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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 ...

, a city in

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England.

Actors and performers

Mark Addy Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor. His roles in British television include Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the sitcom '' The Thin Blue Line'' (1995–1996) and Hercules in the fantasy drama series ''Atlantis'' (2013–2 ...

(born 1964) *

Taj Atwal Taj Atwal (born in December 1987) is a British actress from Norwich, who has appeared in '' Stella'', '' In the Club'', '' Line of Duty'', TV drama ''The Syndicate'' and comedy '' Hullraisers''. Biography Atwal was born in Norwich to an Indian ...

(born 1987) * Rob Auton (living) * David Bradley (born 1942) * Michael Burns (born 1952) *

Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes encompassing several genres, as well as for her ...

(born 1934) *

Keith Drinkel Keith Drinkel (born 14 November 1944) is an English actor. Drinkel was born in York, educated at St Michael's College, Leeds, and is now based in Brighton. His notable appearances in film and television include ''A Family at War'' (1970), ' ...

(born 1944) *

Dustin Gee Gerald Harrison (24 June 1942 – 3 January 1986), who performed under the name Dustin Gee, was a British impressionist and comedian, best known for his double act with Les Dennis. Early life and career Born Gerald Harrison in York, on Wednes ...

(1942–1986) *

Frankie Howerd Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Deat ...

(1917–1992) *

Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama '' Blue Murder'' ...

(born 1966) *

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
. ''Derbrett's P ...

(born 1961) *

Eille Norwood Eille Norwood (born Anthony Edward Brett; 11 October 1861 – 24 December 1948) was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films. Early life He was born 11 October 1 ...

(1861–1948) *

Peter Woodthorpe Peter Woodthorpe (25 September 1931 – 13 August 2004) was an English actor who supplied the voice of Gollum in the 1978 Bakshi version of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and BBC's 1981 radio serial. He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult ...

(1931–2004)

Arts

Mary Ellen Best Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891) was an English artist. Most active in the 1830s, she usually worked in water-colour, commonly painting scenes of domestic life. Biography Early life Best was born in York in 1809, the daughter of doctor Charles B ...

(1809–1891), painter * Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists *

William Etty William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left scho ...

(1787–1849), painter. *

John Flaxman John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several yea ...

(1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman. * Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist *

Albert Joseph Moore Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 184125 September 1893) was an English painter, known for his depictions of languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world. Life Moore was born at York on 4 September 1841 ...

(1841–1893), painter. *

Francis Place Francis Place (3 November 1771 in London – 1 January 1854 in London) was an English social reformer. Early life He was an illegitimate son of Simon Place and Mary Gray. His father was originally a journeyman baker. He then became a Marshalse ...

(1647–1728), artist *

Henry Scott Tuke Henry Scott Tuke (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), was an English visual artist; primarily a painter, but also a photographer. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style, and he is best known for his paintings of nude boys and young ...

(1858–1929), painter Joseph rowntree old

Confectioners

Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH (7 July 1871 – 7 October 1954) was an English sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist. He is known in particular for his three York studies of poverty conducted in 1899, 1935, and 1951. The fi ...

(1871–1954),

chocolatier A chocolatier is a person or company who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients. Education and training Traditionally, chocolatiers, e ...

and reformer * Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philanthropist *

Joseph Terry Sir Joseph Terry (7 January 182812 January 1898) was a British confectioner, industrialist and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of York on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy mayor through his role as town sh ...

(1828–1898), confectioner

Musicians

Joseph Barnby Sir Joseph Barnby (12 August 183828 January 1896) was an English composer and conductor. Life Barnby was born at York, as a son of Thomas Barnby, who was an organist. Joseph was a chorister at York Minster from the age of seven, was educated ...

(1838–1896) composer and conductor. * John Barry (1933–2011) *

Findlay Brown Findlay Brown is a Yorkshire-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and producer. His music is melodic, gentle and intimate, drawing on influences from the rural settings where he grew up. His songs are metaphoric, often using nature's imagery t ...

(born 1975) *

Syd Dale Syd Dale (20 May 1924 – 15 August 1994) was an English self-taught composer and arranger of funk, easy listening and library music. His music played an important role on television, radio and advertising media of the 1960s and 1970s and is sti ...

