# List of people from Middlesbrough

This is a list of people from Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire, England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

## A

* Abbey Altson, artist
* Matty Appleby, (born 1972) footballer, played for Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic, and Darlington F.C.
* Fred Appleyard, visual artist
* James Arthur, musician
* John Archer, magician/comedian
* Ron Aspery, musician
* Bill Athey, cricketer

## B

* Roland Carl Backhouse, computer scientist
* Andrew Baggett, rugby union player
* Ian Bailey, retired football player
* John Baines, Olympic bobsledder
* Pat Barker's debut novel Union Street was set on the thoroughfare of the same name in the town
* Thelma Barlow, (born 1929) actress, starred in Coronation Street as Mavis Wilton from 1971 to 1997
* Peter Beagrie, footballer
* Florence Bell, (1851–1930) writer of the classic study, At The Works (1907), gives a picture of the area at the turn of the 20th century. She also edited the letters of her stepdaughter Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), which has been continuously in print since 1927
* Stephen Bell, footballer
* Adrian Bevington, The Football Association's former Director of Communications
* Sean Blowers, actor
* Henry Bolckow, industrialist
* Roy Chubby Brown, comedian
* Ali Brownlee, (1959–2016) radio presenter

## C

* Elizabeth Carling, actress
* Jacky Carr, footballer
* Maud Chadburn was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley
* Alethea Charlton, actress
* Brian Clough, (1935–2004) footballer and manager, Played for Middlesbrough F.C. from 1955 to 1961 and managed Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest
* Kevin Connelly, comedian
* Geoff Cook, cricketer
* Captain James Cook (1728–79) the world-famous explorer, navigator, and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough
* Chris Corner, musician
* Mark Clemmit BBC Sport reporter

## D

* Caroline Dale, classical and pop cellist
* Wally K Daly, writer, Ishy Din
* David Daniell, former junior World and European track cycling champion
* Martin Daniels, magician
* Paul Daniels, born Newton Edward Daniels (1938–2016) magician, presenter and entertainer
* Billy Day, (1936–2018) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C during the 1950s and 60s
* Preeti Desai, actress and model, former Miss Great Britain (2007)
* Jerry Desmonde, (1908–1967) actor, who starred in The Early Bird with Norman Wisdom
* Paul C. Doherty, author, educator, historian and lecturer
* Monica Dolan, actress
* Liam Donaldson, (b 1949) Chief Medical Officer for England
* Chris Dooks, visual artist
* Stewart Downing, footballer
* Tom Dresser, (1892–1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War
* Paul Drinkhall, Olympic table tennis player
* Glen Durrant, darts player

## E

* Joan Eadington, writer of The Jonny Briggs series of books, later to become a BBC Children's TV series of the same name, was also based in the town
* Florence Easton, soprano at the New York Met
* Alfred Edwards, (1888–1958) Member of Parliament
* Frank Elgee, (1880-1944) archaeologist, geologist and naturalist

## F

* Craig Farrell, (born 1982) footballer
* Graham Farrow, playwright, screenwriter
* Pete Firman, magician
* Ford Madox Ford, (1873–1939) was billeted in Eston during the Great War (1914–18), and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Little Busby, near Carlton-in-Cleveland
* Dael Fry, footballer

## G

* Vin Garbutt, folk musician
* Ben Gibson, footballer
* Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough F.C. born in the Park End area
* Gary Gill, footballer
* Neil Grainger, actor
* Alistair Griffin, musician
* Peter Gilchrist, billiards athlete player

## H

* Marion Coates Hansen, was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party (ILP). She was a feminist and women's suffrage campaigner, an early member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a founder member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL)
* David Harper, antiques expert
* Jack Hatfield, Olympic swimmer
* Emily Hesse, visual artist
* Jack Hatfield, (1893–1965) swimmer, known as one of the greatest British swimmers of all time after winning 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze at Stockholm 1912
* Jonathan Hogg, (born 1988) footballer
* Stanley Hollis, (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient
* E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles
* Keith Houchen, footballer
* Jordan Hugill, footballer

