Famous People

Where to start? There are too many to do justice to everyone ‘famous’ from Yorkshire. But here are just a few to start with -

• Edward Appleton (1892-1965)

• Herbert Asquith (1852-1928)

• Brian Blessed

• Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte More>>

• George Cayley (1773-1857)

• Thomas Chippendale More>>

• James Cook (1728-1779)

• Frederick Delius More>>

• Guy Fawkes (1570-1606)

• Lesley Garrett

• William Hague

• Denis Healey

• David Hockney More>>

• Frankie Howerd

• Ben Kingsley

• Charles Laughton (1899-1962)

• John Mackintosh (1868-1920)

• James Mason (1909-1984)

• Henry Moore (1898-1986)

• Adrian Moorhouse

• Michael Palin

• Robert Palmer

• Michael Parkinson

• Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

• J B Priestley

• Titus Salt

• Arthur Scargill

• Mortimer Wheeler

• Richard Whiteley

• William Wilberforce (1759-1833)

• Harold Wilson

More to follow .....