List of people from Kingston upon Hull

• George Frederick Bodley{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31944 |title=Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907) |last=Hall |first=Michael |year=2004 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 November 2009}}{{Subscription required}}
• Cuthbert Brodrick{{cite book |title=Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914 |date=20 December 2001 |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |volume=1 A–K |page=262 |isbn=0-8264-5513-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHii4haIULEC&q=%22Cuthbert+Brodrick%22+birth+hull&pg=PA262}}
• Alfred Gelder, architect and five-times mayor of Hull{{cite web |url=http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/k-victorian/people/alfred-gelder/alfred-gelder.pdf |title=Alfred Gelder – Hull's Architect |work=Hullwebs – History of Hull |access-date=23 August 2010}}

• James Evans, Hull-born missionary and amateur linguist; best remembered for his creation of the "syllabic" writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut{{cite web

|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3376 |title=Evans, James |year=2000| publisher=University of Toronto |access-date=15 January 2010}}

• Margaret Kissling, missionary to Sierra Leone and New Zealand{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2015-11-23/education-pioneer-from-hull-to-be-honoured-with-commemorative-plaque/ |title=Education pioneer from Hull to be honoured with commemorative plaque |date=23 November 2015 |work=ITV News |access-date=12 January 2017}}
• Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), author, Canon of York, Chairman of Hull University Board, educationalist, social reformer{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

