List of people from Sheffield

This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the English city of Sheffield.

Arts and humanities

 * Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian
 * Charles Herbert Aslin, architect
 * Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author
 * William Sterndale Bennett, composer
 * Clifford Edmund Bosworth, historian
 * Malcolm Bradbury, author
 * Michael Brennan, photographer
 * A. S. Byatt, novelist
 * Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
 * Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
 * Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
 * Thomas Creswick, painter
 * Thomas Wingate Todd, anthropologist, orthodontist
 * Margaret Drabble, novelist
 * Ebenezer Elliott, poet
 * William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
 * William Flockton, architect
 * Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
 * Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
 * Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
 * Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music
 * Mary Anne Everett Green, historian
 * William John Hale, architect
 * Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat)
 * Ethel Haythornthwaite, environmental campaigner and pioneer
 * Philip Hensher, author
 * Barry Hines, author
 * Barbara Hofland, children's writer
 * John Holland, poet and journalist
 * Linda Hoy, author
 * Henry George Hoyland, painter
 * Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian
 * Mary Hutton, radical labouring-class poet
 * Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
 * David Jennings, composer
 * Alice Kipling, poet
 * Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
 * W. C. Leng, journalist
 * Marina Lewycka, author
 * Arthur Lismer, artist
 * Stephen Mallinder, musician, writer, broadcaster and academic
 * Steve McCaffery, poet
 * James Montgomery, editor and poet
 * Alicia Moore, novelist
 * Charles Mozley, artist
 * Geoff Nicholson, author
 * Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
 * John C. Parkin, architect
 * Bernard Rands, composer
 * Jack Rosenthal, playwright
 * Stanley Royle, a post-impressionist landscape painter
 * Margaret Ryder, artist
 * Joe Scarborough, artist
 * Si Spencer, TV dramatist and graphic novelist
 * Kenneth Steel, artist
 * Frederick Varley, artist
 * White Watson, geologist, sculptor, stonemason and carver
 * John Dodsley Webster, architect
 * Khalid Yasin, Islamic lecturer
 * Glenn Gregory, musician, lead vocalist with Heaven 17
 * Joe Elliot, musician, lead vocalist with Def Leppard
 * Rick Savage, musician, bassist with Def Leppard

Business

 * Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
 * Carrie Rose, entrepreneur
 * John Brown, industrialist
 * John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * David James Richards, entrepreneur and multi-millionaire technologist
 * Lee Strafford, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist`
 * Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
 * Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
 * Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker

Entertainment

 * Owen Aaronovitch, actor
 * Ray Ashcroft, actor
 * Derek Bailey, musician, writer
 * Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
 * Jason Leaver, DJ, artist, broadcaster
 * Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
 * Matthew Barley, cellist
 * Vikram Barn, YouTuber, member and co-founder of the Sidemen
 * Keith Barron, actor
 * Josephine Barstow, opera singer
 * Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, music hall comedian
 * Sean Bean, actor
 * Dave Berry, musician
 * J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
 * Gavin Bryars, musician