(1924–1994) *

Iestyn Davies Iestyn Davies (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Education and background Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder, mentored in his early years by his father Ioan, the founding cellist ...

(born 1979) *

Troy Donockley Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...

(born 1964) *

Helen Grime Helen Grime (born 1981) is a Scottish composer whose work, ''Virga'', was selected as one of the best ten new classical works of the 2000s by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Though she was born in York, England, Grime's parents returned ...

(born 1981) *

Beaumont Hannant Beaumont Hannant (born c. 1970) is a British musician, producer and DJ from York, England. His work includes ambient techno, IDM, hip hop and indie rock. Hannant has received positive critical reviews, and he was named one of "The Faces of ...

(born 1970) *

Låpsley Holly Lapsley Fletcher (born 7 August 1996), known by the stage name Låpsley, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Her debut album '' Long Way Home'' was released on 4 March 2016. Early life Låpsley was born in York. Her m ...

(born 1996) *

Benjamin Francis Leftwich Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 4 September 1989) is an English singer-songwriter from York. Leftwich released his first album '' Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm'' in 2011 which peaked at #35 on the UK charts. In February 2016 he announced his n ...

(born 1989) *

Rusko Rusko () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipali ...

(born 1985) *

The Thrillseekers Steve Helstrip, known by the stage name The Thrillseekers, is an English DJ and record producer. His debut single was "Synaesthesia", released in 1999. Helstrip has worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye and Hydra. He also w ...

(born 1973) *

Trevor Watts Trevor Charles Watts (born 26 February 1939) is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. Biography Watts was born in York, England. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to s ...

(born 1939) *

Trevor Wishart Trevor Wishart (born 11 October 1946) is an English composer, based in York. Wishart has contributed to composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. He has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms " sonic art", a ...

(born 1946)

Groups

Asking Alexandria Asking Alexandria are a British rock band from York, North Yorkshire, consisting of guitarists Ben Bruce and Cameron Liddell, drummer James Cassells, lead vocalist Danny Worsnop, and bassist Sam Bettley. Initially formed in 2006 by Ben Bruce ...

* The Batfish Boys *

Glamour of the Kill Glamour of the Kill (sometimes abbreviated as GOTK) were an English post-hardcore band from York. They had a Kerrang! video of the week with the track "Feeling Alive". History "Glamour of the Kill" were formed in January 2007. They take thei ...

Elliot Minor Elliot Minor are an English rock band from York, England. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Davies, vocalist and guitarist Ed Minton, drummer Dan Hetherton, bassist Ed Hetherton and keyboardist Ali Paul. The band ...

Mostly Autumn Mostly Autumn are an English rock band. The group formed in 1995 and have built their reputation through constant touring, never signing to a major label. They produce music heavily influenced by 1970s progressive rock. According to the BBC, M ...

The Redskins The Redskins was a 1980s English band, notable for its left-wing politics, skinhead image and catchy, danceable songs. Their music combined influences from soul, rockabilly, pop and punk rock. History The band formed in York, England in 198 ...

Rick Witter & The Dukes Rick Witter & the Dukes are a British alternative rock band from York, England. Band members * Rick Witter (Vocals) * Rob Wilson (Guitars) * Stuart Fletcher (Bass) * Matt Lunn (Drums) History In August 2005, former Shed Seven front man, Rick ...

* RSJ *

The Seahorses The Seahorses were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1996 by guitarist John Squire, following his departure from The Stone Roses. The band released their debut album ''Do It Yourself (The Seahorses album), Do It Yourself'' in 1997, a ...

Shed Seven Shed Seven are a alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990. One of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene of the 1990s, they continue to write, record and release music over thirty years later. They originally comprised sin ...

The Smoke The Smoke were an English pop group from York. They consisted of Mick Rowley (lead vocals), Mal Luker (lead guitar), John "Zeke" Lund (bass) and Geoff Gill (drums and compositor). The band originally performed around Yorkshire as The Moons ...

St. Christopher Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively u ...

With One Last Breath With One Last Breath are an English metalcore band from York, England. History Formation, self-titled EP and single (2008-2012) The band was formed in 2008 with original members Sam Graves, Joe Graves, Chris Bowling and Jake Holmes. In 2 ...