• John Alderton, actor, grew up in Hull and attended Kingston High School{{cite encyclopedia |year=2008 |title=Alderton, John |encyclopedia=Who's Who 2008 |publisher=A & C Black |quote=Education: Kingston High School, Hull |isbn=978-0-7136-8555-8}}
• Lucy Beaumont (Cornwall born) award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy writer starred at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and wrote the Radio 4 comedy To Hull & Back, starring herself and Maureen Lipman.{{cite news |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-comedian-Lucy-Beaumont-reveals-fiance-Jon/story-22937959-detail/story.html |title=Hull comedian Lucy Beaumont reveals fiance Jon Richardson proposed to her with butter dish |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229231732/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-comedian-Lucy-Beaumont-reveals-fiance-Jon/story-22937959-detail/story.html |archive-date=29 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}
• Joseph Caley, ballet dancer, currently lead principal with the English National Ballet and formerly principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet{{cite news|url=https://www.gramilano.com/2017/12/joseph-caley-promoted-lead-principal-english-national-ballet/|title=Joseph Caley promoted to Lead Principal of English National Ballet|work=Gramilano|date=17 December 2017}}
• Ian Carmichael, actor, born in Hull{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/c/008.html |title=Ian Carmichael |publisher=Britmovie.co.uk |access-date=20 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113195754/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/c/008.html |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary |title=Ian Carmichael obituary |last=Barker |first=Dennis |date=6 February 2010 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=6 February 2010 |location=London}}
• Sir Tom Courtenay, actor, star of stage, film and TV; graduate of RADA and honorary graduate of the University of Hull{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/450470/ |title=Courtenay, Sir Tom (1937–) |work=Screenonline |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=11 July 2010}}
• Robert Crampton, Times journalist, grew up in Hull{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6973247.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604183113/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6973247.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2011 |title=To Hull and back: changing times, but no Broken Britain |date=2 January 2010 |work=Times Online |publisher=Times Newspaper Ltd |access-date=11 February 2010 |location=London |first=Robert |last=Crampton}}
• Liam Garrigan, former student of Wyke College and Northern Theatre Company, star of TV dramas Casualty, The Chase and Agatha Christie's Marple, was born and raised in Hull.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/news/Look-happens-acting-bug/article-658692-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505072748/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/news/Look-happens-acting-bug/article-658692-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=After the acting bug hits... |date=30 January 2009 |work=This is Hull & East Yorkshire |publisher =Northcliffe Media Ltd |access-date =26 June 2010}}
• Liam Gerrard, BAFTA nominated film, TV and theatre actor was born and raised in Hull. Films include Peterloo, Death Defying Acts and Walter Tull: Britain's First Black Officer {{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
• Amy Gledhill Hull born comedian and actress, nominated for Best Show at the UK National Comedy Awards and Best Show and Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. One half of comedian duo, The Delightful Sausage.{{cite news |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/hull-comic-amy-gledhill-narrating-8329834 |title=Hull comic Amy Gledhill narrating bonkers new Channel 4 reality TV show |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=6 April 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 }}
• Gareth Hale, half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, was born in Hull.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
• Vanessa Hooper, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet Theatre, now a senior examiner, lecturer and committee member of the IDTA{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/life-whirl/article-911638-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505102426/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/life-whirl/article-911638-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=When life is a whirl |date=27 April 2009 |work=This is Hull and East Yorkshire |publisher=Mail News & Media Ltd |access-date=16 July 2009}}
• Michael Jibson, actor, grew up in Hessle and attended Hessle High School; originated the role of Joe Casey in the West End Musical Our House; has worked in film, TV and theatre; films include The Bank Job and Les Misérables{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
• Andrew Lincoln, actor, spent some time growing up in Hull{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/this-actors-life-andrew-lincoln-is-an-altogether-different-animal-in-his-latest-stage-role-1654154.html |title=This actor's life: Andrew Lincoln is an altogether different animal in his latest stage role |last=Jones |first=Alice |date=26 March 2009 |work=The Independent|publisher=Independent News and Media Limited |access-date=7 March 2010 |location=London}}
• Maureen Lipman, film, theatre and television actress, columnist, and comedian{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Maureen-Lipman.html |title=Maureen Lipman Biography (1946–) |access-date=16 April 2008 |year=2007 |publisher=Film Reference}}
• Derren Litten, actor, writer, Benidorm{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hulls-benidorm-live-creator-reveals-2072917|title=Hull's Benidorm Live creator reveals what you can expect at Hull New Theatre|date=4 October 2018|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=17 August 2020}}
• Dorothy Mackaill, motion picture actress{{cite web |url=http://silenthollywood.com/dorothymackaill.html |title=Dorothy Mackaill |work=Silent Hollywood |access-date=21 February 2013}}
• Peter Martin, best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in ITV's Emmerdale{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
• Jordan Metcalfe, actor, known as Adil the Genie in Nickelodeon's Genie in the House and Brian in Misfits{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
• Liam Mower, dancer and actor, famous for originating the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical and being the youngest person ever to win an Olivier Award for Best Actor for the role{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3717354.stm |title=Dancing in Billy Elliot's footsteps |date=5 October 2004 |work=BBC News Online |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 November 2010}}
• Andy Newton-Lee, actor{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hollyoaks-andy-newton-lee-was-2941883|title=Andy Newton Lee 'was close to death' as he opens up on what caused terrifying coma|date=4 June 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=18 August 2020}}
• Roy North, actor and TV presenter best known for his appearances as Mr Roy in 1970s children's show Basil Brush{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/891197.mr_roys_brush_with_fame/ |title=Mr Roy's Brush with fame |access-date=5 February 2010 |date=24 August 2006 |work=The Northern Echo}}
• Gemma Oaten (born 8 May 1984 in Hull) actress who has starred in Doctors and who is best known as Rachel Breckle in Emmerdale from July 2011 until 2015. Appeared on Celebrity Dinner Date in 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Celebrity-Dinner-Date-ITVBe-Hull-actress-Gemma/story-28687285-detail/story.html |title=Celebrity Dinner Date on ITVBe: Hull actress Gemma Oaten to appear this week |date=7 February 2016 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=9 April 2016}}
• Paul Popplewell, film, TV and theatre award-winning actor, attended school in Hull.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
• Barrie Rutter (b. 1946), actor, director, and founder of Northern Broadsides{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/09/barrie-rutter-life-in-theatre |title=A life in theatre: Barrie Rutter |work=The Guardian|date= 9 March 2012|access-date= 18 August 2020}}
• Gavin Scott, novelist, broadcaster and film/TV writer best known for writing Small Soldiers, The Borrowers and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
• Reece Shearsmith, actor and writer, famous as a member of The League of Gentlemen{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jun/13/psychoville-bbc2-shearsmith |title=Reece Shearsmith on His New BBC Series, Psychoville |access-date=19 June 2009 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=13 June 2009}}
• Debra Stephenson, actress, comedian and impressionist born in Hull, star of TV dramas Bad Girls and Coronation Street{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/features/profiles/article-1599624-detail/article.html |title=Who do you do?

|work=This is Hull & East Riding |publisher=Northcliffe Media Ltd |access-date=11 July 2010}}

