List of people from Middlesbrough

This is a list of people from Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire, England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

A

 * Abbey Altson, artist
 * Matty Appleby, (born 1972) footballer, played for Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic, and Darlington F.C.
 * Fred Appleyard, visual artist
 * James Arthur, musician
 * John Archer, magician/comedian
 * Ron Aspery, musician
 * Bill Athey, cricketer

B

 * Roland Carl Backhouse, computer scientist
 * Andrew Baggett, rugby union player
 * Ian Bailey, retired football player
 * John Baines, Olympic bobsledder
 * Pat Barker's debut novel Union Street was set on the thoroughfare of the same name in the town
 * Thelma Barlow, (born 1929) actress, starred in Coronation Street as Mavis Wilton from 1971 to 1997
 * Peter Beagrie, footballer
 * Florence Bell, (1851–1930) writer of the classic study, At The Works (1907), gives a picture of the area at the turn of the 20th century. She also edited the letters of her stepdaughter Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), which has been continuously in print since 1927
 * Stephen Bell, footballer
 * Adrian Bevington, The Football Association's former Director of Communications
 * Sean Blowers, actor
 * Henry Bolckow, industrialist
 * Roy Chubby Brown, comedian
 * Ali Brownlee, (1959–2016) radio presenter

C

 * Elizabeth Carling, actress
 * Jacky Carr, footballer
 * Maud Chadburn was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley
 * Alethea Charlton, actress
 * Brian Clough, (1935–2004) footballer and manager, Played for Middlesbrough F.C. from 1955 to 1961 and managed Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest
 * Kevin Connelly, comedian
 * Geoff Cook, cricketer
 * Captain James Cook (1728–79) the world-famous explorer, navigator, and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough
 * Chris Corner, musician
 * Mark Clemmit BBC Sport reporter

D

 * Caroline Dale, classical and pop cellist
 * Wally K Daly, writer, Ishy Din
 * David Daniell, former junior World and European track cycling champion
 * Martin Daniels, magician
 * Paul Daniels, born Newton Edward Daniels (1938–2016) magician, presenter and entertainer
 * Billy Day, (1936–2018) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C during the 1950s and 60s
 * Preeti Desai, actress and model, former Miss Great Britain (2007)
 * Jerry Desmonde, (1908–1967) actor, who starred in The Early Bird with Norman Wisdom
 * Paul C. Doherty, author, educator, historian and lecturer
 * Monica Dolan, actress
 * Liam Donaldson, (b 1949) Chief Medical Officer for England
 * Chris Dooks, visual artist
 * Stewart Downing, footballer
 * Tom Dresser, (1892–1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War
 * Paul Drinkhall, Olympic table tennis player
 * Glen Durrant, darts player

E

 * Joan Eadington, writer of The Jonny Briggs series of books, later to become a BBC Children's TV series of the same name, was also based in the town
 * Florence Easton, soprano at the New York Met
 * Alfred Edwards, (1888–1958) Member of Parliament
 * Frank Elgee, (1880-1944) archaeologist, geologist and naturalist

F

 * Craig Farrell, (born 1982) footballer
 * Graham Farrow, playwright, screenwriter
 * Pete Firman, magician
 * Ford Madox Ford, (1873–1939) was billeted in Eston during the Great War (1914–18), and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Little Busby, near Carlton-in-Cleveland
 * Dael Fry, footballer

G

 * Vin Garbutt, folk musician
 * Ben Gibson, footballer
 * Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough F.C. born in the Park End area
 * Gary Gill, footballer
 * Neil Grainger, actor
 * Alistair Griffin, musician
 * Peter Gilchrist, billiards athlete player

H

 * Marion Coates Hansen, was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party (ILP). She was a feminist and women's suffrage campaigner, an early member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a founder member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL)
 * David Harper, antiques expert
 * Jack Hatfield, Olympic swimmer
 * Emily Hesse, visual artist
 * Jack Hatfield, (1893–1965) swimmer, known as one of the greatest British swimmers of all time after winning 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze at Stockholm 1912
 * Jonathan Hogg, (born 1988) footballer
 * Stanley Hollis, (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient
 * E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles
 * Keith Houchen, footballer
 * Jordan Hugill, footballer

