List of people from Sheffield
This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the English city of Sheffield.
Arts and humanities
    
- Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian[1]
 - Charles Herbert Aslin, architect[2]
 - Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author[3]
 - William Sterndale Bennett, composer[4]
 - Clifford Edmund Bosworth, historian
 - Malcolm Bradbury, author[5]
 - Michael Brennan, photographer
 - A. S. Byatt, novelist
 - Edward Carpenter, poet and activist[6]
 - Angela Carter, novelist
 - Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor[7]
 - Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
 - Thomas Creswick, painter[8]
 - Thomas Wingate Todd, anthropologist, orthodontist
 - Margaret Drabble, novelist[9]
 - Ebenezer Elliott, poet[10]
 - William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
 - William Flockton, architect[11]
 - Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
 - Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
 - Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
 - Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music[12]
 - Mary Anne Everett Green, historian[13]
 - William John Hale, architect
 - Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
 - Barry Hines, author
 - Barbara Hofland, children's writer[14]
 - John Holland, poet and journalist[13]
 - Linda Hoy, author
 - Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian[15]
 - Mary Hutton, radical labouring-class poet
 - Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
 - David Jennings, composer
 - Alice Kipling, poet
 - Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
 - W. C. Leng, journalist[13]
 - Marina Lewycka, author
 - Arthur Lismer, artist[16]
 - Stephen Mallinder, musician, writer, broadcaster and academic
 - Steve McCaffery, poet[17]
 - James Montgomery, editor and poet[18]
 - Charles Mozley, artist[19]
 - Geoff Nicholson, author
 - Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
 - John C. Parkin, architect[20]
 - Bernard Rands, composer
 - Jack Rosenthal, playwright[21]
 - Stanley Royle, a post-impressionist landscape painter
 - Margaret Ryder, artist
 - Joe Scarborough, artist[22]
 - Si Spencer, TV dramatist and graphic novelist
 - Kenneth Steel, artist
 - Frederick Varley, artist[23]
 - White Watson, geologist, sculptor, stonemason and carver
 - John Dodsley Webster, architect
 - Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
 - Glenn Gregory, musician, lead vocalist with Heaven 17
 
Business
    
- Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
 - Carrie Rose, entrepreneur
 - John Brown, industrialist[24]
 - John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
 - David James Richards, entrepreneur and multi-millionaire technologist[25]
 - Lee Strafford, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist`
 - Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
 - Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
 - Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker
 
