Talk:List of people from Leeds

Sources?
Can we do anything about the total lack of references please? WP:GM has done some revamping of the articles under List of people from Greater Manchester which seem to be effective. Perhaps something simillar could be done so this doesn't get out of hand? --Jza84 | Talk  19:33, 17 April 2009 (UTC)s
 * This definitely needs doing. A fully referenced summary can then appear on the Leeds article. MRSC (talk) 06:53, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I am going to move all the unsourced content to this talk page within the next 24 hours, and try to reconstruct the page (to a small extent only though) using the Lists of people from Greater Manchester as a guide. --Jza84 | Talk  13:23, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

The following is the previous, unsourced list of people from Leeds. It can be used to reconstruct a properly referenced list:


 * Academics
 * Alfred Austin - poet laureate
 * Tony Harrison - poet
 * John Smeaton (1724-82) - the 'Father of Civil Engineering'; accomplished mechanical engineer and physicist
 * Richard Vickerman Taylor - clergyman and local historian
 * Barry Tebb - poet, novelist, editor, publisher and mental health campaigner (born 1942)
 * Robert Blackburn - Aviation pioneer.


 * Entertainers
 * Kathryn Apanowicz partner of the late Richard Whiteley and former EastEnders actress.
 * Corinne Bailey Rae - singer.
 * Julian Barratt - actor and musician best known for his character Howard Moon in the cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh.


 * Alan Bennett - performer in Beyond the Fringe and writer of works such as The Madness of King George.


 * Melanie Brown ("Mel B." from the Spice Girls).
 * Jaquie (Jax) Chambers - Lead Guitarist Girlschool
 * John Craven - presenter of John Craven's Newsround (now known as Newsround).


 * Barry Cryer - comedian.
 * Jeremy Dyson - writer and member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen.


 * Gaynor Faye - known for her character in Coronation Street and later Fat Friends.


 * Leigh Francis aka Avid Merrion, creator of the TV show Bo' Selecta!
 * Angela Griffin - Actress in Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Waterloo Road.
 * Frazer Hines - Actor in Emmerdale and Doctor Who.
 * Alfie Jackson - Lead singer/guitarist in the indie band The Holloways*
 * Matthew Lewis - known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films
 * Anthony Lewis- played Marc Reynolds on Emmerdale, brother of Matthew Lewis
 * Gabby Logan - TV Sports presenter, daughter of Terry Yorath, former Leeds Utd footballer and Wales Manager
 * Duncan Mackay - Keyboard player for rock group Cockney Rebel.
 * Malcolm McDowell - played the wizard in Just Visiting, starred in A Clockwork Orange and Caligula and has appeared in Star Trek films
 * Kay Mellor - writer of TV drama including Band of Gold
 * Bryan Mosley - actor, 'Alf Roberts' in Coronation Street
 * Chris Moyles - BBC Radio 1 DJ
 * Adelaide Neilson - (real name Elizabeth Ann Brown), Victorian actress
 * Peter O'Toole - actor famous for his role in Lawrence of Arabia
 * Caryl Phillips - a leading Black British author/playwright
 * Mark Pillow - (actor) played Nuclear Man in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace


 * Sam Riley - actor/singer in movie Control - biopic about Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
 * Paul & Barry Ryan - Pop signing duo. Barry had a Solo career after Paul withdrew to songwriting
 * Sir Jimmy Savile - Best known for presenting Jim'll Fix It and Top of the Pops. Now living in Roundhay
 * Jack Shepherd - actor, starred as TV cop Wycliffe
 * John Simm - Life on Mars and Doctor Who
 * Philip Stone - actor who has appeared in such films as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange
 * Jake Thackray - folk singer
 * Sally Timms - singer with the band The Mekons
 * Vesta Victoria - music hall star
 * Keith Waterhouse - Author of Billy Liar
 * Ernie Wise - (real name Ernest Wiseman) of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise
 * Tom Wilkinson - actor who has appeared in such films as Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Full Monty
 * Alex Zane - TV presenter and DJ
 * Jeffrey Christie - pop singer.


 * Politicians
 * Herbert Asquith - 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith, KG, PC (12 Sep 1852 – 15 Feb 1928), Liberal Prime Minister of the UK from 1908 to 1916
 * Mark Ballard - Green Politician
 * Richard Oastler - 19th century reformer
 * Gerald Kaufman - Labour Politician
 * Henry Rowland Marsden - Liberal Mayor of Leeds 1873-1875
 * Joseph Arthur Padway - American Socialist Politician, Wisconsin State Senate


 * Athletes
 * Ryan Bailey - Rugby league player who plays for Leeds Rhinos and has represented Great Britain and England
 * David Batty - former Leeds United Midfielder now living in Filey.
 * Andy Bolton - power-lifter, current super-heavyweight deadlift and squat world record holder
 * Beryl Burton - record-breaking cyclist
 * Howard Clark - Walker Cup and Ryder Cup Golfer
 * Brian Close - Famously tough Yorkshire cricketer, the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England


 * Brian Deane - former Leeds United centre forward now retired
 * Tom Elliott (footballer) - Footballer, currently playing for Leeds United


 * Caleb Folan - Footballer once of Leeds United and Rushden and Diamonds now playing for Hull City


 * Ellery Hanley - rugby league player


 * David Harvey (footballer) - Football Goalkeeper played for Leeds United and Scotland. Scotland's most successful post-war goalkeeper.


