List of people from York

This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England.

Actors and performers

David Bradley

• Mark Addy (born 1964)
• Taj Atwal (born 1987)
• Rob Auton (living)
• David Bradley (born 1942)
• Michael Burns (born 1952)
• Judi Dench (born 1934)
• Keith Drinkel (born 1944)
• Dustin Gee (1942–1986)
• Frankie Howerd (1917–1992)
• Ian Kelsey (born 1966)
• Janet McTeer (born 1961)
• Eille Norwood (1861–1948)^[1]
• Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004)

Arts

• Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter
• Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
• William Etty (1787–1849), painter.^[2]
• John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman.^[3]
• Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist
• Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter.^[4]
• Francis Place (1647–1728), artist
• Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter

Joseph Rowntree

Confectioners

• Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier and reformer
• Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philanthropist
• Joseph Terry (1828–1898), confectioner

Musicians

Låpsley

Asking Alexandria

• Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) composer and conductor.^[5]
• John Barry (1933–2011)
• Findlay Brown (born 1975)
• Syd Dale (1924–1994)
• Iestyn Davies (born 1979)
• Troy Donockley (born 1964)
• Helen Grime (born 1981)
• Beaumont Hannant (born 1970)
• Låpsley (born 1996)
• Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 1989)
• Rusko (born 1985)
• The Thrillseekers (born 1973)
• Trevor Watts (born 1939)
• Trevor Wishart (born 1946)

Groups

• Asking Alexandria
• The Batfish Boys
• Glamour of the Kill
• Elliot Minor
• Mostly Autumn
• The Mood
• The Redskins
• Rick Witter & The Dukes
• RSJ
• The Seahorses
• Shed Seven
• The Smoke
• St. Christopher
• With One Last Breath

Historians

• Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
• William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
• Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer.^[6]
• John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian
• William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar.^[7]

Politicians and rulers

Constantine the Great

• John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician. ^[8]
• Vincent Cable (born 1943)
• Nicholas Clarevaux (late 13th c.)
• Constantine the Great (AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in Eboracum (York)
• David Davis (born 1948)
• Frank Dobson (1940–2019)
• Richard Hotham (1722–1799)
• George Hudson (1800–1871) railway financier and politician.^[9]
• Septimius Severus (193–211 in York), Roman Emperor.^[10]

Religion

Guy Fawkes

• Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
• Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar.^[11]
• John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel.^[12]
• Margaret Clitherow (died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr
• John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs.^[13]
• Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary.^[14]
• Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
• Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary.^[15]
• Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop.^[16]
• Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian.^[17]
• Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London.^[18]
• Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.^[19]
• William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York

Sciences and architecture

Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow

• Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
• Moses B. Cotsworth (1859 - 1943] Egyptologist and 13-month calendar reformer, inventor of the International Fixed Calendar
• William Etty (c. 1675–1734), architect
• John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
• Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect and inventor.^[20]
• Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect
• George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur
• Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain.^[21]
• Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford
• John Middleton (1820–1885), architect
• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer.^[22]
• Martin Rees (born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current Astronomer Royal
• George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins
• John Snow (1813–1858), physician

