This is a list of notable people born in or associated with the city of

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...

in England.

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* Antonio Aakeel – (born ca.1985) English actor * Sir James Adams

KCMG KCMG may refer to * KC Motorgroup, based in Hong Kong, China * Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, British honour * KCMG-LP, radio station in New Mexico, USA * KCMG, callsign 1997-2001 of Los Angeles radio station KKLQ (FM) ...

(1932–2020) – diplomat; ambassador to

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and

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Jack Addenbrooke John Henry "Jack" Addenbrooke (6 June 1865 – 7 September 1922) was an English football player and manager, who spent his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Career Addenbrooke was one of the founding members of Wolverhampton Wanderers (as St ...

(1865–1922) – football player and manager; his 37-year term as manager of Wolves remains the longest in club history *

George Africanus George John Scipio Africanus (c. 1763 – 19 May 1834) was a West African former slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham, England. Early years The early life of George Africanus is obscure. Calculating his birth year from his bu ...

(c. 1763–1834) – baptised George John Scipio Africanus; West African former slave; became a successful entrepreneur in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

* Aisha (born 1962) – real name Pamela Ross,

roots reggae Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honoring of God, called Jah ...

singer * Reg Allen (1917–1989) – Academy Award-nominated set decorator *

Frederick W. Allsopp Frederick William Allsopp (June 25, 1867 – April 9, 1946) was a writer, newspaperman, book collector, and bookstore owner. Biography Allsopp was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. At the age of twelve, his family moved to Pr ...

(1867–1946) – newspaperman, author, book collector, co-founder of bookshop; eponym of Allsopp Park, Little Rock, Arkansas * George Armstrong (1822–1901) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1864–1897 * Joseph Armstrong (1816–1877) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1854–1864 * Rod Arnold – (born 1952), football goalkeeper, spent the most of his career at Mansfield Town; with 513 first-team appearances, (440 in the league), he is the holder of the club's all-time appearance record. * Arthur Arrowsmith (1880–1954) – footballer, inside right * Lindsay Ashford – (born 1959) crime novelist; first woman to graduate from both Queens' College, Cambridge and Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology * Tom Aspaul – (born ca.1980) singer/songwriter and producer *

Bill Asprey William Asprey (born 11 September 1936) is an English former football player and manager. A defender, he made 418 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League. He then had a 25-year career as a coach. He spent 1953 to 1965 at ...

(born 1936) – footballer (defender) and coach * Len Astill (1916–1990) – footballer, left wing * Rebecca Atkinson-Lord – (born ca.1985) – theatre director and writer *

Richard Attwood Richard James David "Dickie" Attwood (born 4 April 1940, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) is a British motor racing driver, from England. During his career he raced for the BRM, Lotus and Cooper Formula One teams. He competed in 17 World Champions ...

(born 1940) – winner of 1970

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...

; former

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

driver

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Keedie Babb Keedie Green (née Babb, 21 October 1982, Wolverhampton) is a British classical crossover soprano with a vocal range of three octaves, reaching a top A above a top E. Background She was named Keedie because her father is a fan of Kiki Dee. ...

(born 1982) – classical crossover soprano * Babylon Zoo (formed in 1992) – British electro rock band of the mid-1990s *

Jono Bacon Jonathan Edward James Bacon is a writer and software engineer, originally from the United Kingdom, but now based in California. He works as a consultant on community strategy. History Bacon started his work with the Linux community when he ...

(born 1979) – software developer; community manager for

GitHub GitHub, Inc. () is an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continu ...

* Ruth Badger (born 1978) – business consultant, runner-up of the 2nd series of '' The Apprentice'' * Diane Bailey MBE (born 1943) – golfer; represented Great Britain and Ireland in

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and ...

fixtures in 1962 and 1972; captained the team in 1984, 1986 and 1988 * Prof.

Chris Baines Chris Baines (born 4 May 1947) is an English people, English naturalist, one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists.Peter Baker (born 1967) – golfer *

Jack Bannister John David Bannister (23 August 1930 – 23 January 2016) was an English cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He was, for many years, a BBC television cricket commentator and late ...

(1930–2016) – cricketer and commentator *

Frances Barber Frances Barber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays '' Camille'' (1985), and ''Uncle Vanya'' (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gar ...

(born 1958) – actress * Steve Barnett (born 1952) – chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group * George Barney (1792–1862) – Royal Engineer officer who became Lieutenant Governor of the

Colony of North Australia North Australia can refer to a short-lived former British colony, a former federal territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, or a proposed state which would replace the current Northern Territory. Colony (1846–1847) A colony of North Austr ...

, son of

Joseph Barney Joseph Barney (1753 in Wolverhampton – 13 April 1832 in London), was a British painter and engraver. He is usually described as a pupil of Antonio Zucchi and Angelica Kauffman and as a fruit and flower painter to the George IV of the Uni ...

(1753–1832) – artist and engraver * Dr George Barnsby (1919–2010) – author and

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

scholar * Tom Barrett (1891–1924) –

motor-racing Motorsport, motorsports or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. The terminology can also be used to describe forms of competition of tw ...

riding mechanic; his death in the 1924 San Sebastian Grand Prix ended the practice of riding mechanics in two-seat

racing cars Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

Al Barrow Al Barrow (born 1968, in Wolverhampton, England) is an English bassist best known as the former member of the hard rock band Magnum. Barrow joined Magnum in 2001 after he was a member of Hard Rain, a group formed by Magnum members, Bob Catl ...

(born 1968) – bassist of the British band Magnum *

Dickie Baugh Richard Baugh (14 February 1864 – 14 August 1929) was an English footballer who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals (one as captain). Dick Baugh was a teak–tough full� ...

(1864–1929) – footballer, right back who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals * Stuart Baxter (born 1953) – 226 caps as a footballer; current manager of South Africa national football team * Edwin Butler Bayliss (1874–1950) – artist, known for his realistic and unsentimental paintings of industrial sites in the Black Country * Sir William Maddock Bayliss (1860–1924) – physiologist; co-discoverer of peristalsis of the intestines and the peptide hormone secretin, the first discovered hormone * Ann Beach (born 1938) – actress * Miles Beevor (1900–1994) – solicitor, pilot and businessman * Clinton Bennett (born 1955) – British American scholar of religions and participant in interfaith dialogue, specializing in the study of Islam and Muslim-non-Muslim encounter * Nigel Bennett (born 1949) – an Anglo-Canadian actor, director and writer * Kenneth Benton, CMG (1909–1999) –

MI6 The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...

officer and diplomat 1937–68; after retirement, began a second career as writer of spy and crime thrillers * Charles Albert Berry (1852–1899) – nonconformist

divine Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...

