List of people from York

This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England.

Actors and performers



 * Mark Addy (born 1964)
 * Taj Atwal (born 1987)
 * Rob Auton (living)
 * David Bradley (born 1942)
 * Michael Burns (born 1952)
 * Judi Dench (born 1934)
 * Keith Drinkel (born 1944)
 * Dustin Gee (1942–1986)
 * Frankie Howerd (1917–1992)
 * Ian Kelsey (born 1966)
 * Janet McTeer (born 1961)
 * Eille Norwood (1861–1948)
 * Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004)

Arts

 * Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter
 * Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
 * William Etty (1787–1849), painter.
 * John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman.
 * Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist
 * Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter.
 * Francis Place (1647–1728), artist
 * Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter



Confectioners

 * Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier and reformer
 * Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philanthropist
 * Joseph Terry (1828–1898), confectioner

Musicians



 * Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) composer and conductor.
 * John Barry (1933–2011)
 * Findlay Brown (born 1975)
 * Syd Dale (1924–1994)
 * Iestyn Davies (born 1979)
 * Troy Donockley (born 1964)
 * Helen Grime (born 1981)
 * Beaumont Hannant (born 1970)
 * Låpsley (born 1996)
 * Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 1989)
 * Rusko (born 1985)
 * The Thrillseekers (born 1973)
 * Trevor Watts (born 1939)
 * Trevor Wishart (born 1946)

Groups

 * Asking Alexandria
 * The Batfish Boys
 * Glamour of the Kill
 * Elliot Minor
 * Mostly Autumn
 * The Mood
 * The Redskins
 * Rick Witter & The Dukes
 * RSJ
 * The Seahorses
 * Shed Seven
 * The Smoke
 * St. Christopher
 * With One Last Breath

Historians

 * Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
 * William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
 * Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer.
 * John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian
 * William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar.

Politicians and rulers

 * John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician.
 * Vincent Cable (born 1943)
 * Nicholas Clarevaux (late 13th c.)
 * Constantine the Great (AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in Eboracum (York)
 * David Davis (born 1948)
 * Frank Dobson (1940–2019)
 * Richard Hotham (1722–1799)
 * George Hudson (1800–1871) railway financier and politician.
 * Septimius Severus (193–211 in York), Roman Emperor.

Religion

 * Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
 * Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar.
 * John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel.
 * Margaret Clitherow (died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr
 * John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs.
 * Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary.
 * Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
 * Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary.
 * Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop.
 * Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian.
 * Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London.
 * Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
 * William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York

Sciences and architecture

 * Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
 * Moses B. Cotsworth (1859 - 1943] Egyptologist and 13-month calendar reformer, inventor of the International Fixed Calendar
 * William Etty (c. 1675–1734), architect
 * John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
 * Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect and inventor.
 * Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect
 * George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur
 * Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain.
 * Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford
 * John Middleton (1820–1885), architect
 * William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer.
 * Martin Rees (born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current Astronomer Royal
 * George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins
 * John Snow (1813–1858), physician