• Oliver Stokes, actor who plays Michael Garvey in Benidorm{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
• Isy Suttie, stand up comedian, writer, and actress; born in Hull; known for the role of Dobby in the British sitcom Peep Show{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
• Gerald Thomas, director of the Carry On films {{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
• Norman Collier, comedian, best known for his 'faulty microphone' routine and for his chicken impressions was born and raised in Hull

• Richard Bean, playwright{{cite web |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/RichardBean.htm |title=Richard Bean – Hot New Playwright |access-date=10 May 2008 |year=2001 |publisher=The British Theatre Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725050038/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/RichardBean.htm |archive-date=25 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}
• Emma Scarr Booth, 19th-century writer{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |last2=Livermore |first2 =Mary Ashton Rice |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ |edition=Public domain |year=1893 |publisher=Moulton |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ/page/n110 106]–}}
• Lettice Galbraith, 19th-century ghost story writer{{cite book |last1=Gunn |first1=Alastair G. |title=The Blue Room and Other Tales: The Ghost Stories of Lettice Galbraith |date=2023 |publisher=Wimbourne Books |chapter=Biography and Bibliography |isbn=9781838268992}}
• John Godber, playwright; Artistic Director of the Hull Truck Theatre Company, 1984–2011{{cite web |url=http://www.hulltruck.co.uk/about-us/john-godber |title=About John Godber: Hull Truck's Creative Director |access-date=14 October 2010 |publisher=Hull Truck Theatre Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527091207/http://www.hulltruck.co.uk/about-us/john-godber |archive-date=27 May 2009}}
• Martin Goodman, writer{{cite web|url=https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/professional-directory/martin-goodman.html|title=Martin Goodman |publisher= National Association of Writers in Education |accessdate=14 May 2021}}
• Philip Larkin, Coventry-born poet, lived in Hull for most of his life as resident librarian at Hull University{{cite book |last=Motion |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Motion |title=Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life |location=London |publisher=Faber and Faber |isbn=0-571-17065-X |year=1993 |pages=244–245}}{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31333 |title=Larkin, Philip Arthur (1922–1985) |last=Thwaite |first=Anthony |date=September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31333 |access-date=17 January 2010}}
• Ted Lewis, author of Jack's Return Home, later filmed as Get Carter, attended Hull School of Art{{cite web |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~mark.dear/carterbook.htm |title=Jack's Return Home |access-date=11 May 2008 |work=Get Carter |publisher=Mark and Jules Burt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201201404/http://www.btinternet.com/~mark.dear/carterbook.htm|archive-date=1 February 2012}}
• Andrew Marvell, 17th-century metaphysical poet{{acad|id=MRVL633A|name=Marvell, Andrew}}{{cite web |url =http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18242?docPos=2 |title=Marvell, Andrew (1621–1678) |last=Kelliher |first=W. H. |date=September 2004 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=17 January 2010}}{{Subscription required}}
• William Mayne, children's writer{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/05/william-mayne-obituary |title=William Mayne obituary |date=5 April 2010 |work=guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=24 April 2010 |location=London |first=Julia |last=Eccleshare}}
• Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate, taught English at the University of Hull (1976–1980){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/motiona1.shtml| title=Andrew Motion b. 1952 |work=BBC Four |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 January 2010}}
• Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s; moved to Hull as a child{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/473028/index.html |title=Plater, Alan (1935–) |access-date=16 April 2008 |work=Screenonline |publisher=British Film Institute}}
• Stevie Smith, poet and novelist best known for her poem "Not Waving but Drowning"{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/poetryseason/poets/stevie_smith.shtml| title=Stevie Smith 1902–1971 |work=Let Poetry Into Your Life |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 January 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31695| title=Smith, Florence Margaret [Stevie] (1902–1971) |last=Montefiore |first=Janet |date=September 2004 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=17 January 2010}}{{Subscription required}}
• Amy Catherine Walton, children's writerElisabeth Jay: "Walton [née Deck], Amy Catherine... " (Oxford, OUP, 2004) [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/59006 Retrieved 18 July 2018.]
• Stanley Wells, Shakespeare scholar{{cite web |url=http://stanleywells.co.uk/about |title=About |publisher=Stanley Wells |access-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920180223/http://stanleywells.co.uk/about |archive-date=20 September 2012}}