Historians

Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 (t ...

(1696–1771), historian of York, ''Eboracum'' 1736 *

William Arthur Evelyn William Arthur Evelyn (4 October 1860 – 6 January 1935) was a distinguished historian of York, England. He championed the preservation and conservation of the city’s architectural and archaeological heritage. He also gathered an extensive coll ...

(1860–1935), historian *

Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), was an English traveller, historian and a gentleman of the bedchamber of King Charles I while Charles was in the custody of Parliament (from 1647 until the king's execution in January 1649). Biogr ...

(1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer. *

John Edward Christopher Hill John Edward Christopher Hill (6 February 1912 – 23 February 2003) was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Early life Christop ...

(1912–2003), Marxist historian *

William Hepworth Thompson William Hepworth Thompson (27 March 18101 October 1886) was an English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Early life Thompson was born at York and was privately educated in Buckinghamshire before entering Trinity Co ...

(1810–1886), classical scholar.

Politicians and rulers

Constantine's head at capitoline - Flickr - cking

John Aislabie John Aislabie or Aslabie (; 4 December 167018 June 1742), of Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1721. He was of an independent mind, and did not stick r ...

(1670–1742), politician. *

Vincent Cable Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served in the Cabinet as ...

(born 1943) * Nicholas Clarevaux (late 13th c.) *

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

(AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in

Eboracum Eboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimate ...

(York) * David Davis (born 1948) *

Frank Dobson Frank Gordon Dobson (15 March 1940 – 11 November 2019) was a British Labour Party politician. As Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015, he served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 ...

(1940–2019) *

Richard Hotham Sir Richard Hotham (5 October 1722 – 13 March 1799) was an East India merchant, property developer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1784. He is especially noted for his development of the Sussex village of Bognor in ...

(1722–1799) *

George Hudson George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferr ...

(1800–1871) railway financier and politician. *

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa (Roman province), Africa. As a young man he advanced thro ...

(193–211 in York), Roman Emperor.

Religion

* Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England *

Alcuin Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...

(c. 735–804), Christian scholar. * John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel. *

Margaret Clitherow Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, known as "the Pearl of York". She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was c ...

(died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr * John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs. *

Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated ...

(1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary. * Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr *

Francis Mason Francis Mason (April 2, 1799 – 3 March 1874), United States, American missionary and a naturalist,Mabberley, D. J. (1985) William Theobald (1829-1908): Unwitting Reformer of Botanical Nomenclature? Taxon 34(1):152-156. was born in York, Eng ...

(1799–1874), American missionary. * Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop. *

Matthew Poole Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator. Life to 1662 He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman T ...

(1624–1679), theologian. *

Beilby Porteus Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously c ...

(1731–1809), successively

Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the C ...

and of

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. * Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer''. *

William of York William of York (late 11th century – 8 June 1154) was an English priest and twice Archbishop of York, before and after a rival, Henry Murdac. He was thought to be related to King Stephen of England, who helped to secure his election to the p ...

(1110–1154), archbishop,

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

of York

Sciences and architecture

Official portrait of Lord Rees of Ludlow crop 2

Jocelyn Bell Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (; Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. The discovery eventually earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in ...

(born 1943),

radio astronomer Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The first detection of radio waves from an astronomical object was in 1933, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories reported radiation coming f ...

and discoverer of

pulsars A pulsar (from ''pulsating radio source'') is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles. This radiation can be observed only when a beam of emission is pointing toward Ea ...

(c. 1675–1734), architect *

John Goodricke John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782. Life and work John Goodricke, named after his great-grandfath ...

(1764–86), astronomer *

Joseph Hansom Joseph Aloysius Hansom (26 October 1803 – 29 June 1882) was a British architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style. He invented the Hansom cab and founded the eminent architectural journal, ''The Builder'', in 1843. Career Ha ...

(1803–1882), architect and inventor. * Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect *

George Hennet George Hennet (1799–1857) was an English railway engineer and contractor. He undertook many contracts for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad gauge railways in the South West of England and funded the provision of extra facilities on the South D ...

(1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur *

Ivar the Boneless Ivar the Boneless ( non, Ívarr hinn Beinlausi ; died c. 873), also known as Ivar Ragnarsson, was a Viking leader who invaded England and Ireland. According to the ''Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok'', he was the son of Ragnar Loðbrok and his wife Aslau ...

