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Encyclopedia > List of Yorkshire people
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County Town: York
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This is a list of Yorkshire people. Yorkshire is the largest county in England and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Some of the most notable are: Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Yorkshire_rose. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. ... The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three traditional subdivisions of Yorkshire, northern England, United Kingdom. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Coat of Arms of South Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that has a population of 2. ... Note: This page or section contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... On Ilkley Moor Baht at is a popular song in the English county of Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Yorkshire is a traditional county of England, centred on the county town of York, and was traditionally split into three Ridings. ... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the historic English county of Yorkshire. ... The White Rose of York (Rosa alba) is the symbol of the House of York and latterly of Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire Day is celebrated on August 1 to promote the English county of Yorkshire as a good place to be born, to live, to work in and to visit. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total...

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Entertainers

Actors

Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English film and stage actor. ... Published by Faber/Profile Books in 2005 Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent. ... Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born near Doncaster,October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ... Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. ... John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison CBE (November 1, 1915 - July 22, 1998) was educated at Harrow School. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, director, and writer. ... The Young Ones may refer to: The Young Ones (TV series), a 1980s British sitcom about four students living together The Young Ones (film), a film starring Cliff Richard The Young Ones (song), sung by Cliff Richard This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same... Peter Firth Peter Firth (born October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK) is a British actor, well known for a variety of starring roles in film and on television from the 1970s to the 2000s. ... Brian Glover (April 2, 1934 - July 24, 1997) was a British actor. ... Gail Harris Gail Harris (born Gail Robyn Thackray on December 16, 1964) is an English-born actress, model and producer, now resident in Los Angeles, USA. She is most commonly credited under this name, however she has also been known as Gail Thackray and Robyn Harris. ... Jimmy Jewel (1909-1995) was a british actor. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... Maureen Lipman CBE (born Hull, 10 May 1946), is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist, and comedienne. ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... Malcolm McDowell (born June 13, 1943) is an English actor. ... Clockwork Orange redirects here. ... Peter Seamus OToole (Peter James OToole) (b. ... Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born May 5, 1943) is an English comedian, actor and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ... This article discusses the series itself. ... Wilfred Pickles (13 October 1904 - 26 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter. ... Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. ... Paul Shane (born June 19, 1940) is a British actor, best known for his part in the sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!. He was born in Rotherham, his real name being George Frederick Speight. ... Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English film, television and stage actor. ... Mollie Sugden (born Mary Isobel Sugden on 21 July 1922, in Keighley, Yorkshire) is an English comedy actress who found fame as saleswoman Betty Slocombe in the popular British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972 - 1985). ... Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ... Timothy West CBE (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Billie Whitelaw, CBE (b. ... Helen Worth, in a still from an interview done in 2000. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ...

Comedians

Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British cult comedy about two friends who go on magical adventures. ... Marti on the cover of her 1981 dance single Marti Caine (26 January 1944 - 4 November 1995) was an English actress and comedian. ... Frankie Howerd Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor. ... Sandy Powell (30 January 1900 - 26 June 1982) was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase Can You Hear Me, Mother? Born Albert Arthur Powell in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, he attended Whites school in Masbrough where he helped his... Charlie Williams MBE (23 December 1928—2 September 2006) was a black English professional footballer and stand-up comedian. ...

Musicians

John Barry. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... This article is about the 1969 film. ... Brown on the cover of The Crazy World of Arthur Browns Nightmare single The Rev. ... Tony Capstick (July 27, 1944 – 23 October 2003) was a British comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster. ... Tony Christie (born Antony Fitzgerald; April 25, 1943) is an English male singer from Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. ... Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963, in Sheffield, England) is an English musician, best known for fronting the band Pulp. ... Joe Cocker OBE (born John Robert Cocker, 20 May 1944, Sheffield) is an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of popular songs. ... Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews on 6 March 1947, in Little Horton near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a highly successful singer/songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years. ... Frederick Albert Theodore Delius CH (January 29, 1862, – June 10, 1934) was an English composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... Lesley Garrett, CBE (April 10, 1955 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an internationally renowned English soprano singer. ... Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford, England) is an English pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. ... Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British jazz guitarist and composer. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English band from Leeds formed early in 1997. ... Geoff Love lived on Commercial Street and has a plaque dedicated to his memory outside his old house. ... John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ... Philip Oakey (b. ... The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977, who, after several changes in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s and a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter, from Middlesbrough, England. ... John Philip Jake Thackray (22 February 1938 – 24 December 2002), was an English poet and singer-songwriter from Leeds, Yorkshire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Steve Rothery is guitar player with the band Marillion. ... Marillion are a British Rock group. ... Kate Rusby (born 1 December 1973) is a folk singer and songwriter from Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. ... Fanny Waterman, DBE (Born in Leeds 22/3/1920) her father, Myer Waterman, a Russian Jew, had emigrated to England to work as a jeweller. ... Christopher Wolstenholme (born Christopher Tony Wolstenholme, 2 December 1978, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England) is the bassist for the rock band Muse. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Television presenters

Richard Thain Alexander is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... John Craven OBE (born in Leeds, England on 16 August 1941) is a BBC television presenter and former news anchor, best known for his pioneering work in the field of childrens news programmes. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. ... Sir Jimmy Savile. ... John Richard Whiteley, OBE, DL (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English television presenter and journalist. ... A countdown is the backward counting to indicate the seconds, days, etc. ...