• Trevor Bolder, bass player for David Bowie, The Spiders From Mars, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/trevor-bolder-mn0000020602/credits |title=Trevor Bolder | Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=31 January 2014}}
• Patricia Bredin, singer; UK's first entry to Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 with "All";{{cite book |title=The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History |first=John Kennedy |last=O'Connor |publisher=Carlton Books |location=UK |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84442-994-3}} starred in a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106639/ |title=Patricia Bredin |publisher=IMDb.com |access-date=6 June 2014}}
• Norman Cook (also known as Fatboy Slim), moved to Hull in the 1980s and became a member of indie pop band The Housemartins.{{cite web |title=HOUSEMARTINS |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/housemartins/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 December 2013}}
• Dave Hemingway, born and raised in Hull, drummer with the Housemartins and went on to form The Beautiful South with Paul Heaton.
• John Bacchus Dykes, 19th-century hymnist, composer of the popular maritime hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"{{acad |id=DKS843JB2 |name=Dykes or Dikes, John Bacchus}}
• Everything but the Girl, band formed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt whilst they were students at Hull University.{{cite book |first=Martin C. |last=Strong |year=2000 |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=5th |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh |pages=329–30 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}}
• Roland Gift, lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, grew up in the city and attended Kelvin Hall Secondary School{{cite web |url=http://www.pockethull.co.uk/phufiles/famouspeople.html |title=Famous People |work=Pocket Hull |publisher=PFH Productions |access-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505184118/http://www.pockethull.co.uk/phufiles/famouspeople.html |archive-date=5 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}
• Paul Heaton, musician in The Beautiful South{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/11/06/paulheaton_feature.shtml |title=Paul Heaton Returns To Hull |access-date=25 April 2008 |work=BBC Humber |publisher=BBC |date=6 November 2007 |last=Noone |first=Katy}}
• Jonathan Dowsland, professor of computer science, information technology who acquired a degree in music. He has developed the – "Jonathan Downsland Timer App" app{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62162051|title=Freddie De Tommaso: Star tenor pulls out of Proms' opening night|date=14 July 2022|work=BBC News}}
• Ronnie Hilton, British crooner whose chart hits included the UK number one hit "No Other Love"
• Alfred Hollins, composer and international concert organist, born in Hull in 1865.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-k6AwAAQBAJ&q=%22Alfred+hollins%22.+%22born+in+Hull%22&pg=PT287 |title=The Hull Book of Days |first=Susanna |last=O'Neill |page=287 |publisher=The History Press |date=3 February 2014|isbn=9780750951722 |access-date=20 June 2016}}
• Rob Hubbard, composer, known for computer game theme music, especially for 1980s microcomputers such as the Commodore 64, which showcased the potential of the Commodore 64's sound hardware and gave examples of how music can improve a gaming experience.{{cite web |url=http://www.sidmusic.org/sid/rhubbard.html |title=Interview with Rob Hubbard |website=Sidmusic.org |access-date=20 June 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.c64.com/interviews/hubbard.html |title=For the best in C64 nostalgia |website=C64.COM |access-date=20 June 2016}}
• Richard Justice (died 1757), composer, harpsichordist, and organist{{cite encyclopedia |date=2001 |title=Justice, Richard|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |series=Oxford Music Online |publisher=Oxford University Press|first=Lewis Reece |last=Baratz|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42832}}
• Kingmaker, Indie band formed by three Hull-born musicians including John Andrew, had UK Top 40 singles in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, but split in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.limeweb.com/kingmaker/interview.html |title=Where You Stand: The Unofficial Kingmaker Website: Interview |access-date=26 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629172721/http://www.limeweb.com/kingmaker/interview.html |archive-date=29 June 2007}}{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=303}}
