List of people from Middlesbrough
This is a list of people from Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire, North East England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:
Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
A
- Matty Appleby, (born 1972) Footballer, played for Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic, and Darlington F.C.[1]
- Fred Appleyard visual artist[2]
- James Arthur Musician[3]
- John Archer Magician/comedian[4]
- Ron Aspery Musician[5]
- Bill Athey Cricketer[6]
B
- Andrew Baggett Rugby Union player
- John Baines, Olympic bobsledder
- Pat Barker's debut novel Union Street was set on the thoroughfare of the same name in the town
- Thelma Barlow (born 1929) Actress, Starred in Coronation Street as Mavis Wilton from 1971 to 1997.[7]
- Peter Beagrie Footballer
- Florence Bell (1851–1930) writer of the classic study, At The Works (1907), gives a picture of the area at the turn of the 20th century. She also edited the letters of her stepdaughter Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), which has been continuously in print since 1927
- Stephen Bell Footballer
- Adrian Bevington, The Football Association's former Director of Communications
- Sean Blowers Actor
- Henry Bolckow Industrialist.[8]
- Roy Chubby Brown comedian
- Ali Brownlee Radio presenter
C
- Elizabeth Carling Actress
- Jacky Carr Footballer
- Maud Chadburn was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley
- Alethea Charlton Actress
- Brian Clough (1935–2004) Footballer and Manager, Played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1955 to 1961 and managed Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.[9]
- Kevin Connelly comedian
- Geoff Cook Cricketer
- Captain James Cook (1728–79) the world-famous explorer, navigator, and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough.
- Chris Corner Musician
D
- Wally K Daly writer, Ishy Din[10]
- David Daniell former junior World and European Track Cycling Champion
- Martin Daniels magician
- Paul Daniels born Newton Edward Daniels (1938–2016) Magician, presenter and entertainer.[8]
- Billy Day (1936–2018) Footballer, Played for Middlesbrough F.C during the 1950s and 60s but was forced to retire aged 29 when he broke his leg.[11]
- Preeti Desai, actress and model, former Miss Great Britain (2007)[12]
- Jerry Desmonde (1908–1967) Actor, who starred in The Early Bird with Norman Wisdom[13]
- Paul C. Doherty Author, educator, historian and lecturer[14]
- Monica Dolan Actress
- Liam Donaldson (b 1949) Chief Medical Officer for England.[8]
- Chris Dooks visual artist
- Professor Sir Liam Donaldson,[15] Chief Medical Officer for England
- Stewart Downing Footballer
- Tom Dresser (1892–1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War.
- Paul Drinkhall Olympic table tennis player
- Glen Durrant darts player
E
- Joan Eadington writer of The Jonny Briggs series of books, later to become a BBC Children's TV series of the same name, was also based in the town
- Florence Easton wagnerian soprano at the New York Met
- Alfred Edwards (1888–1958) Politician, served for fifteen years as a Member of Parliament.[16]
- Frank Elgee (1880-1944) Archaeologist, geologist and naturalist[13]
F
- Craig Farrell (born 1982) Footballer[17]
- Pete Firman magician[4]
- Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) was billeted in Eston during the Great War (1914–18), and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Little Busby, near Carlton-in-Cleveland
- Dael Fry Footballer
G
- Vin Garbutt, folk musician[8]
- Ben Gibson Footballer
- Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough Football Club born in the Park End area.[8]
- Gary Gill Footballer
- Neil Grainger Actor
- Alistair Griffin Musician
H
- Marion Coates Hansen was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party (ILP). She was a feminist and women's suffrage campaigner, an early member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a founder member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL) in 1907.
