List of people from Sheffield

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

* Samuel Bailey, philosopher and authorcite encyclopedia |year=1911 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ]
* John Balguy, philosopher
*Malcolm Bradbury, author [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1043975.stm |title=Author Sir Malcolm Bradbury dies |accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 November 2000 ]
* A. S. Byatt, novelist
* Edward Carpenter, poet and activist [cite web |last=Taylor |first=Philip |url=http://www.edwardcarpenter.net/ecbiog.htm |title=Edward Carpenter Biographical Note |accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=The Edward Carpenter Archive |publisher=Simon Dawson ]
* Angela Carter, novelist.
* Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
* Paul Conneally, poet and artist [cite web |url=http://simplyhaiku.com/SHpages/paul_conneally.html |title=Paul Conneally |accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry |publisher=Simply Haiku ]
* Thomas Creswick, painter
* Margaret Drabble, novelist [cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth31 |title=Margaret Drabble |accessdate=2007-06-24 |work=Contemporary Writers |publisher=British Council ]
* Ebenezer Elliott, poet
* William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
* William Flockton, architect [cite book |last= Harman |first=R. |coauthors=Minnis, J. |title=Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield |year=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |isbn=0-300-10585-1 |pages=p. 24 ]
* Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music [cite news |title=King of soul music loses cancer fight |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=874829 |work=The Star |publisher=Sheffield Newspapers Ltd |date=21 October 2004 |accessdate=2007-06-24 ]
* Charles Harding Firth, historian
* Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
* Barry Hines, author
* Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian [cite web |url=http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/hunter/society.html |title=The Society |accessdate=2007-06-24 |work=The Hunter Archaeological Society ]
* Charles Sargeant Jagger, Sculptor
* Marina Lewycka, author
* Arthur Lismer, artistcite encyclopedia |year=1985 |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Foundation of Canada ]
* Steve McCaffery, poet [cite web |url=http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/s_mccaffery.htm |title=Steve McCaffery |accessdate=2008-08-31 |work=writing canada into the millennium |publisher=English Department, University of Calgary ]
* James Montgomery, editor and poet
*Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
* John Parkin, architect
*Jack Rosenthal, playwright [http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/known.html]
*Joe Scarborough (artist), artist [cite web |url=http://www.art-show.co.uk/joe.html |title=Joe Scarborough |work=The Joe Scarborough Gallery |publisher=Online Art Gallery - Sheffield, South Yorkshire & Derbyshire Artists |accessdate=2008-08-30]
* Frederick Varley, artist
* Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer

Entertainment

*Owen Aaronovitch, actor
*Lesley Ash, actress
*Ray Ashcroft, actor
*Derek Bailey, musician, writer [cite news |first=John |last=Fordham |title=Obituary: Derek Bailey |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/dec/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=29 December 2005 |accessdate=2008-08-31 ]
*Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
*Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
*Carol Barnes, newsreader [http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/known.html]
*Keith Barron, actor
*Josephine Barstow, opera singer
*Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian [cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/605772 |title=Stainless Stephen |accessdate=2008-08-31 |work=Film & TV Database |publisher=British Film Institute ]
*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
*Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
*Robert Hudson, actor
*Jayne Irving, television presenter
*Eddie Izzard, comedian [http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/known.html]
*Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
*Bobby Knutt, actor & comedian
*Tim Lever, music producer
*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 [http://www.shu.ac.uk/alumni/notable_alumni.html]
*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

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

cience and Engineering

*Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
*Henry Bessemer, engineer [cite journal |year=1958 |month=January |title=Outstanding Metallurgists: Henry Bessemer |journal=Metallurgist |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=pp. 48–51 |doi=10.1007/BF00734445 ]
*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 [cite book |last=Mackay |first=Thomas |title=The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer, Bart., K.C.M.G., Etc |year=1900 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |pages=p. 1 ]
*Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
*Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer [cite book |last=Stephen |first=Leslie |coauthors=Lee, Sidney; Smith, George |title=Dictionary of National Biography |year=1891 |publisher=Smith, Elder, & Co |location=London |pages=p. 313 ]
*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 [cite book |chapter=Hans Krebs: Biography |title=Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962 |year=1964 |publisher=Elsevier Publishing Company |location=Amsterdam |chapterurl=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1953/krebs-bio.html ]
*Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [cite book |last= Kroto |first= Harry |chapter=Harry Kroto: Autobiography |title=Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 1996 |year=1997 |editor=Tore Frängsmyr |publisher=Nobel Foundation |location=Stockholm |chapterurl=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/kroto-autobio.html ]
*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
*Ian G Walker, electrical engineer
*John Paul Wild, astronomer
*Professor David Hughes, astronomer

port

*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.
*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, 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
*Ryan Rhodes, Boxer
*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, SBK|2004 and SBK|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
*Andrew Wilson, former Scotland footballer
*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 playercite book |editor=Reichler, Joseph L.| title=The Baseball Encyclopedia |origyear=1969 |edition= 4th edition |year= 1979|publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York|language= |id= ISBN 0-02-578970-8 ]

Other

*Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co, Developer of Pinewood Studios
*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 [http://www.hallam-diocese.com/history.htm]
*Mary Queen of Scots, Held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years.
*Charles Peace, notorious murderer [cite book |title=A Book of Remarkable Criminals |chapter=The Life of Charles Peace |last=Irving |first=Henry Brodribb |year=1918 |publisher=George H. Doran company |location=New York |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_CQiAAAAMAAJ ]
*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

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