List of people from Yorkshire#Artists and sculptors

| Edward Victor Appleton

|

| 1892–1965

|Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947

|{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Appleton|title=Sir Edward Victor Appleton | British physicist|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}

| James Henry Atkinson

| Leeds

| 1849–1942

|inventor of the mousetrap

|{{cite news|url=http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=720&journeyid=200 |publisher=MyLearning.org |title=The Originating in Leeds |date=24 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130055/http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=720&journeyid=200 |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.discoveringyorkshire.net/Page.aspx?PageId=3 |publisher=DiscoveringYorkshire.org |title=The Patents |date=24 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185731/http://www.discoveringyorkshire.net/Page.aspx?PageId=3 |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}

|Donald Bailey

|

| 1901–1985

|inventor of the Bailey Bridge

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a2159877.shtml|title=Bailey bridges, built by Thomas Storey Ltd, Stockport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513025806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a2159877.shtml|archive-date=13 May 2008|url-status=dead}}

|William Bateson

|

| 1861–1926

| geneticist; first to use term "genetics"

|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1590701,00.html|work=Guardian Unlimited|title=The 50 greatest Yorkshire people?|date=13 October 2005 | last = Wainwright | first = Martin|accessdate =23 December 2008|location=London}}{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bateson|title=William Bateson | Biography & Facts|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}

|George Birkbeck

|

| 1776–1841

|doctor, philanthropist, founder of Birkbeck College

|{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Birkbeck|title=George Birkbeck | British physician and educator|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}

|Joseph Bramah

| Barnsley

| 1748–1814

|invented hydraulic press; one of two founders of hydraulic engineering

|{{cite web|url=http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/technology/engineering/biography/bramah.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024053301/http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/technology/engineering/biography/bramah.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 October 2006|title=Joseph Bramah|website=www.robinsonlibrary.com}}

|Harry Brearley

|

| 1871–1948

|Sheffield inventor of stainless steel

|{{cite web|url=http://www.enjoyengland.com/corporate/campaign/englands-genius.aspx|title=Home|last=rradmin|date=26 March 2018}}

|Henry Briggs

|

| 1561–1630

|perfected system of logarithms used today by astronomers, navigators

|{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Briggs|title=Henry Briggs | English mathematician|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica}}

|Phil Burgan

|

| 1951–

|pharmacist; CEO and Chairman of MMCG

|{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}

|Ralph Burton

|

| d.1768

|British soldier and Canadian settler

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twW0OFpGzJAC&dq=%22Ralph+Burton%22+born+yorkshire&pg=PA15|title=Curious Tales of Old East Yorkshire|first=Howard|last=Peach|date=30 July 2018|publisher=Sigma Leisure|isbn=9781850587491|via=Google Books}}

|Sir George Cayley

|born in Scarborough

| 1773–1857

|engineer, one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics

|

|Capt. James Cook

| Marton, Middlesbrough

| 1728–79

|Georgian oceanic explorer

|

|Rick Dickinson

|

| 1956(?)

|industrial designer responsible for the ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL keyboards and cases

|{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/sinclair/dickinson_su0882.htm|title=Modest award winner sets the pace in micro design|first=Claudia |last=Cooke|magazine=Sinclair User|date=August 1982|accessdate=7 May 2011}}

|John Harrison

| Foulby

|1693–1776

|horologist and mathematician

|

|Amy Johnson

| born in Hull

| 1903–41

|aviator

|{{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|publisher=Hull Local Studies Library, Hull City Council|accessdate=23 December 2008}}

|Joseph Priestley

| born in Birstall

| 1733–1804

|physicist and chemist

|{{cite web

|url = http://www.priestleysociety.net/priestley/son%20of%20birstall.php

|title = Joseph Priestley: Son of Birstall

|publisher = Priestley Society

|date = 26 September 2008

|accessdate = 27 January 2009

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090207205545/http://priestleysociety.net/priestley/son%20of%20birstall.php

|archive-date = 7 February 2009

|url-status = dead

}}

|Augustus Pitt Rivers

|

| 1827–1900

|British Army officer, ethnologist, anthropologist and archaeologist

|

|Nicholas Saunderson

| Thurlstone

| 1682–1739

| Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge

|[http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27saunderson%27%29 The Royal Society Archives] Retrieved: 28 March 2009

|Helen Sharman

|born in Sheffield

|1963–

|first British cosmonaut , first Western European woman in space

|

|Percy Shaw

| born in Halifax

| 1889–1975

| inventor of the cat's eyes reflecting roadstuds

|[https://books.google.com/books?id=9HQDGHQzVqAC&dq=Percy+Shaw+yorkshire+born&pg=PA635 Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology by Lance Day, Ian McNeil quoted at Google Books] Retrieved: 5 January 2008.