(794–872), Viking chieftain. * Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford * John Middleton (1820–1885), architect *

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an Irish astronomer, naturalist, and engineer. He was president of the Royal Society (UK), the most important association of naturalists in the world in the nineteenth ...

(1800–1867), astronomer. *

Martin Rees Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, ...

(born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current

Astronomer Royal Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834. The post ...

* George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins *

John Snow John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in tracing the so ...

(1813–1858), physician

Sports

Football

Pawel Abbott Paweł Tadeusz Howard Abbott (born 5 May 1982) is a professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career Abbott was born in York, North Yorkshire to a Polish mother and an English father as the younger of two children. He ...

(born 1982) * Tom Allan (born 1994) *

Reg Baines Reginald E. Baines (3 June 1907 – 21 October 1974) was an English footballer. Baines started his career with York City whilst the club was playing in the Midland League. He then played for Selby Town and Scarborough, until eventually re ...

(1907–1974) *

Ron Benson Ronald Benson (26 March 1925 – 6 November 1997) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Archbishop Holgates Old Boys and Frickley Colliery. After ...

(1925–1997) *

Albert Bonass Albert Edward Bonass (29 May 1911 – 9 October 1945) was an English footballer who scored 58 goals from 186 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside left for Darlington, York City, Hartlepools United and Chesterfield. Bon ...

(1911–1945) *

Sam Byram Samuel Mark Byram (born 16 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Championship club Leeds United. Club career Byram was born in Thurrock, Essex, before moving north, where he attended Ralph Butter ...

(born 1993) *

Cliff Calvert Clifford Alistair Calvert (born 21 April 1954) is an English former professional footballer. Career Born in York, Calvert joined York City as an amateur in the early 1970s and signed full-time professional terms in July 1972. He was capped by th ...

(born 1954) * Walter Camidge (1912–1987) * Jack Clarke (born 2000) * Lewis Cook (born 1997) *

Nick Culkin Nicholas James Culkin (born 6 July 1978) is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in York, North Yorkshire, Culkin signed for Premier League club Manchester United in September 1995, costing £100,000 from York Ci ...

(born 1978) *

Andy Dawson Andrew Stuart Dawson (born 20 October 1978) is an English former professional footballer and coach. He is part of the coaching staff at Hull City. As a player he was a defender from 1997 to 2015. Having left Nottingham Forest as a youngster ...

(born 1979) *

Richard Dawson Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was a British-born American actor, comedian, game-show host and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in ''Hogan's Hero ...

(born 1962) * Michael Duckworth (born 1992) *

Iain Dunn Iain George William Dunn (born 1 April 1970) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a Winger (association football), winger in the Football League for York City F.C., York City, Chesterfield F.C., Cheste ...

(born 1970) * Bernard Fisher (born 1934) * Gary Ford (born 1961) * Martin Fowler (born 1957) * Martin Garratt (1980–2014) *

Ben Godfrey Benjamin Matthew Godfrey (born 15 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Everton and the England national team. Early and personal life Godfrey was born in York, North Yorkshire, and attended ...

(born 1998) *

Neil Grayson Neil Grayson (born 1 November 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Grayson's first club was local outfit Rowntree Mackintosh, playing in the Northern Counties East Football League Division On ...

(born 1964) * Ross Greenwood (born 1985) * John Hawksby (born 1942) * Nick Hendry (1887–1949) *

Simon Heslop Simon James Heslop (born 1 May 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Scarborough Athletic. Heslop started his career at Barnsley, signing his first professional deal with the club in 2005. He made just ...

(born 1987) *

Jamie Hopcutt Jamie Ryan Hopcutt (born 23 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for IFK Mariehamn. Regarding his playing style, Hopcutt was described as a "creative midfielder that can score goals, athletic wit ...

(born 1992) *

Russell Howarth Russell Michael Howarth (born 27 March 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Football League for York City, Tranmere Rovers and Bradford City. Howarth started his career in the youth sy ...

(born 1982) * Will Jarvis (born 2002) * Mike Johnson (1933–2004) *

Matthew Kilgallon Matthew Shaun Kilgallon (born 8 January 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Kilgallon began his career at Leeds United, where he came through the youth set up before becoming a fixture in their first ...

