List of people from Sheffield
This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the English city of Sheffield. Those born in Sheffield are listed in boldface.
Arts and humanities
- Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian[1]
- Charles Herbert Aslin, architect [2]
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author[3]
- William Sterndale Bennett, composer[4]
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, historian
- Malcolm Bradbury, author[5]
- Michael Brennan, photographer
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist[6]
- Angela Carter, novelist
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor[3]
- Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
- Thomas Creswick, painter[3]
- Thomas Wingate Todd, anthropologist, orthodontist
- Margaret Drabble, novelist[7]
- Deborah Egan O.B.E., musician, performer, cultural activist
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet[3]
- William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
- William Flockton, architect[8]
- Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
- Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
- Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music[9]
- Mary Anne Everett Green, historian[10]
- William John Hale, architect
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
- Barry Hines, author
- Barbara Hofland, children's writer[11]
- John Holland, poet and journalist[10]
- Geoffrey Howse, historian, author and actor
- Linda Hoy, author
- Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian[12]
- Mary Hutton, radical labouring-class poet
- Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
- Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
- W. C. Leng, journalist[10]
- Marina Lewycka, author
- Arthur Lismer, artist[13]
- Stephen Mallinder, musician, writer, broadcaster and academic
- Steve McCaffery, poet[14]
- James Montgomery, editor and poet[3]
- Geoff Nicholson, author
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- John C. Parkin, architect[13]
- Jack Rosenthal, playwright [15]
- Joe Scarborough, artist[16]
- Si Spencer, TV dramatist and graphic novelist
- Kenneth Steel, artist
- Frederick Varley, artist[13]
- Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
Business
- Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
- John Brown, industrialist[3]
- John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- David James Richards, entrepreneur and multi-millionaire technologist [17]
- Lee Strafford, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
- Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
- Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker
Entertainment
- Owen Aaronovitch, actor
- Olly Alexander, actor and singer-songwriter for Years & Years
- Ray Ashcroft, actor
- Derek Bailey, musician, writer[18]
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Jason Leaver, DJ, Artist, broadcaster
- Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
- Carol Barnes, newsreader [15]
- Keith Barron, actor
- Josephine Barstow, opera singer
- Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, music hall comedian[19]
- Sean Bean, actor
- Dave Berry, musician
- J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
- Gavin Bryars, musician
- Alastair Burnet, news reader
- Marti Caine, comedian
- Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
- Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
- Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
- Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
- Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
- Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
- Joe Cocker, singer
- Maurice Colbourne, actor
- Christopher Colquhoun, actor
- Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
- Henry Coward, choral conductor
- Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
- Thomas Craig, actor
- Stephen Daldry, film director
- Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
- Reginald Dixon, organist, pianist and radio presenter
- Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
- Steve Edwards, singer
- Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
- Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, known as "John Shuttleworth"
- Toby Foster, comedian, works for BBC Radio Sheffield; possibly from Barnsley
- Martin Fry, pop singer with ABC
- Mark Gasser, pianist
- Peter Glossop, opera singer
- Brian Glover, actor and wrestler
- Michael Grandage, theatre director
- Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
- Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
- Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
- Elizabeth Henstridge, actress
- Dean Honer, electronica music producer, one half of I Monster with Jarrod Gosling
- Steven Houghton, actor and singer
- Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
- Robert Hudson, actor
- Jayne Irving, television presenter
- Eddie Izzard, comedian [15]
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Richard H. Kirk, musician
- Skelton Knaggs, actor
- Bobby Knutt, actor and comedian
- Ann Lee, singer, songwriter, dancer
- Tim Lever, music producer
- Susan Littler, actor
- James Lomas, Olivier Award-winning actor
- Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
- Emily Maitlis, television presenter
- Jonny Maudling, composer
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- Jon McClure, musician, frontman of Reverend and the Makers
- James McCourt, television presenter
- Richard McCourt, television presenter
- Patrick McGoohan, actor
- Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
- Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
- Nick O'Malley, musician, bassist in Arctic Monkeys
- Julian Ovenden, actor and singer
