Barney Gibson –
Yorkshire cricketer; in April 2011 he became the youngest cricketer to play first-class cricket in England, making his debut aged 15 years and 27 days[63]
Richard Hoggart (24 September 1918–10 April 2014) – a British academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture.[citation needed]
Sir Charles Lupton – Lord Mayor of Leeds 1915, co-founder of a law firm that became Dibb Lupton Alsop, (shortened to DLA), precursor to global law firm
DLA Piper, with a prime office in Leeds[104]
Gordon Pirie – middle-distance runner, silver medal winner in 5,000 metres, 1956 Olympics[152]
Joseph Priestley – 18th-century enlightenment theologian, dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works[153]
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Bertha Quinn – suffragette, socialist, Labour councillor 1929–1943, recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal 1946[154]
Micah Richards – Former
England footballer, now acting as a TV pundit. He played for Manchester City for 10 years coming through the youth ranks. He has won the Premiership, FA Cup and Carling Cup trophies. He attended Wetherby High School, Leeds but was born in Birmingham (when his mother was visiting relatives)[161]
Jason Robinson – rugby league player for Hunslet, Wigan and Great Britain; switched codes and played in 2003 World Cup for England; has since captained England Rugby Union[162]
Peter Robinson – crime novelist best known for his novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks[163]
Paul & Barry Ryan – pop-singing duo; Barry had a solo career after Paul withdrew to songwriting[166]
Sue Ryder – British peeress who worked with
Special Operations Executive in the Second World War and afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the Sue Ryder charity[167]
Charles Thackrah – pioneering surgeon in occupational medicine, a founder member of the Leeds School of Medicine; died of tuberculosis in 1833, at the age of 38
Charles Thackray – pioneer of medical devices and instruments that led to modern hip replacement surgery
Jane Tomlinson – raised £1.75million for cancer charities through endurance sports events after diagnosis of terminal breast cancer; died 3 September 2007[192]
Liz Truss – former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, grew up in Leeds and attended
Roundhay School.[193]
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Hedley Verity – England cricketer; playing for Yorkshire he took all 10 Nottinghamshire wickets for 10 runs on 12 July 1932[194]
Phil Venables, British computer scientist and security specialist
Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – author of mystery adventure novels, children's stories and poetry in late 19th-century Australia and New Zealand[200]
Frank Wormald – British army officer, served in the Second Boer War and First World War, earned the rank of Brigadier General, died leading troops on the Western Front[210]
^"Thomas Son of John Chippindale of Otley joyner bap ye 5th" (
Otley, Yorkshire Parish Register, June 1718). He was buried 16 November 1779, according to the records of
St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the burying ground now occupied by the
National Gallery. Details of Chippendale's life are drawn from
Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale (New York: Macmillan) 1978, "Biographical Essay".
^Woodhead, Richard (2014). "Discovering Catherine Exley's Story". In Probert, Rebecca (ed.). Catherine Exley's Diary: the life and times of an army wife in the Peninsular War. Kenilworth: Takeway(Publishing). pp. 9–17.
ISBN978-0-9563847-9-9.
^"The Papers of Sir Gerald Kaufman". Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge; the National Register of Archives, London and Janus Project. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
^"James Keinhorst". Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge; the National Register of Archives, London and Janus Project. Archived from
the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^Poole, David (18 March 2015).
"Potternewton Hall, Leeds". Heritage Gazette. Archived from
the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. Michael Middleton, her (Kate Middleton's) father, spent his first two years (until the age of two) living at Moortown in Leeds
^Jobson, Robert (25 June 2014).
The Future Royal Family. John Blake Publishing.
ISBN9781784186760. Retrieved 30 October 2016. The family home was (in) the aptly named King Lane in an affluent suburb of Leeds (Moortown).
^"Isaac Milner". The Story of English Towns Leeds. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^Gange, David (2013). Dialogues with the dead. Egyptology in British culture and religion, 1822-1922 (1 ed.). Corby: Oxford University Press. p. 38.
ISBN978-0-19-965310-2.