|John Smeaton

|

| 1724–92

|civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses

|

|Frederick Walton

| born in Sowerby Bridge

| 1834–1928

|inventor of Linoleum

|{{cite news |title=The Bishop of Manchester on Church Work and Disestablishment |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18760327/048/0005 |date=27 March 1876 |work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|accessdate=8 January 2019}}

|John Wycliffe

|

| 1330–84

|theologian, reformist, pioneering translator

|

|Sīlācāra

|born in Hull

|1871–1951

|one of the earliest western Buddhist monk in modern times

|{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

| H. H. Asquith

| born in Morley

| 1852–1928

|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908–16

|{{cite web

|url = http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/herbert-henry-asquith

|title = Herbert Henry Asquith

|work = Number10.gov.uk

|accessdate = 19 September 2009

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091213050114/http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/herbert-henry-asquith

|archive-date = 13 December 2009

}}

| William Bradford

| born in Austerfield

| 1590–1657

|Plymouth governor, pilgrim father

|

| Guy Fawkes

| York

| 1570–1606

| Yorkshire-born soldier, part of the Gunpowder Plot

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22OPG8qUNkQC&dq=guy+fawkes+yorkshire+born&pg=PA330|title=Shakespeare : A Life: A Life|first=Park|last=Honan|date=29 October 1998|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-977475-3|via=Google Books}}

| Roy Hattersley

| born in Sheffield

| 1933–

| British Labour politician, author and journalist

|

| Elizabeth Smith Middleton

| born in Yorkshire

| 1814–1898

| British-born Canadian temperance leader

|{{cite book |last1=Cherrington |first1=Ernest Hurst |title=Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton |date=1928 |via=Internet Archive |publisher=American Issue Publishing Co. |location=Westerville, Ohio |url=https://archive.org/details/standardencyclop04cher/page/1768 |page=1768 |access-date=2 April 2024 |chapter=MIDDLETON, ELIZABETH (SMITH)}}

| William Wilberforce

| born in Kingston upon Hull

| 1759–1833

|social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery

|

{{cite web

|url=http://www.wilberforce2007.com/index.php?/abolition_of_slavery/william_wilberforce/

|title=William Wilberforce

|accessdate=22 December 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

}}

| Harold Wilson

| born in Huddersfield

| 1916–1995

|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964–70 and 1974–76

|{{cite web

| url = http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/explore/biography.cfm?name=Wilson,%20Harold

| title = Biography of Harold Wilson

| work = National Cold War Exhibition

|publisher = Royal Air Force Museum

| accessdate = 11 September 2009}}

| Simon Armitage

| born Huddersfield

| 1963–

|Poet, writer

|{{cite web|url=https://www.simonarmitage.com/biography/|title=Biography » Simon Armitage | The Official Website|accessdate=6 May 2021}}

| W. H. Auden

| born York

| 1907– 1973

|Poet, critic, essayist

|[https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10856.html] Edward Mendelson, Early Auden, Later Auden A Critical Biography (2017)

| Alcuin of York

| born near York

| 732–804

|Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTWO1z2nO1wC&dq=Alcuin+birth+York&pg=PA21|title=Anglo-Latin Literature, 600–899|first=Michael|last=Lapidge|date=1 January 1996|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781852850111|via=Google Books}}

| Alan Bennett

| born in Leeds

| 1934–

| playwright and actor

|

| Barbara Taylor Bradford

| born in Leeds

| 1933–

| best-selling British-American novelist, debut novel, A Woman of Substance

|

| Anne Brontë

| born in Thornton

| 1820–49

| writer, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkgW_pQpC4MC&dq=Bront%C3%ABs+birth+thornton&pg=PA273|title=The Life of Charlotte Bronte|first=Elizabeth Cleghorn|last=Gaskell|date=1 August 2008|publisher=BiblioBazaar|isbn=9780554359960|via=Google Books}}

| Branwell Brontë

| born in Thornton

| 1817–48

|writer and artist

|

| Charlotte Brontë

| born in Thornton

| 1816–55

|writer, author of Jane Eyre

|

| Emily Brontë

| born in Thornton

| 1818–48

| writer, author of Wuthering Heights

|

| Cædmon

| born Whitby

| 657–684

| Earliest English poet

| Bede's Historia ecclesiastica.