• Joe Longthorne, singer known for impersonating Shirley Bassey{{cite news |date=3 August 2019 |title=Joe Longthorne dies at Blackpool home |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49219270 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 August 2020}}
• Lene Lovich, US-born pupil at Greatfield High School, found fame on the Stiff Label in the late 1970s, with a No. 3 hit with "Lucky Number"{{cite web |url=http://beehive.thisishull.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=7646&PageID=41056 |title=Hull Music Through the Years |publisher=Northcliffe Media Ltd |access-date=28 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000955/http://beehive.thisishull.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=7646&PageID=41056 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}
• The Paddingtons, Indie band from Hull which had two UK Top 40 singles in 2005: "Panic Attack" (No. 25) and "50 To The Pound" (No. 32).{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paddingtons-mn0000361381/discography/singles |title=The Paddingtons | Discography |website=AllMusic |access-date= 30 January 2014}}
• Henry Priestman, record producer and singer/songwriter for the 1980s hit band The Christians.{{cite web |url=http://www.reddiscrecords.com/artists-thechristians.html |title=The Christians |year=2007 |publisher=Red Disc Records |access-date=6 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727030840/http://reddiscrecords.com/artists-thechristians.html |archive-date=27 July 2012}}
• Mick Ronson, guitarist, known for work with David Bowie, hailed from Hull.{{cite web |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/103/000089833/ |title=Mick Ronson |access-date=16 April 2008 |publisher=NNDB}}
• Spacemaid, britpop group, formed in 1992{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/spacemaid-mn0001216727/biography |title=Spacemaid – Biography & History |website=AllMusic}}
• Cosey Fanni Tutti, founding member of industrial band Throbbing Gristle, formed the performance art group COUM Transmissions in Hull with Genesis P-Orridge, while attending the university from 1969–1971. It changed its name to Throbbing Gristle in 1976 after moving to London.{{cite web |url=http://www.brainwashed.com/tg/cosey.html|title=Cosey Fanni Tutti profile |publisher=Brainwashed.com |access-date=24 August 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://chrisandcosey.com/content/biographies.html |title=Biographies: A Brief History of Chris and Cosey Carter Tutti |publisher=chrisandcosey.com |access-date=20 April 2012 |first1=Chris |last1=Carter |first2=Cosey Fanni |last2=Tutti}}
• Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Hull-born Chinese/English cellist of the all-female string quartet Bond{{cite web |url=http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/6897/gayyee-westerhoff.htm |title=Gay-Yee Westerhoff |publisher=Perfect People |access-date=20 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504142620/http://www.perfectpeople.net/celebrity-star/6897/gayyee-westerhoff.htm |archive-date=4 May 2014}}
• David Whitfield, 1950s male tenor vocalist, the UK's most successful male singer in the US in the pre-rock years, still one of only six artists to spend ten or more consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p194086/biography |pure_url=yes}} |title=David Whitfield Biography |work=Allmusic.com |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=17 January 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/thejournal/features/villagevisit/address-distinction/article-1175923-detail/article.html |title=An address of distinction |date=3 August 2009 |work=The Journal |publisher=Mail News & Media Ltd |access-date=18 February 2010}}
• Calum Scott, Hull-born singer known for a Britain's Got Talent appearance and a cover of Robyn's Dancing On My Own that reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
• Scarlet, 1990s female duo of Cheryl Parker and Jo Youle, formed in Hull, with UK hits in 1995 with "Independent Love Song" (No. 12) and with "I Wanna Be Free To Be With Him" (No. 21). "Love Hangover" and "Bad Girl" both peaked at No. 54. They released two albums, Naked and Chemistry.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
• Infant Annihilator, a technical deathcore band formed in 2012, known for their extreme musical style and controversial lyrical themes.

