List of people from York

This is a list of notable people associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England.

Individuals

• Aaron of York (c.1190-c.1153) (financier and Chief Rabbi of England)
• Alcuin (c. 735–804) (Christian scholar)
• John Ball, Lollard priest, rebel
• Jocelyn Bell (born 1943) Radio Astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
• Benedict of York (died 1189), moneylender
• Jon Champion (born 1965) (broadcaster)
• Guy Mowbray (broadcaster)
• Margaret Clitherow d.1586 (Catholic saint and martyr)
• Constantine the Great (272-337) (Emperor of Rome)
• Francis Drake (1696–1771) (historian of York, Eboracum 1736)
• Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist, physician
• William Etty (1787–1849) (painter)
• William Etty (c1675-1734) (architect)
• William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
• Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) (Catholic revolutionary)
• John Flaxman (1755–1826) (sculptor, draughtsman)
• John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
• Josce of York (died 1190), moneylender
• Joseph Hansom, (1803-1882), architect, inventor
• Peter Harrison (1716-1775), architect
• George Hennet (1799–1857) (railway contractor, entrepreneur)
• John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003) (Marxist historian)
• Ivar the Boneless (794–872) (Viking chieftain)
• Matthew Kilgallon Middlesbrough F.C Defender (Born 8 January 1984)
• Capt. Christopher Levett (1586–1630) explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
• Andrew Martin, journalist, novelist
• Francis Mason (1799–1874) (missionary)
• John Middleton (1820-1885), architect
• Albert Joseph Moore, (1841–1893), painter
• Thomas Morton (1564–1659) (clergyman)
• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer
• Francis Place (1647-1728) artist
• Matthew Poole (1624-1679), theologian
• Martin Rees (born 1942), current Astronomer Royal
• Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954) (chocolatier, reformer)
• Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) (chocolatier, philanthropist)
• Laura Sayers (born 1978) (producer)
• Septimius Severus (Roman Emperor) (193-211)
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055) (army commander)
• John Snow (1813–1858) (physician)
• Richard Sterne Archbishop of York (1664-1683); revised 1662 Book of Common Prayer
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) (author and electrical engineer)
• William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886) (classical scholar)
• Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) (painter)
• James Hack Tuke (1819–1896) (social campaigner)
• William Tuke (1732–1822), Henry Tuke (1755–1814), Samuel Tuke (1784–1857) and Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895) (social campaigners)
• William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York
• Mary Ellen Best (1809-1891), painter

Actors and performers

• Mark Addy
• David Bradley
• Michael Burns
• Judi Dench
• Keith Drinkel
• Dustin Gee
• Frankie Howerd
• Janet McTeer

Writers

• Kate Atkinson
• W. H. Auden
• John Earle
• Justin Hill
• Sheelagh Kelly
• Matt Haig
• Laurence Sterne
• Charles Whiting

Musicians

• Asking Alexandria
• Joseph Barnby
• John Barry
• Syd Dale
• Troy Donockley
• Glamour of the Kill
• Benjamin Francis Leftwich
• Elliot Minor
• Mostly Autumn
• One Night Only
• Rick Witter & The Dukes
• Shed Seven
• St. Christopher
• Strange Days
• The Mood
• The Redskins
• The Seahorses
• Trevor Wishart
• Zoot and the Roots

Politicians

• John Aislabie
• Vincent Cable
• Frank Dobson
• Richard Hotham
• George Hudson

Sportspeople

Football

Rugby

• Rob Webber, Bath Rugby
• Peter Fox, Wakefield Trinity

Cricket

• Tim Walton (born 1972), former cricketer^[1]
• Steve Webster MBE

Golf

• Simon Dyson

See also

• List of alumni of the University of York

References