List of people from York

• 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)^[1]

• 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

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

Steve Helstrip (The Thrillseekers)

Låpsley

• Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
• 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
• 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

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

• Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
• William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
• John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian
• William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar

• John Aislabie (1670–1742)
• 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)
• Septimius Severus (AD 193–211), Roman Emperor

• 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
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist, physician
• Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary
• Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
• Francis Mason (1799–1874), missionary
• Thomas Morton (1564–1659), clergyman
• Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian
• Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised 1662 Book of Common Prayer
• William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York

• Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
• 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), current Astronomer Royal
• George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins
• John Snow (1813–1858), physician

• Pawel Abbott (born 1982)
• Tom Allan (born 1994)
• John Andrews (born 1950)
• Mike Atkinson (born 1994)
• Robert Bainbridge (born 1931)
• Reg Baines (1907–1974)
• Ron Benson (1925–1997)
• Albert Bonass (1911–1945)
• Charles Bradley (1922–1984)
• Paul Brough (born 1965)
• Sam Byram (born 1993)
• Cliff Calvert (born 1954)
• Walter Camidge (1912–1987)
• Jack Clarke (born 2000)
• Lewis Cook (born 1997)
• George Craven (born 1917)
• Nick Culkin (born 1978)
• Chris Dale (born 1950)
• Andy Dawson (born 1979)
• Richard Dawson (born 1962)
• Michael Duckworth (born 1992)
• Iain Dunn (born 1970)
• Sam Fielding (born 1998)
• Bernard Fisher (born 1934)
• Gary Ford (born 1961)
• Martin Fowler (born 1957)
• John Gargan (1928–2007)
• Martin Garratt (1980–2014)
• Ben Godfrey (born 1998)
• Lee Grant (born 1985)
• Neil Grayson (born 1964)
• Ross Greenwood (born 1985)
• John Harrison (born 1961)
• James Harvey (born 1911)
• Robbie Haw (born 1986)
• John Hawksby (born 1942)
• Nick Hendry (1887–1949)
• Simon Heslop (born 1987)
• Ben Hirst (born 1997)
• Jamie Hopcutt (born 1992)
• Russell Howarth (born 1982)
• Niall Huggins (born 2000)
• Will Jarvis (born 2002)
• Mike Johnson (1933–2004)
• Matthew Kilgallon (born 1984)
• John Lawson (1925–1990)
• Andy Leaf (born 1962)
• George Lee (1919–1991)
• Simon Line (born 1971)
• 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)
• Tony Moore (born 1943)
• Cammy Palmer (born 2000)
• Alf Patrick (1921–2021)
• Jeff Pears (1920–2003)
• Shaun Pearson (born 1989)
• Don Peattie (born 1963)
• Jack Pinder (1912–2004)
• Brian Pollard (born 1954)
• Peter Popely (born 1943)
• John Powell (1936–2017)
• Ben Rhodes (born 1983)
• Harvey Rodgers (born 1996)
• George Sharpe (1912–1984)
• Elliott Simpson (born 1976)
• Neil Smallwood (born 1966)
• Ron Smith (1929–2010)
• David Spofforth (born 1969)
• Lucy Staniforth (born 1992)
• Reg Stockill (1913–1995)
• Gary Swann (born 1962)
• Barry Tait (born 1938)
• Peter Tait (1936–1990)
• Chris Tate (born 1977)
• Charlie Taylor (born 1993)
• Marc Thompson (born 1982)
• Steve Tutill (born 1969)
• Terry Walker (1921–1987)
• Charlie Ware (born 1931)
• Rory Watson (born 1996)
• Eric Weightman (1910–2002)
• Michael Woods (born 1990)
• Neil Woods (born 1966)

• 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)
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• 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)^[2]

• Kate Atkinson (born 1951), novelist and playwright
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet and essayist
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician
• John Earle (c. 1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs
• 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

• Benedict of York (died 1189), money lender
• Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
• Captain Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day Portland), Maine
• 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