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List of people from Northumberland

May 04, 2023


This list is of people who were born or raised in the County of Northumberland, in England. The area covered is the ceremonial county, hence the exclusion of places traditionally regarded as being in Northumberland which are now in Tyne and Wear for administrative and ceremonial purposes. The list is intended to complement Category:People from Northumberland.

Art and architecture

Business

Entertainment

Acting

  • Daniel Ainsleigh (born 1976), British actor and acting coach, born in Hexham
  • Robson Green (born 1964), television actor and singer
  • Jean Heywood (born 1921), British actress, appearing in films and television programmes
  • Alexander Knox (died 1995), Canadian actor; died at Berwick
  • Darren Newton (born 1969), actor and theatre director
  • Ben Roberts, television actor
  • Ray Stevenson (born 1964), Northern Irish film and television actor; grew up in Cramlington
  • Tip Tipping (1958–1993), actor, died in a parachuting accident at Alnwick
  • Henry Travers (1874–1965), born in Prudhoe; character actor best known for his roles in Hollywood film productions, most famously as Clarence the angel in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Kevin Whately (born 1951), English television actor, starring in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Peak Practice, Inspector Morse, and Lewis

Broadcasting

  • Tony Bastable (1944–2007), children's television presenter and producer
  • Ian Peacock, radio presenter
  • Sid Waddell (born 1940), English sports commentator and television personality

Comedy

Music

Military

Nobility

Politics

Religion

Science and medicine

Sport

Athletics

  • Jim Alder (born 1940), Commonwealth Games gold medal winning marathon runner
  • Vanessa Raw (born 1984), professional English triathlete, and member of the British Olympic Triathlon Academy Squad, born in Hexham

Cricket

  • Norman Graham (born 1943), cricketer who played for Kent, born at Hexham
  • Ken Graveney (born 1924), English cricketer who played for and captained Gloucestershire, born in Hexham
  • Tom Graveney (born 1927), former English cricketer; President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004-5; played for England in 79 Tests; a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1953; born in Riding Mill
  • Steve Harmison (born 1978), Durham and England cricketer
  • John Wake (born 1953), Bedfordshire cricketer

Football

NB: Clubs listed are those at which the player made 100 or more League appearances or, if not applicable, club at which they made most appearances.