Sports

Lewis Cook, footballer

Ben Godfrey, footballer

Steve McClaren, 2012, football manager

Football

• Pawel Abbott (born 1982)
• Tom Allan (born 1994)
• Reg Baines (1907–1974)
• Ron Benson (1925–1997)
• Albert Bonass (1911–1945)
• Sam Byram (born 1993)
• Cliff Calvert (born 1954)
• Walter Camidge (1912–1987)
• Jack Clarke (born 2000)
• Lewis Cook (born 1997)
• Nick Culkin (born 1978)
• Andy Dawson (born 1979)
• Richard Dawson (born 1962)
• Michael Duckworth (born 1992)
• David Dunmore (born 1934)
• Iain Dunn (born 1970)
• Bernard Fisher (born 1934)
• Gary Ford (born 1961)
• Martin Fowler (born 1957)
• Martin Garratt (1980–2014)
• Ben Godfrey (born 1998)
• Neil Grayson (born 1964)
• Ross Greenwood (born 1985)
• John Hawksby (born 1942)
• Nick Hendry (1887–1949)
• Simon Heslop (born 1987)
• Jamie Hopcutt (born 1992)
• Russell Howarth (born 1982)
• Niall Huggins (born 2000)
• Will Jarvis (born 2002)
• Mike Johnson (1933–2004)
• Matthew Kilgallon (born 1984)
• George Lee (1919–1991)
• Steve McClaren (born 1961), also manager
• Max McMillan (born 2002)
• George Maskill (1906–1969)
• Tommy Maskill (1903–1956)
• Cliff Mason (1929–2013)
• Alexander Mein (1854–1927)
• Albert Meysey-Thompson (1848–1894)
• Charles Meysey-Thompson (1849–1881)
• Andrew Milne (born 1990)
• Les Milner (1917–1944)
• Bobby Mimms (born 1963)
• Cammy Palmer (born 2000)
• Alf Patrick (1921–2021)
• Shaun Pearson (born 1989)
• Jack Pinder (1912–2004)
• Brian Pollard (born 1954)
• Peter Popely (born 1943)
• John Powell (1936–2017)
• Harvey Rodgers (born 1996)
• George Sharpe (1912–1984)
• Reg Stockill (1913–1995)
• Gary Swann (born 1962)
• Barry Tait (born 1938)
• Chris Tate (born 1977)
• Charlie Taylor (born 1993)
• Marc Thompson (born 1982)
• Steve Tutill (born 1969)
• Rory Watson (born 1996)
• Eric Weightman (1910–2002)
• Michael Woods (born 1990)
• Neil Woods (born 1966)

and

• Lucy Staniforth (born 1992)

Rugby

• Peter Fox, (born 1984) Wakefield Trinity
• Rob Webber, (born 1986) Bath Rugby

Cricket

William Prest

• David Alleyne (born 1976)
• Henry Badger (1900–1975)
• Tom Bartram (born 1986)
• Scott Boswell (born 1974)
• Philip Bower (1898–1978)
• Andrew Brewster (born 1977)
• Stephen Coverdale (born 1964)
• Leonard Day (1859–1943)
• Harry Dewse (1836–1910)
• Matthew Fisher (born 1997)
• Paul Gibb (1913–1977)
• Charles Hall (1906–1976)
• John Hicks (1850–1912)
• Tom Loten (born 1999)
• John Nuttall (born 1967)
• Manfred Palmes (1887–1968)
• Charles Prest (1841–1875)
• William Prest (1832–1885)
• Thomas Pride (1864–1919)
• Joseph Sullivan (1890–1932)
• Steven Taylor (born 1963)
• Nick Thornicroft (born 1985)
• Lauren Winfield (born 1990)
• Tim Walton (born 1972)^[23]

Motor sport

• Steve Webster (born 1960)

Basketball

• Dan Fotu (born 1999)
• Isaac Fotu (born 1993)

Writers

Laurence Sterne, portrait 1760 by Sir Joshua Reynolds

• Kate Atkinson (born 1951), novelist and playwright
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet and essayist^[24]
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician.^[25]
• Matt Haig (born 1975), novelist and journalist
• Justin Hill (born 1971), novelist
• Alison Hume (living), television writer
• Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), novelist
• Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist and journalist
• Fiona Mozley (born 1988), novelist
• Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.^[26]
• J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939), novelist, playwright and critic^[27]
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), author and electrical engineer
• Charles Whiting (1926–2007), novelist and military historian

Others

Elizabeth Montagu, engraving 1787

• Benedict of York (died 1189), money lender
• Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
• Captain Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
• Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800) social reformer and patron of the arts.^[28]
• Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator
• Tessa Rowntree (1909-1999), Quaker, aid worker in Czechoslovakia
• Laura Sayers (born 1978), radio producer and diarist
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), army commander.^[29]
• James Hack Tuke (1819–1896), social campaigner.^[30]
• Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), social campaigner.^[31]
• Henry Tuke (1755–1814), social campaigner.^[32]
• Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), social campaigner.^[33]
• William Tuke (1732–1822), social campaigner.^[34]

See also

• List of alumni of the University of York