List of people from Halifax, West Yorkshire

This is a list of people from Halifax, a town in West Yorkshire, England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. A native of Halifax is referred to as a Haligonian, a demonym shared with Halifax in Novia Scotia. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

B

 * Tom Bailey, singer with Thompson Twins
 * Richard Bedford, singer
 * Phyllis Bentley, novelist
 * Sarah Blackwood, singer with Dubstar
 * Bramwell Booth, former Salvation Army General
 * Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis, leftist internet personality
 * John Briercliffe, apothecary
 * Henry Briggs, mathematician

C

 * Alan Carter, Road racer 250cc. Youngest ever winner of a Grand Prix. Le Mans (1983)
 * Kenny Carter, Speedway Rider. British Champion 1984 1985. World Pairs champion 1983
 * John Reginald Halliday Christie, the murderer from 10 Rillington Place
 * Hannah Cockroft, athlete/double Paralympic gold medallist
 * Shirley Crabtree, wrestler professionally known as 'Big Daddy'

D

 * Jon Driver, scientist
 * George Dyson, composer

H

 * David Hartley, philosopher
 * Charlie Hodgson, rugby union fly half for England and Saracens
 * Nick Holmes, singer of the band Paradise Lost
 * Charles Horner, jeweller and inventor of the Dorcas thimble

I

 * Barrie Ingham, actor
 * Chris Illingworth, pianist of the band Gogo Penguin

K

 * John Kettley, weather forecaster

L

 * Don Lang, musician
 * John Lawton, singer in the band Uriah Heep
 * Anne Lister, diarist and former owner of Shibden Hall

M

 * John Mackintosh, created Mackintosh's Toffee, which became Rowntree Mackintosh

N

 * Thomas Nettleton, local physician who carried out some of the earliest systematic programs of smallpox vaccination

P

 * Wilfred Pickles – radio broadcaster, newsreader and host of Have a Go, born in Halifax
 * Eric Portman – film and stage actor, born in Ackroydon, Halifax

S

 * Sir Richard Saltonstall, colonist
 * Percy Shaw, inventor of Cat's Eyes, used on public roads
 * Ed Sheeran, singer-songwriter, born in Halifax
 * Oliver Smithies, geneticist, physical biochemist; Nobel prizewinner

W

 * John E. Walker, biochemist, Nobel prizewinner