| Ian Clayton

| born in Featherstone

| 1959–

| Writer and broadcaster

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

| Margaret Drabble

| born in Sheffield

| 1939–

| literary Prize-winning writer

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

|Stanley Ellis

| born in Bradford

| 1926–2009

| English linguistics scholar, writer and broadcaster, English regional dialects.

|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/nov/13/stanley-ellis-obituary|title=Stanley Ellis obituary|work=The Guardian|date=13 November 2009|accessdate=8 August 2018}}

| Helen Fielding

| born in Morley, West Yorkshire

| 1958–

| novelist and screenwriter, Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), The Edge of Reason (1999)

|{{cite web |title=Six of the Best |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/your-leeds/six-of-the-best-leeds-writers-1-8191901 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=22 October 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2018}}

| Roger Hargreaves

| born in Cleckheaton

| 1935–1988

| writer of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

| Joanne Harris

| born in Barnsley

| 1964–

| English author, award-winning novel Chocolat

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

| Tony Harrison

| born in Leeds

| 1964–

| Poet, translator, critic, dramatist

|

| Susan Hill

| born Scarborough, North Yorkshire

| 1942–

| novels include The Woman in Black and I'm the King of the Castle, Somerset Maugham Award (1971). Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

| Barry Hines

| born Hoyland Common near Barnsley

| 1939–2016

| Novelist, television script-writer. A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), Kes

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

| Richard Hoggart

| born in Potternewton, Leeds

| 1918–2014

| Writer on English literature, sociology and cultural studies

|{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

|Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire

|1898 - 1935

|Novelist of works based on 1920-1930 Yorkshire women's empowerment, her works include South Riding (novel), The Land of Green Ginger, A Crowded Street, Anderby Wold

|{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

| Ted Hughes

| born in Mytholmroyd

| 1930–98

| poet laureate of United Kingdom, 1984–1998.

|

|born in Halifax, West Yorkshire

|1791-1840

|English landowner, diarist, and mountaineer.

|Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service. Catalogue Number SH. Lister Family of Shibden Hall, Family and Estate Records, Including Records of Anne Lister, Diarist. Diaries added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register.

| Andrew Marvell

| born in Winestead-in-Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire

| 1621–78

| poet

|

|born in Darfield, South Yorkshire

|1956–

|poet

|

|

|1971–

|author

|

| J. B. Priestley

| born in Bradford

| 1894–1984

| writer, novelist and broadcaster

|

| Christopher Riley

| born in Bridlington

| 1967–

| Science and history writer and documentarian

|

| Ray Robinson

| born in Northallerton

| 1971–

| English novelist and screenwriter, award-winning novel Electricity

|{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

| Sally Wainwright

| born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire

| 1963–

| English television writer, producer, and director: Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2016), Happy Valley (2014–present), and Gentleman Jack (2019–2022).

|

| Keith Waterhouse

| born in Hunslet, Leeds

| 1929–2009

| British novelist, newspaper columnist, many television series, novels: Billy Liar (1959)

|

| Stanley Wells

| born in Hull

| 1930–

| Shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor who has been honorary president of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, professor emeritus at the University of Birmingham

|

| Margaret Clitherow

| born in York

| 1556–1586

|saint, martyr

|{{cite web|url=http://www.stwilfridsyork.org.uk/st_margaret_clitherow.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202085147/http://www.stwilfridsyork.org.uk/st_margaret_clitherow.html|url-status=dead|title=St Wilfrid's Church, York|archivedate=2 December 2008}}

| Edwin of Northumbria

| Not born in Yorkshire

| 585–633

| saint, King of Northumbria

|

| John of Beverley

| Harpham and Beverley

| d. 721

|bishop, founder and patron saint of Beverley

|{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=691|title=St. John of Beverly – Saints & Angels |website=Catholic Online}}

| John Fisher

| Beverley

| 1469–1535

|bishop, cardinal, saint, martyr

|{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462b.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John Fisher|website=www.newadvent.org}}

| Hilda of Whitby

|

| 614–680

| princess, nun, nurse, founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and patron saint of Whitby