J

 * Naomi Jacob, novelist
 * Matt Jarvis, footballer
 * Ann Jellicoe, writer Ishy Din
 * Alyson Jones, Commonwealth Games swimmer
 * Jade Jones, paralympic athlete

K

 * Chris Kamara, (born 1957) ex-footballer, manager, presenter and analyst on Sky Sports
 * Lila Kaye, actress
 * Anna Kennedy, disability campaigner
 * Richard Kilty, Olympic Athlete (1989–Present)

L

 * Graeme Lee, footballer

M

 * Wilf Mannion, (1918–2000) footballer
 * Faye Marsay, actress
 * Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher
 * Steph McGovern, (born 1982) presenter and journalist
 * Richard Milward, writer, Ishy Din
 * Jade McSorley, model
 * Nicky Mohan, footballer
 * Glenn Moody, darts player
 * Micky Moody, musician
 * Dave Morris, comedian
 * Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam
 * Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

N

 * Sir Martin Narey, (1955–present), former Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service and the chief executive of Barnardo's
 * Chris Newton, Olympic cyclist
 * Robert Nixon (artist), (1939–2002) artist, who worked on several British comics

O

 * Kirsten O'Brien, TV presenter
 * Alan Old, rugby union player
 * Chris Old, cricketer
 * Richard Old, (1856–1932) model maker resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street
 * Colin Osborne, darts player

P

 * Jamie Parker, actor
 * Alan Peacock, footballer
 * Dave Pennington world powerlifting champion
 * Liam Plunkett, cricketer
 * Mark Proctor, footballer

Q

 * Bertha Quinn, (1873 -1951) suffragette, Labour Councillor and recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal
 * Christopher Quinten, actor

R

 * Richard Piers Rayner, visual artist
 * Chris Rea, musician
 * Matt Renshaw, cricketer
 * Don Revie, (1927–1989) footballer and manager, managed Leeds United and England in the 1970s
 * Wendy Richard, (1943–2009) actress, starred in Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army & EastEnders.
 * Stuart Ripley, (born 1967) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C, Blackburn Rovers + Southampton
 * Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949) singer with Free and Bad Company
 * Mike Russell, billiards player
 * Marion Ryan, singer
 * Jack Rees, professional cyclist and manager

S

 * David Shayler, the ex-spy, journalist and conspiracy theorist, was born in Middlesbrough
 * Harold Shepherdson, footballer, played for Middlesbrough.
 * Rob Smedley, head of vehicle performance WilliamsF1
 * Cyril Smith, (1909–1974) concert pianist.
 * Graham Smith, photographer
 * Paul Smith (rock vocalist), musician
 * James Smurthwaite, (1916–1989) cricketer, played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939
 * Phil Stamp (born 1975), footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1993 to 2002, retired at Darlington F.C in 2007

T

 * John Telfer, actor
 * Bruce Thomas, musician
 * William Tillyer, visual artist
 * Chris Tomlinson, three times Olympian and former British long jump record holding athlete
 * Mackenzie Thorpe, painter
 * Pete Trewavas, musician
 * Paul Truscott, boxer

U

 * Rory Underwood, rugby union player

V

 * Simon Vallily, Commonwealth gold medal champion boxer
 * John Vaughan, industrialist

W

 * Adrian Warburton, air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in Malta Story
 * Frank and Edgar Watts, opened the English Hotel in the Cumberland Gap which gave their hometown's name to Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the United States
 * Ellen Wilkinson, was an Member of parliament for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel Clash (1929) which paints a positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough)
 * Tim Williamson, (1894–1943) footballer, made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C. and 7 appearances for England
 * Aimee Willmott, Olympic swimmer
 * Dean John-Wilson, theatre actor
 * Jeff Winter, (born 1955) football referee, he took charge of the F.A Cup Final of 2004
 * Jonathan Woodgate, (born 1980) footballer + manager
 * Charlie Wyke, Footballer born South Bank