LIST OF RESIDENTS OF SHEFFIELD

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)

Contents

Arts and Humanities

Entertainment

Politics

Science and Engineering

Sport

Other

References

Arts and Humanities

★ 'Samuel Bailey', philosopher and author

★ 'John Balguy', philosopher

★ 'Malcolm Bradbury', author

★ 'A. S. Byatt', novelist

★ Edward Carpenter, poet and activist

★ Angela Carter, novelist.

★ 'Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey', sculptor

★ 'Bruce Chatwin', novelist & travel writer

★ 'Paul Conneally', poet and artist

★ 'Thomas Creswick', painter

★ 'Margaret Drabble', novelist^[1]

★ Ebenezer Elliott, poet

★ William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield

★ 'William Flockton', architect^[2]

★ 'Dave Godin', writer and journalist, authority on black american soul music^[3]

★ 'Charles Harding Firth', historian

★ 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^[4]

★ Marina Lewycka, author

★ 'Arthur Lismer', artist^[5]

★ 'Steve McCaffery', poet

★ James Montgomery, editor and poet

★ Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer

★ 'John Parkin', architect^[6]

★ Jack Rosenthal, playwright [1]

★ 'Joe Scarborough (artist)', artist

★ 'Frederick Varley', artist

Entertainment

★ '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

★ Brian Capron, actor

★ 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

★ 'Jarvis Cocker', musician, lead singer of Pulp

★ 'Joe Cocker', singer

★ 'Maurice Colbourne', actor

★ 'Christopher Colquhoun', actor

★ Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys

★ '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

★ 'Susan Ann Gayle', musician, singer in The Human League

★ '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

★ 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

★ 'Rick Savage', musician, bassist of Def Leppard

★ 'Russell Senior', musician, former guitarist for Pulp

★ 'David Slade', film director

★ Linda Smith, comedienne

★ 'Alex Turner', musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys

★ 'Anna Walker', television presenter

★ 'Martyn Ware', musician Heaven 17

★ Mark Webber, guitarist with Pulp

★ 'Frank White', musician

★ Arthur Wilford, composer

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

★ '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

★ 'Hugo Young', journalist and political commentator

Science and Engineering

★ 'Richard Bentall', clinical psychologist

★ Sir 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

★ Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer

★ Amy Johnson, pioneering female aviator

★ Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

★ Sir Harry Kroto, nobel prize winning chemist [5]

★ '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

Sport

★ '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

★ 'Charles Clegg', former England footballer and Chairman of the English 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

★ David Hirst (footballer), former England footballer

★ Emlyn Hughes, footballer

★ Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer

★ Ben Moon, rock climber

★ '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

★ 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 English Football Association

★ 'James Toseland', motorcycle racer, winner of the 2004 World Superbike championship

★ '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^[7]

Other

★ '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 [6]

★ 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

References

1. Margaret Drabble
2. Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield, , R., Harman, Yale University Press, 2004,
3. King of soul music loses cancer fight
4. The Society
5. Arthur Lismer
6. John Cresswell Parkin
7. The Baseball Encyclopedia, , , , Macmillan Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-02-578970-8