List of Yorkshire people
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This is a list of Yorkshire people. Yorkshire is the largest county in England and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Some of the most notable are:
- Arctic Monkeys indie band
- Arthur Aaron, VC, DFM, World War II bomber pilot
- Alcuin, famous Christian monk
- Sir Edward Appleton, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, radio engineer, discoverer of ionospheric propagation
- Herbert Asquith, Liberal MP, Prime Minister 1908-1916
- Mark Aston, rugby league player
- Derek Bailey, composer and guitarist
- Roy Bailey, folk singer
- Sid Barras, cyclist
- Julian Barratt, comedian, actor and writer, best known as one half of The Mighty Boosh
- John Barry, composer, best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy
- Sean Bean, actor
- Henry Beauclerk, Norman King of England
- Alan Bennett, playwright and actor
- Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricket umpire
- Brian Blessed, actor
- Eirik Bloodaxe, 2nd King of Norway and last King of Jorvik
- David Blunkett, Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, Home Secretary 2001-2004
- Ivar the Boneless, conqueror of Northumbrian Deira from the Angles
- Betty Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons
- Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer
- John Braine, novelist and playwright
- John Bratby, artist
- Professor Asa Briggs, historian
- Anne Brontë, writer, author of "The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall"
- Branwell Brontë, writer and artist
- Charlotte Brontë, writer, author of "Jane Eyre"
- Emily Brontë, writer, author of "Wuthering Heights"
- Arthur Brown, rock singer
- Beryl Burton, cyclist
- Marti Caine, comedienne
- Lords Baltimore the founding colonists of Avalon Peninsula and Maryland
- Tony Capstick, folk singer and actor
- Kenny Carter, former world speedway champion
- Barbara Castle, Labour MP, former Minister of Transport who introduced the breathalyser
- Thomas Chippendale, furniture designer and maker
- Tony Christie, singer
- Howard Clark, Ryder Cup golfer
- Jeremy Clarkson, broadcaster
- Brian Clough, football manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest
- Jarvis Cocker, lead singer of Pulp
- Joe Cocker, rock singer
- Sebastian Coe, athlete and politician
- Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor crowned in Eboracum(York)
- Capt. James Cook, Georgian oceanic explorer
- Harry Corbett, puppeteer, creator of "Sooty and Sweep"
- Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin and Jorvik
- Frederick Delius, composer
- Michael Denison, actor
- George Duffield, jockey
- Richard Dunn, boxer
- Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King of Northumbria
- Adrian Edmondson, comedian and actor, "Vyvyan" in The Young Ones
- Peter Elliott (athlete), athlete
- Keith Emerson, organist
- Professor Sir William Empson, author of "Seven Types Of Ambiguity"
- Derek Enright, linguist and Labour MP
- Frank Feather, international business futurist and author
- Chris Firth, designer
- Peter Firth, actor
- Sir Marcus Fox, Conservative MP for Shipley (1970-1997), former chairman of the 1922 Committee
- Mark Frith, editor, Heat magazine
- Martin Fry, lead singer of ABC
- Lesley Garrett, opera singer
- Gareth Gates, singer
- Brian Glover, actor and former wrestler
- Guy Fawkes, of the Gunpowder Plot
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- J. Atkinson Grimshaw, artist
- William Hague, MP and former leader of the Conservative Party
- "Prince" Naseem Hamed, boxer
- John Harris, legendary settler and businessman
- John Harrison, horologist and mathematician
- Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party
- Denis Healey, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Barry Hines, Author and film producer ("Kes")
- Allan Holdsworth, "jazz fusion" guitarist and composer
- Robin Hood (Robert of Loxley), legendary outlaw and English folk hero
- Karen Horner, local heiress and noted socialite