- Tony Oxley, musician
- Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
- Judy Parfitt, actor
- Nick Park, animator and film director [20]
- Mike Percy, music producer
- Angela Pleasence, actor
- Donald Pleasence, actor
- Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
- John Rawling, sport commentator
- Ian Reddington, actor
- Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
- Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
- Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
- David Slade, film director
- Linda Smith
- Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
- Oliver Sykes, musician, lead singer of Bring Me The Horizon
- Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
- Anna Walker, television presenter
- Dan Walker, television presenter
- Martyn Ware, musician with Heaven 17
- Mark Webber, guitarist with Pulp
- Dominic West, actor
- Mark White, musician with ABC
- Tom Wrigglesworth, comedian
- Stuart Zender, bassist, songwriter and record producer
Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- Clive Betts
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)[21]
- William Broadhead, early trade unionist[21]
- Richard Caborn, former Minister for Sport
- Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
- Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Leader since 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister
- John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
- William Dronfield, early trade unionist
- George Hadfield, 19th-century politician
- Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
- Roy Hattersley, politician
- Samuel Holberry, Chartist[21]
- Isaac Ironside, Chartist[21]
- Helen Jackson
- Oona King, politician
- J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
- Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
- Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
- Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
- J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
- John Parker, 19th-century politician
- Sir Irvine Patnick OBE, politician and Conservative Party Whip under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
- Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
- Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
- Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
- Derek Simpson, trade unionist
- Angela Smith
- Henry Stephenson, politician and businessman[10]
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Samuel Danks Waddy
- G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland[21]
- Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
Religion
- John Balguy, divine and philosopher[3]
- Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
- John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
- William Henry Brookfield,Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria 1809-1874
- Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
- James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903[10]
- Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663[10]
Science and engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Henry Bessemer, engineer[22]
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- Leonard Cockayne, botanist
- John Curr, coal mine and railway engineer[23]
- Samuel Earnshaw, mathematician
- Charles Harding Firth, historian[3]
- Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
- David Simons, Founder of Cavendish Cancer Care
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge[24]
- Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
- Professor David Hughes, astronomer
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer[25]
- Amy Johnson, pioneering female aviator
- Pieter Kok, co-developer of quantum interferometric optical lithography
- Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[26]
- Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[27]
- Joseph Locke, railway engineer
- Peter Maitlis, organometallic chemist
- David Mellor, cutler
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
- Helen Sharman, astronaut (first Briton in space)
- Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
- Richard J. Roberts, biochemist
- Dr Michael Sawkins, Doctor and Fundraising Icon
- John Roebuck, inventor[3]
- Grenville Turner, cosmochemist, noble gas geochemist
- Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
Sport
- Micky Adams, footballer[28]
- John Amaechi, NBA basketball player
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Dave Bassett, football manager
- Steven Bellamy, British karate team
- Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
- Adam Blythe, cyclist
- Kell Brook, professional boxer
- Jon Brown, marathon runner
- Lee Chapman, footballer
- Charles Clegg, footballer and Chairman of the Football Association
- William Clegg, footballer and politician
- Sebastian Coe, track and field athlete
- Tommy Crawshaw, footballer for England and Shefffield Wednesday
- Lucy Creamer, climber
- Louis Dodds, football player
- Derek Dooley, footballer
- Malcolm Elliott, professional cyclist
- Jessica Ennis, athlete
- Catherine Faux, triathlete
- Matthew Fitzpatrick, golfer
- David Ford, footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
- William Foulke, aka "Fatty" Foulks; goalkeeper
- Trevor Francis, footballer and football manager
- David Fraser-Darling, cricketer
- Redfern Froggatt, footballer
- Paul Goodison, sailor
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Keith Hackett, football referee
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- Ernest Harper, Olympic athlete
- Donna Hartley, Olympic sprinter and Commonwealth gold medalist
- David Hirst, footballer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
- Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
