Sutcliffe or Sutcliff is a surname, originating in three locations in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

, sometimes spelled Sutliffe or, unusually, Sutliff. The name means ''south of the cliff/hill''. People bearing the name include: * Alistair Sutcliffe (born 1951), British professor of systems engineering *

Andy Sutcliffe Andy Sutcliffe (9 May 1947 – 13 July 2015) was a British racing driver from England. Born in Mildenhall, Suffolk, Sutcliffe began his racing career in 1969. He competed in Formula Three from 1970 to 1973, before contesting the 1974 European F ...

(1947–2015), British racing driver *

Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe (17 November 1923 – 20 April 2001) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, e ...

(1923–2001), New Zealand cricketer *

Charles Sutcliffe Charles Edward Sutcliffe (8 July 1864 – 11 January 1939) was a British lawyer, football administrator and referee. Football career In the 1880s Sutcliffe played for Burnley. One of the more notable matches he played in was an 1885 FA Cup tie ag ...

(1864–1939), British lawyer, football administrator and referee *

David Sutcliffe David Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969) is a Canadian-American retired actor. He is known for playing Christopher Hayden on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' and Detective Aidan Black on the television series ''Cracked''. Early life Sutcliffe ...

(born 1969), Canadian actor * Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1853–1941), English photographer *

Gerry Sutcliffe Gerard Sutcliffe (born 13 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1994 to 2015. He was the Minister for Sport and Tourism in the Brown Government. Biography Born in Salford ...

(born 1953), British politician * George Sutcliffe (1878–1943), co-founder of Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a British bookbinder *

Herbert Sutcliffe Herbert Sutcliffe (24 November 1894 – 22 January 1978) was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the tw ...

(1894–1978), English cricket player * Herbert Sutcliffe (alternative health advocate) (1886–1971), English psychologist and advocate of pseudoscientific alternative health *

Ken Sutcliffe Ken Sutcliffe (born 15 November 1947) is an Australian sporting journalist and radio and television personality. Career Sutcliffe was born in Oberon, New South Wales and grew up in Mudgee. He started his radio career in 1966 in Mudgee, followe ...

(born 1947), Australian sporting journalist *

Iain Sutcliffe Iain John Sutcliffe (born 20 December 1974) is a former English cricketer who played for the cricket teams of Oxford University, British Universities cricket team, Combined Universities, Leicestershire, British Universities cricket team, Britis ...

(born 1974), English cricketer * John Sutcliffe (disambiguation) * Lenah Higbee (1874–1941), née Sutcliffe, Canadian-born American pioneering military nurse, first woman awarded the Navy Cross * Matthew Sutcliffe (1550?–1629), English clergyman, academic and lawyer, chaplain and advisor to King James I of England * Michael Sutcliffe, South African municipal manager * Michelle Sutcliffe (born 1967), English boxer and martial artist * Paul Sutcliffe, English mathematical physicist and mathematician * Peter Sutcliffe (disambiguation) *

Rick Sutcliffe Richard Lee Sutcliffe (born June 21, 1956), nicknamed "The Red Baron", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1976 and ...

(born 1956), American former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novel ...

(1920–1992), English novelist, primarily but not exclusively for children *

Serena Sutcliffe Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine, (born 1945), is the head of Sotheby's international wine department, as well as a prominent writer on wine. She is married to fellow Master of Wine David Peppercorn. Joining the wine trade in 1971, she passed the ...

(born 1945), wine critic * Shane Sutcliffe (born 1975), Canadian former boxer *

Stuart Sutcliffe Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a Scottish painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a paint ...

(1940–1962), Scottish painter and musician, an early member of The Beatles * Tom or Thomas Sutcliffe (disambiguation) *

William Sutcliffe William Sutcliffe (born 9 March 1971) is a British novelist. He has written many acclaimed novels, spanning genres from satire to YA fiction. His 2008 book ''Whatever Makes You Happy'' has been adapted into a 2019 film by Netflix, under the tit ...

(born 1971), British novelist

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