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SPFlzbFu2GoC&dq=Yorkshire+born+Hilda+of+whitby&pg=PA101|title=The Celtic Resource Book|first=Martin|last=Wallace|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Church House Publishing|isbn=9780715149065|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tp8OAAAAQAAJ&dq=Yorkshire+born+Hilda+of+whitby&pg=PA28|title=The Story of Nursing|first=Jean McKinlay|last=Calder|date=30 July 1971|publisher=Methuen|isbn=9780423430400|via=Google Books}}

| Blessed Nicholas Postgate

| Egton

| 1596–1679

| martyr

|{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12319a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ven. Nicholas Postgate|website=www.newadvent.org}}

| Mark Addy

| York

|

| actor

|{{cite web|url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/artists/a/Mark-Addy/index-326980.html|title=Mark Addy Profile|work=Yahoo! UK & Ireland Movies|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=9 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223041604/http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/artists/a/Mark-Addy/index-326980.html|archive-date=23 December 2009}}

| Julian Barratt

| Leeds

|

| actor, comedian

|{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

| Keith Barron

| Mexborough

|

| actor

|{{cite web

| title = TV Castings: Sydney Rae White Joins Sky1′s 'Starlings', Keith Barron To Reprise Role On BBC One's 'Lapland'

| url = http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/10/tv-castings-sydney-rae-white-keith-barron/

| page = 1

| publisher = TVWise

| accessdate = 11 December 2013}}

| Sean Bean

| Sheffield

| 1959–

| actor

|{{cite web

|title=Sean Bean Biography

|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/sean_bean_biog.html

|page=1

|publisher=Tiscali

|accessdate=14 September 2006 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813194004/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/sean_bean_biog.html

|archive-date=13 August 2006 }}

| Brian Blessed

| Mexborough

| 1936–

| actor

|{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

| Chuckle Brothers

| Rotherham

| 1944–2018, 1947–

| TV actors

|{{Citation needed|date=February 2015}}

| Hull, East Riding

|

| actor

|{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Tom-Courtenay.html|title=Tom Courtenay Biography (1937–)|website=www.filmreference.com}}

| Dame Judi Dench

| York

|

| actress

|

|Peter Firth

|Bradford

|

|actor

|

|James Frain

|Leeds

|

|actor

|

| Brian Glover

| Sheffield (raised in Barnsley)

|

| actor, comedian

|{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brian-glover-1252389.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018174412/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brian-glover-1252389.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2010|title=Obituary: Brian Glover|last=Vallance|first=Tom|date=25 July 1997|newspaper=The Independent|accessdate=16 July 2009|location=London}}

|Charlie Heaton

|Bridlington

|1994–

|actor

|{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

|Elizabeth Henstridge

|Sheffield

|1987-

|actress, model, fashion designer, YouTuber, podcaster and director

|{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

| Ralph Ineson

| Leeds

|

| actor

|{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/not-a-household-name-a-northern-star-ralph-ineson-34512603.html|title=Not a household name, a Northern star – Ralph Ineson|date=7 March 2016|newspaper=Irish Independent|accessdate=16 December 2017}}

| Gorden Kaye

| Huddersfield

| 1941–2017

| Actor, comedian

| {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gordon-kaye-dead-allo-allo-actor-rene-artois-dies-died-aged-45-a7542001.html|title='Allo 'Allo actor Gordon Kaye dies|date=23 January 2017|work=The Independent|accessdate=23 January 2017}}

| Sir Ben Kingsley

| Scarborough

|

| actor

|

| Charles Laughton

| Scarborough

| 1899–1962

| actor, screenwriter, and director of the film The Night of The Hunter

|

| Matthew Lewis

| Leeds

|

| actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| James Mason

| Huddersfield

| 1909–1984

| actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Michael Palin

| Sheffield

| 1943–

| actor, comedian

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Andrew-Lee Potts

| Bradford

|

| actor

|{{cite web

|title = Andrew-Lee Potts Biography

|url = http://andrewleepotts.net/wordpress/?page_id=2

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320230815/http://andrewleepotts.net/wordpress/?page_id=2

|archive-date = 20 March 2012

}}

| Dame Diana Rigg

| Doncaster

| 1938–2020

| actress

|{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/sense_of_place/sy_people/diana_rigg.shtml|title=Meet...Dame Diana Rigg|date=24 September 2014|work=BBC South Yorkshire|access-date=14 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928154021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/sense_of_place/sy_people/diana_rigg.shtml|archive-date=28 September 2006|url-status=live}}

| Jack Shepherd

| Leeds

|

| actor

|{{cite web|url=http://www.gbtheatrecompany.com/cast2012.html|title=2012 Cast & Directors biographies|website=www.gbtheatrecompany.com|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704113421/http://www.gbtheatrecompany.com/cast2012.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=11 November 2020}}