(born 1984) * George Lee (1919–1991) *

Steve McClaren Stephen McClaren (born 3 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer and coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Premier League club Manchester United, in his second spell at the club. McClaren began his coaching care ...

(born 1961), also manager *

Max McMillan Max Henry McMillan (born 3 October 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Wigan Athletic. Early and personal life McMillan is the son of former York City player Andy McMillan and the grandson of former Pretoria Ca ...

(born 2002) *

George Maskill George Maskill (4 October 1906 – 28 November 1969) was an English amateur footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the ...

(1906–1969) *

Tommy Maskill Thomas Maskill (2 May 1903 – July 1956) was an English professional Association football, footballer who played as a Formation (association football)#2–3–5 (Pyramid), full back and a Midfielder, half-back in the Football League for Covent ...

(1903–1956) * Cliff Mason (1929–2013) *

Alexander Mein Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel Alexander Lechmere Mein (15 July 1854 – 30 November 1927) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, spending the majority of his career in British ...

(1854–1927) *

Albert Meysey-Thompson Albert Childers Meysey-Thompson (13 July 1848 – 20 March 1894) was an English barrister and an amateur association football, footballer who played for Wanderers F.C., Wanderers in the 1872 FA Cup Final and for Old Etonians F.C., Old Etonians i ...

(1848–1894) *

Charles Meysey-Thompson Revd. Charles Maude Meysey-Thompson (5 December 1849 – 11 September 1881) was an English clergyman who, as an amateur footballer, won the FA Cup in 1873 with the Wanderers. He also played in the 1876 FA Cup Final for the Old Etonians and for ...

(1849–1881) * Andrew Milne (born 1990) *

Les Milner Leonard Milner (15 September 1917 – 25 June 1944), known as Les Milner, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for York City. Personal life Milner was married. He served as a sergeant in ...

(1917–1944) *

Bobby Mimms Robert Andrew Mimms (born 12 October 1963) is an English football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Mimms' career lasted twenty years, and is best known for his tenure with Blackburn Rovers, where he was a member of the Premie ...

(born 1963) * Cammy Palmer (born 2000) *

Alf Patrick Alfred Patrick (25 September 1921 – 2 November 2021) was an English footballer, who played in the Football League for York City and in the Midland League for Scarborough. Life and career Patrick was born in York in September 1921. He made hi ...

(1921–2021) *

Shaun Pearson Shaun Mark Pearson (born 28 April 1989) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two side Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town. Pearson began his career at Spalding United F.C., Spalding U ...

(born 1989) *

Jack Pinder John James Pinder (1 December 1912 – 19 August 2004) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. Career Born in Acomb, Pinder spent his whole career at York City York City Football Club is a professional ...

(1912–2004) *

Brian Pollard Brian Edward Pollard (born 22 May 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Career Born in York, Pollard started his career with hometown club York City as an amateur, before signing a professional contract in M ...

(born 1954) *

Peter Popely Peter Charles Francis Popely (born 7 April 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the ...

(born 1943) * John Powell (1936–2017) * Harvey Rodgers (born 1996) * George Sharpe (1912–1984) * Reg Stockill (1913–1995) *

Gary Swann Gary Swann (born 11 April 1962) is an English former professional footballer. Career Born in York, Yorkshire, Swann started his career as a trainee with Hull City. In eight years at Boothferry Park Swann became a regular in the Hull team appea ...

(born 1962) *

Barry Tait Barry Stuart Tait (17 June 1938 – 23 October 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Career Born in York, Tait played for Doncaster Rovers, York City, Peterborough United, Bradford City, Halifax Town, Cre ...

(born 1938) *

Chris Tate Chris Tate is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Peter Amory. The character made his first appearance on 14 November 1989, when he arrived in the village alongside the rest of the Tate family – hi ...

(born 1977) * Charlie Taylor (born 1993) * Marc Thompson (born 1982) *

Steve Tutill Stephen Alan "Steve" Tutill (born 1 October 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in York, Tutill joined the York City youth system on associate schoolboy forms and having been capped eight ti ...

