List of famous people from the city of Sheffield
The following list contains Sheffield- born personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Sheffield. Many of them have moved from Sheffield in the course of their lives and become known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Sheffield Born Personalities
To 1900
- John Roebuck (1718–1794), inventor
- George Handley (1752-1793), politician
- Hannah Kilham (1774–1832), missionary and linguist in West Africa
- John Stringfellow (1799–1883), inventor and aviation pioneer
- Samuel Earnshaw (1805–1888), clergyman, mathematician and physicist
- Joseph Locke (1805–1860), civil engineer
- John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893), entomologist, archaeologist and illustrator
- William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), composer, conductor and pianist
- Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896), politician
- John Christopher Cutler (1846–1928), businessman and politician
- Harry Brearley (1871–1948), inventor of stainless steel
- Rupert Waterhouse (1873-1958), doctor
- James Stuart Blackton (1875–1941), cartoonist, film producer and director
- Ethel Griffies (1878–1975), actress
- Charles Sydney Price (1887–1947), Pentecostal preacher and healing evangelist
- Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960), economic historian
- Frank Barson (1891–1968), football player
- Hermann Glauert (1892–1934), aerodynamicist
1901 to 1950
- Dove-Myer Robinson (1901–1989), New Zealand entrepreneur, environmental activist, and longtime mayor of Auckland
- Kenneth Martin (1905–1984), painter and sculptor
- Cuth Harrison (1906-1981), racing car driver
- Charles Husband (1908–1983), civil engineer
- Baruch Harold Wood (1909–1989), chess master and author
- Eric Gardner Turner (1911–1983), classical philologist and papyrologist
- Laurie Scott (1917-1999), football player
- Martin Flannery (1918–2006), politician
- John Duarte (1919–2004), guitarist, composer, music teacher and music critic
- John Gatenby Bolton (1922–1993), radio astronomy
- Brian MacMahon (1923-2007), British-American epidemiologist
- John Paul Wild (1923–2008), astronomer and science manager
- John Drew (born 1927), jazz bassist
- Peter Jackson (1928-2020), politician
- Alison Smithson (1928-1993), architect
- Derek Bailey (1930–2005), guitarist and improvisation artist
- Peter J. Landin (1930–2009), computer scientist
- Malcolm Bradbury (1932-2000), novelist and literary scholar
- Ian Buchanan (1932–2008), sports historian and publicist
- Roy Hattersley (born 1932), politician
- Pug Horton (* 1932), jazz and blues singer
- Joe Ashton (1933-2020), politician
- Michael Tyzack (1933–2007), painter and graphic artist
- Brian Glover (1934–1997), actor, screenwriter, and wrestler
- John Hoyland (1934–2011), painter and printmaker
- Bernard Rands (born 1934), composer
- Judy Parfitt (born 1935), actress
- AS Byatt (* 1936), writer
- Trevor Taylor (1936–2010), Formula 1 racing driver
- Gordon Banks (1937-2019), football goalkeeper
- Victoria Glendinning (* 1937), writer
- Tony Oxley (born 1938), drummer
- Margaret Drabble (* 1939), writer and literary critic
- Rohan de Saram (* 1939), cellist
- Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), writer
- Anthony d'Offay (* 1940), art dealer and patron
- Dave Berry (born 1941), singer
- Victor Burgin (* 1941), artist
- Timothy James Herbert (* 1941), hand surgeon
- Michael Palin (* 1943), actor, singer, travel journalist and former president of the RGS
- Joe Cocker (1944-2014), rock / blues singer
- Chris Stainton (* 1944), musician and songwriter
- Anthony Browne (* 1946), illustrator and picture book author
- John Du Prez (* 1946), composer for film music
- David Blunkett (born 1947), politician
- Alan Charlton (born 1948), artist
- Neil Warnock (born 1948), football player and coach
- Nick Ainger (* 1949), politician
- Clive Betts (born 1950), politician
From 1951
- Paul Carrack (* 1951), songwriter, singer, keyboardist and guitarist
- Philip Oakey (* 1955), musician
- Martyn Ware (born 1956), musician
- Martin Archer (* 1957), musician
- Glenn Gregory (born 1958), singer
- Sean Bean (born 1959), actor
- Robbie France (1959–2012), drummer
- Malcolm Elliott (* 1961), racing cyclist
- Jarvis Cocker (* 1963), musician
- Simon Johnson (born 1963), economist
- Damian Le Bas (1963-2017), artist
- Helen Patricia Sharman (* 1963), astronaut
- Helena Stormanns (* 1963), show jumper
- Nina Puri (* 1965), book author and creative director
- Richard Hawley (* 1967), singer and songwriter
- Ann Lee (* 1967), singer
- Tom Watson (* 1967), politician
- Simon Beckett (* 1968), journalist and author
- John Wilson (* 1968), Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Southwark
- Dominic West (* 1969), film and stage actor
- Christopher Colquhoun (born 1970), actor
- Richard Coyle (born 1972), actor
- Clinton Woods (born 1972), boxer
- Naseem Hamed (* 1974), boxer
- Stuart Zender (* 1974), bassist, composer and music producer
- Kevin Davies (born 1977), soccer player
- Matt Duke (born 1977), soccer goalkeeper
- Paul Goodison (* 1977), regatta sailor
- Chris Draper (* 1878), regatta sailor
- Nicola Minichiello (* 1978), bobsleigh pilot
- Justin Wilson (1978-2015), racing car driver
- Nicky Weaver (* 1979), soccer goalkeeper
- Carl Prekopp (* 1979), actor and radio play speaker
- Ryan France (born 1980), football player
- Nick Matthew (* 1980), squash player
- James Toseland (* 1980), motorcycle racer
- Jonathan Arnott (* 1981), politician
- Paul Joseph Watson (* 1982) journalist, radio presenter and Youtuber
- Gary Cahill (born 1985), soccer player
- David Mirfin (born 1985), football player
- Jessica Ennis-Hill (* 1986), pentathlon and heptathlete
- Matt Helders (born 1986), drummer
- Oliver Sykes (* 1986), singer
- Alex Turner (* 1986), musician
- Ben Starosta (* 1987), football player
- Nicky Travis (born 1987), soccer player
- Jamie Vardy (born 1987), soccer player
- Kyle Naughton (born 1988), football player
- Adam Blythe (* 1989), track and road cyclist
- Stefan Wilson (* 1989), racing driver
- Sophie Lowe (* 1990), Australian actress
- Kyle Walker (born 1990), soccer player
- Harry Maguire (born 1993), football player
- Hugh Carthy (born 1994), racing cyclist
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin (* 1997), football player
- Adam Hague (born 1997), track and field athlete
People related to the city
- Joseph Jonas (1845–1921), politician, Lord Mayor of Sheffield (1904/05)
- Magid Magid (* 1989), politician, 122nd Lord Mayor of Sheffield (2018/19), MEP