| Peter O'Toole

| Leeds

|

|actor

|{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/peter-otoole-lad-from-leeds-who-became-one-of-screen-greats-1851130|title=Peter O’Toole: Lad from Leeds who became one of screen greats|date=16 December 2013|work=Yorkshirew Evening Post|access-date=20 November 2024}}

| Sir Patrick Stewart

| Mirfield

|

| actor

|{{cite journal

| last = Chadwick

| first = Lauren

| title = Stewart honoured

| journal = Mirfield Reporter

| location = Dewsbury, England

| date = 26 October 2007

| url = http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/Stewart-honoured.3417457.jp

| accessdate = 4 March 2009}}

| Laura White

| Yorkshire

| 1996–

| actress

|{{cite instagram|user=laurabeatricewhite|postid=CBkk_WBnSB4|title= I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole. I am a cocktail of fried dumplings for breakfast and walks in the Yorkshire moors. Of middle class and working class, of large family and of small. Of gospel music and carnival dance and singing we’ll meet again. Of a small British town and the Jamaican countryside, that moved to Wales to start again. Of hair that’s free and refuses to stay put no matter how much I used to will it straight. Of Christmas filled with noise and of laughter and debates. From a Northern soul and a Jamaican heart came three children born of love. I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole. |date=18 June 2020|last=White|first=Laura}}

| Rotherham

| 1979–

| actress

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Jodie Whittaker

| Skelmanthorpe

|

| actress

|{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/jodie-whittaker|title=Jodie Whittaker|website=Biography}}

| Tom Wilkinson

| Leeds

|

| actor

|{{cite web|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/tom_wilkinson_biog.html |title=Tom Wilkinson – Biography |work=Talk Talk |publisher=Tiscali UK Limited |accessdate=9 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505120826/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/tom_wilkinson_biog.html |archive-date=5 May 2009 }}{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019318/bio|title=Tom Wilkinson|work=Yahoo! Movies|publisher= Yahoo! Inc. |accessdate=9 March 2010}}

| Jeremy Clarkson

| Doncaster

|

| presenter and former host of BBC TV's Top Gear

|{{cite news|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-news/doncaster-s-jeremy-clarkson-to-attend-margaret-thatcher-s-funeral-1-5579000|title=Doncaster's Jeremy Clarkson to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral|date=12 April 2013|work=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=12 May 2013}}

| Angela Crow

| Wharfedale

| 1938–

| actress

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Rodney Bewes

| Bingley, Bradford

|1937–2017

| comedian, actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Roy Castle

| Scholes

|1932–1994

| comedian, singer, actor, television presenter

|GRO Register of Births: DEC 1932 9a 303 HUDDERSFIELD – Roy Castle, mmn = Swallow

| Paul Daniels

| South Bank, Middlesbrough

|1938–2016

| illusionist, quiz show host

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Adrian Edmondson

| Bradford

|1957–

| comedian, actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon)

| Beeston, Leeds

|1973–

| comedian, entertainer

|{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

| Frankie Howerd

| York

|1917–1992

| comedian

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Gorden Kaye

| Huddersfield

|1941–2017

| actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Bob Mortimer

| Acklam, Middlesbrough

|1959–

| comedian, entertainer

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Wendy Richard

| Middlesbrough

|1943–2009

| actress

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Paul Shane

| Thrybergh, Rotherham

|1940–2013

| comedian, actor

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Mollie Sugden

| Keighley

|1922–2009

|actress

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Dame Penelope Wilton

| Scarborough

|1946–

| actress

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

| Ernie Wise

| Bramley

|1925–1999

| comedian

|{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

|Bradford

|1993-

|Musician and YouTuber

|{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title='I took a risk and it's worked out well': Meet the Yorkshire bass playing YouTube star pulling in millions of views |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/bradford-bass-guitarist-and-youtube-star-danny-sapko-is-pulling-in-millions-of-views-4808303 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Yorkshire Post |language=en}}

|Arctic Monkeys

|formed in Sheffield

|

|indie band

|{{cite web | last=Aizlewood | first=John | url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-21552357-details/Monkeys+are+top+of+the+tree/article.do;jsessionid=7F8E552364B1A45D622C3C495E2E35AD | publisher=ES London Limited | work=Evening Standard | title=Monkeys are top of the tree | date=27 January 2006 | accessdate=3 February 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|James Arthur

