1. Branwell Brontë (1817)

British Artist

English painter and poet who often wrote with his sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne on work that included number 1-3 of The Young Men's Magazine in 1830.

2. Alister MacKenzie (1870)

Golf Course Architect

Renowned golf course architect who designed courses on four continents; also designed military camouflage for troops during World War I.

3. Charlie Hunnam (1980)

English Actor

He became famous for playing the role of Jackson Teller in the hit FX show Sons of Anarchy, starring alongside Mark Boone Junior and Katey Sagal. He has also played roles...

4. Eric Knight (1897)

Children's Author

British novelist and children's author best known for his 1943 work Lassie Come-Home. His other works include This Above All and The Flying Yorkshireman.

5. Patric Knowles (1911)

Actor Novelist

Leading man who starred in the 1940 film, Women in War, and also played major roles in How Green Was My Valley and The Wolf Man. In 1972, he appeared...

6. Christina Pickles (1935)

British Actor

Emmy Award-nominated actress who starred as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in NBC's hospital drama St. Elsewhere.

7. Pat Hutchins (1942)

English Children's Writer An

Illustrator and writer who, in 1974, won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for the picture book The Wind Blew.

8. Ben Shires (1985)

Comedian

Television presenter, comedian and host of Officially Amazing, also known as the writer and host for the award-winning The Dave Weekly podcast. In 2017, he was a contestant on Remotely...

9. Emily Yates (1988)

Instagram Star

Australian Instagram star and traveler who runs a self-titled travel blog. She has 220,000 followers on Instagram. 

10. Danielle McCormack (1983)

Actor

Actress who is best known for her six seasons spent playing Mel Barker on the British children's sitcom My Parents Are Aliens. She has also had recurring roles on shows...

11. Laurence Fox (1978)

English Film Television And Stag

Actor who starred as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the hit British TV drama Lewis. He also appeared in the 2007 film, Becoming Jane.

12. Ali Cook (1975)

Actor

English magician and writer who has starred in TV's The Secret World of Magic and Monkey Magic.

13. Lolita Chakrabarti (1969)

British Actor And Writer

Notable for her role as Surinder in the British television series Fortysomething, Chakrabarti also had a successful career as a stage actress, appearing in productions at London's Tricycle, Almeida, and...

14. Joe Arundel (1991)

British Rugby League Player

Joe Arundel is an English professional rugby league footballer for Hull FC in the Super League. He plays as a centre. Joe made his debut for Castleford in a Super...

15. Tim Ellis (1963)

Australian Magician

Tim Ellis is an Australian performer author and lecturer in the world of magic and illusion.

16. Jason Goodall (1967)

Tennis Player

Jason Goodall is a British former professional tennis player.

17. Fiona Wood (1958)

British/australian Physician And

Melanie Wood AM is a British born plastic surgeon working in Perth Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns...

18. Catherine Aird (1930)

Novelist

Catherine Aird is the pseudonym of novelist Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She is the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels and several collections of short stories. Her witty literate...

19. Richard Leonard (1930)

British Politician

Richard Lawrence Leonard is a British writer and journalist writing as Dick Leonard and also a former British Labour politician. He is a pro-European social democrat and a disciple of...

20. Leonard Burnett (1845)

England-born Politician Farmer A

Leonard Burnett was a politician farmer and teacher. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 election as a Member of the Liberal Party in the...

21. Charles Howroyd (1867)

Australian Politician

Charles Richard Howroyd was an Australian politician. Born in Yorkshire England where he was educated he migrated to Australia in 1887 becoming an agent and stockbroker. A founding member of...

22. Bev Lewis (1906)

Ontario Member Of Provincial Par

Beverley Lewis was a Canadian politician who represented Humber in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member.

23. Peter Smithers (1913)

British Politician

Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Winchester for 14 years and a junior Minister in the...

24. Alan Haselhurst (1937)

British Politician

Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden since 1977. Previously he was the MP for Middleton and...

25. Peter Whitehead (1914)

Director

26. Norm Marlborough (1945)

Australian Politician

Norman Norm Richard Marlborough was a Western Australian state politician. Marlborough was born in Yorkshire England and arrived in Western Australia in 1963. Before he entered parliament he was a...

27. Joseph Hannan (1873)

Australian Politician

Joseph Francis Hannan was an Australian politician and trade unionist. Hannan was probably born in Yorkshire England and emigrated with his family in 1888. He soon became involved in the...

28. Timothy Barnes (1942)

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Timothy David Barnes is a British classicist. Barnes was born in Yorkshire in 1942. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield until 1960 going up to Balliol College...

29. Gladwyn Jebb (1900)

British Politician

Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb 1st Baron Gladwyn GCMG GCVO CB known as Gladwyn Jebb was a prominent British civil servant diplomat and politician as well as the Acting Secretary-General of...

30. John Elderfield (1943)

American Art Historian And Curat

John Elderfield was the Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art New York from 2003 to 2008.

31. Walter Welford (1868)

American Politician

was born in Bellerby Yorkshire England. He was inaugurated as the 20th Governor of North Dakota on February 2 1935 after Thomas H. Moodie was removed from office after it...

32. William Lennox (1799)

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33. Richard Of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl Of Cambridge (1376)

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34. Michael Redman (1966)

Actor

35. Alan Brown (1919)

Director

36. William Sefton Moorhouse (Unknow)

New Zealand Politician

Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.

37. William Rolleston (1831)

New Zealand Politician

Rolleston was a New Zealand politician public administrator educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent.

38. Stewart Ainsworth (1951)

British Archaeological Investiga

Stewart Ainsworth is a British archaeological investigator who is regularly seen on Time Team the Channel 4 archaeological television series. He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section...

39. David Talbot (1951)

American Investigative Journalis

David Talbot is an American progressive journalist author and media entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO and editor-in-chief of one of the first web magazines Salon. com. Talbot...

40. Robert Monckton (1726)

British Military Leader Governor

Robert Monckton was an officer of the British army and a colonial administrator in British North America. He had a distinguished military and political career being second in command to...

41. Michael Grandage (1962)

British Theatre Director

Michael Grandage CBE is a British theatre director and producer. He is currently Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company. From 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the...

42. Alfred Lee Smith (Unknow)

New Zealand Politician

Alfred Lee Smith was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 18 June 1898 to 18 June 1905 when his term ended. He was appointed by the Liberal...

43. Andrea McCall (1952)

Australian Politician

Andrea Lea McCall is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. McCall was born in Yorkshire England...

44. Peter Roe (soccer) (1955)

Soccer Player

Peter Roe is a retired Canadian international soccer player who spent twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned...

45. Staz Johnson (1965)

English Comic Book Artist And Pe

Stewart Staz Johnson is an English comic book artist and penciller best known for his work on DC Comics' Robin and Catwoman series.

46. Harry Smart (Unknow)

British Poet

Harry Smart is a British poet. He was born in Yorkshire and lives in Montrose Scotland. He has had three poetry collections published by Faber and Faber:Shoah Pierrot Fool's Pardon...

47. Richard Boddington (1968)

Director

48. Thomas Cass (surveyor) (Unknow)

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Thomas Cass was one of New Zealand's pioneer surveyors.

49. Stephen Hester (1960)

Ceo Of Rsa Insurance Group

Stephen Hester is an English businessman and former banker who is the Chief Executive Officer of RSA Insurance Group and former CEO of the RBS Group.

50. Ernest Greenwood (1884)

American Politician

Ernest Greenwood was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Barnsley Yorkshire England he attended the public schools of Halifax and the Evening Technical Institute and College. He...