- Paul Jones, boxer
- Wesley Mason, cyclist, Commonwealth Champion
- Nick Matthew, squash player
- Reg Matthewson, footballer
- Ray McHale, footballer
- Don Megson, footballer
- Gary Megson, footballer and football manager
- Ben Moon, rock climber
- John Motson, football commentator
- Kyle Naughton, footballer
- Johnny Nelson, boxer
- Jon Newsome, footballer
- Carlton Palmer, footballer
- Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
- Steve Peat, professional cyclist; three-time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
- Albert Quixall, footballer
- Jamie Reeves, winner of World's Strongest Man
- Uriah Rennie, football referee
- Ryan Rhodes, boxer
- Dave Richards, Chairman of FA Premier League and Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
- Mark Roe, professional golfer, coach and commentator
- Joe Root, England and Yorkshire cricketer
- Alan Rouse, mountaineer
- Jackie Sewell, footballer
- Billy Sharp, footballer
- David Sherwood, tennis player
- John Sherwood, international 400 metre hurdler
- Sheila Sherwood, international long jumper 1962-1974
- Ron Shudra, former NHL player
- Joe Simpson, mountaineer
- Jim Smith, footballer and football manager
- Timothy Smith, cricketer
- Ron Springett, football goalkeeper
- Mel Sterland, footballer
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
- Tommy Thorpe, footballer and cricketer
- Geoff Thompson, chairman of the Football Association
- Will Thursfield, footballer
- George Ulyett, Test cricketer
- Jamie Vardy, footballer
- Michael Vaughan, captain of England cricket team from 2003 to 2008
- Chris Waddle, England footballer
- Edward Wainwright, Test cricketer
- Kyle Walker, footballer, England right-back
- Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
- Nicky Weaver, goalkeeper
- Howard Wilkinson, football manager
- Danny Willett, professional golfer
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Dennis Woodhead, footballer 1947-1959
- Chris Woods, football goalkeeper
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
- Harry Wragg, jockey and trainer
- Harry Wright, major league baseball player[29]
Others
- Major William Barnsley Allen VC DSO MC and Bar, recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I; born in Sheffield[30]
- Arnold Loosemore, World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer[31]
References
- ↑ "Obituary: Sidney Oldall Addy". The Times. 18 November 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ↑ "Aslin, Charles Herbert (1893-1959), architect". Oxford Index. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1911.
- ↑ "Sir Sterndale Bennet". The Times. 1875-02-02. p. 9.
- ↑ "Author Sir Malcolm Bradbury dies". BBC News (BBC). 28 November 2000. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ↑ Taylor, Philip. "Edward Carpenter Biographical Note". The Edward Carpenter Archive. Simon Dawson. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ↑ "Margaret Drabble". Contemporary Writers. British Council. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ↑ Harman, R.; Minnis, J. (2004). Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-300-10585-1.
- ↑ "King of soul music loses cancer fight". The Star (Sheffield Newspapers Ltd). 21 October 2004. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Odom, William (1926). Hallamshire worthies. Sheffield: Northend. OCLC 23581396.
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- ↑ "The Society". The Hunter Archaeological Society. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- 1 2 3 The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historical Foundation of Canada. 1985.
- ↑ "Steve McCaffery". writing canada into the millennium. English Department, University of Calgary. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- 1 2 3 http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/known.html
- ↑ "Joe Scarborough". The Joe Scarborough Gallery. Online Art Gallery - Sheffield, South Yorkshire & Derbyshire Artists. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ↑ BBC, 16 February 2014
- ↑ Fordham, John (29 December 2005). "Obituary: Derek Bailey". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- ↑ "Stainless Stephen". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- ↑ http://www.shu.ac.uk/alumni/notable_alumni.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 Price, David (2008). Sheffield Troublemakers. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86077-569-7.
- ↑ "Outstanding Metallurgists: Henry Bessemer". Metallurgist 2 (1): 48–51. January 1958. doi:10.1007/BF00734445.
- ↑ Day, Lance; McNeil, Ian (1998). "Curr, John". Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. London: Routledge. pp. 321–322. ISBN 0-415-06042-7.
- ↑ Mackay, Thomas (1900). The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer, Bart., K.C.M.G., Etc. London: John Murray. p. 1.
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"Huntsman, Benjamin". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ↑ "Hans Krebs: Biography". Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962. Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company. 1964.
- ↑ Kroto, Harry (1997). "Harry Kroto: Autobiography". In Tore Frängsmyr. Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 1996. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation.
- ↑ "Micky Adams confirmed as Sheffield United manager". BBC Sport. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- ↑ "William Barnsley Allen Obituary". The British Medical Journal 2 (3792): 512. September 9, 1933. PMC 2369315.
- ↑ Irving, Henry Brodribb (1918). "The Life of Charles Peace". A Book of Remarkable Criminals. New York: George H. Doran company.
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