List of people from Sheffield
Appearance
This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England. Those born in Sheffield are listed in boldface.
Arts and Humanities
- Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian.[1]
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author[2]
- Malcolm Bradbury, author[3]
- William Sterndale Bennett, composer[4]
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist[5]
- Angela Carter, novelist.
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor[2]
- Joe Cocker,soul singer and rock musician
- Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
- Thomas Creswick, painter[2]
- Margaret Drabble, novelist[6]
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet[2]
- William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
- William Flockton, architect[7]
- Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
- Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
- Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music[8]
- Charles Harding Firth, historian[2]
- Mary Anne Everett Green, historian[9]
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
- Barry Hines, author
- John Holland, poet and journalist[9]
- Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian[10]
- Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
- Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
- Marina Lewycka, author
- W. C. Leng, journalist[9]
- Arthur Lismer, artist[11]
- Steve McCaffery, poet[12]
- James Montgomery, editor and poet[2]
- Geoff Nicholson, author
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- David Oxtoby, artist
- John Parkin, architect[11]
- Jack Rosenthal, playwright [1]
- Joe Scarborough (artist), artist[13]
- Si Spencer, TV dramatist & Graphic Novelist
- Frederick Varley, artist[11]
- Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
- Geoffrey Howse historian, author and actor
Entertainment
- Owen Aaronovitch, actor
- Leslie Ash, actress
- Ray Ashcroft, actor
- Derek Bailey, musician, writer[14]
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
- Carol Barnes, newsreader [2]
- Keith Barron, actor
- Josephine Barstow, opera singer
- Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian[15]
- Dave Berry, musician
- Sean Bean, actor
- J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
- Gavin Bryars, musician
- Alastair Burnet, news reader
- Marti Caine, comedienne
- 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
- Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
- Steve Edwards, singer.
- Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
- Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, best known as "John Shuttleworth"
- Martin Fry, pop singer with ABC
- Mark Gasser, Concert Pianist
- Peter Glossop, opera singer
- Brian Glover, actor & 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
- Steven Houghton, actor & singer
- Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
- Robert Hudson, actor
- Jayne Irving, television presenter
- Eddie Izzard, comedian [3]
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Richard H. Kirk, musician
- Skelton Knaggs, actor
- Bobby Knutt, actor & comedian
- Tim Lever, music producer
- Susan Littler, actor
- James Lomas, Olivier award winning actor
- Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- Jonny Maudling, composer
- 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
- Tony Oxley, musician
- Judy Parfitt, actor
- Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
- Nick Park, Animator & Film Director [4]
- Mike Percy, music producer
- Angela Pleasence, actor
- Donald Pleasence, actor
- Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
- Ian Reddington, actor
- Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
- Kate Rusby, folk singer
- Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
- Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
- David Slade, film director
- Linda Smith (comedian)
- Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
- Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
- Anna Walker, television presenter
- Martyn Ware, musician Heaven 17
- Mark Webber (guitarist), guitarist with Pulp
- Dominic West, actor
- Frank White, musician
- Mark White, musician with ABC
Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- Clive Betts
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)[16]
- William Broadhead, early trade unionist[16]
- Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport
- Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
- 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[16]
- Isaac Ironside, Chartist[16]
- Oona King, politician
- Helen Jackson
- J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
- Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
- Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
- 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[9]
- Samuel Danks Waddy
- Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
- G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland[16]
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
Religion
- John Balguy, divine and philosopher[2]
- Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
- John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
- Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
- James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903[9]
- Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663[9]
Science and Engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Henry Bessemer, engineer[17]
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- John Curr, coal mine and railway engineer[18]
- Leonard Cockayne, botanist
- Samuel Earnshaw, mathematician
- Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge[19]
- Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
- Professor David Hughes, astronomer
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer[20]
- 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[21]
- Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[22]
- Joseph Locke, railway engineer
- David Mellor, cutler
- Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Helen Sharman, astronaut (first Briton in space)
- Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
- Richard J. Roberts, biochemist
- John Roebuck, inventor[2]
- Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
Sport
- Micky Adams, former footballer;[23]
- John Amaechi, former NBA basketball player
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Dave Bassett, football manager
- Steven Bellamy, British Karate Team
- Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
- Jon Brown, marathon runner
- Gary Cahill, footballer
- Lee Chapman, footballer
- Charles Clegg, former England footballer and Chairman of the Football Association
- William Clegg, former England footballer and politician
- Sebastian Coe, athlete
- Tommy Crawshaw, footballer for England and Shefffield Wednesday.
