List of people from Wakefield

This is a list of people from the City of Wakefield, a local government district in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people from Wakefield, and the wider district, and so includes people from Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley and other areas. 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 See also • References

A

B

• Matthew Booth, actor, Emmerdale
• Andrew Burt, actor

C

• John Carr, architect
• Claire Cooper, actress

D

• Janet Davies, actress
• Reece Dinsdale, actor, Home to Roost, Ahead of the Class, Coronation Street

E

• Monica Edwards, children's novelist

F

• Jean Fergusson, actress
• Charles Fernandes (1857-1944), rugby union footballer of the 1880s for England, and Leeds
• Helen Fielding, author
• Emily Freeman, British female athlete, 100 m & 200 m
• Martin Frobisher, explorer, found the Northwest Passage

G

• Noel Gay, composer
• George Gissing, novelist and misanthrope
• Chris Greenacre, footballer for Tranmere Rovers FC

H

• John George Haigh, 1940s serial killer known as the Acid Bath Murderer
• John Harrison, clockmaker who solved the longitudinal problem, leading to sea power and GMT
• Chanelle Hayes, Big Brother 8 contestant, now a glamour model
• John Healey, politician and the former Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Barbara Hepworth, sculptor
• Reenie Hollis, bassist in indie band The Long Blondes
• David Hope, former Archbishop of York

I

J

• Indie band The Cribs, and members:
  • Ryan Jarman
  • Gary Jarman
  • Ross Jarman

K

L

• Kenneth Leighton, composer
• Johnny Longden, champion jockey, founder of Jockey's Guild
• Frederick Lowrie (1868-1902), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s for England, and Batley

M

• Anne O'Hare McCormick, journalist, first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize
• Brian McDermott, Rugby League player and coach
• Jane McDonald, singer and television personality
• David Mercer, playwright
• Henry Moore, sculptor

N

• Three members of the 1970's progressive rock band Be-Bop Deluxe, founded there:
  • Bill Nelson, founder, lead guitarist and singer of the band and of the New Wave and synthpop group Red Noise, and solo music artist
  • Ian Parkin, rhythm guitarist of the original line-up of the band
  • Ian Nelson, musician and member of synthpop band Fiat Lux, younger brother of Bill
• Paul Newlove, former rugby league player and current school teacher.

O

P

• Arthur Uther Pendragon (born 1954), British activist and self-declared reincarnation of King Arthur
• Dave Penney, former manager of Doncaster Rovers FC, now manager of Darlington FC
• Carolyn Pickles, actress, great niece of Wilfred Pickles

Q

R

• John Radcliffe, scientist and founder of the eponymous library in Oxford

S

• Ian Sampson, former english footballer, And current manager of Northampton Town FC
• Annabel Scholey, actress
• Jayne Sharp, TV presenter
• Richard Stoker, composer
• David Storey, novelist and playwright
• Paul Sykes, heavyweight boxer

T

• Mike Tindall, England and Gloucester Rugby Union player
• Jane Tomlinson, athlete and cancer charity fundraiser (from Rothwell in Leeds - on Wakefield border)

U

• Robert Ullathorne, former Premiership footballer with Norwich City, Leicester City

V

W

• Charles Waterton, naturalist
• Helen Worth, long time Coronation Street cast-member

See also

• List of people from West Yorkshire