* Gwen Berryman (1906–1983) – played Doris Archer in the BBC radio soap opera ''

The Archers ''The Archers'' is a BBC radio drama on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural sett ...

'' from the first episode in 1951 until 1980 * Dick Betteley (1880–1942) – footballer, defender *

Bibio Stephen James Wilkinson (born 4 December 1978), better known as Bibio, is an English musician and producer. He is known for a distinct analog lo-fi sound, and for working in a diverse range of genres, beginning in folktronica and ambient and ...

(born 1978) – professional name of British music producer Stephen Wilkinson *

William Bidlake William Henry Bidlake MA, FRIBA (12 May 1861 – 6 April 1938) was a British architect, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham and Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art from 1919 until 1924. ...

(1861–1938) – architect; a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham; Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art * Lincoln Birch (born 1978) – professional golfer *

Edward Bird Edward Bird (1772 – 2 November 1819) was an English Genre works, genre painter who spent most of his working life in Bristol, where the Bristol School of artists formed around him. He enjoyed a few years of popularity in London, where h ...

R.A. (1772–1819) – artist, early member of the Bristol School * John Blackburn (1933–1994) –

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

MP for Dudley West from 1979 to 1994 * Joan Blackham (1946–2020) – actress, '' Bridget Jones's Diary'' * Sue Blane (born 1949) – theatrical costume designer * Billy Blunt (1886–1962) – footballer who played in the Football League for

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

and

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

; became the first Wolves player to score two hat-tricks during a season; twice he scored 4 in games * George Bradburn (1894–1975) – footballer, played as a centre-half for

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

and

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

in the years after

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Henry Brinton Henry Brinton (27 July 1901 – 1 June 1977) was a British political activist and astronomer. Born in Wolverhampton, Brinton joined the Labour Party and the League of Nations Union. He travelled to Republican Spain as part of an Anglican del ...

(1901–1977) – politician, astronomer and author of 1962 Cold War novel ''Purple-6'' * Peter Broadbent (1933–2013) – England international footballer,

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

; won major domestic honours with Wolverhampton Wanderers; appeared in the

1958 World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

; scored the club's first ever goal in European competition when he netted against Schalke in a European Cup tie in November 1958 *

Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich (8 February 1875 – 24 August 1929) was an English mathematician, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Life Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich was born on 8 February 1875, in Wolverhampton, England. He was descended from ...

(1875–1929) – mathematician, Fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

* Norman Brook (1902–1967) – Cabinet Secretary (1947–1962) *Rt Rev James Brown (1812–1881) – RC Bishop of Shrewsbury (1851–1881) * Nicholas Budgen (1937–1998) – barrister and politician *

Steve Bull Stephen George Bull (born 28 March 1965 in Tipton, Dudley) is an English former professional footballer who is best remembered for his 13-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played there from 1986 until his retirement from playing in 19 ...

(born 1965) – footballer, striker; holds the club goal-scoring record for

Wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

and has a stand named after him at their Molineux Stadium * Evaline Hilda Burkitt (1876–1955) – first British suffragette to be force-fed * Tony Butler (born 1935) – radio presenter *

Stephen Byers Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallsend between 1992 and 1997, and North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010. He served in the Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, and was ...

(born 1953) – cabinet minister and Labour Party politician

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* Bill Caddick (1944–2018) –

folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fo ...

singer-songwriter and guitarist, member of the group

Home Service Home Service is a British folk rock group, formed in late 1980 from a nucleus of musicians who had been playing in Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band. Their career is generally agreed to have peaked with the album ''Alright Jack'', and has had an ...

* Eddie Chambers (born 1960) – artist, writer, curator and academic * William Chappell (1907–1994) – dancer, ballet designer, director * Radzi Chinyanganya (born 1986) – co-presenter of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter * Ben Christophers (born 1969) – singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Charles Chubb (1779–1845) and

Jeremiah Chubb A Chubb detector lock is a lever tumbler lock with an integral security feature, a re-locking device, which frustrates unauthorised access attempts and indicates to the lock's owner that it has been interfered with. When someone tries to pick th ...

– lock and safe manufacturers *

Eddie Clamp Harold Edwin Clamp (14 September 1934 – 14 December 1995) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal, Peterborough United, Stoke City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Through his career he was renowned for his 'tak ...

(1934–1995) – footballer, right half, nicknamed 'Chopper Eddie' * Wayne Clarke (born 1961) – footballer, striker * Nick Clewley (born 1983) – cricketer *

Louis Coatalen Louis Hervé Coatalen (11 September 1879 – 23 May 1962) was an automobile engineer and racing driver born in Brittany who spent much of his adult life in Britain and took British nationality. He was a pioneer of the design and development of inte ...

(1879–1962) – automobile engineer * B. L. Coombes (1893–1974) – writer, spent most of his working life in the

coal mines Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron fro ...

of the

South Wales coalfield The South Wales Coalfield ( cy, Maes glo De Cymru) extends across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen. It is rich in coal deposits, espe ...

, which provided the subject matter for much of his writing. * John Cooper KC (born 1958) – barrister specialising in human rights and criminal law; broadcaster and politician * Leonard Cottrell (1913–1974) – author and journalist * Ernest Frank Guelph Cox (1883–1959) – electrical and mechanical engineer; marine salvage expert * Charlotte Craddock (born ca.1988) –

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player, youngest member of the British hockey squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing * Garry Crawford (born 1972) – sociologist whose research focuses primarily on

audiences An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or ...

and consumer patterns, in particular, sports fans and video gamers * Steve Cross (born 1959) – footballer, defender /

; played for

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 188 ...

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; commentator on

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Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

* Geoff Crudgington (born 1952) – footballer, goalkeeper * Stan Cullis (1916–2001) – footballer (defender) and football manager with

; namesake of a stand at their Molineux Stadium * Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick FRSE OBE (1859–1945) – pioneer of electromagnetism and atomic particles. Director of Electrical Engineering for the

Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack submar ...

and Director of the Electrical Research Defense Research Board of Canada.

