From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with
York, a city in
North Yorkshire, England.
Actors and performers
Arts
Confectioners
Musicians
Historians
Politicians and rulers
Religion
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Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
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Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar.
[11]
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John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel.
[12]
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Margaret Clitherow (died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr
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John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs.
[13]
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Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary.
[14]
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Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
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Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary.
[15]
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Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop.
[16]
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Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian.
[17]
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Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively
Bishop of Chester and of
London.
[18]
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Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the
1662 Book of Common Prayer.
[19]
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William of York (1110–1154), archbishop,
patron saint of York
Sciences and architecture
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Jocelyn Bell (born 1943),
radio astronomer and discoverer of
pulsars
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William Etty (c. 1675–1734), architect
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John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
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Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect and inventor.
[20]
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Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect
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George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur
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Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain.
[21]
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Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford
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John Middleton (1820–1885), architect
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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer.
[22]
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Martin Rees (born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current
Astronomer Royal
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George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed
Russell hybrid lupins
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John Snow (1813–1858), physician
Sports
Rugby
Cricket
Motor sport
Basketball
Writers
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Kate Atkinson (born 1951), novelist and playwright
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W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet and essayist
[24]
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Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician.
[25]
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Matt Haig (born 1975), novelist and journalist
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Justin Hill (born 1971), novelist
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Alison Hume (living), television writer
- Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), novelist
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Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist and journalist
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Fiona Mozley (born 1988), novelist
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Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), author of
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
[26]
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J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939), novelist, playwright and critic
[27]
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Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), author and electrical engineer
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Charles Whiting (1926–2007), novelist and military historian
Others
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Benedict of York (died 1189), money lender
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Jon Champion (born 1965), broadcaster
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William B. Franklin (1823–1903) a career
US Army officer.
[28]
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Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of
New England, first settler of
York (present-day
Portland),
Maine
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Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800) social reformer and patron of the arts.
[29]
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Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator
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Laura Sayers (born 1978), radio producer and diarist
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Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055), army commander.
[30]
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James Hack Tuke (1819–1896), social campaigner.
[31]
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Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895), social campaigner.
[32]
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Henry Tuke (1755–1814), social campaigner.
[33]
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Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), social campaigner.
[34]
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William Tuke (1732–1822), social campaigner.
[35]
See also
References
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