Horse racing

Other

Writers

Other people

May 04, 2023
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This list is of people who were born or raised in the County of Northumberland in England The area covered is the ceremonial county hence the exclusion of places traditionally regarded as being in Northumberland which are now in Tyne and Wear for administrative and ceremonial purposes The list is intended to complement Category People from Northumberland Contents 1 Art and architecture 2 Business 3 Entertainment 3 1 Acting 3 2 Broadcasting 3 3 Comedy 3 4 Music 4 Military 5 Nobility 6 Politics 7 Religion 8 Science and medicine 9 Sport 9 1 Athletics 9 2 Cricket 9 3 Football 9 4 Horse racing 9 5 Other 10 Writers 11 Other peopleArt and architecture EditPauline Bewick born 1935 watercolour painter Thomas Bewick 1753 1828 wood engraver born at Cherryburn Mickley Glenn Brown born 1966 painter and Turner Prize nominee Lancelot Capability Brown 1716 1783 landscape architect John Clayton 1792 1890 antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne Luke Clennell 1781 1840 engraver Archibald Matthias Dunn 1832 1917 Catholic architect born in Wylam Mark Fiennes 1933 2004 photographer Noel Forster 1932 2007 abstract painter John and Benjamin Green 1789 1852 c 1807 1868 architects Hermione Hammond 1910 2005 painter John Jackson 1801 1848 wood engraver born at Ovingham apprenticed to Thomas Bewick Mason Jackson 1819 1903 wood engraver born at Ovingham John Martin 1789 1854 influential English Romantic painter of the nineteenth century born in Haydon Bridge his dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah can be seen in the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne Vanessa Raw born 28 September 1984 artist born in Hexham Willey Reveley 1760 1799 architect T J Cobden Sanderson 1840 1922 Arts and Crafts Movement artist Imogen Stubbs born 1961 actress and playwright born in Rothbury Stella Vine born 1969 English contemporary artist figurative painting born in AlnwickBusiness EditWilliam George Armstrong 1st Baron Armstrong 1810 1900 Tyneside industrialist who was the effective founder of the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing empire Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge 1817 1892 founder of Bainbridge Department Store in Newcastle upon Tyne the first such store in the world still the largest John Lewis outside London John Hall born 1933 property developer and chairman of Newcastle United Peter Horbury born c 1950 car designer Charles Algernon Parsons 1854 1931 engineer known for his invention of the steam turbine buried at Kirkwhelpington Lewy Pattinson 1852 1944 Australian businessman born in Hexham John Urpeth Rastrick 1780 1856 steam locomotive builder John Wigham Richardson 1837 1908 shipbuilderEntertainment EditActing Edit Daniel Ainsleigh born 1976 British actor and acting coach born in Hexham Robson Green born 1964 television actor and singer Jean Heywood born 1921 British actress appearing in films and television programmes Alexander Knox died 1995 Canadian actor died at Berwick Darren Newton born 1969 actor and theatre director Ben Roberts television actor Ray Stevenson born 1964 Northern Irish film and television actor grew up in Cramlington Tip Tipping 1958 1993 actor died in a parachuting accident at Alnwick Henry Travers 1874 1965 born in Prudhoe character actor best known for his roles in Hollywood film productions most famously as Clarence the angel in It s a Wonderful Life 1946 Kevin Whately born 1951 English television actor starring in Auf Wiedersehen Pet Peak Practice Inspector Morse and LewisBroadcasting Edit Tony Bastable 1944 2007 children s television presenter and producer Ian Peacock radio presenter Sid Waddell born 1940 English sports commentator and television personalityComedy Edit Alexander Armstrong born 1970 comedian actor and television personalityMusic Edit Darren Allison born 1968 record producer and musician with The Divine Comedy Spiritualized and others Graham Bell 1948 2008 singer with Skip Bifferty and as a solo artist Dave Cliff born 1944 British jazz guitarist Pete Doherty born 1979 musician with The Libertines and Babyshambles China Drum fl 1981 2001 punk rock band Mark Elder born 1947 British conductor currently the music director of The Halle Orchestra in Manchester England Wilfred Gibson born 1945 violinist with the Electric Light Orchestra John Peacock c 1756 1817 Northumbrian smallpipes player Sting born 1951 singer with The Police and multi Grammy Award winning solo artistMilitary EditWilliam Wilson Allen 1844 1890 recipient of the Victoria Cross Henry Askew 1775 1847 general Joe Baker Cresswell 1901 1997 aide de camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland Sam Browne 1824 1901 British Indian Army