List of people from York

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

Individuals

• Aaron of York (c.1190–c.1153), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
• Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar
• John Ball, Lollard priest, rebel
• Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
• Benedict of York (died 1189), moneylender
• Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter
• Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
• Margaret Clitherow (d.1586), Catholic saint and martyr
• Constantine the Great (272–337), Emperor of Rome
• Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
• Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist, physician
• William Etty (1787–1849), painter
• William Etty (c1675–1734), architect
• William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
• Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Catholic revolutionary
• John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor, draughtsman
• John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
• Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect, inventor
• Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect
• George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor, entrepreneur
• John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian
• Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain
• Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
• Capt. Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
• Andrew Martin, journalist, novelist
• Francis Mason (1799–1874), missionary
• John Middleton (1820–1885), architect
• Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter
• Thomas Morton (1564–1659), clergyman
• Guy Mowbray, broadcaster
• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer
• Francis Place (1647–1728) artist
• Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian
• Martin Rees (born 1942), current Astronomer Royal
• Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier, reformer
• Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier, philanthropist
• Laura Sayers (born 1978), producer
• Septimius Severus (193–211), Roman Emperor
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), army commander
• John Snow (1813–1858), physician
• Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York (1664–1683); revised 1662 Book of Common Prayer
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), author and electrical engineer
• William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar
• Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter
• 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
• William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York

Actors and performers

• Mark Addy
• David Bradley
• Michael Burns
• Judi Dench
• Keith Drinkel
• Dustin Gee
• Frankie Howerd
• Ian Kelsey
• Janet McTeer

Writers

• Kate Atkinson
• W. H. Auden
• John Earle
• Matt Haig
• Justin Hill
• Alison Hume
• Sheelagh Kelly
• Laurence Sterne
• Charles Whiting

Musicians

• Asking Alexandria
• Joseph Barnby
• John Barry
• Syd Dale
• Troy Donockley
• Glamour of the Kill
• Benjamin Francis Leftwich
• Elliot Minor
• The Mood
• Mostly Autumn
• One Night Only
• The Redskins
• Rick Witter & The Dukes
• St. Christopher
• The Seahorses
• Shed Seven
• Strange Days
• Trevor Wishart
• Zoot and the Roots

Politicians

• John Aislabie
• Vincent Cable
• Frank Dobson
• Richard Hotham
• George Hudson

Sportspeople

Football

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Rugby

• Peter Fox, Wakefield Trinity
• Rob Webber, Bath Rugby

Cricket

• Tim Walton (born 1972), former cricketer
• Steve Webster MBE

Golf

• Simon Dyson

See also

• List of alumni of the University of York