List of people from York

List of people from York

This is a list of notable people who are associated with the city of York in the English county of Yorkshire.

Individuals

*Mark Addy (born 1964) (actor)
*John Aislabie, (1670 – 1742), politician
*Alcuin (c. 735–804) (Christian scholar)
*Kate Atkinson (born 1951) (author)
*W. H. Auden (1907–1973) (poet)
*John Ball, Lollard priest, rebel
*Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) composer, conductor
*John Barry (born 1933) (composer)
*David Bradley (born 1942) (actor)
*Michael Burns (actor)
*Vincent Cable (born 1943) (politician)
*Jon Champion (born 1965) (broadcaster)
*Guy Mowbray (broadcaster)
*Martyn Clayton (born 1974) (Writer)
*Margaret Clitherow d.1586 (Catholic saint and martyr)
*Constantine the Great (272-337) (Emperor of Rome)
*Judi Dench (born 1934) (actress)
*Frank Dobson (born 1940) (politician)
*Francis Drake (1696–1771) (historian of York)
*Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist, physician
*Keith Drinkel (born 1944) (actor)
*Simon Dyson, golfer
*John Earle (c. 1601 – 1665) (clergyman and author)
*William Etty (1787–1849) (painter)
*Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) (Catholic revolutionary)
*John Flaxman (1755–1826) (sculptor, draughtsman)
*Dustin Gee (1942–1986) (comedian)
*Joseph Hansom, (1803-1882), architect, inventer
*Peter Harrison (1716-1775), architect
*George Hennet (1799–1857) (railway contractor, entrepreneur)
*John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003) (Marxist historian)
*Richard Hotham (1722–1799)), property developer, politician
*Frankie Howerd (1917–1992) (comedy actor)
*George Hudson (1800–1871) (railway pioneer, mayor, politician)
*Ivar the Boneless (794–872) (Viking chieftain)
*Sheelagh Kelly (author)
*Capt. Christopher Levett, explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
*Steve McClaren (born 1961) (football manager)
*Andrew Martin, journalist, novelist
*Francis Mason (1799–1874) (missionary)
*John Middleton (1820-1885), architect
*Albert Joseph Moore, (1841–1893), painter
*Thomas Morton (1564–1659) (clergyman)
*William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer
*Matthew Poole (1624-1679), theologian
*King Richard III of England
*Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954) (chocolatier, reformer)
*Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) (chocolatier, philanthropist)
*Laura Sayers (born 1978) (producer)
*Septimius Severus (Roman Emperor) (193-211)
*Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055) (army commander)
*John Snow (1813–1858) (physician)
*Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) (author and electrical engineer)
*William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886) (classical scholar)
*Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) (painter)
*James Hack Tuke (1819–1896) (social campaigner)
*William Tuke (1732–1822), Henry Tuke (1755–1814), Samuel Tuke (1784–1857) and Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895) (social campaigners)
*William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York
*Steve Webster MBE (Ten times sidecar world champion)
*Charles Whiting (born 1926), (author)

Groups

*Farrah (indie pop/rock group)
*The Guard (Powerpop/Rock band of the 1980s)
*Mostly Autumn (prog rock band)
*The Mood (1980s band)
*The Redskins
*Shed Seven (indie rock group)
*St. Christopher (band) (indiepop group)
*Strange Days (band) (1980s band)
*Zoot and the Roots (1980s band)
*Elliot Minor
*The Seahorses

Members of the Royal Family

* Dukes of York
* Prince Andrew, Duke of York
* Princess Beatrice of York
* Princess Eugenie of York


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