Football
and
 * Pawel Abbott (born 1982)
 * Tom Allan (born 1994)
 * Reg Baines (1907–1974)
 * Ron Benson (1925–1997)
 * Albert Bonass (1911–1945)
 * Sam Byram (born 1993)
 * Cliff Calvert (born 1954)
 * Walter Camidge (1912–1987)
 * Jack Clarke (born 2000)
 * Lewis Cook (born 1997)
 * Nick Culkin (born 1978)
 * Andy Dawson (born 1979)
 * Richard Dawson (born 1962)
 * Michael Duckworth (born 1992)
 * David Dunmore (born 1934)
 * Iain Dunn (born 1970)
 * Bernard Fisher (born 1934)
 * Gary Ford (born 1961)
 * Martin Fowler (born 1957)
 * Martin Garratt (1980–2014)
 * Ben Godfrey (born 1998)
 * Neil Grayson (born 1964)
 * Ross Greenwood (born 1985)
 * John Hawksby (born 1942)
 * Nick Hendry (1887–1949)
 * Simon Heslop (born 1987)
 * Jamie Hopcutt (born 1992)
 * Russell Howarth (born 1982)
 * Will Jarvis (born 2002)
 * Mike Johnson (1933–2004)
 * Matthew Kilgallon (born 1984)
 * George Lee (1919–1991)
 * Steve McClaren (born 1961), also manager
 * Max McMillan (born 2002)
 * George Maskill (1906–1969)
 * Tommy Maskill (1903–1956)
 * Cliff Mason (1929–2013)
 * Alexander Mein (1854–1927)
 * Albert Meysey-Thompson (1848–1894)
 * Charles Meysey-Thompson (1849–1881)
 * Andrew Milne (born 1990)
 * Les Milner (1917–1944)
 * Bobby Mimms (born 1963)
 * Cammy Palmer (born 2000)
 * Alf Patrick (1921–2021)
 * Shaun Pearson (born 1989)
 * Jack Pinder (1912–2004)
 * Brian Pollard (born 1954)
 * Peter Popely (born 1943)
 * John Powell (1936–2017)
 * Harvey Rodgers (born 1996)
 * George Sharpe (1912–1984)
 * Reg Stockill (1913–1995)
 * Gary Swann (born 1962)
 * Barry Tait (born 1938)
 * Chris Tate (born 1977)
 * Charlie Taylor (born 1993)
 * Marc Thompson (born 1982)
 * Steve Tutill (born 1969)
 * Rory Watson (born 1996)
 * Eric Weightman (1910–2002)
 * Michael Woods (born 1990)
 * Neil Woods (born 1966)
 * Lucy Staniforth (born 1992)

Rugby

 * Peter Fox, (born 1984) Wakefield Trinity
 * Rob Webber, (born 1986) Bath Rugby

Cricket



 * David Alleyne (born 1976)
 * Henry Badger (1900–1975)
 * Tom Bartram (born 1986)
 * Scott Boswell (born 1974)
 * Philip Bower (1898–1978)
 * Andrew Brewster (born 1977)
 * Stephen Coverdale (born 1964)
 * Leonard Day (1859–1943)
 * Harry Dewse (1836–1910)
 * Matthew Fisher (born 1997)
 * Paul Gibb (1913–1977)
 * Charles Hall (1906–1976)
 * John Hicks (1850–1912)
 * Tom Loten (born 1999)
 * John Nuttall (born 1967)
 * Manfred Palmes (1887–1968)
 * Charles Prest (1841–1875)
 * William Prest (1832–1885)
 * Thomas Pride (1864–1919)
 * Joseph Sullivan (1890–1932)
 * Steven Taylor (born 1963)
 * Nick Thornicroft (born 1985)
 * Lauren Winfield (born 1990)
 * Tim Walton (born 1972)

Motor sport

 * Steve Webster MBE (born 1960)

Basketball

 * Isaac Fotu (born 1993)

Writers

 * Kate Atkinson (born 1951), novelist and playwright
 * W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet and essayist
 * Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician.
 * Matt Haig (born 1975), novelist and journalist
 * Justin Hill (born 1971), novelist
 * Alison Hume (living), television writer
 * Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), novelist
 * Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist and journalist
 * Fiona Mozley (born 1988), novelist
 * Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
 * J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939), novelist, playwright and critic
 * Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), author and electrical engineer
 * Charles Whiting (1926–2007), novelist and military historian

Others



 * Benedict of York (died 1189), money lender
 * Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
 * William B. Franklin (1823–1903) a career US Army officer.
 * Captain Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
 * Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800) social reformer and patron of the arts.
 * Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator
 * Laura Sayers (born 1978), radio producer and diarist
 * Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), army commander.
 * James Hack Tuke (1819–1896), social campaigner.
 * Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), social campaigner.
 * Henry Tuke (1755–1814), social campaigner.
 * Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), social campaigner.
 * William Tuke (1732–1822), social campaigner.