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* Claire Darke (born ca.1965) – from Stratford-upon-Avon; 161th Mayor of Wolverhampton * Paul Darke (born 1962) – leading disability rights activist and academic, husband of Claire Darke, lives in

* Kevin Darley (born 1960) – jockey, British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2000 (155 wins); co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain *

Jean Margaret Davenport Jean Margaret Davenport (May 3, 1829, Wolverhampton, England – August 3, 1903, Washington, D.C.), later Mrs. Frederick William Lander, was an English actress with a career in both England and the United States. Biography Her father was a law ...

(1829–1903) – stage actress in England and the US * Howard R. Davies (1895–1973) – motorcycle racing champion and motorcycle designer * Mark Davies (born 1988) – footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers * Kirk Dawes QPM (born ca.1957) – Detective Constable with

West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. The force covers an area of with 2.93million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, ...

, founded the Centre For Conflict Transformation, a company trying to reduce gun and gang violence * Group Captain Montagu Ellis Hawkins "Monty" Dawson DFC & Bar, DFM (1919–2003) – bombardier and navigator * Christopher Hugh Dearnley

LVO The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(1930–2000) – cathedral organist, director of music, served in Salisbury Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral * Narinder Dhami (born 1958) – children's author *

Michael Dibdin Michael Dibdin (21 March 1947 – 30 March 2007) was a British crime writer, best known for inventing Aurelio Zen, the principal character in 11 crime novels set in Italy. Early life Dibdin was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (now West M ...

(1947–2007) – crime writer *

Derek Dougan Alexander Derek Dougan (20 January 1938 – 24 June 2007) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, football manager, football chairman, pundit, and writer. He was also known by his nickname, "The Doog". He was capped by Northern ...

(1938–2007) –

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

international footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers; defender /

/ forward; chief executive and later chairman of Wolves, as part of a consortium that saved the club from liquidation * Rebecca Downes – blues rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and vocal coach * Spencer Dunkley (born 1969) – basketball player,

pivot Pivot may refer to: *Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever system *More generally, the center point of any rotational system *Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body *Pivot turn, a dance move Companies *Incitec Pivot, an Austra ...

; coaches in

Appoquinimink High School Appoquinimink High School (AHS) is a public high school in Middletown, Delaware. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District. Construction of the two-story building began in 2006 See clippingfrom Newspapers.com and ninth grade students we ...

Odessa, Delaware Odessa is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 364 at the 2010 census. Founded as Cantwell's Bridge in the 18th century, the name was changed in the 19th century, after the Ukrainian port city of the same name. ...

* Sheila Dunn (1940–2004) – actress

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* Catherine Eddowes (1842–1888) – victim of the

Whitechapel murders The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the largely impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have ...

attributed to

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in the autumn of 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer w ...

Dean Edwards Dean Edwards (born July 30, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and musician. His work as a voice actor includes Scottie Pippen and Spike Lee in ''Celebrity Deathmatch'', a robot in ''Robotomy'', and Donkey in ''Scar ...

(born 1962) – footballer (forward), football manager * Major Roland Elcock VC MM (1899–1944) – as corporal he was the recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces *

Verona Elder Verona Marolin Elder (née Verona Bernard) MBE (born 5 April 1953 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) is a female British, Commonwealth and European medal winning English 400 metres runner and is now the manager of the British athletics team for ...

MBE (born 1953) – British, Commonwealth and European medal-winning English 400 metres runner; manager of the British

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

team for people with learning disability * Edward Elgar (1857–1934) – despite living in

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...

, he was an ardent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and may have travelled to home games on his bicycle. * Billy Ellis (1895–1939) – footballer, played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

for Sunderland,

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

, Lincoln City and

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

as a winger * Georgia Elwiss (born 1991) – international cricketer, right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman *

Simon Emmerson Simon Emmerson (born 12 February 1956) is an English record producer, guitarist, DJ, musical director at Lush, and founder of the group Afro Celt Sound System. He is also the main organiser of The Imagined Village, a collaborative work from ...

(born 1950) – electroacoustic music composer working mostly with live electronics * Bernard Walter Evans (1843–1922) –

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

and

watercolourist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

. * Sir Walter Evans, 1st Baronet (1872–1954) –

hydraulic engineer Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the mov ...

, politician and public servant; was created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14t ...

of Wightwick near Wolverhampton

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* Craig Fallon (1982–2019) – judoka; second male British judoka to simultaneously hold both a World and European title * Dr Robert William Felkin (1853–1926) – explorer, anthropologist, medical missionary, ceremonial magician, and founder of the

Whare Ra Whare Ra is the name of a building in Havelock North in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand. The building housed the New Zealand branch of the magical order the Stella Matutina. It was designed and the construction overseen by one of New Zealan ...

lodge * Ron Flowers (born 1934) – footballer,

; member of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

's victorious

1966 World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...

squad; playing at

he won three league championships and an

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

; made 515 appearances for the club, scoring 37 times * sisters Edith Henrietta Fowler (1865–1944) and Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929) – authors * Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830–1911) – solicitor and politician * Henry Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton (1870–1943) – peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom; the title became extinct on his death, without issue. * Richard Fryer (1770–1846) – local banker, landowner and British Whig politician; MP 1832–1835, for

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Helen Geake with the North West Essex ring (7549200844)

Trevor Gadd Trevor John Gadd (born 1952) is a retired English track cycling champion who represented Great Britain and England. Cycling career Olympic Games Gadd represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics where he finished in 12th place in the ...

(born 1952) –

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...

champion, competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

, the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

and World Championships *

Alan Garner Alan Garner (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native coun ...

(1929–1996) – British Labour party activist and trade unionist *

Rex Garner Rex Garner was a British born actor and director. He was born in 1921 in Wolverhampton, England. He died 17 May 2015 at the age of 94. Garner was survived by his seven children: Nicolas Garner, Lindsay Garner, Christopher Garner, Geraldine Raper ...

(1921–2015) – actor and director * Arthur Gaskin (1862–1928) – illustrator, painter, teacher and designer of jewellery and enamelwork; he and his wife Georgie Gaskin were members of the Birmingham Group * Dr Helen Geake (born 1967) – archaeologist and Anglo-Saxon specialist on archaeological television programme ''

Time Team ''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim ...

'' * Frank

Noel George Frank Noel George (26 December 1897 – 1929) was an English footballer in the 1910s and 1920s who played as a goalkeeper. Early career and Army Born in Lichfield, he started playing as a forward with Hednesford Town before joining the Royal A ...

