List of people from Sheffield
This is a partial list of famous or notable people that wikipedia has articles about who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Sheffield, England.
(Bold text = born in Sheffield)
Arts and Humanities
- Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author
- John Balguy, philosopher
- A. S. Byatt, novelist
- Bruce Chatwin, writer
- Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
- Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
- Thomas Creswick, painter
- Margaret Drabble, novelist
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet
- William Flockton, architect
- Charles Harding Firth, historian
- Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat), born in Barnsley, studied and taught at the University of Sheffield
- Sir Ian Kershaw, historian
- Arthur Lismer, artist
- Steve McCaffery, poet
- James Montgomery, editor and poet
- John Parkin, architect
- John Ruskin, artist and designer
- Frederick Varley, artist
Entertainment
- Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
- Sean Bean, actor
- J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
- Marti Caine, comedienne
- Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
- Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
- Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
- Joe Cocker, singer
- Maurice Colbourne, actor
- Christopher Colquhoun, actor
- Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
- Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
- Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
- Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
- Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
- Patricia Maynard, actor
- James McCourt, television presenter
- Richard McCourt, television presenter
- Patrick McGoohan, actor
- Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
- Phil Oakey, musician, lead singer of the Human League
- Judy Parfitt, actor
- Michael Palin, comedian, actor, and travel presenter
- Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
- Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
- Anna Walker, television presenter
Politics
- Nick Ainger, politician
- David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)
- John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
- George Hadfield, 19th century politician
- Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
- Roy Hattersley, politician
- John Parker, 19th century politician
- Derek Simpson, trade unionist
- Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
Science and Engineering
- Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
- Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer
- Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
- Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel
- Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
- Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer
- Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Joseph Locke, railway engineer
- Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Helen Sharman, astronaut
- Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
- John Paul Wild, astronomer
Sport
- Gordon Banks, footballer
- Gary Cahill, footballer
- Sebastian Coe, athlete
- Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist
- Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
- Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
- Naseem Hamed, boxer
- Emlyn Hughes, footballer
- Ben Moon, rock climber
- Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
- David Sherwood, tennis player
- Joe Simpson, mountaineer
- James Toseland, motorcycle racer, winner of the 2004 World Superbike championship
- Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team
- Chris Waddle, former England footballer
- Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager
- Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
- Clinton Woods, boxer
- Harry Wright, baseball player
Other
- John Brown, industrialist
- Charles Peace, notorious murderer
- Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