• Henry Dawson, 19th-century landscape painter, born in Hull{{cite book |chapter=Dawson, Harry |title=Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092716962#page/n5/mode/2up |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092716962#page/n372/mode/1up |page=357 |last=Bryan |first=Michael |year=1886 |author-link=Michael Bryan (art historian) |editor-first=Robert Edmund |editor-last=Graves |editor2-first=Sir Walter |editor2-last=Armstrong}}
• John Ward, early 19th-century painter of marine seascapes{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/oil-painting-may-have-been-stolen-from-museum-to-order-1-2361373 |title=Oil painting may have been stolen from museum to order |work=Yorkshire Post |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=1 December 2013}}

• William de la Pole (Chief Baron of the Exchequer) (d. 1386), first Mayor of the city
• His son Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (c. 1330 – 5 September 1389)
• Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (c. July 1589 – 3 January 1645), Governor of the city who denied Charles I entry in 1642
• Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678), poet, MP for the city, and friend of John Milton
• John Ducker (1932–2005), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; president of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, 1972–1979{{cite NSW Parliament |id=1909 |former=Yes |title=The Hon John Patrick Ducker |accessdate=16 June 2019}}
• Thomas Ferens (1847–1930), politician, philanthropist, and industrialist; MP for Hull East for 13 years; served the city as a justice of the peace and as High Steward{{citation needed|date=August 2010}}
• John Hall, former Prime Minister of New Zealand{{cite web |url=http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1H5 |title=Hall, John 1824–1907 |publisher=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography |access-date=19 March 2009}}
• John Prescott, Welsh-born former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007); MP and resident of Hull East since 1970;{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/john_prescott/kingston_upon_hull_east |title=John Prescott Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East |access-date=25 August 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=TheyWorkForYou.com}} however, he was born in Wales and identifies as Welsh.{{cite web |title=WalesOnline – News – Wales News – John Prescott learns of incest among his Welsh ancestors |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/30/john-prescott-learns-of-incest-among-his-welsh-ancestors-91466-25284089/ |access-date=1 December 2009 |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=30 November 2009 |work=WalesOnline website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203172223/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/30/john-prescott-learns-of-incest-among-his-welsh-ancestors-91466-25284089/ |archive-date=3 December 2009}}
• Harry Pursey, politician and MP for Hull East 1945–1970{{citation needed|date=August 2010}}
• William Wilberforce, instrumental in the abolition of slavery{{cite web |url=http://www.wilberforce2007.com/index.php?/abolition_of_slavery/william_wilberforce/ |title=William Wilberforce

|access-date=16 April 2008 |year=2007 |publisher=Wilberforce 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109004156/http://www.wilberforce2007.com/index.php?%2Fabolition_of_slavery%2Fwilliam_wilberforce%2F |archive-date=9 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}

• George William Gray, Hull University professor who first discovered cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals (which had correct stability and temperature properties for application in liquid crystal display technology{{cite web |url=http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k11_a_george/prf_e.html |title=George William Gray |year=2005 |publisher=Inamori Foundation |access-date=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624141325/http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k11_a_george/prf_e.html |archive-date=24 June 2010}}
• George S. Whitby (1887–1972{{cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=Gary |title=Polymer Science from 1935–1953: Consolidating the Paradigm |date=2014| publisher=Springer |page=63}}) was the head of the University of Akron rubber laboratory and for many years was the only person in the United States who taught rubber chemistry.

• Rob Miles, Microsoft MVP{{cite web |url=https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/8972?fullName=Rob+Miles |title=Rob Miles |website=mvp.microsoft.com}}

• Alfred Harker, petrologist{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33713 |title=Harker, Alfred (1859–1939) |last=Oldroyd |first=David |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33713 |access-date=28 February 2010}}{{Subscription required}}

• A. G. Dickens, historian of the English Reformation
• Alex J. Kay (born 1979), historianSee the Q & A with Dr Alex J. Kay on Nazi Germany at [http://www.explaininghistory.com/Explaining History].
• Philip Sugden (1947–2014), historian{{cite news |title=Philip Sugden – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10836835/Philip-Sugden-obituary.html |access-date=17 August 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 May 2014 |ref=sugden obit}}

• Ernest William Brown, mathematician and astronomer{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32106?docPos=2 |title=Brown, Ernest William (1866–1938) |last=Spencer Jones |first=H. |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32106 |access-date=28 February 2010}}{{Subscription required}}
• Keith Devlin, mathematician and popular science writer
• John Venn, mathematician, born in Hull in 1834;{{acad |id=VN853J |name=Venn, John}} responsible for the Venn diagram

• Edward Arthur Milne, astrophysicist and mathematician.{{cite web |title=E A Milne Centre for Astrophysics |url=http://www.milne.hull.ac.uk |website=www.milne.hull.ac.uk |access-date=9 January 2018}}

• Stephen C. West, biochemist and molecular biologist.

