List of personalities of the city of Leeds
The following list contains personalities born in Leeds , listed chronologically by year of birth. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Leeds. Many have moved from Leeds in the course of their lives and become known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
People born in Leeds
To 1900
- Isaac Milner (1750-1820), mathematician and inventor
- Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761-1829), botanist
- John Blenkinsop (1783–1831), mine manager and engineer
- Henry Denny (1803–1871), museum curator and parasitologist
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913), writer
- John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), painter
- William Nicholson (1845–1918), Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff
- Ernest Crofts (1847-1911), painter
- Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847-1914), lawyer
- Hermann Speck von Sternburg (1852–1908), diplomat and art collector
- Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941), photographer
- Selwin Calverley (1855–1900), regatta sailor
- Herbert H. Turner (1861–1930), astronomer and seismologist
- Henry Stuart Jones (1867–1939), philologist and historian
- Francis Rattenbury (1867-1935), architect
- George Horsfield (1882-1956), archaeologist
- Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), writer
- Frederick Dewhurst Yates (1884-1932), chess player
- Robert Blackburn (1885–1955), aviation pioneer and aircraft designer
- Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889–1951), chess composer and mathematician
- Owney Madden (1891-1965), gangster in New York City during the 1920s to 1930s
- May Warden (1891–1978), actress
- Samuel Sugden (1892–1950), chemist
- Anne Loughlin (1894–1979), union official
1901 to 1925
- Christian Darnton (1905–1981), composer
- Nevill Francis Mott (1905-1996), physicist
- Vero Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997), zoologist
- Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907-1972), economist
- Julius Stone (1907–1985), legal theorist and internationalist
- Jack Popplewell (1911–1996), writer and playwright
- Margaret Scriven (1912-2001), tennis player
- Peter Walker (1912–1984), racing car driver
- Kenneth Armitage (1916-2002), sculptor
- Denys Fisher (1918–2002), toy manufacturer and game designer
- Richard Hoggart (1918–2014), cultural sociologist
- Denys Wilkinson (1922-2016), nuclear physicist
- Geoffrey Bayldon (1924-2017), actor
- Angela Morley (1924–2009), composer and conductor
- Philip Stone (1924-2003), actor
- Christopher Tolkien (1924-2020), medievalist
- George A. Cooper (1925-2018), actor
- Robert Edwards (1925-2013), physiologist
- Michael Halliday (1925-2018), linguist
1926 to 1950
Malcolm McDowell has starred in classic films
such as A Clockwork Orange , Star Trek and Halloween .
such as A Clockwork Orange , Star Trek and Halloween .
- Bryan R. Wilson (1926-2004), religious sociologist
- Benny Green (1927–1998), jazz musician, radio host and author
- Dickie Hawdon (1927–2009), jazz musician, arranger and music teacher
- Dennis Armitage (1928–2005), jazz pianist, saxophonist and painter
- Edmund Happold (1930–1996), civil engineer
- Gerald Kaufman (1930–2017), politician
- Alan Cooper (1931–2007), jazz musician and band leader
- Edward Kellett-Bowman (born 1931), politician
- Gordon Pirie (1931-1991), track and field athlete
- John Winston (1933-2019), actor
- Alan Baddeley (* 1934), psychologist
- Alan Bennett (born 1934), writer, playwright, director and actor
- Barry Cryer (born 1935), writer and comedian
- Philip Johnson-Laird (* 1936), psychologist, university professor and author
- Tony Harrison (* 1937), poet, playwright and translator
- Alan Hawkshaw (born 1937), musician
- John Riley (1937–1978), poet
- Elizabeth Dawn (1939-2017), actress
- Michael Chapman (born 1941), guitarist
