List of people from Yorkshire

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:

Flag of Yorkshire

Location of Yorkshire on map of the historic counties of England

Lawyers and Jurists

Brenda Hale, President of the British Supreme Court, 2017–present

Inventors, explorers, scientists and pioneers

Captain James Cook

Sir George Cayley

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
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, first Western European woman in space	[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]
Sīlācāra	born in Hull	1871–1951	one of the earliest western Buddhist monk in modern times	[citation needed]

Politicians and activists

Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976

William Wilberforce

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	[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
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	[5][21]
Harold Wilson	born in Huddersfield	1916–1995	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964–70 and 1974–76	[22]

Writers

The Brontë Sisters

Anne Lister (1791–1840)

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	[5][25]
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	[26]
Anne Brontë	born in Thornton	1820–49	writer, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall	[27]
Branwell Brontë	born in Thornton	1817–48	writer and artist	[27]
Charlotte Brontë	born in Thornton	1816–55	writer, author of Jane Eyre	[27]
Emily Brontë	born in Thornton	1818–48	writer, author of Wuthering Heights	[5][27]
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.	[28]
Helen Fielding	born in Morley, West Yorkshire	1958–	novelist and screenwriter, Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), The Edge of Reason (1999)	[26]
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	[26]
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.	[29]
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]
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	[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)	[26]
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

John Fisher

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	[5]
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]
Blessed Nicholas Postgate	Egton	1596–1679	martyr	[35]

Entertainers

Actors and actresses

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Mark Addy	York		actor	[36]
Julian Barratt	Leeds		actor, comedian	[citation needed]
Keith Barron	Mexborough		actor	[37]
Sean Bean	Sheffield	1959–	actor	[38]
Brian Blessed	Mexborough	1936–	actor	[citation needed]
Chuckle Brothers	Rotherham	1944–2018, 1947–	TV actors	[citation needed]
Sir Tom Courtenay	Hull, East Riding		actor	[39]
Dame Judi Dench	York		actress	[5]
Peter Firth	Bradford		actor	[5]
James Frain	Leeds		actor	[5]
Brian Glover	Sheffield (raised in Barnsley)		actor, comedian	[40]
Charlie Heaton	Bridlington	1994–	actor	[citation needed]
Elizabeth Henstridge	Sheffield	1987-	actress, model, fashion designer, YouTuber, podcaster and director	[citation needed]
Ralph Ineson	Leeds		actor	[41]
Gorden Kaye	Huddersfield	1941–2017	Actor, comedian	[42]
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	[43]
Dame Diana Rigg	Doncaster	1938–2020	actress	[44]
Jack Shepherd	Leeds		actor	[45]		[5]
Peter O'Toole	Leeds		actor	url = https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/peter-otoole-lad-from-leeds-who-became-one-of-screen-greats-1851130 </ref>
Sir Patrick Stewart	Mirfield		actor	[46]
Laura White	Yorkshire	1996–	actress	[47]
Liz White	Rotherham	1979–	actress	[citation needed]
Jodie Whittaker	Skelmanthorpe		actress	[48]
Tom Wilkinson	Leeds		actor	[49][50]

Television performers

Jeremy Clarkson

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Jeremy Clarkson	Doncaster		presenter and former host of BBC TV's Top Gear	[51]
Angela Crow	Wharfedale	1938–	actress	[citation needed]
Rodney Bewes	Bingley, Bradford	1937–2017	comedian, actor	[citation needed]
Roy Castle	Scholes	1932–1994	comedian, singer, actor, television presenter	[52]
Paul Daniels	South Bank, Middlesbrough	1938–2016	illusionist, quiz show host	[citation needed]
Adrian Edmondson	Bradford	1957–	comedian, actor	[citation needed]
Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon)	Beeston, Leeds	1973–	comedian, entertainer	[citation needed]
Frankie Howerd	York	1917–1992	comedian	[citation needed]
Gorden Kaye	Huddersfield	1941–2017	actor	[citation needed]
Bob Mortimer	Acklam, Middlesbrough	1959–	comedian, entertainer	[citation needed]
Wendy Richard	Middlesbrough	1943–2009	actress	[citation needed]
Paul Shane	Thrybergh, Rotherham	1940–2013	comedian, actor	[citation needed]
Mollie Sugden	Keighley	1922–2009	actress	[citation needed]
Dame Penelope Wilton	Scarborough	1946–	actress	[citation needed]
Ernie Wise	Bramley	1925–1999	comedian	[citation needed]

