List of people from Yorkshire



This is a list of people from Yorkshire. Yorkshire is the largest historic county in both England and the United Kingdom. Some of the most notable figures from the county are:

Lawyers and Jurists
Brenda Hale, President of the British Supreme Court, 2017–present

Inventors, explorers, scientists and pioneers




People in fiction

 * Dracula by Bram Stoker: A Russian ship, the Demeter, having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, during a fierce tempest. Whitby continues to celebrate its link with Dracula, as well as its Victorian gothic past
 * Beedle the Bard: In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter wizarding world, he is the fictional author of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Beedle was born in Yorkshire in the 15th century.
 * Robinson Crusoe: The title character from the novel by Daniel Defoe is from York
 * Robin Ellacott, Cormoran Strike's detective partner in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith, was raised in Masham, North Yorkshire

Others

 * Thomas Wedders, circus sideshow performer.