(1897–1929) – footballer, goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers; made 242 senior competitive appearances for Wolves * John Lloyd Gibbons (1837–1919) – engineering surveyor; Justice of the Peace;

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irel ...

lor for

Bilston Bilston is a market town, ward, and civil parish located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The nearest towns are Darlaston, Wednesbury, and Willenhall. Historically in Staffordshi ...

; Liberal Unionist Party MP for Wolverhampton South, 1898–1900 * Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734) – Roman Catholic bishop; Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England, 1687–1703; Vicar Apostolic of the London District of England, 1703–1734 * Christopher Gill RD (born 1936) – family meat processing business; politician ( MP) both

and

UKIP The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest p ...

* John Wayne Glover (1932–2005) – British-born Australian

serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...

convicted for the murders of six elderly women on Sydney's North Shore; over a 14-month period in 1989–1990, he killed six elderly women, dubbed the "granny killer" * Karthi Gnanasegaram (born ca.1980) – sports presenter with the BBC; formerly with Sky News, ITN and Al Jazeera's International News Channel in Doha * Richard Green (born 1967) – footballer, defender * Mathew Guest (born 1975) - Professor of Sociology of Religion at Durham University *

Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration o ...

(1735–1777) – signatory of the US

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of th ...

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* Sir Geoff Hampton (born 1952) – head teacher who transformed the fortunes of the first school in Britain which had been deemed by OFSTED inspectors as "failing". * Johnny Hancocks (1919–1994) – footballer, right wing *

Gilbert Harding Gilbert Charles Harding (5 June 1907 – 16 November 1960) was a British journalist and radio and television personality. His many careers included schoolmaster, journalist, policeman, disc jockey, actor, interviewer and television presenter. He ...

(1907–1960) – journalist and radio and television personality * Neil Harrison (born 1962) – top ranking

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...

based in Japan umpired four matches at the

2009 Women's Cricket World Cup The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, held in Australia from 7 to 22 March 2009. England won the tournament, beating New Zealand in the final to claim their third World Cup title. England batte ...

* Billy 'Artillery' Hartill (1905–1980) – footballer, forward;

' top goal scorer for 45 years until the feat was broken by John Richards shortly before Hartill's death * Jack Hayes (1887–1941) – police officer, trade unionist and politician; served in the Metropolitan Police, general secretary of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers *

Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman, (''née'' Middleweek; born 26 March 1949) is a British politician who was Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party sh ...

(born 1949) – first

Lord Speaker The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer, chairman and highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons: the Lord Speaker is elected by the member ...

* Sir

Charles William Hayward Sir Charles William Hayward, CBE KStJ (3 September 1892 – 3 February 1983) was an English businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Early life Born in 1892, Charles Hayward was the second child of John Hayward, a cycle manufacturer, and his ...

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(1892–1983) – entrepreneur and philanthropist * Henry John Hayward (1865–1945) – Wolverhampton-born New Zealand theatrical company manager and cinema chain proprietor * Sir Jack Hayward, OBE (1923–2015) – son of Wolverhampton factory owners; self-made millionaire; benefactor of many charities; fighter pilot in the Second World War; President of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. * Rudall Hayward (1900–1974) – filmmaker * Norman Heath (1924–1983) – footballer, goalkeeper * Karl Henry (born 1982) – footballer,

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...

and former Wolves captain. *

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six T ...

(1939–2017) – captain of the

Women's Cricket World Cup The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another champion ...

team in 1973 *

Kenny Hibbitt Kenneth Hibbitt (born 3 January 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford Park Avenue, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City and Bristol Rovers, and in the North American Soccer League ...

(born 1951) – footballer,

; during his time at Molineux he won 2 League Cups (1974 and 1980, scoring in the 1974 final) and played in the

1972 UEFA Cup Final The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. This was the first UEFA club com ...

; played 544 games for Wolves, scoring 114 goals, the second most appearances a player has made in Wolves history * Benjamin Hicklin JP (1816–1909) – solicitor and Borough Magistrate; the Hicklin test is a

legal test In law, a test is a commonly applied method of evaluation used to resolve matters of jurisprudence. In the context of a trial, a hearing, discovery, or other kinds of legal proceedings, the resolution of certain questions of fact or law may hinge ...

for obscenity established by the English case ''Regina v. Hicklin'' * Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet (1830–1910) – industrialist and Conservative MP 1885–1906 * Barbara Hicks (1924–2013) – actress * James Higginson (1885–1940) – cricketer who played one first-class game, scored no runs in his only innings (but maintained an infinite batting average on account of remaining not out), and took no wickets or catches *

Alexander Staveley Hill Alexander Staveley Hill (21 May 1825 – 25 June 1905) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1868 to 1900, representing Coventry, Staffordshire West and Kingswinford. Hill was born ...

(1825–1905) – barrister and KC, politician (MP); eponym of Stavely, Alberta *

Dave Hill David John Hill (born 4 April 1946) is an English rock musician. He is the lead guitarist, a backing vocalist and the sole continuous member in the English band Slade. Hill is known for his flamboyant stage clothes and hairstyle. Early life B ...

(born 1946) – lead guitarist for the band

Slade Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The ''British Hit Singles ...

* Edward Hill (1843–1923) – prolific artist, poet, songwriter and newspaper correspondent * Matthew Hislop (born 1990) – footballer, defender *

Noddy Holder Neville John "Noddy" Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the English band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s. Known for his unique and powerful voice, Holder co ...

(born 1946) – from Walsall, singer/rhythm guitarist for Slade * Surgeon Rear Admiral John Holford CB, OBE (1909–1997) – medical officer in the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

; worked for the Ministry of Health, 1965–1974; later senior principal medical officer *

Dave Holland David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years. His extensive discography r ...

(born 1946) – jazz bassist *

(1948–2018) – drummer with Judas Priest *

Don Howe Donald Howe (12 October 1935 – 23 December 2015) was an English football player, coach, manager and pundit. As a right back Howe featured for clubs West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal together with the England national football team in his pla ...

(born 1935) – football player, coach and manager *

Matthew Hudson-Smith Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds, as of July 2022, the British record, running a personal best of 44.35 seconds for the distance set at Eugene, Orego ...

(born 1994) – track and field sprinter, 4×400 metres relay gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Eric Idle 2014

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* Eric Idle (born 1943) – actor and comedian, attended the Royal Wolverhampton School * David Inshaw (born 1943) – artist, founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists

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Howard Jacobson Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.Ragi, K. R., "Howard Jacobson's ''The Finkler Question'' as ...