- Craig Harrison (born 1942), writer
- Victor Henry (1943–1985), actor
- Malcolm McDowell (born 1943), actor
- Sheila Rowbotham (* 1943), sociologist and socialist feminist
- Glen Baxter (born 1944), cartoonist
- Paul Madeley (1944-2018), football player
- Richard Dunn (* 1945), professional boxer
- Mike Nattrass (* 1945), politician
- Bob Peck (1945-1999), actor
- Jeff Christie (* 1946), bassist, singer and songwriter
- Ian McGeechan (born 1946), rugby union player
- Stevie Wright (1947-2015), rock singer
- David Harvey (born 1948), football player
- Mike Moran (* 1948), keyboardist, composer and music producer
- Barry Ryan (born 1948), singer
- Paul Ryan (1948–1992), singer and songwriter
- Tom Wilkinson (born 1948), actor
- Jimi Heselden (1948–2010), entrepreneur
- Stephen Gill (* 1950), political scientist
1951 to 1975
- Louise Rennison (1951–2016), writer
- Honest John Plain (born 1952), musician and singer
- Peter Christopherson (1955–2010), musician, music video director and photographer
- Stephen Mann (* 1955), chemist
- Richard Harrington (born 1957), politician
- Vic Reeves (born 1959), singer and comedian
- Alan Trigg (* 1959), snooker player
- Gary Husband (* 1960), fusion musician
- Robin Aspland (* 1961), jazz musician
- Nicola Chapman (1961-2009), Life Peeress
- Enrico Tomasso (* 1961), jazz musician
- Will Brenton (* 1962), television producer, screenwriter, director and actor
- Mick Hill (born 1964), track and field athlete
- Stuart McCall (born 1964), football player
- Louise Rhodes (* 1964), singer and songwriter
- Charles Stross (* 1964), science fiction, horror and fantasy author
- Wash West (* 1966), film producer, film director and screenwriter
- Julian Barratt (* 1968), comedian, actor and musician
- David Batty (born 1968), football player
- James Frain (* 1968), film and stage actor
- Justina Robson (* 1968), science fiction writer
- Steven Waddington (born 1968), actor
- Ralph Ineson (* 1969), actor
- Peter Lines (* 1969), snooker player
- Simone Clarke (* 1970), ballet dancer
- Mark Richardson (born 1970), drummer
- John Simm (* 1970), actor and musician
- Royston Langdon (born 1972), musician
- Overseer (* 1973), DJ and music producer
- Ben Cooke (* 1974), stunt man and actor
- Dean Francis (1974-2018), professional boxer and boxing trainer
- Jason Robinson (* 1974), rugby union and rugby league player
- Melanie Brown (* 1975), singer and actress
From 1976
Corinne Bailey Rae reached the top of the UK charts straight away with her debut album in early 2006.
- Paul Hunter (1978-2006), snooker player
- Corinne Bailey Rae (* 1979), soul singer
- Sam Riley (born 1980), actor
- Nicola Adams (* 1982), boxer
- Caleb Folan (* 1982), football player
- Lucy-Jo Hudson (born 1983), actress
- Rhianna (born 1983), contemporary R&B singer
- Simon Allanson (born 1985), biathlete
- Robin Middleton (born 1985), badminton player
- Nichola Burley (born 1986), actress
- James Milner (* 1986), English football player
- Danny Care (born 1987), rugby union player
- James Jakes (* 1987), racing driver
- Aaron Lennon (born 1987), soccer player
- Emile Sinclair (* 1987), football player
- Byron Webster (born 1987), football player
- Anna Blyth (* 1988), track cyclist
- Jon Lancaster (* 1988), racing driver
- Sana Saeed (* 1988), actress and model
- Matthew Lewis (born 1989), actor
- Jonathan Brownlee (* 1990), professional triathlete
- Gabrielle White (* 1990), badminton player
- Niall Canavan (born 1991), football player
- Kadeena Cox (* 1991), athlete
- Alexandra Bell (* 1992), track and field athlete
- Joshua Edmondson (* 1992), racing cyclist
- Katy Marchant (* 1993), cyclist
- Andre Wisdom (* 1993), football player
- Hannah Starling (* 1995), water diver
- Nile Wilson (* 1996), artistic gymnast
- Thomas Pidcock (* 1999), cyclist
- Marcus Tavernier (* 1999), football player
- Erling Haaland (* 2000), soccer player
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