general Hugh Cairns 1896 1918 recipient of the Victoria Cross Francis Crake 1893 1920 soldier and Royal Irish Constabulary officer Frederick William Dobson 1886 1935 recipient of the Victoria Cross James Bulmer Johnson 1889 1943 recipient of the Victoria Cross David Murray Lyon 1890 1975 British Indian Army general James Robb 1895 1968 senior Royal Air Force commander Air Chief Marshal and was Commander in Chief of Fighter Command from 1945 to 1947 Richard Been Stannard 1902 1977 recipient of the Victoria Cross Tod Sweeney 1919 2001 platoon commander at the Normandy Landings Patrick Tonyn 1725 1804 general and colonial governor Adam Herbert Wakenshaw 1914 1942 recipient of the Victoria CrossNobility EditAEthelfrith of Northumbria died c 616 King of Bernicia from c 593 until c 616 he was also beginning c 604 the first Bernician king to also rule Deira can be considered in historical terms the first Northumbrian king Arthur Bigge 1st Baron Stamfordham 1849 1931 private secretary to Queen Victoria and George V born at Linden Hall near Morpeth Robert de Ros 1177 1226 Margaret Douglas 1515 1578 Waltheof Earl of Dunbar died 1182 Gospatric II Earl of Lothian died 1138 Gospatric III Earl of Lothian died 1166 Forster baronets established 1620 Ida of Bernicia died 559 Ida or Ida the Flamebearer was a ruler probably the founder of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Bernicia between 547 and 559 Malcolm III of Scotland died 1093 died at Alnwick Henry Hotspur Percy c 1364 1403 son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland 1341 1408 Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 1392 1455 Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 1477 1527 William Widdrington 1st Baron Widdrington 1610 1651 Politics EditPeter Atkinson born 1943 Conservative MP for Hexham Gordon Banks born 1955 Labour MP for Ochil and South Perthshire Alan Beith born 1943 currently the Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed Josephine Butler 1828 1906 feminist activist born at Milfield Ronnie Campbell born 1943 Labour MP for Blyth Valley John Candlish 1816 1874 Liberal MP for Sunderland Hilton Dawson born 1953 Labour MP for Lancaster and Wyre William Elliott Baron Elliott of Morpeth born 1920 Conservative politician Charles Fenwick 1850 1918 Lib Lab MP for Wansbeck and Trades Union Congress leader Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 1764 1845 Whig Prime Minister 1830 1834 Antony Lambton 1922 2006 Viscount Lambton was the controversial Tory Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed from 1951 until 1973 Denis Murphy born 1940 Labour MP for Wansbeck Jeremy Purvis born 1974 Liberal Democrat MSP and youngest person in Scottish Parliament at time of election John Campbell Renton born 1814 Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed Joseph Richardson 1755 1803 Whig activist Ralph Widdrington 1640 1718 MP for Berwick upon TweedReligion EditMartin of Alnwick d 1336 Franciscan friar and theologian William Bickerton 1815 1905 founder of The Church of Jesus Christ Bickertonite Bolton Stafford Bird 1840 1924 clergyman Benedict Biscop 628 690 abbot Charles Lisle Carr 1871 1942 Church of England bishop Cedd c 620 664 evangelist and saint John Farrar 1802 1884 Methodist clergyman and writer John of Hexham c 1160 1209 English chronicler known to us merely as the author of a work called the Historia XXV annorum which continues the Historia regum attributed to Symeon of Durham and contains an account of English events from 1130 to 1153 Edward Knott 1581 1656 most important English Jesuit of his day William Turnbull Leach 1805 1886 clergyman and academic Chad of Mercia died 672 abbot bishop and saint Robert Morrison 1782 1834 missionary in China Joseph Parker 1830 1902 Congregationalist preacher and writer Richard of Hexham fl 1141 English chronicler who became prior of Hexham about 1141 and died between 1163 and 1178 Nicholas Ridley 1500 1555 bishop and martyr of the Marian Persecutions Ailred of Rievaulx 1110 1167 writer and saint Robert of Holy Island died 1283 Bishop of Durham Joseph Stevenson 1806 1895 archivist and Jesuit Rowland Taylor 1510 1555 martyr of the Marian Persecutions Henry Baker Tristram 1822 1906 clergyman and Bible scholar John of Trokelowe fl 14th century Benedictine and chronicler Keith Ward born 1938 Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford born in Hexham William of Alnwick c 1275 1333 Franciscan theologian and Bishop of Giovinazzo N T Wright born 1948 Bishop of DurhamScience and medicine EditGeorge Biddell Airy 1801 1892 mathematician and Astronomer Royal Martyn Amos born 1971 Senior Lecturer in Computing and Public Engagement Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University expert on natural computation and DNA computing born