(born 1942) –

Booker Prize for Fiction The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

-winning author and journalist *

Jamelia ' Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has released three studio albums, each of which has reached the Top 40 in the UK, which collectively have spawned eight UK top-ten singl ...

(born 1981) – musician, originally from Birmingham, now living in Wolverhampton * Sir

Stephen Jenyns Sir Stephen Jenyns (–1523) was a wool merchant from Wolverhampton, Merchant of the Staple and Master Merchant Taylor who became Lord Mayor of London for the year of the coronation of King Henry VIII. An artistic, architectural and educational p ...

(–1523) – wool merchant; Master of the

Merchant Taylors' Company ] The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 110 Livery company, livery companies of the City of London. The Company, originally known as the ''Guild and Fraternity of St John the Baptist in the City of London'', was founded prio ...

;

Mayor of London The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current m ...

; founder of

Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Wolverhampton, England. History Initially a grammar school for boys, WGS was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who ...

* Charles Jones (1866–1959) – gardener and photographer * Francis Jones MBE FRS (1914–1988) – physicist who co-developed the

OBOE The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

blind bombing system * Jackery Jones (1877–1945) – footballer, full back; played over 300 games in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers; member of the club's Hall of Fame; made his team debut in 1901, the first of 111 consecutive appearances; as full-back * Jenny Jones (born 1948) – Labour Party politician *

Mandy Jones Amanda Ellen "Mandy" Jones is a British former racing cyclist born in 1962 who won the women's world road race championship in 1982. Biography Jones joined the West Pennine Road Club to ride on Sunday outings. She rode her first race in 1974 ...

(born ca.1975) –

Brexit Party Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded with support from Nigel Farage in November 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating hard Euroscepticism and a no-deal Brexit, and was briefly a significant ...

politician * Wayne 'The Wanderer' Jones (born 1965) – darts player *

William Highfield Jones Wolverhampton-born William Highfield Jones JP (7 January 1829 – 25 March 1903) was a successful industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor who, with two of his brothers, built one of the largest businesses in Wolverhampton, Jone ...

JP (1829–1903) – industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor; built Jones Brothers & Co.; became an alderman and the 25th mayor of Wolverhampton * Alfred John Jukes-Browne FRS FGS (1851–1914) – British invertebrate palaeontologist and stratigrapher *

Jake Jervis Jake Mario Jervis (born 17 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Indian Super League club East Bengal. Jervis made his first-team debut for Birmingham City in the FA Cup in January 2010, fi ...

(born 1991) – professional footballer

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* Lisa Kehler (born 1967) – race walker, competed for Britain at the 1992 &

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

* Chris Kelly (born 1978) – Conservative Party politician *

Jonathan Kemp Jonathan Kemp (born 18 March 1981 in Wolverhampton) is a professional squash player who represented England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its n ...

(born 1981) – professional squash player, represented England * Karl Keska (born 1972) – 10,000m runner, 8th at

* Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817–1894) – barrister, county court judge and arbitrator * Syma Khalid, Professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton *

Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury Mervyn Allister King, Baron King of Lothbury (born 30 March 1948) is a British economist and public servant who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013. He is a School Professor of Economics at the London School of Econ ...

(born 1948) – Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013 *

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, '' The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke an ...

(born 1973) – soul singer

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* Stuart Lampitt (born 1966) – cricketer, right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county * Michael Langdon (1920–1991) – bass opera singer * James Langley MBE MC (1916–1983) – Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards, MI9 *

Joanne Latham Joanne Kandy Latham (born 21 March 1961) is an English former glamour model. Latham was born in Wolverhampton. After studying classical ballet for nine years she took a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School. A dancing competition led to her ...

(born 1961) – English former

glamour model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though ...

* Margery Lawrence (1889–1969) – pseudonym of ''Mrs. Arthur E. Towle''; fantasy, horror and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories *

Winifred Lawson Winifred Lawson (15 November 1892 – 30 November 1961) was an English opera and concert singer in the first half of the 20th century. She is particularly remembered for her performances in the soprano roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as ...

(1892–1961) – opera and concert singer * Jim Lea (born 1949) – musician, member of

* Margaret Lee (born 1943) – actress * Joleon Lescott (born 1982) – footballer; graduate of the Wolves Academy, the Wolves' supporters ''Player of the Year'' (born in Birmingham) * Sir Richard Leveson (1570–1605) – Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life, hero of the Battle of Cadiz, 1596 * Denise Lewis – Olympic gold medallist, born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton * Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994) – soul/neo-soul and R & B singer and songwriter * Bob Lilley MM BEM (1914–1981) – founding member of the British Special Air Service; member of the

Coldstream Guards The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the monarchy; due to this, it often participates in state ceremonia ...

; one of the first four men selected by Colonel David Stirling to be a founder member of L Detachment 1st SAS in Middle East HQ Cairo 1940; took part in many special forces operations and missions behind enemy lines in Libya against Italian and German forces during World War II. * Adrian Littlejohn (born 1970) – footballer,

/ forward *

Anita Lonsbrough Anita Lonsbrough, (born 10 August 1941 in York), later known by her married name Anita Porter, is a former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Swimming career At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwea ...

(born 1941) – gold medallist in swimming at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, now lives in Tettenhall *

Augustus Edward Hough Love Augustus Edward Hough Love FRS (17 April 1863, Weston-super-Mare – 5 June 1940, Oxford), often known as A. E. H. Love, was a mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of elasticity. He also worked on wave propagation and h ...

(1863–1940) – mathematician worked on the theory of elasticity and mathematical known as

Love wave In elastodynamics, Love waves, named after Augustus Edward Hough Love, are horizontally polarized surface waves. The Love wave is a result of the interference of many shear waves ( S-waves) guided by an elastic layer, which is ''welded'' to ...

s * Des Lyttle (born 1971) – footballer (defender), football manager and coach

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* Macka B – (born 1966) as ''Christopher MacFarlane'', reggae artist, performer and Rastafari *

Alan Lindsay Mackay Alan Lindsay Mackay FRS (born 6 September 1926) is a British crystallographer, born in Wolverhampton. He spent his scientific career at Birkbeck College, founded by George Birkbeck, one of the Colleges of the University of London, where he was ...

FRS (born 1926) – crystallographer; made scientific contributions related to the structure of materials; predicted

quasicrystals A quasiperiodic crystal, or quasicrystal, is a structure that is ordered but not periodic. A quasicrystalline pattern can continuously fill all available space, but it lacks translational symmetry. While crystals, according to the classical ...

in 1981 *

John Malam John Malam is a British historian, archaeologist, and author of Children's non-fiction literature, Children's non-fiction (informational) books. Background He was born in Wolverhampton, England, and attended the University of Birmingham whe ...

