List of people from Sunderland
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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Sunderland in England.
[edit] Famous people from Sunderland
- Kate Adie Formerly Chief News Reporter for the BBC
- The Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong MP, Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, May 2006
- Chris Beattie Actor
- The Venerable Bede (674–735)
- Gertrude Bell (1868 - 1926) Colonial administrator
- StBenedict Biscop (628?–690),
- George Black (1857-1910) Film pioneer
- PC Keith Blakelock (1945-1985) Police officer
- James Bolam (1938–) Actor.
- Raich Carter (1914-1994) Footballer and Football Manager
- Abel Chapman (1851–1929) was a Sunderland-born hunter-naturalist
- Dr William Reid Clanny (1770–1850) Inventor and Physician
- James William Corder (1868-1953) A historian who documented local family history
- Sir Tom Cowie Entrepreneuer and philanthropist
- Jack Crawford (1775 - 1831) Naval hero.
- Terry Deary (1946–) Horrible Histories author
- Mike Elliott Comedian, Actor, Radio Presenter
- Russell Enoch Actor
- Muriel Foster Great Elgar contralto
- Ian Freeman English mixed martial arts fighter
- The Futureheads indie-rock band
- Eve Gallagher Singer and lyricist
- Robert Gammage Chartist
- Peter Gibbs weather forecaster
- Edward Gregson composer
- Jane Grigson celebrated cookery writer
- Sir William Halcrow, civil engineer
- Billy Hardy (1964–) Boxer Commonwealth featherweight champion.
- Thomas Elliott Harrison Railway engineer
- Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (1795 - 1857)
- James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight) (1916–1995) Veterinary surgeon and author
- Melanie Hill (1962–) actress
- Captain Richard Avery Hornsby An 18th century naval hero
- George Burton Hunter Shipbuilder and innovator
- Nat Jackley Comedian
- Ernie Johnson Jockey won 1969 Epsom Derby
- Kenickie, a 1990s pop band
- Lauren Laverne, a radio DJ and television presenter[1]
- John Lilburne 'Free-born John'. English civil war figure
- Gina McKee (1964–) actress 'Notting Hill', 'The Forsyte Saga'
- Gibb McLaughlin (1884–1960) Actor, born George Gibb McLaughlin
- Civil engineer brothers Patrick Meik and Charles Meik
- Sir William Mills Inventor of the Mills Bomb
- Christine Norden (1924–1988) Actress, born Mary Lydia Thornton
- Bob Paisley Football manager
- David Parfitt Oscar winning film producer, Shakespeare in Love
- Gareth Pugh (1981–) Fashion designer
- Callum Keith Rennie (1960–) film and television actor
- Denise Robertson Novelist and TV agony aunt
- Maurice Roëves (1937–) actor
- Clarkson Stanfield Painter
- Dave Stewart (1952–) Musician (Eurythmics etc)
- Mary Stewart Best-selling author
- Joseph Swan Developer of the electric lightbulb
- Tom Taylor Playwright and editor of Punch
- Bobby Thompson Comedian - the 'Little Waster'
- The Toy Dolls Punk Rock Band
- Graham Wallas Author and academic
- Bob Willis (1949–) Cricketer
- Joseph Havelock Wilson Trade union leader, Liberal Party politician, and campaigner for the rights of merchant seamen
[edit] Famous Sunderland residents
- Charles Buchan - Footballer
- Lewis Carroll - Writer, Alice in Wonderland
- Sir William Herschel - Composer and astronomer. Discoverer of Uranus.
- Charlie Hurley - Footballer
- LS Lowry - Famous artist
- Lola Montez - Adventuress
- Chris Mullin - Civil liberty campaigner and MP.
- William Paley - Rector of Bishopwearmouth. Famously wrote on intelligent design as opposed to evolution.
- Frank Pick - Industrial designer
- Len Shackleton - Footballer
- Vivian Stanshall - and his wife Ki Longfellow, found the Baltic Trader "Thekla" in Sunderland's docks. Converted her, and sailed her to Bristol where she became the Old Profanity Showboat
- Bryan Talbot - Influential comic artist and creator of "Luther Arkwright"