in Hexham Charles Baring 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale born 1937 arboriculturalist and plant collector Thomas Gibson died 1562 printer and physician born in Morpeth Timothy Hackworth 1786 1850 steam locomotive engineer William Hewson 1739 1774 18th century surgeon anatomist and physiologist sometimes referred to as the father of haematology Andrew Karney born 1942 electrical engineer Frank Lees 1931 1999 chemical engineer professor at Loughborough University noted for his contribution to the field of industrial safety Prideaux John Selby 1788 1867 ornithologist James Calvert Spence 1892 1954 paediatrician George Stephenson 1781 1848 steam locomotive engineer Ralph Tate 1840 1901 botanist William Turner 1508 1568 pioneer of ornithology and botany as sciences Donald I Williamson born 1922 zoologistSport EditAthletics Edit Jim Alder born 1940 Commonwealth Games gold medal winning marathon runner Vanessa Raw born 1984 professional English triathlete and member of the British Olympic Triathlon Academy Squad born in HexhamCricket Edit Norman Graham born 1943 cricketer who played for Kent born at Hexham Ken Graveney born 1924 English cricketer who played for and captained Gloucestershire born in Hexham Tom Graveney born 1927 former English cricketer President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004 5 played for England in 79 Tests a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1953 born in Riding Mill Steve Harmison born 1978 Durham and England cricketer John Wake born 1953 Bedfordshire cricketerFootball Edit NB Clubs listed are those at which the player made 100 or more League appearances or if not applicable club at which they made most appearances Chris Adamson born 1978 played for St Patrick s Athletic Jimmy Adamson born 1929 played for and managed Burnley Jimmy Allen 1913 1979 played for Queens Park Rangers Ben Alnwick born 1987 played for Sunderland John Angus 1938 2021 played for Burnley Colin Ayre born 1956 played in the English Dutch and Austrian football leagues Bob Bearpark 1943 1996 Canada men s national soccer team coach Paul Boertien born 1979 played for Derby County Martin Brittain born 1984 plays for Gateshead John Brodie born 1947 played for Port Vale Alan Brown 1914 1996 played for and managed Burnley managed Sunderland James Brown born 1987 Hartlepool United F C striker born in Cramlington Joe Brown born 1929 played for A F C Bournemouth Steve Bruce born 1960 manager of Sunderland played for Gillingham Norwich City amp Manchester United born in Corbridge James Bumphrey 1885 played for Birmingham Mick Buxton born 1943 managed Huddersfield Town and Sunderland Jack Callender 1923 2001 played for Gateshead John Callender 1903 1980 played for Gateshead Tom Callender 1920 2002 played for Gateshead Graham Carr born 1944 played for and managed Northampton Town William Carrier 1887 after 1911 played for Birmingham Tony Carss born 1976 played for Huddersfield Town Stuart Chapman born 1951 played for Port Vale Bobby Charlton born 1937 played for Manchester United Jack Charlton born 1935 played for Leeds United George Cook born 1904 played for Torquay United Billy Cowell born 1902 played for Huddersfield Town and Hartlepool United Jack Coxford 1901 1978 played for Bournemouth amp Boscombe Athletic Steve Davis born 1968 played for Burnley and Luton Town Andy Duncan played for Cambridge United Shaun Elliott born 1957 played for Sunderland David Fairhurst 1906 1972 played for Newcastle United Ian Ferguson born 1968 Scottish played for Raith Rovers ended his professional career in 2004 with Berwick Rangers Steve Finney born 1973 played for Swindon Town Bobby Flavell born 1956 played for Halifax Town Fraser Forster born 1988 plays for Newcastle United Bill Fraser 1907 played for Southampton Allan Gauden born 1944 played for Sunderland Robert Gordon 1917 1940 played for Huddersfield Town Wilf Grant 1920 1990 played for Cardiff City Kevin Henderson born 1974 played for Hartlepool United Peter Henderson born 1952 played for Chester Bob Hewitson 1884 1957 played for Crystal Palace Rob Hindmarch 1961 2002 played for Sunderland and Derby County Jimmy Isaac born 1916 played for Hartlepools United Derek Jefferson born 1948 played for Ipswich Town Jimmy Kelly 1931 2003 played for Watford and Blackpool Ray Kennedy born 1951 played for Arsenal and Liverpool George King born 1923 played for Gillingham Ray King born 1924 played for Port Vale Dan Kirkup born 1988 plays for Workington Joe Kirkup born 1939 played for West Ham United and Southampton Mel Lintern born 1950 played for Carlisle United Joe Lynn born 1925 played for Rochdale Jamie McClen born 1979 played for Gateshead William McCourty 1884 after 1909 played for Birmingham Billy McGlen 1921 1999 played for Manchester United and