Entertainment
    
- Owen Aaronovitch, actor
 - Ray Ashcroft, actor
 - Derek Bailey, musician, writer[26]
 - Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
 - Jason Leaver, DJ, artist, broadcaster
 - Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
 - Matthew Barley, cellist
 - Vikram Barn, YouTuber, member and co-founder of the Sidemen
 - Carol Barnes, newsreader[21]
 - Keith Barron, actor
 - Josephine Barstow, opera singer
 - Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, music hall comedian[27]
 - Sean Bean, actor
 - Dave Berry, musician
 - J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
 - Gavin Bryars, musician
 - Alastair Burnet, news reader
 - Marti Caine, comedian
 - Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
 - Paul Carrack, musician, singer of Ace, Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics
 - Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
 - Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
 - Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
 - Jarvis Cocker, musician,[28] 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
 - Johnny Danvers, actor and comedian
 - Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
 - Reginald Dixon, organist, pianist and radio presenter
 - Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
 - Steve Edwards, singer
 - Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
 - Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, known as "John Shuttleworth"
 - Toby Foster, comedian, works for BBC Radio Sheffield; possibly from Barnsley
 - Martin Fry, musician, lead singer of ABC
 - Margaret Gale, opera singer
 - Mark Gasser, pianist
 - Liam Gerrard, actor
 - Peter Glossop, opera singer
 - Brian Glover, actor and wrestler
 - Michael Grandage, theatre director
 - Christopher Green, writer and performer
 - Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
 - Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
 - Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
 - Elizabeth Henstridge, actress
 - Stephanie Hill, classical-crossover vocalist and Miss England 2017/18
 - Steven Houghton, actor and singer
 - Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
 - Robert Hudson, actor
 - Jayne Irving, television presenter
 - Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
 - Richard H. Kirk, musician
 - Skelton Knaggs, actor
 - Bobby Knutt, actor and comedian
 - Ann Lee, singer, songwriter, dancer
 - Tim Lever, music producer
 - Susan Littler, actor
 - James Lomas, Olivier Award-winning actor
 - Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
 - Emily Maitlis, television presenter
 - Jonny Maudling, composer
 - Patricia Maynard, actor
 - Jon McClure, musician, frontman of Reverend and the Makers
 - James McCourt, television presenter
 - Richard McCourt, television presenter
 - Patrick McGoohan, actor
 - Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
 - Nick O'Malley, musician, bassist in Arctic Monkeys
 - Julian Ovenden, actor and singer
 - Tony Oxley, musician
 - Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
 - Judy Parfitt, actor
 - Nick Park, animator and film director[29]
 - Mike Percy, music producer
 - Angela Pleasence, actor
 - Donald Pleasence, actor
 - Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
 - John Rawling, sport commentator
 - 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
 - Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
 - Oliver Sykes, musician, lead singer of Bring Me The Horizon
 - Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
 - Anna Walker, television presenter
 - Dan Walker, television presenter
 - Martyn Ware, musician with Heaven 17
 - Paul Joseph Watson, internet personality, editor of InfoWars
 - Mark Webber, guitarist with Pulp
 - Dominic West, actor
 - Mark White, musician with ABC
 - Willie Williams, set designer and video director
 - Pete Willis, musician, former Def Leppard guitarist
 - Tom Wrigglesworth, comedian
 - Stuart Zender, bassist, songwriter and record producer
 
Politics
    
- Nick Ainger, politician
 - Clive Betts
 - David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)[30]
 - William Broadhead, early trade unionist[30]
 - Richard Caborn, former Minister for Sport
 - Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
 - Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Leader 2007-2015 and Deputy Prime Minister 2010–2015
 - 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
 - Enid Hattersley, Labour Party politician and Sheffield's Lord Mayor in 1981
 - Roy Hattersley, politician and writer
 - Samuel Holberry, Chartist[30]
 - Isaac Ironside, Chartist[30]
 - Helen Jackson
 - Oona King, politician
 - J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
 - Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
 - Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
 - Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
 - J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
 - Sally Opppenheim, Conservative MP and Minister
 - John Parker, 19th-century politician
 - Sir Irvine Patnick OBE, politician and Conservative Party Whip under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
 - Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
 - Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
 - Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
 - Derek Simpson, trade unionist
 - Angela Smith
 - Henry Stephenson, politician and businessman[13]
 - George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
 - Samuel Danks Waddy
 - G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland[30]
 - Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
 - Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
 
Religion
    
- John Balguy, divine and philosopher[31]
 - Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
 - John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
 - William Henry Brookfield, Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria 1809–1874
 - Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
 - James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903[13]
 - Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663[13]
 
Science and engineering
    
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
 - Henry Bessemer, engineer[32]
 - Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
 - Harry Brearley, inventor of stainless steel
 - Leonard Cockayne, botanist
 - John Curr, coal mine and railway engineer[33]
 - Samuel Earnshaw, mathematician
 - Charles Harding Firth, historian[34]
 - Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
 - Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge[35]
 - Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
 - Professor David Hughes, astronomer
 - Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer[36]
 - 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[37]
 - Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[38]
 - Joseph Locke, railway engineer
 - Peter Maitlis, organometallic chemist
 - David Mellor, cutler
 - Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
 - Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
 - Helen Sharman, astronaut (first Briton in space)
 - Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
 - Richard J. Roberts, biochemist
 - John Roebuck, inventor[39]
 - Grenville Turner, cosmochemist, noble gas geochemist
 - John Paul Wild, astronomer
 
