List of people from Gateshead

Famous residents (past and present) of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom


 * Eliezer Adler – Founder of Jewish Community
 * Marcus Bentley – Narrator of Big Brother
 * Thomas Bewick – Engraver
 * William Booth – Founder of the Salvation Army
 * Catherine Booth – William's daughter. Known as 'La Marechale' she founded the Salvation Army in continental Europe
 * Mary Bowes – 'The Unhappy Countess' Author and celebrity
 * Ian Branfoot – Football manager
 * Richard Brodie - Former footballer and current manager of Skelmersdale United
 * Frank Clark – Footballer and Manager
 * Harry Clasper – Oarsman
 * David Clelland – Labour politician and MP
 * Joseph Cowen – Radical politician
 * Steve Cram – Athlete Middle distance runner
 * Shanice Davidson – Trampoline gymnast
 * Emily Davies – Educational reformer and feminist. Founder of Girton College Cambridge
 * Daniel Defoe – Writer and government agent
 * Madeleine Hope Dodds – Historian, co-founder of Progressive Players - Little Theatre Gateshead
 * Jonathan Edwards – Athlete and television presenter
 * Sir George Elliot – Industrialist and MP
 * Paul Gascoigne – Footballer
 * Robert Gilchrist (Poet) – Poet/Songwriter
 * Alex Glasgow – Singer/Songwriter
 * Leib Gurwicz – Rabbi, former Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Jill Halfpenny – Actress
 * Michelle Heaton – Member of Liberty X
 * David Hodgson – Football manager
 * Sharon Hodgson – Member of Parliament
 * Norman Hunter – Footballer, member of 1966 World Cup winning England squad
 * Don Hutchison – Footballer
 * Brian Johnson – Current lead singer with rock band AC/DC
 * Tommy Johnson – Footballer, ex Celtic
 * Howard Kendall – Footballer and football manager
 * Gibson Kyle - 19th century architect
 * John Thomas Looney – Shakespeare scholar
 * Justin McDonald – Actor
 * Lawrie McMenemy – Soccer manager and pundit
 * Robert Stirling Newall – Industrialist
 * Albert Oxley – footballer
 * Sebastian Payne – Political journalist
 * Lord Plender – Chartered accountant and public servant
 * Bezalel Rakow – Communal rabbi
 * James Renforth – Oarsman
 * Geordie Ridley – Composer of 'Blaydon Races'
 * Chris Ryan – SAS Soldier, holder of the longest escape and evasion record in British military history
 * William Shield – Composer, and Master of the King's Musick
 * Githa Sowerby – English playwright
 * Christina Stead – Australian novelist
 * John Steel – Drummer, The Animals
 * Steve Stone – Footballer
 * Sir Joseph Swan – Inventor of the electric light bulb
 * Chris Waddle – Footballer
 * William Wailes – Stained glass maker
 * Taylor Wane – Porn star
 * Robert Spence Watson – Public benefactor
 * Sylvia Waugh – Author of the 'Mennyms' series for children
 * John Wilson – Conductor, and founder of the John Wilson Orchestra
 * Thomas Wilson – Poet, school founder
 * (William) Robert Wood – Activist and Senator (migrated to Australia 1963)