List of people from Sunderland

This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Sunderland or the wider City of Sunderland in North East England.

Notable people from Sunderland

Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots, born in Sunderland
James Bolam (1938–), actor
Bernard Comrie (1947–), linguist
Terry Deary (1946–), author
Mike Elliott, comedian, actor and radio presenter
Russell Enoch, actor
Edward Gregson, composer
Melanie Hill (1962–), actress
Nat Jackley, comedian
Jools Jameson (1968–), game developer
James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight) (1916–1995), veterinary surgeon and author
Bobby Knoxall, comedian
Gina McKee (1964–), actress
Gibb McLaughlin (1884–1960), actor, born George Gibb McLaughlin
Christine Norden (1924–1988), actress, born Mary Lydia Thornton
David Parfitt, an Oscar-winning film producer
Callum Keith Rennie (1960–), film and television actor
Maurice Roëves (1937–), actor
Clarkson Stanfield, painter
Mary Stewart, novelist
Tom Taylor, playwright and editor of Punch
Bobby Thompson, comedian, the 'Little Waster'
Graham Wallas, author and academic
William Lindon-Travers, actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist, known professionally as Bill Travers
Sheila Quigley, novelist
James Baxter (actor), actor
Alan Browning actor, born Alan Brown

Don Airey, musician, keyboardist with Deep Purple
George Bellamy, musician
Eric Boswell, songwriter (Little Donkey)
Mark Brydon, one half of electro outfit Moloko
Muriel Foster, contralto
Frankie & The Heartstrings, indie rock band
The Futureheads, indie rock band
Eve Gallagher, singer
Kenickie, a 1990s pop band
Lauren Laverne, ex-lead singer of Kenickie, later radio and TV presenter^[1]
Jez Lowe, folk singer, songwriter and broadcaster
Emeli Sandé, musician
David A. Stewart (born 1952), musician and songwriter, most notably as one half of the band Eurythmics
The Toy Dolls, punk rock band
Baz Warne Guitarist with The Stranglers
Bryan Ferry, singer, musician, and songwriter. Lead singer with Roxy Music
Alan Price, singer, musician, and songwriter. Keyboard player with The Animals
Alex Kapranos, singer, musician, and songwriter. Lead singer with Franz Ferdinand
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone

Hilary Armstrong, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 2006-2007
Sir Theodore Doxford, shipbuilder and politician
Sir Edward Temperley Gourley, coalfitter, shipowner and politician
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour Party MP
Sir Luke Thompson, coal merchant and politician

Raich Carter (1914-1994), footballer and manager
Billy Hardy (1964–), boxer who became Commonwealth featherweight champion
Jordan Henderson, footballer
Robert William "Bob" Jefferson (1882-????), footballer
Tony Jeffries, boxer
Adam Johnson, footballer
Ernie Johnson, jockey who won the 1969 Epsom Derby
Ryan Noble, footballer
Alan Parnaby (1916-1974), cricketer and British Army officer
Ross Pearson, mixed martial artist in UFC
Bob Willis (1949–), cricketer
Allan Ball ex-professional footballer and now Honorary Director of Queen of the South F.C.
Bob Paisley, ex Liverpool F.C. manager
Harry Potts, former football player and manager
Ralph Coates, former football player
Jimmy Montgomery, former football player (goalkeeper) and 1973 FA Cup winer

Kate Adie, former BBC Chief News Reporter
George Binns, New Zealand chartist leader and poet
St Benedict Biscop (628?-690)
Abel Chapman (1851–1929), hunter and naturalist
James Watson Corder (1868-1953), historian of local family history
Peter Gibbs, weather forecaster
Jane Grigson, cookery writer
John Humble (born 1956), "Wearside Jack", hoaxer who claimed to be the Yorkshire Ripper
Gareth Pugh (1981-), fashion designer
Denise Robertson, novelist and TV agony aunt
Chris Steele,(TV doctor)
George Clarke,architect, television presenter
St Bede, monk
Si King, one half of The Hairy Bikers (TV cooks)
Charlotte Letitia Crosby, from the reality TV shows Geordie Shore and winner of Celebrity Big Brother
Gordon Scurfield, biologist and author, active in Australia, with expertise in botany and ecology.
William Shanks, Famous amateur mathematician, worked out the value of Pi to 707 decimals
Andreas Høivold, Professional Poker Player

Charles Buchan, footballer
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland
Frank Caws, architect
Sir William Herschel, composer and astronomer, discoverer of Uranus
Charlie Hurley, footballer
L. S. Lowry, artist
Lola Montez, adventuress
Chris Mullin, Civil Liberty campaigner and MP
William Paley, rector of Bishopwearmouth, wrote on intelligent design as opposed to evolution
Frank Pick, industrial designer
George Reynolds, businessman and former chairman of Darlington FC
Len Shackleton, footballer
Vivian Stanshall and his wife Ki Longfellow, found the Baltic Trader "Thekla" and sailed her to Bristol where she became the Old Profanity Showboat
Bernard Gilpin, Apostle of the North, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Archdeacon of Durham
William Sancroft, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was briefly Rector of Houghton-le-Spring
Brian Clough, footballer, manager and European Cup winner
Steve Cram, Olympic Athlete and TV presenter
Jimmy Nail, actor and singer

↑ Ellen, Barbara (18 March 2007). "Blonde ambition". The Observer (Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 19 May 2007.