(born 1957) – historian, archaeologist and author of children's non-fiction informational books * Sir Charles Arthur Mander, 2nd Baronet JP, DL, TD (1884–1951) – public servant, philanthropist, manufacturer; managing director of Mander Brothers, the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1773 * Sir Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd Baronet (1921–2006) – industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer; known as Marcus Mander * Sir

Charles Tertius Mander Sir Charles Tertius Mander, 1st Baronet JP, DL, TD (16 July 1852 – 8 April 1929) was a Midland manufacturer (and as such Royal Warrant holder), philanthropist and public servant, of Wolverhampton, England. Biography Mander was the eldest s ...

(1852–1929) – manufacturer, philanthropist and public servant * Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882–1962) – chairman of Mander Brothers; Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East; donor of Wightwick Manor to the National Trust *

Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...

(1888–1946) – early Hollywood film actor, director and novelist * Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet (born 1950) – British baronet; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries * Rob Marris (born 1955) – solicitor, politician and MP * John Marston (1836–1914) – founder of the Sunbeam company, in Upper Villiers Street * Scott Matthews (born 1976) – singer-songwriter * John McHugh (1912–2002) – operatic

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

known for ballads and romantic tunes and lyrics * Pat McFadden (born 1965) – MP for Wolverhampton South East *

Maria Miller Dame Maria Frances Miller'MILLER, Rt Hon. Maria (Frances Lewis)', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edn, November 2012 ...

(born 1964) – politician, MP and marketing consultant * Mil Millington – journalist and novelist * Caitlin Moran (born 1975) – broadcaster and columnist, grew up in Wolverhampton * Geoffrey Moreland (1914–1996) – footballer, centre forward * John Morton (1925-2021) - head of the Musicians Union in London (1971-1990) and president of Federation of International Musicians (1973-2004) * Jimmy Mullen (1923–1987) – spent his whole career, 1938–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.; also played for England 12 times

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* Laura Newton (born 1977) – international

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and Staffordshire * Johnny Nicholls (1931–1995) – footballer,

inside forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

Alfred Noyes Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 188025 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. Early years Noyes was born in Wolverhampton, England the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. When he was four, the family moved to Ab ...

(1880–1958) – poet

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Jacqui Oatley Jacqueline Anne Oatley (born 28 December 1974) is a leading English broadcaster. She is a football commentator for Sky Sports, calling Premier League and FA Women's Super League matches. She is a sports presenter on Quest TV channel, covering ...

(born 1975) – sports broadcaster * Sean O'Connor (1981) – professional footballer, 2008

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Sean O'Driscoll (born 1957) – footballer, midfielder, and football manager * Mark O'Shea (born 1956) –

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...

, photographer, author, lecturer and TV personality

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Sara Page Sara Wells Page (1855–1943) was a British artist, portrait and figurative painter, of the Victorian and Edwardian period. During her lifetime she was widely exhibited at Parisian salons and British galleries, including the Royal Academy of Ar ...

(1855–1943) – artist, portrait and figurative painter *

Dee Palmer Dee Palmer (formerly David Palmer; born 2 July 1937) is an English composer, arranger, and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the progressive rock group Jethro Tull from 1976 to 1980 (although she had worked with the band as an ...

(born 1937) – formerly David Palmer; composer, arranger, and keyboardist; known for having been a member of the rock group Jethro Tull * The Right Reverend Philip Pargeter (born 1933) –

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...

of Valentiniana; retired Auxiliary Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

Archdiocese of Birmingham * Phil Parkes (born 1947) – football goalkeeper;

' first-choice keeper for much of late 1960s and early 1970s; appeared in 127 consecutive league matches, breaking

's club record. * Derek Parkin (born 1948) – football player, full back; made 609 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers (a record); in 1968, became the most expensive full back in Britain when he joined Wolves for £80,000 * Florence Paton (1891–1976) – Labour Party politician; MP from

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

* Suzanne Paul (born 1957) – winner of New Zealand's ''Dancing with the Stars'' 2007 *

Liam Payne Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Payne made his debut as a singer in 2008 when he auditioned for the British television series ''The X Factor''. After being ...

(born 1993) – contestant on ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...

'' in 2010; singer-songwriter and former member of boyband

One Direction One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group are composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously Zayn Malik until his departure from the g ...

* Jonathan Pedley (born 1962) – leading UK authority on wine *

Andrew Pelling Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central and on 30 March 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an Independen ...

(born 1959) – politician;

then independent MP *

Brian Pendleton Brian Pendleton (13 April 1944 – 16 May 2001) was a British guitarist, and a founder member of the 1960s pop group Pretty Things. Early life Born in Wolverhampton, England, Pendleton moved south as a child, attending Dartford Grammar School. ...

(1944–2001) – rhythm guitarist with

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in the sixties * Jonn Penney (born 1968) – singer of Ned's Atomic Dustbin *

Dora Penny The Dorabella Cipher is an enciphered letter written by composer Edward Elgar to Dora Penny, which was accompanied by another dated July 14, 1897. Penny never deciphered it and its meaning remains unknown. The cipher, consisting of 87 characters s ...

(1874–1964) – daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton; a good friend of Edward Elgar and his family; immortalised as Dorabella in the ''

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'' *

Fred Pentland Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland (29 July 1883 – 16 March 1962) was an English football player and coach. Pentland played club football in the Football League for Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough, in the Southern Football League f ...

(1883–1962) – footballer ( forward) and football manager (including Germany (Olympic team),

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, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Real Oviedo) *

Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (née Welch; born 15 October 1931) is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist. She is a Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the British House of Lords. In 1981 sh ...

(born 1931) – educationalist; Conservative politician; Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England * Shaun Perry (born 1978) – rugby union footballer, played scrum half * Suzi Perry (born 1970) – television presenter * Tom Phillips

R.A. (born 1937) – artist, painter, printmaker, collagist * Tom Phillipson (1898–1965) – footballer, several goal-scoring records for Wolverhampton Wanderers; became a businessman in Wolverhampton and town mayor. *

George Phoenix George Phoenix (1863–1935) was a British (Victorian/Edwardian) landscape, figurative and portrait artist and sculptor. He regularly exhibited his works in his native Wolverhampton and nationally. They are represented at Wolverhampton Art Galle ...