|born in Middlesbrough

|1988–

|singer

|{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

|Asking Alexandria

|formed in York

|

|metalcore band

|

|Mel B

| Leeds

|

|member of the Spice Girls

|

|

|

|opera singer

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-oQg-ObWeYC&dq=kaiser+chiefs+yorkshire&pg=PA168|title=A Yorkshire Miscellany By Tom Holman, p. 168 quoted at Google Books|isbn=9781907666339|last1=Holman|first1=Tom|date=14 October 2010}}

|John Barry

| York

|

|best known for his soundtracks for James Bond films and Midnight Cowboy

|

|The Beautiful South

| formed in Hull

|

| popular music band

|

|Bring Me the Horizon

|formed in Sheffield

|

|metalcore band

|

|Arthur Brown

|

|

|rock singer

|

|Tony Christie

| Conisbrough

|

|singer

|

|Joe Cocker

| Sheffield

|

|rock singer

|

|David Coverdale

|born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea

|

|lead vocalist for Deep Purple and Whitesnake

|{{cite web|url=http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/david-coverdale/|title=David Coverdale: Biography|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=MSN Music|accessdate=5 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818080412/http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/david-coverdale/|archive-date=18 August 2010|url-status=dead}}

|The Cribs

|formed in Wakefield

|

|indie band

|{{cite web|url=http://cornellsun.com/node/24301|title=Spotlight On The Cribs|last=Weiss|first=Rebecca|date=10 September 2007|work=The Sun Online|publisher=The Cornell Daily Sun|accessdate=3 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012041936/http://cornellsun.com/node/24301|archive-date=12 October 2008}}

|Kiki Dee

| Bradford

|

|singer-songwriter

|

|Def Leppard

|formed in Sheffield

|

|hard rock group

|

|Frederick Delius

|

|

|composer

|

|Gang of Four

| formed in Leeds

|

|post-punk group

|

|Vin Garbutt

| born in South Bank, Middlesbrough

|

|folk singer

|{{cite web|url=http://www.vingarbutt.com/index.php?page=biography|title=Vin Garbutt – Official Website|website=Vin Garbutt}}

|Lesley Garrett

| Doncaster

|

|opera singer

|

|Gareth Gates

|born in Bradford

|

|singer

|

|Heaven 17

|

|

|80s band

|

|The Human League

| formed in Sheffield

|

|synthpop band

|

|Kaiser Chiefs

| formed in Leeds

|

|indie band

|

|Zayn Malik

| born in Bradford

|

|Singer-songwriter and former member of boy band One Direction

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

|born in Wakefield

|

|singer

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

|born in Doncaster

|1942–

|jazz guitarist

|{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=1577/8}}

|born in Settle

|1990–

|soul singer

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

|Robert Palmer

|Batley

|1949–2003

|singer

|

|Pulp

|formed in Sheffield

|

|popular music band

|

|Corinne Bailey Rae

|born in Leeds

|

|singer

|

|Chris Rea

|born in Middlesbrough

|

|singer

|

|Paul Rodgers

| born in Middlesbrough

|1949–

|rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company

|{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2009/11/28/paul-rodgers-honoured-by-teesside-university-84229-25275230/|title=Paul Rodgers honoured by Teesside University|first=Teesside|last=Live|date=28 November 2009}}

|Kate Rusby

|

|

|folk singer

|

|Shed Seven

|formed in York

|

|indie-rock band

|

|Ed Sheeran

|born in Hebden Bridge

|

|singer

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

|Benson Taylor

|born in Bradford

|

|Composer

|{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

|Kimberley Walsh

|born in Bradford

|

|member of pop group Girls Aloud

|{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

|Christopher Wolstenholme

|born in Rotherham

|

|bassist of Muse

|{{cite web|url=http://www.musewiki.org/Christopher_Wolstenholme|title=Christopher Wolstenholme – MuseWiki: Supermassive wiki for the band Muse|website=www.musewiki.org}}

|Louis William Tomlinson

|born in Doncaster

|

| Singer-songwriter and member of boy group One Direction, currently solo

|{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

|Dominic Harrison

|born in Doncaster

|

|Singer Yungblud

|{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

|Saxon (band)

|formed in Barnsley

|

|Heavy Metal band part of the NWOBHM

|{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

|David Bairstow

|born in Bradford, Yorkshire

|1951 – January 1998

|cricketer

|{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

| Jonathan Bairstow

| born in Bradford

| 1989–

| Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer and son of David. (Above)

|{{cite web|url=https://yorkshireccc.com/teams/view/3/jonathan-m-bairstow|title= Jonathan M Bairstow|work=Yorkshire County Cricket Club|accessdate=18 October 2016}}