- David Harper, antiques expert[18]
- Jack Hatfield Olympic swimmer
- Emily Hesse visual artist[10]
- Jack Hatfield (1893–1965) Swimmer, known as one of the greatest British swimmers of all time after winning 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze at Stockholm 1912.[19]
- Jonathan Hogg (born 1988) Footballer.[20]
- Stanley Hollis (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient.[21]
- E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles (who was fluent in three Yorkshire dialects)
- Jordan Hugill Footballer
- Keith Houchen Footballer
J
- Naomi Jacob novelist
- Matt Jarvis Footballer
- Ann Jellicoe, writer Ishy Din[10]
- Alyson Jones Commonwealth Games swimmer
- Jade Jones paralympic athlete
K
- Chris Kamara (born 1957) ex England footballer, ex footballer & manager. Is a presenter and analyst on Sky Sports.[22]
- Lila Kaye Actress
L
- Graeme Lee Footballer
M
- Wilf Mannion (1918–2000) English international footballer.[8]
- Faye Marsay Actress
- Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher[23]
- Steph McGovern (born 1982) Presenter and journalist.[24]
- Steph McGovern, a business journalist for the BBC, grew up in Middlesbrough.[25]
- Richard Milward writer, Ishy Din[10]
- Jade McSorley model
- Nicky Mohan Footballer
- Glenn Moody darts player
- Micky Moody Musician
- Tommy Mooney Footballer
- Dave Morris comedian
- Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam.[8]
- Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
N
- Sir Martin Narey (1955–present), former Director General of the Prison Service and chief executive of Barnardo's
- Chris Newton Olympic cyclist
- Robert Nixon (artist) (1939–2002) Artist, who worked on several British comics.[26]
O
- Kirsten O'Brien TV presenter [27]
- Alan Old Rugby Union player
- Chris Old Cricketer[6]
- Richard Old (1856–1932) model maker resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street
- Colin Osborne darts player
P
- Jamie Parker Actor
- Alan Peacock Footballer
- Dave Pennington WPC World Powerlifting Champion
- Liam Plunkett Cricketer[6]
- Mark Proctor Footballer
Q
- Christopher Quinten Actor
R
- Richard Piers Rayner visual artist
- Chris Rea Musician[28]
- Matt Renshaw Cricketer
- Don Revie (1927–1989) Footballer and Manager, Managed Leeds United and England in the 1970s.[9]
- Wendy Richard (1943–2009) Actress, Starred in Are You Being Served? and EastEnders.[29]
- Stuart Ripley (born 1967) Footballer, Played for his home town Middlesbrough F.C then joined Blackburn Rovers then Southampton.[30]
- Paul Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) Singer with Free and Bad Company[8]
- Mike Russell, billiards player
- Marion Ryan singer
S
- David Shayler, the ex-spy, journalist and conspiracy theorist, was born in Middlesbrough[31]
- Harold Shepherdson, footballer, played for Middlesbrough.[8]
- Rob Smedley, head of Vehicle Performance WilliamsF1[32]
- Cyril Smith (1909–1974) Concert pianist.[33]
- Graham Smith, photographer[34]
- Paul Smith (rock vocalist) Musician
- James Smurthwaite (1916–1989) Cricketer, was a first class cricketer who played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939.[35]
- Phil Stamp (born 1975) Footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1993 to 2002, retired at Darlington F.C in 2007.[36]
T
- John Telfer Actor
- Bruce Thomas Musician
- William Tillyer visual artist
- Chris Tomlinson, three times Olympian and former British long jump record holding athlete
- Mackenzie Thorpe, painter.[8]
- Pete Trewavas Musician
- Paul Truscott boxer
U
- Rory Underwood, Rugby player.[8]
V
- Simon Vallily Commonwealth gold medal champion boxer
- John Vaughan, industrialist.[8]
W
- Adrian "Six Medals" Warburton air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in Malta Story
- Frank and Edgar Watts – opened the English Hotel in the Cumberland Gap which gave their hometown's name to Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the United States[39]
- Ellen Wilkinson was an MP for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel Clash (1929) which paints a positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough).[40]
- Tim Williamson (1894–1943) Footballer, made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough, scoring two goals, as well as seven appearances for England.
- Aimee Willmott Olympic swimmer
- Dean John-Wilson theatre actor
- Jeff Winter (born 1955) Referee, took charge of the F.A Cup Final of 2004.[41]
- Jonathan Woodgate (born 1980) Footballer, plays for Middlesbrough.[42]
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