List of people from Doncaster

This is a list of people from Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England, and includes people from the town of Doncaster and the wider Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which encompasses Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley. 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

• Mark Atkins – footballer
• Thomas Aldham – early Quaker

Alex Mowatt - Leeds United Player

B

• Douglas Bader – fighter pilot who continued to fly after losing his legs (born in London but brought up in Sprotborough when his mother remarried after the death of his natural father)
• Jessica Baglow – actress who played Lucy Snow in Where the Heart Is and Karla Bentham on BBC drama series Waterloo Road
• Lee Beevers – Walsall F.C. footballer, ex-Lincoln City F.C., Boston United F.C. and Colchester United F.C. player
• John Francis Bentley – church architect, most famous for Westminster Cathedral
• Rodney Bickerstaffe – past leader of UNISON and former president of the Pensioners' National Convention; brought up and educated in Doncaster
• Brian Blessed (born 1936) – Mexborough-born TV and film actor
• Liam Botham – rugby player and cricketer; son of cricketer Ian Botham
• Billy Bremner – Doncaster Rovers F.C. manager; born in Stirling (Scotland) but lived later and died in Doncaster
• Chris Brown (born 1984) – Doncaster Rovers forward
• Steve Burton (born 1983) – footballer
• Andy Butler – footballer

C

• Emma Chambers – TV, film and stage actress
• Tony Christie – singer and musical performer; born in Conisbrough, outside Doncaster
• Roy Clarke – scriptwriter, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours and Last of the Summer Wine
• Jeremy Clarkson – journalist and television presenter
• Thomas Crapper – credited with popularising the modern flush toilet
• Roy Cromack – from Warmsworth (born 1940), cyclist, Mexico Olympics 1968. In 1969 he set British 24-hour record (507 miles), which stood for 25 years.^[1]

D

• Richard Dawson – England test cricket player
• Joseph 'Joe' Duddington - driver (aged 61) of the speed record-breaking steam locomotive Mallard, on 3 July 1938: 125.88 mph (202.1 kph).
• Neil Dudgeon – television actor
• Michael Dugher – Labour MP for Barnsley East and Vice-Chair of the Labour Party

F

• John Field – ballet dancer, choreographer and director with Royal Ballet; founder artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
• David Firth – animator, best known for his work using Flash animation tools, e.g. in the Salad Fingers series
• Caroline Flint – Don Valley Labour MP and minister of state for Europe; lives in Sprotborough

G

• Lesley Garrett – singer from Thorne, Doncaster
• Margo Gunn – actress in Taggart, Doctor Finlay and Coronation Street

H

• William Hague – "Iron Hague", Mexborough-born champion boxer
• Viscount Halifax – son of Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax
• Kelly Harrison – actress from BBC Casualty series
• Joe Harvey – Edlington-born player and manager of Newcastle United F. C.
• Darius Henderson – current Nottingham Forest player; ex-Watford Sheffield United F.C. footballer
• Sam Hird – ex-Doncaster Rovers and current Chesterfield FC player
• Thomas Howes – actor, best known as William in ITV's Downton Abbey
• Kevin Hughes (died 2006) – member of Parliament
• Benjamin Huntsman – inventor and steel manufacturer
• Brett Hutton – cricketer
• Graham Hyde – Sheffield Wednesday F. C. ex-footballer

K

• Kevin Keegan – Armthorpe-born international and Liverpool F.C. footballer, England coach and Newcastle United F.C. manager
• Lindsey Kelk – writer of the "I heart" chick lit series

L

• Shelley Longworth – comedy actress, known for playing Sam in Series 4–5 of the ITV comedy drama Benidorm
• Carl Lygo – Vice-Chancellor of BPP University; Director of Doncaster Rovers Belles
• Louis Tomlinson - member of the band One Direction

M

• Julia Mallam – Emmerdale actress
• John McLaughlin (born 1942) – guitarist born Kirk Sandall, co creator (with Miles Davis) of the jazz/rock genre in the late 1960s and leader of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Shakti "fusion" bands
• Alan Menter – Doncaster-born rugby union player for South Africa; dermatologist
• Mary Millar – actress known as Rose in Keeping Up Appearances
• David Moffett (born 1947) – Doncaster-born business manager for Sport England, Welsh Rugby Union and other sporting organisations

P

• John Parr – singer of St Elmo's Fire
• David Pegg – Manchester United F. C. player, victim of Munich air disaster
• Jonti Picking ("Weebl") – author of the web cartoon Weebl & Bob
• George Porter – Nobel Prize-winning physical chemist
• Marguerite Porter – ballerina and actress
• Dennis Priestley – darts player

R

• Ricky Ravenhill – Bradford City footballer
• Diana Rigg – actress best known for ITV series The Avengers and as Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Graham Rix – Doncaster-born Arsenal F.C. and England footballer
• William Rokeby (died 1521) – archbishop of Dublin; born and died in Kirk Sandall
• Dennis Rollins – jazz trombonist who lived in Doncaster from an early age and joined Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra at 14
• Danny Rose – Tottenham Hotspur footballer
• Mitch Rose – Rotherham United footballer
• John Ryan – previous chairman of Doncaster Rovers F.C.
• Mark Ryan – actor, known for roles of Robin of Sherwood, King Arthur, Transformers (voice of Bumblebee)

S

• Danny Schofield – footballer with Millwall F.C. and previously Huddersfield Town F.C. and Yeovil Town F.C.
• Brian Shenton – sprinter representing England and Britain in the 1950s
• Sarah Stevenson – bronze medallist in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing^[2]

T

• Lady Juliet Tadgell – Countess Fitzwilliam
• Lawrence Taylor – lead vocalist with metal band While She Sleeps
• Louis Tomlinson – member of the band One Direction
• James Toseland (born 1980) – Doncaster-born MotoGP motorcycle racer, 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion
• Anna Tunnicliffe – Olympic sailor

W

• Steve Wade – executioner
• Simon Weaver – footballer
• Roger Webster – musician
• Len White (born 1930) – Skellow-born centre forward for Newcastle United F.C., the team's third highest scorer
• Mick Whitnall – lead guitarist with Babyshambles
• Chloe Wilburn - Big Brother 16 winner
• Dean Winstanley – darts player
• Bruce Woodcock – heavyweight boxing champion of Great Britain and the Empire in the mid-20th century

References

1. "Percy Jackson's" 2nd ed., 2010, Matador Books.
2. "South Yorkshire Olympic taekwondo medallist becomes freeman". BBC News (BBC). 31 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.