List Of People From York
This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England. Actors and performers *Mark Addy (born 1964) *Taj Atwal (born 1987) * Rob Auton (living) * David Bradley (born 1942) * Michael Burns (born 1952) *Judi Dench (born 1934) *Keith Drinkel (born 1944) *Dustin Gee (1942–1986) *Frankie Howerd (1917–1992) *Ian Kelsey (born 1966) *Janet McTeer (born 1961) *Eille Norwood (1861–1948) *Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004) Arts *Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter * Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists *William Etty (1787–1849), painter. *John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman. * Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist *Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter. *Francis Place (1647–1728), artist *Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter Confectioners *Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier and reformer * Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philan ...
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York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in 71 AD. It then became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and later of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria, and Scandinavian York. In the Middle Ages, it became the northern England ecclesiastical province's centre, and grew as a wool-trading centre. In the 19th century, it became a major railway network hub and confectionery manufacturing centre. During the Second World War, part of the Baedeker Blitz bombed the city; it was less affected by the war than other northern cities, with several historic buildings being gutted and restore ...
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