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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with,
Sunderland or the wider
City of Sunderland in
North East England.
Notable people from Sunderland
Arts
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Griselda Allan (1905–1987), artist
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Audrey Amiss (1933–2013), artist
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Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots, born in Sunderland
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James Baxter, actor
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Emeli Sandé (singer)
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Ernie Lotinga (actor)
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James Bolam (1935–), actor
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Alan Browning actor, born Alan Brown
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Bernard Comrie (1947–), linguist
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Ida Cook (1904–1986), Righteous among the Nations; as Mary Burchell, romance novelist
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Terry Deary (1946–), author
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Mike Elliott, comedian, actor and radio presenter
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Edward Gregson, composer
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James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight) (1916–1995), veterinary surgeon and author
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Melanie Hill (1962–), actress
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Nat Jackley, comedian
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Jools Jameson (1968–), game developer
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Bobby Knoxall, comedian
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Gina McKee (1964–), actress
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Gibb McLaughlin (1884–1960), actor, born George Gibb McLaughlin
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Christine Norden (1924–1988), actress, born Mary Lydia Thornton
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David Parfitt, an
Oscar-winning film producer
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Sheila Quigley, novelist
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Ronald Radd (1929–1976), actor
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Callum Keith Rennie (1960–), film and television actor
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Maurice Roëves (1937–2020), actor
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William Russell actor and the first actor of three actors to appear as
Doctor Who Companion
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Clarkson Stanfield, painter
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Mary Stewart, novelist
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Tom Taylor, playwright and editor of
Punch
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Alan Temperley born 1936, children's and young adults author, works include Harry and the Wrinkles, The Deck Boy, Scar Hill.
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Bobby Thompson, comedian, the 'Little Waster'
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William Lindon-Travers, actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist, known professionally as Bill Travers
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Graham Wallas, author and academic
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Alison Wright (1976–), actress
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Michael Young (1966–), industrial designer
Industry
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Sir Robert Appleby Bartram (1835–1925), shipbuilder
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William Reid Clanny (1770–1850), inventor and physician
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John Cryan (born 1960), banker
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Sir Tom Cowie, entrepreneur and philanthropist
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George Daniels, world-famous horologist and inventor of the co-axial escapement
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Sir Edward Temperley Gourley, coalfitter, shipowner and politician
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Sir William Halcrow, civil engineer
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Thomas Elliott Harrison, railway engineer
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George Burton Hunter, shipbuilder and innovator
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Patrick Meik and
Charles Meik, civil engineering brothers
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Sir William Mills, inventor of the Mills Bomb (hand grenade)
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William Pile, shipbuilder
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Sir Joseph Swan, inventor of the electric light bulb
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Harry Watts, shipyard worker and multiple life-saver
Military and services
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Robert Appleby Bartram (1894–1981), colonel and shipbuilder
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Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), colonial administrator
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PC Keith Blakelock (1945–1985), police officer
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Sir Lawrence Andrew Common (1889–1953), Army officer and shipping director
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Jack Crawford (1775–1831), sailor
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Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), Major-General
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Captain Richard Avery Hornsby, navy captain
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Joseph Robert Kayll (1914–2000), WW2 RAF flying Ace
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John Lilburne 'Free-born John', civil war figure
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Alan Parnaby (1916–1974), cricketer and British Army officer
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Ernest Vaux (1865–1925), Army Officer and Brewer
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Robert Nairac (1948–1977), Army Officer
Music
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Don Airey, musician, keyboardist with
Deep Purple
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Sir Thomas Allen, baritone
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George Bellamy, musician
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Eric Boswell, songwriter (
Little Donkey)
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Mark Brydon, one half of electro outfit
Moloko
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Bryan Ferry, singer, musician, and songwriter. Lead singer with
Roxy Music
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Muriel Foster, contralto
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Frankie & The Heartstrings, indie rock band
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The Futureheads, indie rock band
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Eve Gallagher, singer
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Kenickie, 1990s pop band
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Lauren Laverne, ex-lead singer of
Kenickie, later radio and TV presenter
[1]
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Jez Lowe, folk singer, songwriter and broadcaster
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Bob and Alf Pearson, singers, pianist (Bob) and
variety performers
[2]
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Alan Price, singer, musician, and songwriter. Keyboard player with
The Animals
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Emeli Sandé, musician
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David A. Stewart (1952–), musician and songwriter, most notably as one half of the band
Eurythmics
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The Toy Dolls, punk rock band
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Baz Warne, guitarist with
The Stranglers
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Faye Fantarrow (2002-2023), singer, songwriter
[3]
Politics
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Hilary Armstrong, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 2006–07
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Sir Theodore Doxford, shipbuilder and politician
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George Hudson, Member of Parliament and railway financier
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Sir Edward Temperley Gourley, coalfitter, shipowner and politician
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John Stapylton grey Pemberton (1860–1940), MP and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University
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Jonathan Reynolds,
Labour Party MP
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Sir Luke Thompson, coal merchant and politician
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Joseph Havelock Wilson, Trade union leader, Liberal Party politician, and campaigner for the rights of merchant seamen.