| Gordon Banks

|born in Sheffield

|1937-2019

|Goal keeper, England World Cup Winner 1966

|

| Geoffrey Boycott

| born in Fitzwilliam

|1940–

|Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer

|{{cite book|last=Arlott|first=John|author-link=John Arlott|title=John Arlott's Book of Cricketers. 25 Favourites – Past and Present|year=1979|publisher=Sphere Books Limited|isbn=0-7221-1277-7|page=124}}

| Alistair Brownlee

| born in Dewsbury

| 1988–

| Olympic gold medalist, world champion in triathlon

|{{cite web|title=Olympics triathlon: Alistair Brownlee wins Britain's 19th gold|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18902984|accessdate=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809081700/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18902984|archive-date=9 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

| Jonathan Brownlee

| born in Leeds

| 1990–

| Olympic silver medalist, world champion in triathlon

|

| Brian Clough

| born in Middlesbrough

|1935–2004

|footballer and football manager

|

| Jessica Ennis

| born in Sheffield

| 1986–

| Olympic gold medalist, world champion in heptathlon

|{{cite news|title=Jessica Ennis crowns stunning Olympic gold medal heptathlon victory with blistering 800m run|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9452762/Jessica-Ennis-crowns-stunning-Olympic-gold-medal-heptathlon-victory-with-blistering-800m-run.html|accessdate=5 August 2012 | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Simon|last=Hart|date=4 August 2012}}

| Lewis Cook

| born in York

| 1997–

| footballer, midfielder for AFC Bournemouth and England

| {{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

| Josh Coburn

| born in Bedale

| 2002-

| footballer, formerly for Sunderland Football Club, current forward for Middlesbrough Football Club

| Ben Godfrey

| born in York

|1997–

|footballer, defender/midfielder for Norwich City

| {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

| Darren Gough

| born in Barnsley

|1970–

|cricketer

|

| Alan Hinkes

|

|1954–

|mountaineer, first Briton to climb world's highest 14 peaks

|

| Len Hutton

| born in Pudsey

| 1916–90

| cricketer, Ashes-winning captain

|

| Innes Ireland

| born in Mytholmroyd

|

| Formula One driver

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

| Kevin Keegan

| born in Doncaster

|1951–

|footballer, 2 x European footballer of the year

|

| Harry Maguire

| born in Sheffield

| 1993 –

| football player for Manchester United and England

| Steve McClaren

| born in York

| 1961–

| football manager and former player

| {{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

|Jamie Reeves

|born in Sheffield

|1962–

|world champion strength athlete, World's Strongest Man of '89

|{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

| Joe Root

| Sheffield

| 1990

| Cricketer for Yorkshire CCC and England

|{{cite web|url=https://yorkshireccc.com/teams/view/11/joe-e-root|title=Joe E Root |work=Yorkshire County Cricket Club |accessdate=18 October 2016}}

| David Seaman

| born in Rotherham

| 1963

| footballer, goalkeeper for Arsenal and England

|{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/business/rotherham-born-former-england-goalkeeper-raises-cash-for-charity-1-6283269|title=Rotherham-born former England goalkeeper raises cash for charity|work=The Star|accessdate=19 January 2017}}

| John Stones

| born in Barnsley

| 1994–

| footballer, Centre back,for Manchester City and England

| {{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

|Jane Tomlinson

|

|1964–2007

|amateur athlete and cancer charity fundraiser

|{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/06/db0602.xml|title=Obituary – Jane Tomlinson|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 December 2008|location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|Fred Trueman

|

|1931 – July 2006

|cricketer

|

|Jamie Vardy

|born in Sheffield

|1987–

|footballer, striker for Leicester City and England

|{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26610750|title=Jamie Vardy: Leicester City striker's remarkable rise |work=BBC Sport |date=18 March 2014 |accessdate=14 April 2016}}

|Danny Willett

|born in Sheffield

|1987–

|golfer, second Englishman to win The Masters

|{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/18573570 |title=Danny Willett secures first European Tour victory in Cologne |work=BBC Sport |date=24 June 2012 |accessdate=11 April 2016}}

|Tom Pidcock

|born in Leeds

|1999–

|cyclist, olympic champion

| Gertrude Spurr Cutts

|Scarborough

| 1858–1941

| painter

|{{cite web|url=http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=96|work=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative|title=CUTTS, Gertrude E Spurr|publisher=Concordia|year=2012}}