 * Kevin Hector - Footballer, former player for Derby County.


 * Matthew Hoggard - Cricketer for Yorkshire & England


 * Paul Hunter - snooker player. Died October 2006 from cancer.


 * Sir Leonard Hutton - Superlative batsman, appointed as England's first professional Cricket captain in 1952


 * Ray Illingworth - England and Yorkshire Cricket Captain


 * Mark Jackson - Former Leeds United player


 * Carl Johanneson - Super-Featherweight Boxer and ranked number 2 in Europe in his weight class.


 * Aaron Lennon - Footballer, started at Leeds United, now playing for Tottenham Hotspur and England


 * Jonny Lund - Football Goalkeeper currently signed to Leeds United


 * Paul Madeley - Footballer with 711 appearances for Leeds United 1964-80 in every position except goalkeeper.


 * Ian McGeechan - Former Rugby Union player now coach


 * Danny McGuire - Rugby League player for Leeds Rhinos


 * Nigel Melville - Rugby Union player for Otley, Wakefield and Wasps. England Captain in 1980s, now retired


 * James Milner - former Leeds United Winger now playing for Aston Villa.
 * Jamie Peacock - rugby league player, current Great Britain captain


 * Gordon Pirie - Middle Distance runner, Silver medal winner in 5,000 metres 1956 Olympics


 * Micah Richards - England Footballer, currently signed to Manchester City (his parents are from Leeds but he was born in Birmingham when they were visiting relatives there)
 * Jason Robinson - Rugby League player for Hunslet, Wigan and Great Britain. Switched codes and played in 2003 World Cup for England. Has since captained England Rugby Union.
 * Garry Schofield - rugby league player
 * Paul Shepherd - ex Leeds United player.
 * Alan Smith - former Leeds United striker now playing for Newcastle United.
 * Jamie Thackray - Rugby League player fornerly of Leeds Rhinos.
 * Mike Tindall MBE - England and Gloucester Rugby Union Outside Centre, from Otley.
 * Hedley Verity - England cricketer. Playing for Yorkshire he took all 10 Nottinghamshire wickets for 10 runs on 12 July 1932
 * Chev Walker - English Rugby Union player for Bath RFC, formally a Rugby League player for Leeds Rhinos and Great Britain
 * Noel Whelan - Footballer who played for Leeds United, Coventry City and Middlesbrough F.C.
 * Scott McNiven - Footballer who plays for Farsley Celtic


 * Other


 * Florrie Baldwin - Oldest living person in Europe
 * Barbara Taylor Bradford - novelist
 * Mark Catley, accomplished actor, playwright, magazine journalist (Northern Exposure arts magazine), screenwriter, and team writer for the BBC's EastEnders and Doctors, who began his career at the West Yorkshire Playhouse with plays Scuffer and Crap Dad.
 * Thomas Chippendale - furniture maker, from Farnley
 * Eric Rucker Eddison - Fantasy writer: The Worm Ouroboros etc
 * Willis Hall - Playwright and radio and television writer (including Billy Liar and Worzel Gummidge with Leeds-born collaborator Keith Waterhouse)
 * Phil May - famous cartoonist
 * The Rev. Samuel Marsden - 1764-1838 The "Flogging Parson", magistrate of Paramatta, New South Wales. Also known as a Missionary to New Zealand
 * Nell McAndrew - an internationally famous model; has appeared in Playboy Magazine and was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
 * Samuel Ledgard - Bus pioneer
 * Arthur Ransome - journalist and children's author (most notably Swallows and Amazons)
 * Francis Rattenbury - architect who designed several well-known Canadian buildings
 * Sue Ryder - British peeress who worked with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War and afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the Sue Ryder charity named after her
 * Sir Titus Salt - Businessman and philanthropist - Founder of Saltaire
 * Jane Tomlinson - Raised £1.75m for cancer charities through endurance sports events after diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. Died 3 September 2007
 * Marco Pierre White - Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur

Thanking you in advance not to restore unsourced content. --Jza84 | Talk  12:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Internet Movie Database
Just a nudge that the Internet Movie Database is not, I repeat, is not a reliable source! It is an open source project that can be editted by anonymous individuals just like Wikipedia! It does not have a good record for publishing facts. Anyone can add material to it, meaning many things like birthplaces are based on heresay.

It should not be used on Wikipedia wherever possible. Its use should be supplanted with a reliable, third party, closed, published source.

I'm not going to remove its use here, but it's just a friendly tip so we can improve this page. --Jza84 | Talk  23:21, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * No probs. I've tried to avoid IMDb where I can. I think in the cases I have used it, there are other sources, but I cannot see them fully on google. (e.g. the gbook search for Vesta Victoria shows good info, but I cannot read the text even in snippet view). I guess I could use them as refs, but I wasn't too keen on doing so without properly knowing what they said. I'll have a further look and see if I can remove the IMDb refs. Quantpole (talk) 13:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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