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This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with
York, a city in
North Yorkshire, England.
Actors and performers
David Bradley
Arts
Joseph Rowntree
Confectioners
Musicians
Låpsley
Asking Alexandria
Historians
Politicians and rulers
Religion
Guy Fawkes
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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.
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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.
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Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary.
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Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr
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Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary.
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Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop.
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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
Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow
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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
Lewis Cook, footballer
Ben Godfrey, footballer
Steve McClaren, 2012, football manager
Rugby
Cricket
William Prest
Motor sport
Basketball
Writers
Laurence Sterne, portrait 1760 by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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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
Elizabeth Montagu, engraving 1787
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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
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