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This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England.
(Bold text = born in Sheffield)
[edit] Arts and Humanities
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author[1]
- John Balguy, philosopher[1]
- Malcolm Bradbury, author
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
- Angela Carter, novelist.
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor[1]
- Bruce Chatwin, novelist & travel writer
- Paul Conneally, poet and artist
- Thomas Creswick, painter[1]
- Margaret Drabble, novelist[2]
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet[1]
- William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
- William Flockton, architect[3]
- Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music[4]
- Charles Harding Firth, historian[1]
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat), born in Barnsley, studied and taught at the University of Sheffield
- Barry Hines, author
- Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian[5]
- Marina Lewycka, author
- Arthur Lismer, artist[6]
- Steve McCaffery, poet
- James Montgomery, editor and poet[1]
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- John Parkin, architect[7]
- Jack Rosenthal, playwright [1]
- Joe Scarborough (artist), artist
- Frederick Varley, artist
- Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
[edit] Entertainment
- Owen Aaronovitch, actor
- Lesley Ash, actress
- Ray Ashcroft, actor
- Derek Bailey, musician, writer
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
- Carol Barnes, newsreader [2]
- Keith Barron, actor
- Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian
- Dave Berry, musician
- Sean Bean, actor
- Ronald Birks, violinist Lindsay Quartet
- 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
- Peter Cropper, violinist Lindsay Quartet
- 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
- Bernard Gregor-Smith, Cellist Lindsay Quartet
- Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
- Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
- Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
- Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
- Robert Hudson, actor
- Robin Ireland, viola Lindsay Quartet
- Jayne Irving, television presenter
- Eddie Izzard, comedian [3]
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Eliot Kennedy, music producer
- Bobby Knutt, actor & comedian
- Tim Lever, music producer
- James Lomas, Olivier award winning actor
- Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- James McCourt, television presenter
- Richard McCourt, television presenter
- Patrick McGoohan, actor
- Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
- Chloe Newsome, actress
- 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
- Donald Pleasence, actor
- Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
- 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 (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
- Frank White, musician
- Arthur Wilford, composer
[edit] Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- Clive Betts
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)
- William Broadhead, early trade unionist
- Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport
- Nick Clegg, MP and leader of the Liberal Democrats
- 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
- Isaac Ironside, Chartist
- Oona King, politician
- Helen Jackson
- J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
- 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
- Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
- Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
- Angela Smith
- Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
- Derek Simpson, trade unionist
- Samuel Danks Waddy
- G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
[edit] Science and Engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Henry Bessemer, engineer
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
- Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer
- 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
- Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 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
- Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
- Professor David Hughes, astronomer
- John Amaechi, former NBA basketball player
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Dave Bassett, football manager
- Steven Bellamy, British Karate Team
- Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
- Alan Biggs, BBC Radio 5 Live football commentator
- 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
- Matt Dickens, former goalkeeper with Lincoln City and Blackburn Rovers
- 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
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Keith Hackett, football referee
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- Ernest Harper, former Olympic athlete
- Donna Hartley, Olymic sprinter & Commonwealth gold medalist
- David Hirst, former England footballer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
- Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
- 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
- Dave Richards, Chairman of the FA Premier League and former Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
- 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
- Ron Springett, former England goalkeeper
- Mel Sterland, former England footballer
- Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
- 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
- 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
- Andrew Wilson, former Scotland footballer
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Chris Woods, former England goalkeeper
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
- Harry Wragg, jockey & trainer
- Harry Wright, major league baseball player[8]
- Spencer Broughton, Highwayman
- John Brown, industrialist
- John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
- Arnold Loosemore, WW1 soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- Robert Ludlam, Catholic Martyr [5]
- Mary Queen of Scots, Held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years.
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc..
- ^ Margaret Drabble. Contemporary Writers. British Council. Retrieved on 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 on 2007-06-24.
- ^ The Society. The Hunter Archaeological Society. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ Arthur Lismer. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ John Cresswell Parkin. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