• Nick Barmby, former Hull City A.F.C. winger and manager{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~5820,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621154931/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~5820,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 June 2007 |title=Player Profiles – Nick Barmby |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=5 January 2010}}
• Luke Campbell, Olympic champion who earned a gold medal in boxing at the London 2012 Summer Olympics{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/boxing/9469933/Luke-Campbell-takes-home-first-British-bantamweight-boxing-gold-for-over-100-years.html |title=Luke Campbell takes home first British bantamweight boxing gold for over 100 years |work=The Telegraph |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012}}
• Tommy Coyle (born 1989), challenger for British super-lightweight title and Commonwealth lightweight title holder
• Stanley Gene, rugby league player (retired 2008) who has made East Hull his home for many years
• Tony Green, sports commentator and television presenter{{cite news |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/2009-darts-review/story-11965923-detail/story.html |title=2009 darts review |date=30 December 2009 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=13 March 2016}}
• Lewis Harris, rugby league playerEncyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition, volume 19, p. 146
• Jack Harrison, rugby league footballer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient{{London Gazette|issue=30130|supp=y|page=5866|date=12 June 1917}}
• Willie Intin, cricketer
• Damian Johnson, BBC Sports broadcaster and journalist{{cite web |url=http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/1480954.stm |title=Damian Johnson |work=BBC Sport |publisher =BBC |date=10 August 2001 |access-date=11 July 2010}}
• Philip Kedward, cricketer{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15957.html|title=Philip Kedward |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 July 2019}}
• Julia Lee, first female rugby league referee{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Catherine |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-life-of-uk-s-first-female-rugby-league-ref-from-hull-has-been-turne-dinto-a-play-1-9236268 |title=The life of UK's first female rugby league ref from Hull has been turned into a play |work=Yorkshire Post |date=5 July 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018}}
• Colin McLocklan (born 1952), footballer{{Cite web |title=NASL-Colin McLocklan |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/McLocklan.Colin.htm |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.nasljerseys.com}}
• Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), sportsman regarded as the "father" of The Football Association and modern Association football{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67338 |title=Morley, Ebenezer Cobb (1831–1924) |last=Butler |first=Bryon |date=January 2009 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/67338 |access-date=9 August 2009}}{{Subscription required}}
• Katie O'Brien, born in Beverley, 5 miles (8 km) from Hull, tennis player,{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Hessle-s-Katie-O-8217-Brien-progresses-Australian-Open/article-1727244-detail/article.html |title=Hessle star in Australian Open round two |work=This is Hull and East Yorkshire |access-date=18 January 2010}}
• Clive Sullivan, rugby league player, played for both of Hull's rugby league teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/clive_sullivan.htm |title=Clive Sullivan |access-date=14 March 2009 |work=100 Great Black Britons |publisher=Every Generation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513081210/http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/clive_sullivan.htm |archive-date=13 May 2008 |url-status=dead}} The main road into Hull from the Humber Bridge is named Clive Sullivan Way after him.
• Carol Thomas, former England Women’s Football Captain{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-61014690|title=Pioneering England female footballer honoured with Hull plaque|date=6 April 2022|work=BBC News|accessdate=2 April 2023}}
• Dean Windass, had two spells with Hull City and scored the goal that helped the club to promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in its history.{{cite news |last=Taylor |first= Louis |url =https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/24/championship.hullcity |title=From Birds Eye and building to a shot at the top |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 May 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010 |location=London}}

• Henry Wolsey Bayfield, British naval officer and surveyor who charted thousands of Canadian Islands. Bayfield, Wisconsin, is named after him.{{cite dictionary |url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5362

|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |dictionary=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |first=Ruth

|last=McKenzie |year=2000 |access-date=17 January 2010}}

• Lillian Bilocca, British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries"{{cite ODNB |first=Brian W. |last=Lavery |title=Bilocca, Lillian [Lil] (1929–1988) |date=May 2013 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/72725 |isbn=978-0-19-861411-1 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/72725 |access-date=10 November 2017}}
• Sarah Cruddas International Space Journalist, Author and TV Host on Discovery Channel{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
• Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing, senior civil servant; Chairman and Chief Executive of the Post Office Ltd{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5792071.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523193511/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5792071.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2010 |title=Lord Dearing: civil servant whose report recommended tuition fees |date=24 February 2009 |work=TimesOnline |publisher=The Times |access-date=21 March 2009| location=London}}
• "Gassy Jack" John Deighton, founder of Gastown, precursor to modern-day Vancouver, BC, Canada{{cite dictionary |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/deighton_john_10E.html |last=Roy |first=Patricia E. |title=Deighton, John |dictionary=Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10 |publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval |year=1972 |accessdate=21 February 2016}}
• Michelle Dewberry, winner of the second British series of reality TV show The Apprentice business woman and Sky News presenter{{cite web |url=http://www.theapprenticeireland.com/2008/06/25/michelle-dewberry/ |title=Michelle Dewberry |last=Brack |first=Barney |date=25 June 2008 |work=The Apprentice Ireland |access-date=3 March 2010}}
• Sir John Ellerman, shipping tycoon of Ellerman Lines fame; reputedly the richest man in Britain during his lifetime{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1519047/Was-this-the-richest-and-most-secretive-British-tycoon-ever.html |title=Was this the richest (and most secretive) British tycoon ever? |access-date=21 August 2010 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |first=Ben |last=Fenton |date=22 May 2006}}
• John Fearn, whaler and first European to visit Nauru.Register of Bowl Alley Lane Presbyterian Chapel quoted in {{cite web |title=England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975, database, FamilySearch |website=FamilySearch |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPKD-TZ |access-date=4 September 2016}}
• Joseph James Forrester, wine shipper and businessman{{cite DNB |wstitle= Forrester, Joseph James |volume= 20 |last= Clerke |first= Ellen Mary |author-link= Ellen Mary Clerke |pages= 8-9 |year= |short=1}}
• James Hall (unknown, Hull – 1612, Greenland), explorer in the service of the Danish King
• Amy Johnson, aviator; born on St Georges Road in West Hull, attended Kingston High School{{cite web