## J

* Naomi Jacob, novelist
* Matt Jarvis, footballer
* Ann Jellicoe, writer Ishy Din
* Alyson Jones, Commonwealth Games swimmer
* Jade Jones, paralympic athlete

## K

* Chris Kamara, (born 1957) ex-footballer, manager, presenter and analyst on Sky Sports
* Lila Kaye, actress
* Anna Kennedy, disability campaigner
* Richard Kilty, Olympic Athlete (1989–Present)

## L

* Graeme Lee, footballer

## M

* Wilf Mannion, (1918–2000) footballer
* Faye Marsay, actress
* Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher
* Steph McGovern, (born 1982) presenter and journalist
* Richard Milward, writer, Ishy Din
* Jade McSorley, model
* Nicky Mohan, footballer
* Glenn Moody, darts player
* Micky Moody, musician
* Dave Morris, comedian
* Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam
* Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

## N

* Sir Martin Narey, (1955–present), former Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service and the chief executive of Barnardo's
* Chris Newton, Olympic cyclist
* Robert Nixon (artist), (1939–2002) artist, who worked on several British comics

## O

* Kirsten O'Brien, TV presenter
* Alan Old, rugby union player
* Chris Old, cricketer
* Richard Old, (1856–1932) model maker resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street
* Colin Osborne, darts player

## P

* Jamie Parker, actor
* Alan Peacock, footballer
* Dave Pennington world powerlifting champion
* Liam Plunkett, cricketer
* Mark Proctor, footballer

## Q

* Bertha Quinn, (1873 -1951) suffragette, Labour Councillor and recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal
* Christopher Quinten, actor

## R

* Richard Piers Rayner, visual artist
* Chris Rea, musician
* Matt Renshaw, cricketer
* Don Revie, (1927–1989) footballer and manager, managed Leeds United and England in the 1970s
* Wendy Richard, (1943–2009) actress, starred in Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army & EastEnders.
* Stuart Ripley, (born 1967) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C, Blackburn Rovers + Southampton
* Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949) singer with Free and Bad Company
* Mike Russell, billiards player
* Marion Ryan, singer
* Jack Rees, professional cyclist and manager
* Anna Raeburn, broadcaster, author and journalist

## S

* David Shayler, the ex-spy, journalist and conspiracy theorist, was born in Middlesbrough
* Harold Shepherdson, footballer, played for Middlesbrough.
* Rob Smedley, head of vehicle performance WilliamsF1
* Cyril Smith, (1909–1974) concert pianist.
* Graham Smith, photographer
* Paul Smith (rock vocalist), musician
* James Smurthwaite, (1916–1989) cricketer, played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939
* Phil Stamp (born 1975), footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1993 to 2002, retired at Darlington F.C in 2007

## T

* John Telfer, actor
* Bruce Thomas, musician
* William Tillyer, visual artist
* Chris Tomlinson, three times Olympian and former British long jump record holding athlete
* Mackenzie Thorpe, painter
* Pete Trewavas, musician
* Paul Truscott, boxer

## U

* Rory Underwood, rugby union player

## V

* Simon Vallily, Commonwealth gold medal champion boxer
* John Vaughan, industrialist

## W

* Adrian Warburton, air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in Malta Story
* Frank and Edgar Watts, opened the English Hotel in the Cumberland Gap which gave their hometown's name to Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the United States
* Ellen Wilkinson, was a Member of parliament for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel Clash (1929) which paints a positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough)
* Tim Williamson, (1894–1943) footballer, made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C. and 7 appearances for England
* Aimee Willmott, Olympic swimmer
* Dean John-Wilson, theatre actor
* Jeff Winter, (born 1955) football referee, he took charge of the F.A Cup Final of 2004
* Jonathan Woodgate, (born 1980) footballer + manager
* Charlie Wyke, Footballer born South Bank