List of personalities of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne
The following list contains Newcastle upon Tyne born and temporary living personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Newcastle born personalities
To 1900
- Mary Astell (1666–1731), philosopher
- Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756), scholar
- Charles Avison (1709–1770), composer
- Mark Akenside (1721-1770), physician and poet
- William Hutchinson (1715–1801), seaman, inventor and author
- Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1750-1810), Vice Admiral
- John Baillie (1806-1859), mechanical engineer
- William Chapman Hewitson (1806-1878), entomologist and ornithologist
- William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), industrialist
- John Scott Burdon-Sanderson (1828-1905), physiologist
- Daniel Oliver (1830-1916), botanist
- Andrew Ainslie Common (1841-1903), astronomer
- Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917), marine painter
- Horatio Caro (1862–1920), chess player and chess theorist
- Joseph Laycock (1867–1952), motorboat driver
- George Murray Levick (1876–1956), British physician, Antarctic researcher and founder of the British Schools Exploring Society
- Thomas Havelock (1877–1968), shipbuilding engineer and university professor
- Muriel Robb (1878–1907), tennis player
- Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953), meteorologist and peace researcher
- Marie Hall (1884–1956), violinist
- Ove Arup (1895–1988), engineer and structural engineer
1901 to 1950
- Rudolf Iwanowitsch Abel (1903–1971), agent
- Friedrich Dalberg (1907–1988), opera singer
- Andrew Aitken (1909-1984), football goalkeeper
- Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998), missionary and bishop
- Arthur Blenkinsop (1911–1979), politician
- Len Duns (1916–1989), football player
- Michael Gough (1916–1973), archaeologist
- Raffaello de Banfield (1922-2008), composer
- Herbert Loebl (1923–2013), engineer, entrepreneur, historian and philanthropist
- Basil Hume (1923–1999), Archbishop
- Jimmy Mullen (1923-1987), football player
- Angus Maddison (1926-2010), economist
- Jack Douglas (1927-2008), actor
- Hugh Lindsay (1927–2009), Roman Catholic bishop
- Joe Robinson (1927-2017), wrestler and actor
- Keith Hall (* 1929), racing car driver
- Jack Higgins (born 1929), author
- Doug Robinson (born 1930), actor and stuntman
- Neil Bartlett (1932-2008), chemist
- Harry Woolf (* 1933), lawyer
- Ralph Rumney (1934–2002), artist
- Chas Chandler (1938–1996), musician, producer and manager
- John Irvin (born 1940), film director
- Eric Burdon (born 1941), rock musician
- Hank B. Marvin (* 1941), guitarist and songwriter
- Lee Jackson (born 1943), musician
- Phyllida Barlow (* 1944), contemporary artist
- Tony Scott (1944–2012), film director
- Timothy Kirkhope (* 1945), lawyer and politician
- Derek Parkin (born 1948), football player
- Richard Kersten (* 1949), musician
- Bill Green (1950–2017), football player and coach
- Pete Jacobsen (1950–2002), jazz musician
From 1951
- Kevin Whately (born 1951), actor
- Sting (born 1951), singer
- Jimmy Nail (born 1954), actor and singer
- Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), actor
- Paul Lamb (* 1955), harmonica player
- Mary Bell (born 1957), child murderer
- Terry Pawson (* 1957), architect
- Matt Ridley (born 1958), zoologist
- Michael Shanks (* 1959), archaeologist
- Willie Williams (* 1959), video artist and designer
- Peter Beardsley (born 1961), football player
- Janet McTeer (born 1961), actress
- Imogen Stubbs (born 1961), actress
- Abhisit Vejjajiva (* 1964), politician
- Paul WS Anderson (born 1965), film director, screenwriter and producer
- Tim Burke (* 1965), specialist in visual effects
- John Carver (1965), football player and coach
- Lee Hall (born 1966), playwright and screenwriter
- Greg Wise (born 1966), actor
- Emily Woof (* 1967), actress, director and screenwriter
- Jonathan "Spike" Gray (* 1968), singer with The Quireboys
- Neil Marshall (* 1970), film director and screenwriter
- Alan Shearer (born 1970), football player
- Suzanne May (* 1971), actress
- Alan Thompson (born 1973), football player
- Declan Donnelly (* 1975) singer and presenter
- Shona Fraser (* 1975), music journalist
- Tony Gray (* 1975), British fusion musician
- Anthony McPartlin (* 1975) singer and presenter
- Vanessa Atkinson (* 1976), squash player
- Sue Rolph (* 1978), swimmer
- Paul Nicholson (* 1979), professional dart player
- Charlie Hunnam (born 1980), actor
- Stephen Miller (* 1980), athlete in disabled sports
- Anna Turvey (* 1980), Irish cyclist
- Andrea Riseborough (born 1981), actress
- Michael Chopra (* 1983), football player
- Cheryl Cole (born 1983), pop singer
- Ben Robson (born 1984), actor
- Harry Vaulkhard (* 1985), racing driver
- Patrick Leonard (* 1988), poker player
- Adam Armstrong (born 1997), soccer player
- Jack Lambert (* 1999), soccer player
Famous Newcastle residents
- Brian Johnson (* 1947), singer ( AC / DC ), grew up in Newcastle
- Mark Knopfler (* 1949), singer and guitarist ( Dire Straits ), grew up in Newcastle
- Gordon Matthew Sumner aka Sting (* 1951), pop musician, grew up in Newcastle
- Neil Tennant (* 1954), musician and music journalist ( Pet Shop Boys ), grew up in Newcastle