Sport
    
- Micky Adams, footballer[40]
 - John Amaechi, NBA basketball player
 - Gordon Banks, footballer
 - Dominic Barrow, rugby player
 - Dave Bassett, football manager
 - Steven Bellamy, British karate team
 - Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
 - Adam Blythe, cyclist
 - Kell Brook, professional boxer
 - Jon Brown, marathon runner
 - Lee Chapman, footballer
 - Charles Clegg, footballer and Chairman of the Football Association
 - William Clegg, footballer and politician
 - Sebastian Coe, track and field athlete
 - Geoffrey Cornu, cricketer
 - Tommy Crawshaw, footballer for England and Sheffield Wednesday
 - Lucy Creamer, climber
 - Phil Davis, professional footballer
 - Louis Dodds, football player
 - Derek Dooley, footballer
 - Jeff Eckhardt, football player
 - Malcolm Elliott, professional cyclist
 - Jessica Ennis, track and field athlete
 - Catherine Faux, triathlete
 - Hazel Findlay, rock climber
 - Matt Fitzpatrick, golfer
 - David Ford, footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
 - William Foulke, aka "Fatty" Foulks; goalkeeper
 - Trevor Francis, footballer and football manager
 - David Fraser-Darling, cricketer
 - Redfern Froggatt, footballer
 - Paul Goodison, sailor
 - Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
 - Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
 - Keith Hackett, football referee
 - Naseem Hamed, boxer
 - Ernest Harper, Olympic athlete
 - Cuth Harrison, racing driver
 - Donna Hartley, Olympic sprinter and Commonwealth gold medalist
 - David Hirst, footballer
 - Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
 - Ritchie Humphreys, footballer, EX PFA Chairman
 - Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
 - Adam Johnson, cricketer
 - Paul Jones, boxer
 - Nick Matthew, squash player
 - Reg Matthewson, footballer
 - Harry Maguire, footballer
 - Ray McHale, footballer
 - Don Megson, footballer
 - Gary Megson, footballer and football manager
 - Ben Moon, rock climber
 - John Motson, football commentator
 - Kyle Naughton, footballer
 - Johnny Nelson, boxer
 - Jon Newsome, footballer
 - Carlton Palmer, footballer
 - Walt Palmer, footballer
 - Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
 - Steve Peat, professional cyclist; three-time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
 - Albert Quixall, footballer
 - Jamie Reeves, winner of World's Strongest Man
 - Uriah Rennie, football referee
 - Ryan Rhodes, boxer
 - Dave Richards, Chairman of FA Premier League and former Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
 - Mark Roe, professional golfer, coach and commentator
 - Joe Root, England and Yorkshire cricketer
 - Alan Rouse, mountaineer
 - Jackie Sewell, footballer
 - Billy Sharp, footballer
 - David Sherwood, tennis player
 - John Sherwood, international 400 metre hurdler
 - Sheila Sherwood, international long jumper 1962–1974
 - Ron Shudra, former NHL player
 - Joe Simpson, mountaineer
 - Jim Smith, footballer and football manager
 - Timothy Smith, cricketer
 - Ron Springett, football goalkeeper
 - Mel Sterland, footballer
 - Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
 - Tommy Thorpe, footballer and cricketer
 - Geoff Thompson, chairman of the Football Association
 - Will Thursfield, footballer
 - George Ulyett, test cricketer
 - Jamie Vardy, footballer
 - Michael Vaughan, captain of England cricket team (2003–2008)
 - Chris Waddle, England footballer
 - Edward Wainwright, test cricketer
 - Kyle Walker, footballer, England right-back
 - Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
 - Nicky Weaver, goalkeeper
 - Chris Wilder, football manager and former player
 - Howard Wilkinson, football manager
 - Danny Willett, professional golfer
 - Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
 - Stefan Wilson, motor-racing driver
 - Dennis Woodhead, footballer 1947–1959
 - Chris Woods, football goalkeeper
 - Clinton Woods, boxer
 - Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
 - Harry Wragg, jockey and trainer
 - Harry Wright, major league baseball player[41]
 
Others
    
- Major William Barnsley Allen VC DSO MC and Bar, recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I; born in Sheffield[42]
 - Felicia Dorothea Kate Dover, notorious poisoner.[43]
 - Arnold Loosemore, World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
 - Charles Peace, notorious murderer[44]
 
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