(born 1969) * Rory Watson (born 1996) * Eric Weightman (1910–2002) *

Michael Woods Michael Woods may refer to: * Michael Woods (Australian politician) (1857–1934), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Michael Woods (comics), American writer/editor of comic books * Michael Woods (cyclist) (born 1986), Canadian cyclist ...

(born 1990) *

Neil Woods Neil Stephen Woods (born 30 July 1966) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is academy manager at Grimsby Town. As a player, he was a striker from 1983 to 2000 for Doncaster Rovers, Rangers, Ipswich Town, Bra ...

(born 1966) and *

Lucy Staniforth Lucy Elizabeth Staniforth-Wilson ( née Staniforth; born 2 October 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the England women's national team. She has been d ...

(born 1992)

Rugby

* Peter Fox, (born 1984)

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

Rob Webber Rob Webber (born 1 August 1986) is a former rugby union player. Webber's position of choice was as at hooker and he could also play in the back-row. He is currently head coach at Jersey Reds. Club career He played for Leeds Carnegie in the 2 ...

, (born 1986)

Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground in the c ...

Cricket

David Alleyne David Alleyne may refer to: * David Alleyne (cricketer) (born 1976), English cricketer * David Alleyne (footballer) (born 1972), Barbadian footballer * Prodigy (David Alleyne), a Marvel Comics superhero {{hndis, Alleyne, David ...

(born 1976) * Henry Badger (1900–1975) * Tom Bartram (born 1986) *

Scott Boswell Scott Anthony John Boswell (born 11 September 1974 in Fulford, York, North Yorkshire, England) is an English cricketer, who until his retirement specialised as a medium-fast bowler. In his youth, Boswell played both cricket and rugby for the f ...

(born 1974) * Philip Bower (1898–1978) * Andrew Brewster (born 1977) *

Stephen Coverdale Stephen Peter Coverdale (born 20 November 1954 in York, Yorkshire, England) is an English retired first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1974 to 1977, for Yorkshire from 1973 to 1980, and then for Northamptonshire in 1987. ...

(born 1964) * Leonard Day (1859–1943) * Harry Dewse (1836–1910) * Matthew Fisher (born 1997) *

Paul Gibb Paul Antony Gibb (11 July 1913 – 7 December 1977) was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and Essex, as a right-handed opening or mid ...

(1913–1977) * Charles Hall (1906–1976) *

John Hicks Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...

(1850–1912) * Tom Loten (born 1999) * John Nuttall (born 1967) * Manfred Palmes (1887–1968) * Charles Prest (1841–1875) *

William Prest William Prest (1 April 1832 – 10 February 1885) was a cricketer and footballer born in York. He lived most his life in Sheffield where he went on to become co-founder of Sheffield Football Club and captained Sheffield Cricket Club (''aka'' ...

(1832–1885) *

Thomas Pride Colonel Thomas Pride (died 23 October 1658) was a Parliamentarian commander during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, best known as one of the regicides of Charles I and as the instigator of Pride's Purge. Personal details Thomas Pride was born ...

(1864–1919) * Joseph Sullivan (1890–1932) * Steven Taylor (born 1963) * Nick Thornicroft (born 1985) *

Lauren Winfield Lauren Winfield-Hill (; born 16 August 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Oval Invincibles, Melbourne Stars and England. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She made ...

(born 1990) * Tim Walton (born 1972)

Motor sport

* Steve Webster MBE (born 1960)

Basketball

Isaac Fotu Isaac Fotu (born 18 December 1993) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex of the Japanese B.League. He also represents the New Zealand national team in international competition. Early life Born in York, England to ...

(born 1993)

Writers

Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson may refer to: * Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress * Kate Atkinson (writer) Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She is known for creating the Jac ...

(born 1951), novelist and playwright *

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

(1907–1973), poet and essayist * Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician. *

Matt Haig Matt Haig (born 3 July 1975) is an English author and journalist. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, often in the speculative fiction genre. Early life Haig was born on 3 July 1975 in Sheffield. He went ...

(born 1975), novelist and journalist * Justin Hill (born 1971), novelist *

Alison Hume Alison Hume is a British television writer, known for her work as creator and executive producer of the CBBC series ''The Sparticle Mystery'' and the BBC drama '' Rocket Man''. Politics In the 2019 European Parliament election The 2019 Eur ...

