# List of people from York

This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England.

## Actors and performers

* Mark Addy (born 1964)
* Taj Atwal (born 1987)
* Rob Auton (living)
* David Bradley (born 1942)
* Michael Burns (born 1952)
* Judi Dench (born 1934)
* Keith Drinkel (born 1944)
* Dustin Gee (1942–1986)
* Frankie Howerd (1917–1992)
* Ian Kelsey (born 1966)
* Janet McTeer (born 1961)
* Eille Norwood (1861–1948)
* Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004)

## Arts

* Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter
* Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
* William Etty (1787–1849), painter.
* John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman.
* Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist
* Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter.
* Francis Place (1647–1728), artist
* Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter

## Confectioners

* Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier and reformer
* Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philanthropist
* Joseph Terry (1828–1898), confectioner

## Musicians

* Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) composer and conductor.
* John Barry (1933–2011)
* Findlay Brown (born 1975)
* Syd Dale (1924–1994)
* Iestyn Davies (born 1979)
* Troy Donockley (born 1964)
* Helen Grime (born 1981)
* Beaumont Hannant (born 1970)
* Låpsley (born 1996)
* Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 1989)
* Rusko (born 1985)
* The Thrillseekers (born 1973)
* Trevor Watts (born 1939)
* Trevor Wishart (born 1946)

### Groups

* Asking Alexandria
* The Batfish Boys
* Glamour of the Kill
* Elliot Minor
* Mostly Autumn
* The Mood
* The Redskins
* Rick Witter & The Dukes
* RSJ
* The Seahorses
* Shed Seven
* The Smoke
* St. Christopher
* With One Last Breath

## Historians

* Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
* William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
* Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer.
* John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian
* William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar.

## Politicians and rulers

* John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician.
* Vincent Cable (born 1943)
* Nicholas Clarevaux (late 13th c.)
* Constantine the Great (AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in Eboracum (York)
* David Davis (born 1948)
* Frank Dobson (1940–2019)
* Richard Hotham (1722–1799)
* George Hudson (1800–1871) railway financier and politician.
* Septimius Severus (193–211 in York), Roman Emperor.

## Religion

* Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
* Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar.
* John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel.
* Margaret Clitherow (died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr
* John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs.
* Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary.
* Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
* Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary.
* Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop.
* Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian.
* Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London.
* Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
* William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York

## Sciences and architecture

* Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
* Moses B. Cotsworth (1859 - 1943] Egyptologist and 13-month calendar reformer, inventor of the International Fixed Calendar
* William Etty (c. 1675–1734), architect
* John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
* Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect and inventor.
* Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect
* George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur
* Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain.
* Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford
* John Middleton (1820–1885), architect
* William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer.
* Martin Rees (born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current Astronomer Royal
* George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins
* John Snow (1813–1858), physician

## Sports
### Football

* Pawel Abbott (born 1982)
* Tom Allan (born 1994)
* Reg Baines (1907–1974)
* Ron Benson (1925–1997)
* Albert Bonass (1911–1945)
* Sam Byram (born 1993)
* Cliff Calvert (born 1954)
* Walter Camidge (1912–1987)
* Jack Clarke (born 2000)
* Lewis Cook (born 1997)
* Nick Culkin (born 1978)
* Andy Dawson (born 1979)
* Richard Dawson (born 1962)
* Michael Duckworth (born 1992)
* David Dunmore (born 1934)
* Iain Dunn (born 1970)
* Bernard Fisher (born 1934)
* Gary Ford (born 1961)
* Martin Fowler (born 1957)
* Martin Garratt (1980–2014)
* Ben Godfrey (born 1998)
* Neil Grayson (born 1964)
* Ross Greenwood (born 1985)
* John Hawksby (born 1942)
* Nick Hendry (1887–1949)
* Simon Heslop (born 1987)
* Jamie Hopcutt (born 1992)
* Russell Howarth (born 1982)
* Will Jarvis (born 2002)
* Mike Johnson (1933–2004)
* Matthew Kilgallon (born 1984)
* George Lee (1919–1991)
* Steve McClaren (born 1961), also manager
* Max McMillan (born 2002)
* George Maskill (1906–1969)
* Tommy Maskill (1903–1956)
* Cliff Mason (1929–2013)
* Alexander Mein (1854–1927)
* Albert Meysey-Thompson (1848–1894)
* Charles Meysey-Thompson (1849–1881)
* Andrew Milne (born 1990)
* Les Milner (1917–1944)
* Bobby Mimms (born 1963)
* Cammy Palmer (born 2000)
* Alf Patrick (1921–2021)
* Shaun Pearson (born 1989)
* Jack Pinder (1912–2004)
* Brian Pollard (born 1954)
* Peter Popely (born 1943)
* John Powell (1936–2017)
* Harvey Rodgers (born 1996)
* George Sharpe (1912–1984)
* Reg Stockill (1913–1995)
* Gary Swann (born 1962)
* Barry Tait (born 1938)
* Chris Tate (born 1977)
* Charlie Taylor (born 1993)
* Marc Thompson (born 1982)
* Steve Tutill (born 1969)
* Rory Watson (born 1996)
* Eric Weightman (1910–2002)
* Michael Woods (born 1990)
* Neil Woods (born 1966)
and
* Lucy Staniforth (born 1992)

### Rugby

* Peter Fox, (born 1984) Wakefield Trinity
* Rob Webber, (born 1986) Bath Rugby

### Cricket

* David Alleyne (born 1976)
* Henry Badger (1900–1975)
* Tom Bartram (born 1986)
* Scott Boswell (born 1974)
* Philip Bower (1898–1978)
* Andrew Brewster (born 1977)
* Stephen Coverdale (born 1964)
* Leonard Day (1859–1943)
* Harry Dewse (1836–1910)
* Matthew Fisher (born 1997)
* Paul Gibb (1913–1977)
* Charles Hall (1906–1976)
* John Hicks (1850–1912)
* Tom Loten (born 1999)
* John Nuttall (born 1967)
* Manfred Palmes (1887–1968)
* Charles Prest (1841–1875)
* William Prest (1832–1885)
* Thomas Pride (1864–1919)
* Joseph Sullivan (1890–1932)
* Steven Taylor (born 1963)
* Nick Thornicroft (born 1985)
* Lauren Winfield (born 1990)
* Tim Walton (born 1972)

### Motor sport

* Steve Webster (born 1960)

### Basketball

* Dan Fotu (born 1999)
* Isaac Fotu (born 1993)

## Writers

* Kate Atkinson (born 1951), novelist and playwright
* W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet and essayist
* Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician.
* Matt Haig (born 1975), novelist and journalist
* Justin Hill (born 1971), novelist
* Alison Hume (living), television writer
* Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), novelist
* Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist and journalist
* Fiona Mozley (born 1988), novelist
* Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
* J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939), novelist, playwright and critic
* Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), author and electrical engineer
* Charles Whiting (1926–2007), novelist and military historian

## Others

* Benedict of York (died 1189), money lender
* Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
* Captain Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
* Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800) social reformer and patron of the arts.
* Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator
* Tessa Rowntree (1909-1999), Quaker, aid worker in Czechoslovakia
* Laura Sayers (born 1978), radio producer and diarist
* Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), army commander.
* James Hack Tuke (1819–1896), social campaigner.
* Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), social campaigner.
* Henry Tuke (1755–1814), social campaigner.
* Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), social campaigner.
* William Tuke (1732–1822), social campaigner.