 * Alastair Burnet, news reader
 * Marti Caine, comedian
 * Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
 * Paul Carrack, musician, singer of Ace, Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics
 * Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
 * Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
 * Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
 * Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
 * Joe Cocker, singer
 * Maurice Colbourne, actor
 * Christopher Colquhoun, actor
 * Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
 * Henry Coward, choral conductor
 * Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
 * Thomas Craig, actor
 * Stephen Daldry, film director
 * Johnny Danvers, actor and comedian
 * Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
 * Reginald Dixon, organist, pianist and radio presenter
 * Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
 * Steve Edwards, singer
 * Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
 * Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, known as "John Shuttleworth"
 * Toby Foster, comedian, works for BBC Radio Sheffield; possibly from Barnsley
 * Martin Fry, musician, lead singer of ABC
 * Margaret Gale, opera singer
 * Mark Gasser, pianist
 * Liam Gerrard, actor
 * Peter Glossop, opera singer
 * Brian Glover, actor and wrestler
 * Michael Grandage, theatre director
 * Christopher Green, writer and performer
 * Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
 * Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
 * Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
 * Elizabeth Henstridge, actress
 * Stephanie Hill, classical-crossover vocalist and Miss England 2017/18
 * Steven Houghton, actor and singer
 * Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
 * Robert Hudson, actor
 * Jayne Irving, television presenter
 * Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
 * Richard H. Kirk, musician
 * Skelton Knaggs, actor
 * Bobby Knutt, actor and comedian
 * Ann Lee, singer, songwriter, dancer
 * Tim Lever, music producer
 * Susan Littler, actor
 * James Lomas, Olivier Award-winning actor
 * Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
 * Emily Maitlis, television presenter
 * Jonny Maudling, composer
 * Patricia Maynard, actor
 * Jon McClure, musician, frontman of Reverend and the Makers
 * James McCourt, television presenter
 * Richard McCourt, television presenter
 * Patrick McGoohan, actor
 * Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
 * Nick O'Malley, musician, bassist in Arctic Monkeys
 * Julian Ovenden, actor and singer
 * Tony Oxley, musician
 * Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
 * Judy Parfitt, actor
 * Nick Park, animator and film director
 * Mike Percy, music producer
 * Angela Pleasence, actor
 * Donald Pleasence, actor
 * Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
 * John Rawling, sport commentator
 * Ian Reddington, actor
 * Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
 * Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
 * Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
 * David Slade, film director
 * Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
 * Oliver Sykes, musician, lead singer of Bring Me the Horizon
 * Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
 * Anna Walker, television presenter
 * Dan Walker, television presenter
 * Martyn Ware, musician with Heaven 17
 * Paul Joseph Watson, internet personality, editor of InfoWars
 * Mark Webber, guitarist with Pulp
 * Dominic West, actor
 * Mark White, musician with ABC
 * Willie Williams, set designer and video director
 * Pete Willis, musician, former Def Leppard guitarist
 * Tom Wrigglesworth, comedian
 * Stuart Zender, bassist, songwriter and record producer

Politics

 * Nick Ainger, politician
 * Clive Betts, politician
 * David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary)
 * William Broadhead, early trade unionist
 * Richard Caborn, former Minister for Sport
 * Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
 * Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Leader 2007-2015 and Deputy Prime Minister 2010–2015
 * John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
 * William Dronfield, early trade unionist
 * George Hadfield, 19th-century politician
 * Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
 * Enid Hattersley, Labour Party politician and Sheffield's Lord Mayor in 1981
 * Roy Hattersley, politician and writer
 * Samuel Holberry, Chartist
 * Isaac Ironside, Chartist
 * Helen Jackson
 * Oona King, politician
 * J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
 * Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
 * Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
 * Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
 * J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
 * Sally Opppenheim, Conservative MP and Minister
 * John Parker, 19th-century politician
 * Sir Irvine Patnick, politician and Conservative Party Whip under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
 * Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
 * Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
 * Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
 * Derek Simpson, trade unionist
 * Angela Smith
 * Henry Stephenson, politician and businessman
 * George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
 * Samuel Danks Waddy
 * G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland
 * Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
 * Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
 * Charles Frederick Crisp, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Religion

 * John Balguy, divine and philosopher
 * Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
 * John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
 * William Henry Brookfield, Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria 1809–1874
 * Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
 * James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903
 * Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663

Science and engineering

 * Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
 * Henry Bessemer, engineer
 * Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate
 * Harry Brearley, inventor of stainless steel
 * Leonard Cockayne, botanist
 * John Curr, coal mine and railway engineer
 * Samuel Earnshaw, mathematician
 * Charles Harding Firth, historian
 * Mark Firth, steel manufacturer
 * Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
 * Robert Hadfield, innovator of steel alloys
 * Professor David Hughes, astronomer
 * Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer
 * Amy Johnson, pioneering female aviator
 * Pieter Kok, co-developer of quantum interferometric optical lithography
 * Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Sir Harry Kroto, chemist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Joseph Locke, railway engineer
 * Peter Maitlis, organometallic chemist
 * David Mellor, cutler
 * Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
 * Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist
 * Helen Sharman, astronaut (first Briton in space)
 * Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist
 * Richard J. Roberts, biochemist
 * John Roebuck, inventor
 * Grenville Turner, cosmochemist, noble gas geochemist
 * John Paul Wild, astronomer