Barney Gibson –
Yorkshire cricketer; in April 2011 he became the youngest cricketer to play first-class cricket in England, making his debut aged 15 years and 27 days[63]
Richard Hoggart (24 September 1918–10 April 2014) – a British academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture.[citation needed]
Sir Charles Lupton – Lord Mayor of Leeds 1915, co-founder of a law firm that became Dibb Lupton Alsop, (shortened to DLA), precursor to global law firm
DLA Piper, with a prime office in Leeds[104]
Gordon Pirie – middle-distance runner, silver medal winner in 5,000 metres, 1956 Olympics[152]
Joseph Priestley – 18th-century enlightenment theologian, dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works[153]
Q
Bertha Quinn – suffragette, socialist, Labour councillor 1929–1943, recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal 1946[154]
Micah Richards – Former
England footballer, now acting as a TV pundit. He played for Manchester City for 10 years coming through the youth ranks. He has won the Premiership, FA Cup and Carling Cup trophies. He attended Wetherby High School, Leeds but was born in Birmingham (when his mother was visiting relatives)[161]
Jason Robinson – rugby league player for Hunslet, Wigan and Great Britain; switched codes and played in 2003 World Cup for England; has since captained England Rugby Union[162]
Peter Robinson – crime novelist best known for his novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks[163]
Paul & Barry Ryan – pop-singing duo; Barry had a solo career after Paul withdrew to songwriting[166]
Sue Ryder – British peeress who worked with
Special Operations Executive in the Second World War and afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the Sue Ryder charity[167]
Charles Thackrah – pioneering surgeon in occupational medicine, a founder member of the Leeds School of Medicine; died of tuberculosis in 1833, at the age of 38
Charles Thackray – pioneer of medical devices and instruments that led to modern hip replacement surgery
Jane Tomlinson – raised £1.75million for cancer charities through endurance sports events after diagnosis of terminal breast cancer; died 3 September 2007[192]
Liz Truss – former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, grew up in Leeds and attended
Roundhay School.[193]
V
Hedley Verity – England cricketer; playing for Yorkshire he took all 10 Nottinghamshire wickets for 10 runs on 12 July 1932[194]
Phil Venables, British computer scientist and security specialist
Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – author of mystery adventure novels, children's stories and poetry in late 19th-century Australia and New Zealand[200]
Frank Wormald – British army officer, served in the Second Boer War and First World War, earned the rank of Brigadier General, died leading troops on the Western Front[210]
^"Thomas Son of John Chippindale of Otley joyner bap ye 5th" (
Otley, Yorkshire Parish Register, June 1718). He was buried 16 November 1779, according to the records of
St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the burying ground now occupied by the
National Gallery. Details of Chippendale's life are drawn from
Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale (New York: Macmillan) 1978, "Biographical Essay".
^Woodhead, Richard (2014). "Discovering Catherine Exley's Story". In Probert, Rebecca (ed.). Catherine Exley's Diary: the life and times of an army wife in the Peninsular War. Kenilworth: Takeway(Publishing). pp. 9–17.
ISBN978-0-9563847-9-9.
^"The Papers of Sir Gerald Kaufman". Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge; the National Register of Archives, London and Janus Project. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
^"James Keinhorst". Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge; the National Register of Archives, London and Janus Project. Archived from
the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^Poole, David (18 March 2015).
"Potternewton Hall, Leeds". Heritage Gazette. Archived from
the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. Michael Middleton, her (Kate Middleton's) father, spent his first two years (until the age of two) living at Moortown in Leeds
^Jobson, Robert (25 June 2014).
The Future Royal Family. John Blake Publishing.
ISBN9781784186760. Retrieved 30 October 2016. The family home was (in) the aptly named King Lane in an affluent suburb of Leeds (Moortown).
^"Isaac Milner". The Story of English Towns Leeds. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^Gange, David (2013). Dialogues with the dead. Egyptology in British culture and religion, 1822-1922 (1 ed.). Corby: Oxford University Press. p. 38.
ISBN978-0-19-965310-2.