Talk:List of people from Sheffield

John Sherwood
What about John Sherwood ? Olympic Games bronze medallist. He was sports master at Firth Park grammar school in the late sixties when my brother was there, don't know if he was born in Sheffield or if he lived within the City boundary. Anybody know if he qualifies for this list ? . Regards Mick Knapton 20:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * To expand the quote from Sebastian Coe that is in the John Sherwood article: "When I was 12 about the same age as Amber I was marched into a large school hall with my classmates. We sat in front of an ancient, black and white TV and watched grainy pictures from the Mexico Olympic Games. Two athletes from our home town were competing. John Sherwood won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles.  His wife Sheila just narrowly missed gold in the long jump." This suggests that you are correct that John Sherwood was a resident of Sheffield, this is further backed up by the fact that the article on his son David Sherwood gives Sheffield as his birthplace.   JeremyA

Walk of Fame
Could we mention inductees to the walk of fame (Sheffield Legends)? Maybe that page would be best merged with this one? Rednaxela 22:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Born or Resident ?

 * Would it be an idea to split into two Columns, with the People born in Sheffield in one and Residents in the other for each section ?
 * Alternative would be to mark each entry with a say a B or R tag to differentiate each articles classification.

Discussion and any comments please - BulldozerD11 (talk) 19:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * People who were born here are in bold. josh (talk) 20:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Entry criteria
The entry for "Matloub Husayn-Ali-Khan" has been deleted by various editors for the following reasons;
 * Page criteria for an entry is not met;
 * Notability - An entry in the star newspaper does not mean notability
 * No wiki entry - exists for person

Please read the rules on WP:Bio for biographies of living people, if creating a page, as if it does not meet criteria it could be deleted.

Thank you for attaching a reference to the entry. Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia and subject matter is not generally local news related. Sorry - BulldozerD11 (talk) 22:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Owen Aaronovitch
The wiki article on this fellow doesn't mention sheffield??! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.205.246 (talk • contribs)
 * I'm having trouble locating a reliable source, but a google search reveals plenty of web pages that say that he lives in Sheffield. —Jeremy (talk) 15:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

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