- Louis Dodds, football player
- Derek Dooley, footballer
- Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist
- Jessica Ennis, athlete
- David Ford, Footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
- William Foulke, aka "Fatty" Foulks. Goalkeeper
- Trevor Francis, footballer and football manager
- Redfern Froggatt, former England footballer
- Paul Goodison, sailor
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Keith Hackett, football referee
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- Ernest Harper, former Olympic athlete
- Donna Hartley, Olympic sprinter & Commonwealth gold medalist
- David Hirst, former England footballer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
- Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
- Paul Jones, boxer
- Reg Matthewson, footballer.
- Don Megson, footballer
- Gary Megson, footballer and football manager
- Ben Moon, rock climber
- John Motson, football commentator.
- Johnny Nelson, boxer
- Carlton Palmer, former England footballer
- Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
- Steve Peat, Professional cyclist. Three time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
- Albert Quixall, former England footballer
- Jamie Reeves, Former winner of World's Strongest Man
- Uriah Rennie, Football referee
- Ryan Rhodes, Boxer
- Dave Richards, Chairman of the FA Premier League and former Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
- Mark Roe, professional golfer, coach and commentator
- Alan Rouse, mountaineer
- John Sadler, sports writer
- Jackie Sewell, former England footballer
- Billy Sharp, Footballer
- John Sherwood, International 400 metre Hurdler.
- Sheila Sherwood, International Long Jumper 1962 - 1974.
- David Sherwood, tennis player
- Ron Shudra, former NHL Ice Hockey player
- Joe Simpson, mountaineer
- Jim Smith, footballer and football manager
- Timothy Smith, cricketer
- Ron Springett, former England goalkeeper
- Mel Sterland, former England footballer
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
- Will Thursfield, football player
- Geoff Thompson, chairman of the Football Association
- James Toseland, motorcycle racer, 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion
- George Ulyett, former Test cricketer
- Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team from 2003 to 2008
- Chris Waddle, former England footballer
- Edward Wainwright, former Test cricketer
- Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
- Nicky Weaver, goalkeeper
- Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Dennis Woodhead, footballer 1947 - 1959
- Chris Woods, former England goalkeeper
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
- Harry Wragg, jockey & trainer
- Harry Wright, major league baseball player[24]
Business and others
- Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
- John Brown, industrialist[2]
- John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Arnold Loosemore, World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer[25]
- Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman.
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
- Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker
References
- ^ "Obituary: Sidney Oldall Addy". The Times. 18 November 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1911.
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(help) - ^ "Author Sir Malcolm Bradbury dies". BBC News. BBC. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Sir Sterndale Bennet". The Times. 1875-02-02. p. 9.
- ^ 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. (2004). Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-300-10585-1.
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- ^ a b c d e f Odom, William (1926). Hallamshire worthies. Sheffield: Northend. OCLC 23581396.
- ^ "The Society". The Hunter Archaeological Society. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ a b c The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historical Foundation of Canada. 1985.
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(help) - ^ "Steve McCaffery". writing canada into the millennium. English Department, University of Calgary. Retrieved 2008-08-31. [dead link ]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Price, David (2008). Sheffield Troublemakers. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86077-569-7.
- ^ "Outstanding Metallurgists: Henry Bessemer". Metallurgist. 2 (1): pp. 48–51. 1958. doi:10.1007/BF00734445.
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- ^ Mackay, Thomas (1900). The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer, Bart., K.C.M.G., Etc. London: John Murray. p. 1.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- ^ Irving, Henry Brodribb (1918). "The Life of Charles Peace". A Book of Remarkable Criminals. New York: George H. Doran company.