List of people from Calderdale

This is a list of people from Calderdale, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people who pre-date the creation of Calderdale, from the towns of Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, and the smaller villages that make up the borough. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Without biographies • See also • References

A

• Dicken Ashworth, Todmorden-born actor.^[1]

B

• The Bayes family of artists, from Todmorden: Alfred Bayes (1832-1909), painter; Walter Bayes (1869-1856), painter; Gilbert Bayes (1872-1952), sculptor; Jessie Bayes (1876-1970), painter (some of her work can be see at Lumbutts Methodist Church, Lumbutts, Todmorden).

• Antony Booth (1931), actor and father of Cherie Blair lives in Todmorden and is married to Stephanie Booth, a politician local to Calderdale.^[2]

C

• Chipps Chippendale (1968), mountain biking journalist from Todmorden.^[3]
• Prof. Sir John Cockcroft (1897–1967), Todmorden-born scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1951.^[4][5]
• Neil Cowie, Rugby League player for Wigan, Wales and Great Britain from Todmorden.^[6]

E

• Keith Emerson, (born 1944 in Todmorden), pianist, Founder / member of The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer^[7]

F

• John Fielden (1784–1849), land and factory owner in Todmorden, Member of Parliament and national leader of the Ten Hours Campaign for factory reform, scion of the Fielden family.^[8]

G

• William Grimshaw (1708–1763), Vicar of Todmorden (1730s) before moving to Haworth, and one of the founders of Methodism.^{[9][10][11][12]}

H

• William Healey (father of leading politician Denis Healey) lived in Todmorden.^[13]
• John Helliwell, Todmorden-born musician of the band Supertramp
• Ursula Holden-Gill, (born 1974), TV actress (Emmerdale, Holby City, Teachers, The Bill)^[14]
• William Holt, (1897–1977), Todmorden-born writer, painter, political activist, journalist and traveller^[15]
• Ted Hughes (1930-1998), Poet Laureate, born in Mytholmthroyd ^[16]

I

• Innes Ireland (1930–1993), Formula One racing driver (1960s and 1970s), born in Mytholmroyd.

J

• Wilfred Judson (1902–1980), former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, born in Todmorden.^[17]

K

• Jason Kay, singer from the band Jamiroquai owns a 'country retreat' (actually a small terraced house) in Todmorden.
• John Kettley, (born 1952), BBC weatherman, from Todmorden^[18]
• Julie Kirkbride (born 1960), Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove from 1997 to 2010.^[19]

L

• Peter Lever (born 1940), England test cricketer, from Todmorden.^[20]
• Anne Lister (born 1791), diarist^[21]
• John Lister (born 1847), politician^[22]
• Adrian Love, (1944–1999), World Service, Capital Radio and Radio 2 DJ
• Geoff Love, (1917–1991), big band leader, born in Todmorden^[23]
• Fred Lawless, Liverpool born theatre playwright has a house in Todmorden; he was also a writer for the BBC 1 TV series Eastenders, as well as several other TV and radio programmes.

N

• John Mitchell Nuttall, (1890–1958), Todmorden-born physicist remembered for the Geiger-Nuttall law.^[24]

P

• Wes Paul, Liverpool singer, musician and compere/stage manager of Sounds of the Sixties Cavern Showcase.
• Eric Portman, (1901-1969), film and television actor, born in Ackroydon ^[25]

R

• John Ramsbottom, (1814–1897), mechanical engineer and inventor from Todmorden^[26]

S

• Derek Shackleton, (born 1924), England test cricketer, from Todmorden^[27]

S

• Percy Shaw, (1890-1976), inventor of the cat's eye^[28]

• Harold Shipman, (1946–2004), the serial killer took up his first GP's position at the Abraham Ormerod Centre in Todmorden^[29]

• The Rev. Sutcliffe Sowden (??-1861), curate at St Paul’s Church, Cross Stone, Todmorden, 1839-41. Friend of the Bronte family.

T

• Grenville Turner (born 1936), one of the pioneers of cosmochemistry, from Todmorden.

W

• Prof. Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, (1921–1996), who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1973, from Todmorden^[30]
• David Wilson, footballer who began his career at Manchester United (1980s).

See also

• List of people from West Yorkshire

References