]
		1987–	golfer, second Englishman to win The Masters	[70]
		1999–	cyclist, olympic champion

Artists and sculptors

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Gertrude Spurr Cutts	Scarborough	1858–1941	painter	[71]
John Atkinson Grimshaw	Leeds	1836–1893	painter
Barbara Hepworth	Wakefield	1903–1975	artist	[72]
Alexander Keighley	Keighley	1861–1947	photographer	[73]
David Hockney	Saltaire	1937–	artist
Henry Moore	Castleford	1898–1986	sculptor
Robert Thompson	Kilburn	1876–1955	carpenter, furniture maker recognised for his mouseman furniture, exclusively using Yorkshire Oak
Andy Goldsworthy	Cheshire, raised in Leeds	1956–	British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings	[74]
	York	1787–1849	English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures	[75]
Damien Hirst	grew up in Leeds	1965–	artist	[76]
Patrick Heron	Leeds	1920–1999	artist	[77]
Trevor Bell	Leeds	1930–2017	artist
Norman Ackroyd	Leeds	1938–	artist	[78]
Ian Berry	Huddersfield	1984–	artist	[79]
Joash Woodrow	Leeds	1927–2006	artist	[80]
Jacob Kramer	Leeds based	1892–1962	artist	[81]
Matthew Krishanu	Bradford	1980–	artist	[82]
Pete McKee	Sheffield	1960–	artist	[83]

Crime

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Mary Bateman	born in Asenby, worked in Thirsk	1768–1809	"Yorkshire Witch"; convicted of fraud and murder, hanged	[84]
John Christie	born in Illingworth	1899–1953 (Hanged)	serial killer, known as "The Rillington Place Strangler"	[85]
Stephen Griffiths	born in Dewsbury	1969–	serial killer, known as "The Crossbow Cannibal"	[86]
Mark Hobson	born in Wakefield	1969–	'spree killer' who murdered four people
Donald Neilson	born in Dewsbury	1936–2011	armed robber, serial killer, known as "The Black Panther"	[87]
Jimmy Savile	born in West Riding	1926–2011	Prolific sex abuser of both adults and children, TV presenter, celebrity, charity fund-raiser	[88]
Edward Simpson	born in Sleights	1815–?	infamous forger of prehistoric flint tools, sold to many notable museums	[89]
Peter Sutcliffe	born in Bingley	1946–2020	serial killer, known as "The Yorkshire Ripper"	[90]

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^[91]
• 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.^{[92] [93]}
• Robinson Crusoe

The title character from the novel by Daniel Defoe is from York

• Robin Ellacott, Cormoran Strike's detective partner in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith, was raised in Masham, North Yorkshire

Others

• Thomas Wedders, circus sideshow performer.

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

External links

• Yorkshire-Icons.com – covering the most notable Yorkshire people

Notes and References

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