List of famous residents of Sheffield
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This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England.
(Bold text = born in Sheffield)
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[edit] Arts and Humanities
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author
- John Balguy, philosopher
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
- Bruce Chatwin, writer
- Paul Conneally, poet and artist
- Thomas Creswick, painter
- Margaret Drabble, novelist
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet
- William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
- William Flockton, architect
- Charles Harding Firth, historian
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat), born in Barnsley, studied and taught at the University of Sheffield
- Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian
- Marina Lewycka, author
- Arthur Lismer, artist
- Steve McCaffery, poet
- James Montgomery, editor and poet
- John Parkin, architect
- John Ruskin, artist and designer
- Frederick Varley, artist
[edit] Entertainment
- Derek Bailey, musician, writer
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian
- Sean Bean, actor
- J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
- Gavin Bryars, musician
- Marti Caine, comedienne
- Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
- Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
- Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
- Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
- Joe Cocker, singer
- Maurice Colbourne, actor
- Christopher Colquhoun, actor
- Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
- Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
- Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
- Steve Edwards, singer.
- Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
- Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, best known as "John Shuttleworth"
- Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
- Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
- Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- James McCourt, television presenter
- Richard McCourt, television presenter
- Patrick McGoohan, actor
- Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
- Phil Oakey, musician, lead singer of the Human League
- Tony Oxley, musician
- Judy Parfitt, actor
- Michael Palin, comedian, actor, and travel presenter
- Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
- Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
- Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
- David Slade, film director
- Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
- Anna Walker, television presenter
- Martyn Ware, musician Heaven 17
[edit] Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- Clive Betts
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)
- William Broadhead, early trade unionist
- Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport
- John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
- William Dronfield, early trade unionist
- George Hadfield, 19th century politician
- Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
- Roy Hattersley, politician
- Samuel Holberry, Chartist
- Oona King, politician
- Helen Jackson
- J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
- Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
- J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
- John Parker, 19th century politician
- Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
- Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
- Angela Smith
- Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
- Derek Simpson, trade unionist
- Samuel Danks Waddy
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
[edit] Science and Engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer
- Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Joseph Locke, railway engineer
- Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Helen Sharman, astronaut
- Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
- Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
[edit] Sport
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Steven Bellamy, British Karate Team
- Gary Cahill, footballer
- Charles Clegg, footballer
- William Clegg, footballer and politician
- Sebastian Coe, athlete
- Derek Dooley, footballer
- Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist
- Jessica Ennis, athlete
- David Ford, Footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- David Hirst (footballer), former England footballer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer
- Ben Moon, rock climber
- Johnny Nelson, boxer
- Carlton Palmer, former England footballer
- Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
- Steve Peat, Professional cyclist. Three time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
- Billy Sharp, Footbaler
- John Sherwood, International 400 metre Hurdler.
- Sheila Sherwood, International Long Jumper 1962 - 1974.
- David Sherwood, tennis player
- Joe Simpson, mountaineer
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
- James Toseland, motorcycle racer, winner of the 2004 World Superbike championship
- Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team
- Chris Waddle, former England footballer
- Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
- Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Chris Woods, former England goalkeeper
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Harry Wright, major league baseball player[1]
[edit] Other
- John Brown, industrialist
- John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
- David Mellor, cutler
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer
- Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
[edit] References
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- ^ [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
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