Sport

 * Micky Adams, footballer
 * John Amaechi, NBA basketball player
 * Gordon Banks, footballer
 * Dominic Barrow, rugby player
 * Dave Bassett, football manager
 * Steven Bellamy, British karate team
 * Danny Bergara, footballer and football manager
 * Adam Blythe, cyclist
 * Kell Brook, professional boxer
 * Jon Brown, marathon runner
 * Lee Chapman, footballer
 * Steve Circuit, former professional footballer
 * Charles Clegg, footballer and Chairman of the Football Association
 * William Clegg, footballer and politician
 * Sebastian Coe, track and field athlete
 * Geoffrey Cornu, cricketer
 * Tommy Crawshaw, footballer for England and Sheffield Wednesday
 * Lucy Creamer, climber
 * Phil Davis, professional footballer
 * Louis Dodds, football player
 * Derek Dooley, footballer
 * Jeff Eckhardt, football player
 * Malcolm Elliott, professional cyclist
 * Jessica Ennis, track and field athlete
 * Catherine Faux, triathlete
 * Hazel Findlay, rock climber
 * Matt Fitzpatrick, golfer
 * David Ford, footballer, scored in 1966 F.A. Cup Final
 * William Foulke, aka "Fatty" Foulks; goalkeeper
 * Trevor Francis, footballer and football manager
 * David Fraser-Darling, cricketer
 * Redfern Froggatt, footballer
 * Paul Goodison, sailor
 * Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer
 * Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward
 * Keith Hackett, football referee
 * Naseem Hamed, boxer
 * Ernest Harper, Olympic athlete
 * Cuth Harrison, racing driver
 * Donna Hartley, Olympic sprinter and Commonwealth gold medalist
 * David Hirst, footballer
 * Emlyn Hughes, footballer and football manager
 * Ritchie Humphreys, footballer, EX PFA Chairman
 * Brendan Ingle, boxing trainer
 * Adam Johnson, cricketer
 * Paul Jones, boxer
 * Nick Matthew, squash player
 * Reg Matthewson, footballer
 * Harry Maguire, footballer
 * Devon Malcolm, cricketer
 * Ray McHale, footballer
 * Don Megson, footballer
 * Gary Megson, footballer and football manager
 * Ben Moon, rock climber
 * Esme Morgan, footballer
 * John Motson, football commentator
 * Kyle Naughton, footballer
 * Johnny Nelson, boxer
 * Jon Newsome, footballer
 * Carlton Palmer, footballer
 * Walt Palmer, footballer
 * Tony Parkes, assistant football manager
 * Steve Peat, professional cyclist; three-time UCI downhill world cup overall series champion
 * Albert Quixall, footballer
 * Jamie Reeves, winner of World's Strongest Man
 * Uriah Rennie, football referee
 * Ellie Roebuck, football goalkeeper
 * Ryan Rhodes, boxer
 * Dave Richards, Chairman of FA Premier League and former Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday
 * Mark Roe, professional golfer, coach and commentator
 * Joe Root, England and Yorkshire cricketer
 * Alan Rouse, mountaineer
 * Jackie Sewell, footballer
 * Billy Sharp, footballer
 * David Sherwood, tennis player
 * John Sherwood, international 400 metre hurdler
 * Sheila Sherwood, international long jumper 1962–1974
 * Ron Shudra, former NHL player
 * Joe Simpson, mountaineer
 * Jim Smith, footballer and football manager
 * Timothy Smith, cricketer
 * Ron Springett, football goalkeeper
 * Mel Sterland, footballer
 * Roger Taylor, tennis player, Wimbledon semi-finalist 1973
 * Tommy Thorpe, footballer and cricketer
 * Geoff Thompson, chairman of the Football Association
 * Will Thursfield, footballer
 * George Ulyett, test cricketer
 * Jamie Vardy, footballer
 * Michael Vaughan, captain of England cricket team (2003–2008)
 * Chris Waddle, England footballer
 * Edward Wainwright, test cricketer
 * Kyle Walker, footballer, England right-back
 * Neil Warnock, footballer and football manager
 * Nicky Weaver, goalkeeper
 * Chris Wilder, football manager and former player
 * Howard Wilkinson, football manager
 * Danny Willett, professional golfer
 * Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver
 * Stefan Wilson, motor-racing driver
 * Dennis Woodhead, footballer 1947–1959
 * Chris Woods, football goalkeeper
 * Clinton Woods, boxer
 * Nigel Worthington, footballer and football manager
 * Harry Wragg, jockey and trainer
 * Harry Wright, major league baseball player

Others

 * Major William Barnsley Allen VC DSO MC and Bar, recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I; born in Sheffield
 * Felicia Dorothea Kate Dover, notorious poisoner.
 * Arnold Loosemore, World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
 * Charles Peace, notorious murderer