(1863–1935) – Victorian/Edwardian landscape, figurative, and portrait artist and sculptor *

Bob Plant Arthur Blurton "Bob" Plant, MC (28 July 1915 – 18 April 2011) was an officer in the British Army who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Tufo in 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Early life Plant was born in Burton upo ...

(1915–2011) – soldier, recipient of MC * Robert Plant (born 1948) – singer in Led Zeppelin, born in

West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is north-west of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, c ...

Clive Platt Clive Linton Platt (born 27 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer. A forward, he has made 618 appearances in the Football League, including 164 for Rochdale. In his 19-year-long playing career, Platt had played for Walsal ...

(born 1977) – footballer, striker * Hugh Porter (born 1940) – Olympic cyclist, broadcaster and media personality * Lisa Potts – teacher and

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holder *

Don Powell Donald George Powell (born 10 September 1946) is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years. Early life As a child, Powell joined the Boy Scouts where he became interested in th ...

(born 1946) – born in Bilston, drummer for Slade *

Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell, (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist, and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974) and was Minister of Health (1 ...

(1912–1998) – politician (Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West

– Feb 1974), poet, scholar and soldier * Hayley Price (born 1966) – gymnast, competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

in Los Angeles * Ken Purchase (1939–2016) – politician, local MP Emma Reynolds Official Portrait

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* Paul Raven (1961–2007) – musician and bass player *

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(born 1968) – WWE/WCW/ECW wrestler and commentator; member of

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Oscar Gustave Rejlander Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Stockholm, 19 October 1813 – Clapham, London, 18 January 1875) was a pioneering Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage. His collaboration with Charles Darwin on ''The Expression of the Emotions in ...

(1813–1875) – set up as a portraitist in Wolverhampton, around 1846; ''"father of art photography"'' * Emma Reynolds (born 1977) – politician (MP) * John Rhodes (born 1927) – racing driver *

Mark Rhodes Mark Thomas Rhodes (born 11 September 1981) is an English singer, actor and television presenter. Career Born in Wolverhampton, England, Rhodes finished in second place in the second series of ''Pop Idol'' in the United Kingdom, runner-up to M ...

(born 1981) – singer and television presenter; known for '' TMi'', '' Copycats'' and '' Pop Idol 2'' * John Richards (born 1950) –

international International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

footballer, striker for

, where he broke the club's goal-scoring record ending with 194 goals; later returned to Wolves as managing director from 1994 to 2000. * The Rt Revd Barry Rogerson (born 1936) – first

Bishop of Wolverhampton The Bishop of Wolverhampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands; t ...

, 1979–1985; formerly vicar of St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield *

Carina Round Carina Round (born 20 April 1979) is a British singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. Career In the summer of 1996, following a gig in a basement acoustic club in Wolverhampton, Round was given a three-night su ...

(born 1979) – singer-songwriter * Kevin Rowland (born 1953) – singer in

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Arthur Rowley George Arthur Rowley Jr. (21 April 1926 – 19 December 2002), nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in the history of English lea ...

(1926–2002) – footballer,

inside left Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

and football manager *

Jack Rowley John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his pr ...

(1920–1998) – footballer, forward and football manager * Sir Merton Russell-Cotes (1835–1921) – Mayor of Bournemouth, 1894–1895, the only mayor of Bournemouth who was not also a member of the council

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* Wendy Sadler (born 1974) –

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and lecturer; founded ''Science Made Simple'', which engageds audiences with the physical sciences. *

Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione Sanderson (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field ...

(born 1956) – gold medallist in the

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* Sathnam Sanghera (born 1976) – journalist and author * Keith Short (1941–2020)– sculptor, worked in the UK feature film industry *

Bill Shorthouse William Henry Shorthouse (27 May 1922 – 6 September 2008) was an English professional football player and coach, who spent his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Career Born in Bilston, Staffordshire, Shorthouse attended St Martin's S ...

(1922–2008) – professional football player and coach; spent his playing career with

* George Showell (1934–2012) – footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City and

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

; mainly with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the

1960 FA Cup Final The 1960 FA Cup Final was the 79th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. It took place on 7 May 1960 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. ...

. *

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(died 1212) –

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from 1197 to his death * Jarnail Singh (born 1962) – football referee who officiated in the Football League * Bill Slater

(1927–2018)– international footballer,

/ defender mainly for

; in the same year was voted Footballer of the Year; in 1982, he was awarded an OBE for services to sport; a CBE followed in 1998. *

Nigel Slater Nigel Slater (born 9 April 1956) is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for ''The Observer Magazine'' for over a decade and is the principal writer for the ''Observer Food Monthly'' supplement. Prior to ...

(born 1956) – food writer and journalist *

John Sleeuwenhoek John Cornelius Sleeuwenhoek (26 February 1944 – 20 July 1989) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half. He made 269 appearances in the Football League, mainly for Aston Villa, and was capped twice for England U23. S ...

(1944–1989) – footballer, centre-half; made 226 appearances in

for Aston Villa;

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ped twice for

at under-23 level *

Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball head coach. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel H ...

(born 1988) – racing driver; 2009 champion of the

British Formula Renault Championship British Formula Renault Championship referred to one of two Formula Renault championships that were held in the United Kingdom. The main series was Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship which was held from 1989 to 2011 and was ge ...

; winner of that year's

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* Eleanor Smith (born 1957) – the Labour

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(MP) for Wolverhampton South West from

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. * Harry Smith (born 1932) – footballer, left back * Jack Smith (1882–??) – footballer, forward; scored 39 goals in 110 appearances playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and

Vikram Solanki Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April 1976) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer. In limited over international cricket, he played over 50 One Day Internationals for England as a batsman and occasional off-spinner. In cou ...

(born 1976) – England and Worcestershire cricketer * Philip Solomon (born 1951) – spiritualist

medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane *Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

, author, broadcaster and paranormal researcher *

John Hanbury Angus Sparrow John Hanbury Angus Sparrow OBE (13 November 1906 – 24 January 1992) was an English academic, barrister, book-collector, and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1952 to 1977. Early life and education He was born on 13 November 1906 at Ne ...

(1906–1992) – academic, barrister, book-collector and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, 1952–77 *

Mark Speight Mark Warwick Fordham Speight (6 August 1965 – 7 April 2008) was an English television presenter and host of children's art programme '' SMart''. Speight was born in Seisdon, Staffordshire, and left school at 16 to become a cartoonist. He ...