Politicians

David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. ... Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (born October 8, 1929 in Dewsbury, England), is a British politician and was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. ... Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (October 6, 1910 – May 3, 2002), British left-wing politician, was born Barbara Anne Betts in Bradford, Yorkshire, and adopted her familys politics, joining the Labour Party. ... Sir John Marcus Fox (June 11, 1927-March 16, 2002) was a British politician. ... In British politics, the 1922 Committee consists of all backbench Conservative Members of Parliament, though when the party is in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader may also attend its meetings. ... William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC (born December 28, 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist from Sheffield, England. ... Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917), is a British Labour politician, regarded by some (especially in the Labour Party) as the best Prime Minister we never had.[1] Denis Healey was born in Mottingham in Kent but in 1922 at the age of five... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. ... Roy Mason (born April 18, 1924) is a British politician and former Cabinet minister. ... James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...

Sports

Athletics

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE (born 29 September 1956 in Chiswick, London) is an English athlete and Conservative Party politician. ... Peter Elliott (born 1962) was a British middle distance runner who won several medals at international championships. ... Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. ... John Sherwood born 4 June 1945 in Selby, North Yorkshire, England, is a British track and field athlete who won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 for the 400 m hurdles. ...

Boxing

Richard Dunn (born January 19th 1945) is an English boxer who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. ... Herol Bomber Graham was born in Nottingham, England in 1958. ... Naseem redirects here. ... Junior Witter (born March 10, 1974) is a professional boxer from Bradford in England. ...

Cricket

Harold Dennis Bird, commonly known as Dickie Bird (born April 19, 1933) is a retired international cricket umpire, probably the best known and loved the sport has seen. ... Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born October 21, 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... External reference Cricinfo page on Ray Illingworth Categories: Cricket stubs | 1932 births | English cricketers | English bowlers | Yorkshire cricketers | Leicestershire crickters | English ODI cricketers | English test cricketers | English cricket captains | Wisden Cricketers of the Year ... James Charles (Jim) Laker (February 9, 1922, Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire–April 23, 1986, Putney, London) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s. ... Thomas Lord (born in Thirsk, Yorkshire on 23 November 1755; died in West Meon, Hampshire on 13 January 1832) was an English cricketer most famous for founding Lords cricket ground, the ground that is now known as the Home of Cricket and the Marylebone Cricket Club. ... The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ... Don Mosey was a sports journalist and radio producer, best remembered for his 20 year tenure as a cricket commentator on BBCs Test Match Special, which he joined in 1974. ... Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877, North Moor, Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died July 8, 1973, Branksome Park, Poole) was one of the greatest cricketers of the twentieth century. ... Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE (February 6, 1931 – July 1, 2006) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ...

Football

Gordon Banks OBE (born December 30, 1937) is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century. ... Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. ... This article is about the football player. ... Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, England)[1] is a former English football coach and one of the all-time greatest players. ... Stuart McCall was a Scottish football player who played in central midfield. ... Steven Aaron McClaren (born 3 May 1961 in Fulford, York) is an English former professional footballer and the current manager of the England national football team, having succeeded Sven-Göran Eriksson on 1 August 2006. ... Robert Allen Palmer (January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003), born in Batley, Yorkshire, was an English singer. ... Donald George Revie, OBE, (10 July 1927 - 26 May 1989), was a football player for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward. ... David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. ... Len Shackleton, born on 3 May 1922 in Bradford, was a great British footballer of the post-war period. ... Alan Smith (born 28 October 1980 in Rothwell, West Yorkshire) is an English professional football player. ... Ramon (Ray) Wilson MBE (born Shirebrook, Derbyshire, 17th December 1934) was a footballer who played at left back. ... Frank Stewart Worthington (born November 23, 1948 in Shelf near Halifax, Yorkshire) is a former English footballer. ...

Rugby

Stuart Fielden (born September 14, 1979 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English rugby league player. ... Ellery Hanley is a Rugby League player and coach. ... Since his appointment as head coach of Bradford Bulls in 2000, Nobby has guided the Bulls to two Minor Premiership titles, victory in two Grand Finals in 2001 and 2003, the Challenge Cup in 2003 and to two World Club Championships in 2002 and 2004. ... Jonty Parkin was an English rugby league footballer. ... Mal Reilly (born Castleford, West Yorkshire, England) is a former rugby league player and coach. ... Jason Thorpe Robinson MBE (born 30 July 1974 in Leeds) was an English rugby union player and former rugby league player. ... Clive Sullivan (born in Cardiff) was a Welsh rugby league player, who played with both Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers in his career. ... Harold Wagstaff, nicknamed the Prince of Centres, was an English Rugby League player. ... Edward Marsden Waring (Eddie Waring) (February 21, 1910 - October 28, 1986) was a British sports commentator and television presenter. ...

Others

Beryl Burton (12 May 1937 – 8 May 1996) was an English racing cyclist and arguably one of Britains greatest ever sportspersons. ... Kenneth Kenny Malcolm Carter (born 28 March 1961; died May 1986) was a world class motorcycle Speedway rider. ... Howard Clark (born in Leeds on 26 Aug 1954) is an English golfer who played on the European Tour for many years and had his most successful period in the mid 1980s. ... George Duffield is a now retired flat race jockey born in the mining village of Stanley, just to the north of Wakefield, Yorkshire on 30 November 1946. ... Les Kellett (1915 - 2002) was an English professional wrestler who rose to prominence due to the popularity of televised wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. ... Jonathan Newman (born 1972) is a British born writer, director and producer of feature and short films. ... There are several well-known people named Harvey Smith, notably: Harvey Smith (showjumper) Harvey Smith (video game designer) Harvey Smith (politician), city councillor in Winnipeg, Canada Harvey Smith is also slightly outdated British slang for an offensive two-fingered gesture, named after Harvey Smith (showjumper). ... Roger Taylor is a British tennis player. ...

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