(living), television writer *Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), novelist * Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist and journalist *

Fiona Mozley Fiona Mozley (born 1988)''Vogue'' interview, 16 October 201Retrieved 24 May 2018./ref> is an English novelist and Medieval studies, medievalist. Her debut novel, ''Elmet (Mozley novel), Elmet'', was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker prize. Li ...

(born 1988), novelist *

Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768), was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' and ''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'', published ...

(1713–1768), author of ''

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', also known as ''Tristram Shandy'', is a novel by Laurence Sterne, inspired by ''Don Quixote''. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others followin ...

''. *

J. E. Harold Terry Joseph Edward Harold Terry (1885–1939) was an English novelist, playwright, actor and critic who was born in York. He was a nephew of the actor Eille Norwood. and a grandson of Sir Joseph Terry. and became famous for writing two of the longe ...

(1885–1939), novelist, playwright and critic *

Silvanus P. Thompson Silvanus Phillips Thompson (19 June 1851 – 12 June 1916) was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical eng ...

(1851–1916), author and electrical engineer *

Charles Whiting Charles Henry Whiting (18 December 1926 – 24 July 2007), was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Duncan Harding, Ia ...

(1926–2007), novelist and military historian

Others

Elizabeth Montagu by Wilson Lowry (1762-1824) engraving published April 1787

Benedict of York Benedict of York (died 1189) was a moneylender and a leading member of the 12th century Jewish community in York, England. Benedict was considered the second greatest moneylender in York after Josce of York. Benedict acquired several lands as a r ...

(died 1189), money lender *

Jon Champion Jonathan Martin Champion (born 23 May 1965) is a British sports commentator currently working as the lead association football commentator for ESPN (US). Champion is a well-established and experienced commentator who has also worked for the BBC ...

(born 1965), broadcaster * William B. Franklin (1823–1903) a career

US Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

officer. *Captain

Christopher Levett Capt. Christopher Levett (15 April 1586 – 1630) was an English writer, explorer and naval captain, born at York, England. He explored the coast of New England and secured a grant from the King to settle present-day Portland, Maine, the first ...

(1586–1630), explorer of

New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...

, first settler of

(present-day

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

Elizabeth Montagu Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson; 2 October 1718 – 25 August 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonnière, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society. Her parents were both ...

(1718–1800) social reformer and patron of the arts. *

Guy Mowbray Guy Nicholas Mowbray (born 16 February 1972) is an English football commentator, who primarily appears on the BBC and BT Sport. While working for Eurosport at the 1998 World Cup, he became the youngest ever television commentator on a World Cup ...

(born 1972), football commentator * Laura Sayers (born 1978), radio producer and diarist *

Siward, Earl of Northumbria Siward ( or more recently ) or Sigurd ( ang, Sigeweard, non, Sigurðr digri) was an important earl of 11th-century northern England. The Old Norse nickname ''Digri'' and its Latin translation ''Grossus'' ("the stout") are given to him by near-c ...

(died 1055), army commander. *

James Hack Tuke James Hack Tuke (13 September 1819 – 13 January 1896) was an English philanthropist. Life Born at York, England in into a Quaker family, he was the son of Samuel Tuke and his wife Priscilla Hack; their seventh child, he had Daniel Hack Tuke ...

(1819–1896), social campaigner. *

Daniel Hack Tuke Daniel Hack Tuke (19 April 18275 March 1895) was an English physician and expert on mental illness. Family Tuke came from a long line of Quakers from York who were interested in mental illness and concerned with those afflicted. His great-gr ...

(1827–1895), social campaigner. *

Henry Tuke Henry Tuke (24 March 1755 – 11 August 1814) co-founded with his father, William Tuke, the Retreat asylum in York, England, a humane alternative to the nineteenth-century network of asyla, based on Quaker principles.Burial: "England & Wales, ...

(1755–1814), social campaigner. * Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), social campaigner. *

William Tuke William Tuke (24 March 1732 – 6 December 1822), an English tradesman, philanthropist and Quaker, earned fame for promoting more humane custody and care for people with mental disorders, using what he called gentler methods that came to be k ...

(1732–1822), social campaigner.

References

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People from York A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...