List of people from Middlesbrough

This is a list of people from Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire, England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

A

• Abbey Altson, artist
• Matty Appleby, (born 1972) footballer, played for Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic, and Darlington F.C.
• Fred Appleyard, visual artist
• James Arthur, musician
• John Archer, magician/comedian
• Ron Aspery, musician
• Bill Athey, cricketer

B

• Andrew Baggett, rugby union player
• Ian Bailey, retired football 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
• 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
• Roy Chubby Brown, comedian
• Ali Brownlee, (1959–2016) 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
• 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
• Mark Clemmit BBC Sport reporter

D

• Caroline Dale, classical and pop cellist
• Wally K Daly, writer, Ishy Din
• 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
• Billy Day, (1936–2018) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C during the 1950s and 60s
• Preeti Desai, actress and model, former Miss Great Britain (2007)
• Jerry Desmonde, (1908–1967) actor, who starred in The Early Bird with Norman Wisdom
• Paul C. Doherty, author, educator, historian and lecturer
• Monica Dolan, actress
• Liam Donaldson, (b 1949) Chief Medical Officer for England
• Chris Dooks, visual artist
• 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, soprano at the New York Met
• Alfred Edwards, (1888–1958) Member of Parliament
• Frank Elgee, (1880-1944) archaeologist, geologist and naturalist

F

• Craig Farrell, (born 1982) footballer
• Graham Farrow, playwright, screenwriter
• Pete Firman, magician
• 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
• Ben Gibson, footballer
• Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough F.C. born in the Park End area
• Gary Gill, footballer
• Neil Grainger, actor
• Alistair Griffin, musician
• Peter Gilchrist, billiards athlete player

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)
• David Harper, antiques expert
• Jack Hatfield, Olympic swimmer
• Emily Hesse, visual artist
• 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
• Jonathan Hogg, (born 1988) footballer
• Stanley Hollis, (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient
• E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles
• Keith Houchen, footballer
• Jordan Hugill, footballer

J

• Naomi Jacob, novelist
• Matt Jarvis, footballer
• Ann Jellicoe, writer Ishy Din
• Alyson Jones, Commonwealth Games swimmer
• Jade Jones, paralympic athlete

K

• Chris Kamara, (born 1957) ex-footballer, manager, presenter and analyst on Sky Sports
• Lila Kaye, actress
• Anna Kennedy, disability campaigner
• Richard Kilty, Olympic Athlete (1989–Present)

L

• Graeme Lee, footballer

M

• Wilf Mannion, (1918–2000) footballer
• Faye Marsay, actress
• Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher
• Steph McGovern, (born 1982) presenter and journalist
• Richard Milward, writer, Ishy Din
• Jade McSorley, model
• Nicky Mohan, footballer
• Glenn Moody, darts player
• Micky Moody, musician
• Dave Morris, comedian
• Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam
• Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

N

• Sir Martin Narey, (1955–present), former Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service and the chief executive of Barnardo's
• Chris Newton, Olympic cyclist
• Robert Nixon (artist), (1939–2002) artist, who worked on several British comics

O

• Kirsten O'Brien, TV presenter
• Alan Old, rugby union player
• Chris Old, cricketer
• 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 world powerlifting champion
• Liam Plunkett, cricketer
• Mark Proctor, footballer

Q

• Bertha Quinn, (1873 -1951) suffragette, Labour Councillor and recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal
• Christopher Quinten, actor

R

• Richard Piers Rayner, visual artist
• Chris Rea, musician
• Matt Renshaw, cricketer
• Don Revie, (1927–1989) footballer and manager, managed Leeds United and England in the 1970s
• Wendy Richard, (1943–2009) actress, starred in Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army & EastEnders.
• Stuart Ripley, (born 1967) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C, Blackburn Rovers + Southampton
• Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949) singer with Free and Bad Company
• Mike Russell, billiards player
• Marion Ryan, singer
• Jack Rees, professional cyclist and manager

S

• David Shayler, the ex-spy, journalist and conspiracy theorist, was born in Middlesbrough
• Harold Shepherdson, footballer, played for Middlesbrough.
• Rob Smedley, head of vehicle performance WilliamsF1
• Cyril Smith, (1909–1974) concert pianist.
• Graham Smith, photographer
• Paul Smith (rock vocalist), musician
• James Smurthwaite, (1916–1989) cricketer, played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939
• Phil Stamp (born 1975), footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1993 to 2002, retired at Darlington F.C in 2007

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
• Pete Trewavas, musician
• Paul Truscott, boxer

U

• Rory Underwood, rugby union player

V

• Simon Vallily, Commonwealth gold medal champion boxer
• John Vaughan, industrialist

W

• Adrian 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
• Ellen Wilkinson, was an Member of parliament 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)
• Tim Williamson, (1894–1943) footballer, made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C. and 7 appearances for England
• Aimee Willmott, Olympic swimmer
• Dean John-Wilson, theatre actor
• Jeff Winter, (born 1955) football referee, he took charge of the F.A Cup Final of 2004
• Jonathan Woodgate, (born 1980) footballer + manager

References

Sources

• Hugman, Barry J. (2015). The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015. G2 Entertainment. ISBN 9781782811671.