Musicians and bands

Mel B

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Arctic Monkeys	formed in Sheffield		indie band	[53]
James Arthur	born in Middlesbrough	1988–	singer	[citation needed]
Asking Alexandria	formed in York		metalcore band	[54]
Mel B	Leeds		member of the Spice Girls	[54]
Dame Janet Baker			opera singer	[54]
John Barry	York		best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy	[54]
The Beautiful South	formed in Hull		popular music band	[54]
Bring Me the Horizon	formed in Sheffield		metalcore band	[54]
Arthur Brown			rock singer	[54]
Tony Christie	Conisbrough		singer	[54]
Joe Cocker	Sheffield		rock singer	[54]
David Coverdale	born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea		lead vocalist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake	[55]
The Cribs	formed in Wakefield		indie band	[56]
Kiki Dee	Bradford		singer-songwriter	[54]
Def Leppard	formed in Sheffield		hard rock group	[54]
Frederick Delius			composer	[54]
Gang of Four	formed in Leeds		post-punk group	[54]
Vin Garbutt	born in South Bank, Middlesbrough		folk singer	[57]
Lesley Garrett	Doncaster		opera singer	[54]
Gareth Gates	born in Bradford		singer	[54]
Heaven 17			80s band	[54]
The Human League	formed in Sheffield		synthpop band	[54]
Kaiser Chiefs	formed in Leeds		indie band	[54]
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 McLaughin	born in Doncaster	1942–	jazz guitarist	[58]
John Newman	born in Settle	1990–	soul singer	[citation needed]
Robert Palmer	Batley	1949–2003	singer	[54]
Pulp	formed in Sheffield		popular music band	[54]
Corinne Bailey Rae	born in Leeds		singer	[54]
Chris Rea	born in Middlesbrough		singer	[54]
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	[59]
Kate Rusby			folk singer	[54]
Shed Seven	formed in York		indie-rock band	[54]
Ed Sheeran	born in Hebden Bridge		singer	[citation needed]
Benson Taylor	born in Bradford		Composer	[citation needed]
Kimberley Walsh	born in Bradford		member of pop group Girls Aloud	[citation needed]
Christopher Wolstenholme	born in Rotherham		bassist of Muse	[60]
Louis William Tomlinson	born in Doncaster		Singer-songwriter and member of boy group One Direction, currently solo	[citation needed]
Dominic Harrison	born in Doncaster		Singer Yungblud	[citation needed]
Saxon (band)	formed in Barnsley		Heavy Metal band part of the NWOBHM	[citation needed]

Sport

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
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)	[61]
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	[62]
Alistair Brownlee	born in Dewsbury	1988–	Olympic gold medalist, world champion in triathlon	[63]
Jonathan Brownlee	born in Leeds	1990–	Olympic silver medalist, world champion in triathlon	[63]
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	[64]
Lewis Cook	born in York	1997–	footballer, midfielder for AFC Bournemouth and England	[citation needed]
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	[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	[65]
David Seaman	born in Rotherham	1963	footballer, goalkeeper for Arsenal and England	[66]
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	[67]
Fred Trueman		1931 – July 2006	cricketer	[5]
Jamie Vardy	born in Sheffield	1987–	footballer, striker for Leicester City and England	[68]
Danny Willett	born in Sheffield	1987–	golfer, second Englishman to win The Masters	[69]
Tom Pidcock	born in Leeds	1999–	cyclist, olympic champion

Artists and sculptors

Furniture maker Robert Thompson's trademark mouse

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Gertrude Spurr Cutts	Scarborough	1858–1941	painter	[70]
John Atkinson Grimshaw	Leeds	1836–1893	painter	[5]
Barbara Hepworth	Wakefield	1903–1975	artist	[71]
Alexander Keighley	Keighley	1861–1947	photographer	[72]
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-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings	[73]
William Etty	York	1787–1849	English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures	[74]
Damien Hirst	grew up in Leeds	1965–	artist	[75]
Patrick Heron	Leeds	1920–1999	artist	[76]
Trevor Bell	Leeds	1930–2017	artist	[citation needed]
Norman Ackroyd	Leeds	1938–	artist	[77]
Ian Berry	Huddersfield	1984–	artist	[78]
Joash Woodrow	Leeds	1927–2006	artist	[79]
Jacob Kramer	Leeds based	1892–1962	artist	[80]
Matthew Krishanu	Bradford	1980–	artist	[81]
Pete McKee	Sheffield	1960–	artist	[82]

Crime

Name	Place	Life	Comments	Reference
Mary Bateman	born in Asenby, worked in Thirsk	1768–1809	"Yorkshire Witch"; convicted of fraud and murder, hanged	[83]
John Christie	born in Illingworth	1899–1953 (Hanged)	serial killer, known as "The Rillington Place Strangler"	[84]
Stephen Griffiths	born in Dewsbury	1969–	serial killer, known as "The Crossbow Cannibal"	[85]
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"	[86]
Jimmy Savile	born in West Riding	1926–2011	Prolific sex abuser of both adults and children, TV presenter, celebrity, charity fund-raiser	[87]
Edward Simpson	born in Sleights	1815–?	infamous forger of prehistoric flint tools, sold to many notable museums	[88]
Peter Sutcliffe	born in Bingley	1946–2020	serial killer, known as "The Yorkshire Ripper"	[89]

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^[90]
• 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.^[91][92]
• 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

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