|url=http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/LEISURE%20AND%20CULTURE/LOCAL%20HISTORY%20AND%20HERITAGE/AMYJOHNSON.PDF |title=Amy Johnson pioneering aviator |access-date=16 April 2008 |date=July 2005 |publisher=Hull Local Studies Library}}

• Zachariah Pearson (1821–1891), shipowner, today known for his gift of land to Hull, which was used to establish the City's first public park, later known as Pearson Park{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-43293181 |title=Blue plaque for Hull philanthropist Zachariah Pearson |date=6 March 2018 |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |access-date=22 August 2020}}
• Jim Radford (born 1928), folk singer, shantyman, peace campaigner, former housing activist, youngest known participant in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVQMfxIfks |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/DsVQMfxIfks |archive-date=20 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Jim Radford – The Shores of Normandy |access-date=7 February 2019 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{better source needed|date=August 2015}}
• J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (1888–1972), industrialist and film producer; founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-32881703 |title=J Arthur Rank's Hull birthplace renovated |date=26 May 2015 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 August 2020}}
• Joseph Rank (1854–1943), founder of Rank Hovis McDougall, one of the UK's largest flour-milling businesses{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39038?docPos=2 |title=Joseph Rank |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39038 |accessdate=21 December 2020 |url-access=}} {{subscription or membership required}}
• Sir Harold Reckitt, 2nd Baronet (1868–1930){{citation needed|date=August 2010}}
• Sir James Reckitt, 1st Baronet (1833–1924){{citation needed|date=August 2010}}
• Yasmina Siadatan, winner of the fifth British series of reality TV show The Apprentice{{cite news |url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/community/102630/why-life-is-sweet-for-lord-sugars-former-apprentice.html |title=Why life is sweet for Lord Sugar's former Apprentice|date=24 October 2018 |work=Henley Standard |access-date=18 August 2020}}
• Henry Brarens Sloman (1848–1931), English-German entrepreneur who emigrated first to Hamburg, Germany, and then to Chile, where he established a saltpetre business. He was listed as Hamburg's richest man in 1912.{{cite book |title=Hamburgisches Geschlechterbuch |volume=128 |location=Limburg an der Lahn |year=1962 |page=261 |series=Deutsches Geschlechterbuch |language=de |publisher=Verlag C. A. Starke}}{{cite web |url=http://www.krieg-nolte.de/301,0001 |title=Weißes Gold – Eine dokumentarische Filmreise |trans-title=White Gold – A Documentary Voyage in Film |language=de |publisher=Krieg & Nolte GbR |access-date=21 February 2013 |date=June 1999 |first=Robert |last=Krieg}}{{cite book| editor-first=Rudolf |editor-last=Martin |title=Jahrbuch des Vermögens und Einkommens der Millionäre in den drei Hansastädten (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck) |trans-title=Almanac of Assets and Income of the Millionaires in the three Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck) |location=Berlin |year=1912 |page=1 |language=de}}
• William Traynor, recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite book|first=David|last=Harvey|publisher=Kevin and Kay Patience|year=1999|title=Monuments to courage: Victoria Cross headstones and memorials, Volume 1|page=261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYMWAQAAIAAJ&q=traynor|access-date=16 April 2019}}
• Dave Ulliott (also known as Devilfish), Hall of Fame poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet-winner.{{cite web |date=27 August 2010 |title=Devilfish: The Life and Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliot |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/28/review-dave-ulliot-poker-devilfish-victoria-coren |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=The Guardian}}

• Alumni of the University of Hull

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