(1965–2008) – television presenter *

Roger Squires Roger Squires (born 22 February 1932 in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, England) is a retired British crossword compiler/setter, living in Ironbridge, Shropshire, who is best known for being the world's most prolific compiler. He compiled under the ...

(born 1932) – world's most prolific crossword compiler * Percy Stallard (1909–2001) – racing cyclist; founder of the

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; as organiser of the 1942 Wolverhampton-Llangollen race, the father of massed-start cycle racing on public roads in Britain * Derek Statham (born 1959) – footballer, full back * Josef Stawinoga (1920–2007) – local hermit * Richard Stearman (born 1987) – footballer, centre back, right back * Paul Sterling (born 1964) – English/Welsh

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for

and

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as a * Stevens family – Joe Stevens, father of Harry, George, Albert John ('Jack'), and Joe Stevens Junior; engineers, Stevens Screw Company Ltd and later A J Stevens & Co ( AJS) motorcycles * Dave Swift (orn 1964) – bassist with Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra *

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is a English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, ...

(born 1961) – comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress *

Jane Stevenson Jane Barbara Stevenson (born 12 February 1959) is a British historian, literary scholar, and author. Since 2017, she is Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford. From 2007 to 2017, she was Regius Professor of Humanity at the University o ...

, (born 1971) – MP for

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since

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* Mandy Takhar (born ca.1988) – British Indian model and actress, predominantly appears in Punjabi films * Kalbir Takher (born 1968) –

player, participated for Great Britain in Field hockey at the

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* James Tandy (born 1981) – former cricketer * James W. Tate (1875–1922) – songwriter, accompanist; composer and producer of revues and pantomimes * Jack Taylor (1930–2012) – referee, 1974 FIFA World Cup final * Andy Tennant (born 1987) – professional track and road racing cyclist *Dame Maggie Teyte (1888–1976) – soprano, creator of role of Melisande in

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's '' Pelléas et Mélisande''; younger sister of James W. Tate * Kristian Thomas (born 1989) – British artistic gymnast; member of the Earls gymnastics club; educated at St Edmund's Catholic School, Wolverhampton * George Rennie Thorne (1853–1934) – solicitor and politician *

Thomas Tomkis Thomas Tomkis (or Tomkys) (c. 1580 – 1634) was an English playwright of the late Elizabethan and the Jacobean eras, and arguably one of the more cryptic figures of English Renaissance drama. Tomkis was the son of a Staffordshire clergyman, J ...

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* Billy Tuft (born 1874) – footballer, full back * Professor

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(1885–1961) – mathematician * Syd Tyler (1904–1971) – footballer, full back

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Evelyn Underhill Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known is ''Mysticism'', published ...

(1875–1941) – mystic and Anglican writer CharlesPelhamVilliers

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* Hugh Vallance (1905–1973) – footballer, centre forward; held a club record for goals scored in a season at Brighton and Hove Albion, the record eventually broken three years after his death. * Joseph Vickers de Ville (1856–1925) – painter of landscapes and rural subjects * Sir

Charles Pelham Villiers Charles Pelham Villiers (3 January 1802 – 16 January 1898) was a British lawyer and politician from the aristocratic Villiers family. He sat in the House of Commons for 63 years, from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member of Parl ...

(1802–1898) – member of Parliament for 63 years, holding the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history; a statue of him stands in West Park in Wolverhampton.

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George Wallis George Wallis (1811–1891) was an artist, museum curator and art educator. He was the first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria & Albert Museum) in London. Early years George Wallis, son of John Wal ...

, FSA (1811–1891) – artist, museum curator and art educator, first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at South Kensington Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) * David Watkins (born 1940) – designer of

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medal; special effects maker for the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' *

Stuart Watkiss Stuart Watkiss (born 8 May 1966) is an English football coach and former professional player who is the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur. As a player, he was a defender and notably played in the Football League with Wolv ...

(born 1966) – footballer (defender) and football manager * Mickey Wernick (born 1944) – professional poker player * Sir Charles Wheeler (1892–1974) – sculptor, former president of the Royal Academy * Fred White (1916–2007) – footballer, goalkeeper * Willard Wigan (born 1957) – sculptor, creates microscopic sculptures * Jonathan Wild (1683–1725) – self-penned ''Chief Thieftaker General'' of Great Britain and Ireland * Harry Wilding (1894–1958) – footballer, centre half; played for the Grenadier Guards,

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and

* Ashley Williams (born 1984) – footballer, defender *

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(1920–2014) – spent his career, 1945–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; also played for England 24 times. * Charles Williams (1887–1971) –

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athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London *

Gary Williams Gary Bruce Williams (born March 4, 1945) is an American university administrator and former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Maryland, the Ohio State University, Boston College, and American University. I ...

(born 1960) – footballer, won European cup with Aston Villa; played for Leeds, Bradford and Watford * John Williams (born 1951) – A&R executive, record producer, photographer, manager, recording artist, songwriter * Paul Willis (born 1945) – social scientist, major contemporary figure in sociology and cultural studies * Marty Wilson (1957–2019) – professional poker player; biggest win was $171,000 *

Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. As a co-founder o ...

(born 1964) – boxer, British light heavyweight champion, competed at the

Pete Winkelman Peter John Winkelman is the current chairman of English association football club Milton Keynes Dons, as well as managing director of the property development consortium Inter MK Ltd that was responsible for developing the Denbigh North district ...

(born 1957) – chairman of football club

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, property developer and former

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executive * Sam Winnall (born 1991) – footballer, striker, joined Wolves Academy, plays for Sheffield Wednesday *

William Wood William Wood may refer to: Politicians * William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkshire, 1395 * William Wood (15th century MP), MP for Winchester, 1413 * William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British state ...

(1671–1730) – lived at The Deanery, a large house in Wolverhampton; was given a contract as a mintmaster to strike an issue of Irish coinage, 1722–1724; this coinage was extremely unpopular as a result of the publication of

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dubl ...

's '' Drapier's Letters'' and was recalled * Billy Wright (1924–1994) – captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers; for a long time, the most capped English football player; 490 caps for Wolves and 105 caps for

* Billy Wright (1960–1997) – Wolverhampton-born prominent Ulster loyalist * David Wright (born 1944) – British diplomat, UK Ambassador to Japan 1996–1999. * Lady Wulfrun (c. 935–1005) – Anglo-Saxon

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woman and landowner, established a

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* Alison Young (born 1987) – sailor; competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics *

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(1912–2004) – musicologist, writer and composer

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