| John Atkinson Grimshaw

|Leeds

| 1836–1893

| painter

|

| Barbara Hepworth

|Wakefield

| 1903–1975

| artist

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSvSfCmzo2wC&dq=Barbara+Hepworth+yorkshire&pg=PA192|title=Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century|first1=Uta|last1=Grosenick|first2=Ilka|last2=Becker|date=30 July 2018|publisher=Taschen|isbn=9783822858547|via=Google Books}}

|Keighley

|1861–1947

|photographer

|{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=John |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1156027338 |title=Pictorial Photography in Britain 1900 - 1920 |publisher=Arts Council of Great Britain |year=1978 |isbn=0-7287-0170-7 |location=London |page=81 |chapter=Alex Keighley 1861–1947 |oclc=1156027338}}

|Bradford

| 1937–

| artist

|

| Henry Moore

|Castleford

| 1898–1986

| sculptor

|

| Robert Thompson

| Kilburn

| 1876–1955

| carpenter, furniture maker recognised for his mouseman furniture, exclusively using Yorkshire Oak

|

|Andy Goldsworthy

|Cheshire, raised in Leeds

|1956–

|British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings

|{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/andy-goldsworthy/|title=Andy Goldsworthy {{!}} artnet|website=www.artnet.com|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|York

|1787–1849

|English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures

|{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:etty-william-17871849|title=Art UK {{!}} Discover Artworks|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|grew up in Leeds

|1965–

|artist

|{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-art-gallery-damien-hirst-comes-home-1-3555170|title=Leeds Art Gallery: Damien Hirst comes home|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Leeds

|1920–1999

|artist

|{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/patrick-heron/|title=Patrick Heron {{!}} artnet|website=www.artnet.com|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Leeds

|1930–2017

|artist

|{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

|Leeds

|1938–

|artist

|{{cite news|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/norman-ackroyd-625|title=Norman Ackroyd born 1938 {{!}} Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Huddersfield

|1984–

|artist

|{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-44198953|title=Artist creates works in denim|date=23 May 2018|work=BBC News|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Leeds

|1927–2006

|artist

|{{cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art29099|title=A Room Of His Own – Joash Woodrow At Manchester Art Gallery {{!}} Culture24|website=www.culture24.org.uk|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Leeds based

|1892–1962

|artist

|{{cite web|url=https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8543|title=Jacob Kramer Archive – Library {{!}} University of Leeds|website=explore.library.leeds.ac.uk|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Bradford

|1980–

|artist

|{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewkrishanu.com/|title=Matthew Krishanu|website=www.matthewkrishanu.com|accessdate=3 July 2018}}

|Sheffield

|1960–

|artist

|{{cite web|url=https://www.petemckee.com/|title=Pete McKee|website=www.petemckee.com|accessdate=21 April 2020}}

| Mary Bateman

| born in Asenby, worked in Thirsk

| 1768–1809

| "Yorkshire Witch"; convicted of fraud and murder, hanged

|{{cite news | last = Davies | first = Owen | title = Bateman , Mary (1768–1809) | newspaper = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2004 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56653 | accessdate =9 May 2010}}

| John Christie

| born in Illingworth

| 1899–1953 (Hanged)

|serial killer, known as "The Rillington Place Strangler"

|Simpson, Keith (1978). Forty Years of Murder: An Autobiography. London: Harrap. {{ISBN|0-245-53198-X}}.

| Stephen Griffiths

| born in Dewsbury

| 1969–

| serial killer, known as "The Crossbow Cannibal"

|"Stephen Griffiths charged with murder of three prostitutes – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

| Mark Hobson

| born in Wakefield

| 1969–

| 'spree killer' who murdered four people

|{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

| born in Dewsbury

| 1936–2011

| armed robber, serial killer, known as "The Black Panther"

|Black Panther murderer Donald Neilson dying from Motor Neurone Disease – mirror.co.uk

| Jimmy Savile

| born in West Riding

| 1926–2011

| Prolific sex abuser of both adults and children, TV presenter, celebrity, charity fund-raiser

|"West Yorkshire police to publish findings of Jimmy Savile report". The Guardian (London). Press Association. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

| Edward Simpson

| born in Sleights

| 1815–?

| infamous forger of prehistoric flint tools, sold to many notable museums

|Locker, R. 2011 Flint Jack: Prince of Forgershttp://whitbypopwatch.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/flint-jack-prince-of-counterfeiters.html

| Peter Sutcliffe

| born in Bingley

| 1946–2020

| serial killer, known as "The Yorkshire Ripper"

|"1981: Yorkshire Ripper jailed for life", BBC On This Day, 22 May