- Professor Geoffrey Hounsfield, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Professor Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer and author of "A For Andromeda"
- David Hockney, artist
- Frankie Howerd, comedian
- Ted Hughes, ex-husband of Sylvia Plath and former poet laureate
- Sir Leonard Hutton, cricketer
- Dorothy Hyman, athlete
- Raymond Illingworth, cricketer
- Sir Bernard Ingham, former press secretary to Margaret Thatcher
- Amy Johnson, aviator
- Kaiser Chiefs, indie band from Leeds
- Kevin Keegan, former England footballer, now football manager
- Les Kellett, wrestler and pig farmer
- Richard H. Kirk, musician, member of Cabaret Voltaire
- Jim Laker, cricketer and broadcaster
- Charles Laughton, actor
- Maureen Lipman, actress
- Thomas Lord, builder of Lord's Cricket Ground in London
- Geoff Love, bandleader
- George MacBeth, poet
- John McLaughlin, jazz guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Stephen Mallender, musician, member of Cabaret Voltaire
- Michael Marks, founder of Marks and Spencer
- Andrew Marvell, poet
- James Mason, actor
- Roy Mason, former Labour MP and cabinet minister
- John Metcalfe, aka "Blind Jack of Knaresborough", pioneering road builder
- Percy Metcalfe, artist
- Henry Moore, sculptor
- Adrian Moorhouse, Olympic swimmer
- Don Mosey, cricket commentator and journalist, nicknamed "The Alderman"
- Bill Nelson, lead guitarist in Be-Bop Deluxe
- The Neville family, prior second family of Yorkshire after royal family
- Richard Oastler, educationalist
- Oswiu of Northumbria, first Angle King of all Northumbria and also Bretwalda
- Peter O'Toole, actor
- Michael Palin, actor and comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
- Robert Palmer, singer
- Jonti Picking, creator of the Weebl and Bob cartoon series
- Michael Parkinson, chat show host
- James Pickles, former High Court judge
- Wilfred Pickles, actor, comedian and quizmaster
- Edward Plantagenet, Yorkist Prince of Wales.
- Sandy Powell, comedian
- J. B. Priestley, man of letters
- Joseph Priestley, chemist and discoverer of oxygen
- Robert Raikes the Elder, printer,founder of Gloucester Journal
- Chris Rea, singer
- Don Revie, footballer and manager of Leeds United and England
- Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer
- Diana Rigg, actress, "Emma Peel" in The Avengers
- Mick Ronson, guitarist with David Bowie's Spiders From Mars
- Steve Rothery, guitarist with Marillion
- Sir Jimmy Savile, disc-jockey and broadcaster
- Arthur Scargill, miners' union leader
- The Scrope family of nobles
- David Seaman, footballer, 75 caps as England goalkeeper
- Len Shackleton, England footballer, known as the "Clown Prince"
- Paul Shane, actor and comedian
- Percy Shaw, inventor of Cat's Eyes
- John Sherwood, athlete
- Alan Smith, Ex-Leeds United and England footballer
- Harvey Smith, showjumper and racehorse trainer
- Patrick Stewart, actor, "Jean-Luc Picard" in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Charles Stross, science fiction writer (Singularity Sky)
- Mollie Sugden, actress (Are You Being Served?)
- Clive Sullivan, rugby league player
- Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon men's semi-finalist in 1973
- Jake Thackray, folk singer
- Jane Tomlinson, cancer charity fundraiser
- Fred Trueman, cricketer
- Eddie Waring, rugby league commentator
- Keith Waterhouse, journalist and author
- Fanny Waterman, concert pianist, music teacher, founder of the Leeds International Piano Festival
- Timothy West, actor
- Marco-Pierre White, chef
- Billie Whitelaw, actress
- Richard Whiteley, television presenter, Countdown
- William Wilberforce, social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery
- Saint Wilfrid
- Charlie Williams, footballer and comedian
- Harold Wilson, Labour MP, Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-76
- Ray Wilson, footballer, part of the England World Cup-winning team of 1966
- Chris Wolstenholme, musician in the English band, Muse
- Helen Worth, soap opera actress (Coronation Street)
- Frank Worthington, footballer