Sport
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Charles W. Alcock: Cricketer and Football administrator.
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Allan Ball (born 1943), ex-professional footballer and now Honorary Director of Queen of the South F.C.
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Paul Kitson, ex-professional footballer
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Clive Mendonca, ex-professional footballer
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Raich Carter (1914–1994), footballer and manager
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Nigel Clough (born 1966), former football player and manager
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Ralph Coates (1946–2010), former football player
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Kevin Dillon (English footballer) (born 1959), former football player and manager
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Randolph Galloway (1896–1964), former football player and manager of clubs like Valencia and Sporting Lisbon
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Michael Gray (born 1974), (footballer)
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Billy Hardy (born 1964), boxer who became
Commonwealth featherweight champion
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Mick Harford (born 1959), former football player and manager
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Micky Hazard (born 1960), former football player
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Jordan Henderson (born 1990), footballer
Sunderland A.F.C,
Liverpool F.C-Current and
England national football team
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Lee Howey (born 1969), footballer
Sunderland A.F.C
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Steve Howey (born 1971), footballer
Newcastle United
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Jordan Pickford (born 1994), footballer
Sunderland A.F.C,
Everton F.C-Current and
England national football team
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Robert William "Bob" Jefferson (born 1882), footballer
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Tony Jeffries (born 1985), boxer, Olympic Bronze medalist
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Ernie Johnson (born 1948), jockey who won the 1969
Epsom Derby
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Alan Kennedy: Footballer,
Liverpool F.C.
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Billy Marsden (born 1901), football player for
England national football team
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Jimmy Montgomery (born 1943), former football player (goalkeeper) and 1973 FA Cup winner
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Bob Paisley (1919-1996) Footballer, Three times
European Cup winning manager.
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Alan Parnaby (1916–1974), cricketer and British Army officer
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Ross Pearson (born 1984), mixed martial artist in
UFC
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Harry Potts (1920–1996), former football player and manager
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Giovanni Reyna (born 2002), footballer For BVB and USA National Team
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Lee Rushworth (born 1982), cricketer
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Jill Scott (born 1987), football player for
England women's national football team and
Manchester City L.F.C.
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Bob Willis (1949–2019), cricketer
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Stephanie Houghton (born 1988), football player for
England women's national football team and
Manchester City L.F.C.
Other
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Kate Adie, former
BBC Chief News Reporter
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St Bede, monk
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Joseph Swan, inventor of the
incandescent light bulb
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George Binns, New Zealand
chartist leader and poet
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St Benedict Biscop (628?–690)
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Abel Chapman (1851–1929), hunter and naturalist
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George Clarke, architect, television presenter
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James Watson Corder (1868–1953), historian of local family history
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Charlotte Crosby, television personality
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John Cryan, physicist and bank manager
[4]
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Peter Gibbs, weather forecaster
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Jane Grigson, cookery writer
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Andreas Høivold, professional poker player
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Gareth Pugh (born 1981), fashion designer
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Denise Robertson, novelist and TV
agony aunt
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Gordon Scurfield, biologist and author, active in Australia, with expertise in botany and ecology
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William Shanks, amateur mathematician, worked out the value of Pi to 707 decimals
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John Sowerby, botanist, writer and early member of the Alpine Club
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Chris Steele, TV doctor
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Ernest George Frederick Vogtherr (1898–1973), a New Zealand bacon curer, businessman and art collector
[5]
Notable residents
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Charlie Buchan, footballer
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Lewis Carroll, author of
Alice in Wonderland
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Frank Caws, architect
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Brian Clough, footballer, manager and European Cup winner
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Steve Cram, Olympic Athlete and TV presenter
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Bernard Gilpin, Apostle of the North, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Archdeacon of Durham
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Sir William Herschel, composer and astronomer, discoverer of
Uranus
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William Reid Clanny, Irish physicist
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Charlie Hurley, footballer
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Alex Kapranos, musician/singer
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Si King, television presenter, best known as one half of the
Hairy Bikers
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L. S. Lowry, artist
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Lola Montez, adventuress
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Chris Mullin, civil liberties campaigner and Labour
MP
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Jimmy Nail, actor/singer
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William Paley, rector of Bishopwearmouth, wrote on
intelligent design as opposed to evolution
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Frank Pick, industrial designer
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Don Revie, footballer and England manager
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George Reynolds, businessman and former chairman of
Darlington FC
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William Sancroft, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was briefly Rector of Houghton-le-Spring
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Len Shackleton, footballer
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Michael Short, engineer and Professor
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Peter Smith, computer scientist
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Niall Quinn, footballer
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Paul Gascoigne, footballer
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Robert Nairac (1948–1977), Army Officer
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Thomas Essomba, boxer
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Vivian Stanshall and his wife
Ki Longfellow, found the Baltic Trader "Thekla" and sailed her to Bristol where she became the
Old Profanity Showboat
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