Lincoln City George Milburn 1910 1980 played for Leeds United and Chesterfield Jack Milburn 1908 1979 played for Leeds United Jackie Milburn 1924 1988 played for Newcastle United Jim Milburn 1919 1985 played for Leeds United and Bradford Park Avenue Stanley Milburn born 1926 played for Chesterfield Leicester City and Rochdale Harry Mills born 1922 played for Huddersfield Town Bob Morton 1906 1990 played for Port Vale Malcolm Musgrove 1933 2007 played for West Ham United Brian O Neil born 1944 played for Burnley and Southampton Graeme Owens born 1988 played for Middlesbrough born in Cramlington John Potts born 1904 played for Port Vale Peter Ramage born 1983 played for Newcastle United Jimmy Richardson 1911 1964 played for Newcastle United and Huddersfield Town Joe Richardson 1908 1977 played for Newcastle United John Ritchie born 1944 played for Port Vale Joe Robinson 1919 1991 played for Hartlepools United Jock Rutherford 1884 1963 played for Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal John Shiel born 1917 played for Huddersfield Town Andy Sinton born 1966 played for Brentford and Queens Park Rangers George Stephenson 1900 1971 played for Aston Villa Trevor Steven born 1963 played for Everton and Rangers Bob Stokoe 1930 2004 played for Newcastle United and later managed Sunderland A F C Eric Tait born 1951 played and managed for Berwick Rangers Martin Taylor born 1979 plays for Birmingham City Steven Taylor born 1986 plays for Newcastle United David Thompson born 1968 played for Millwall Joe Tulip played for Queen of the South F C Shaun Vipond born 1988 plays for Workington Tommy Walker 1923 2005 played for Oldham Athletic Dave Walton born 1973 played for Shrewsbury Town and Crewe Alexandra Jimmy Wardhaugh 1929 1978 played for Heart of Midlothian Norman Wilkinson born 1931 played for York City Billy Wilson born 1946 played for Blackburn Rovers and PortsmouthHorse racing Edit Jonathan E Pease born 1952 Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Nicky Richards born 1956 National Hunt racehorse trainerOther Edit Kenneth Ferrie born 1978 golfer Gavin Kerr born 1977 lived in Berwick for most of his childhood played professional rugby a regular in the Scotland rugby team has 36 caps and 1 try Gary Robson born 1967 World Darts Trophy winning darts player Craig Smith born 1978 lived in Berwick for most of his childhood and attended Berwick County High School played professional rugby union for the Scotland rugby team with 18 caps Matthew Wells Olympic rower brother of Peter Wells Peter Wells Olympic rower brother of Matthew WellsWriters EditKate Adie born 1945 print and broadcast journalist Ruth Ainsworth 1908 1984 children s writer of the Rufty Tufty Golliwog series Richard Armstrong 1903 1986 novelist and historian John Blackburn 1923 1993 novelist who wrote thrillers horror novels including The Flame and the Wind 1967 Robert Blakey 1795 1878 radical journalist and philosopher born in Manchester Street Morpeth John Brown 1715 1766 religious writer and playwright Richard Burridge born 1951 screenwriter Ann Cook fl 1760 innkeeper and author of Professed cookery see Hannah Glasse Samuel Edward Cook died 1856 travel writer Catherine Cookson 1906 1998 author resided at Corbridge Gabriel Fielding 1916 1986 pen name of Alan Gabriel Barnsley British novelist whose works include In the Time of Greenbloom The Birthday King Through Streets Broad and Narrow and The Women of Guinea Lane John Gardner 1926 2007 creator of Boysie Oakes series and author of James Bond books Wilfrid Wilson Gibson 1878 1962 British poet associated with World War I born in Hexham Hannah Glasse 1708 1770 cookery writer M B Halbeck 1936 1989 poet Nigel Hamilton born 1944 biographer and academic John Cuthbert Hedley 1830 1915 religious writer John Hodgson wrote his History of Northumberland during his incumbency at Kirkwhelpington 1823 34 Eric Pringle children s writer James Runciman 1852 1891 journalist Steven Runciman 1903 2000 historian of the Middle Ages William M Timlin 1892 1943 author and architect Hugh Trevor Roper 1914 2003 historian of Early Modern Britain and Nazi Germany Veronica Wedgwood 1910 1997 historian of the English Civil WarOther people EditJohn Ashenden d in or before 1368 astrologer born Northumberland Bernard Bosanquet 1848 1923 philosopher and political theorist John Busby 1765 1867 surveyor and civil engineer Ned Coulson celebrity of Haydon Bridge noted for his wonderful swiftness of foot Grace Darling 1815 1842 heroine of a celebrated maritime rescue Richard Duncan died 1819 judge and politician in Upper Canada Matthew Festing born 1949 Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Philip Hunter born 1940 Schools Adjudicator for England Robert Huntley 1920 2001 first Head of Scotland Yard s Bomb Squad Ralph Hush 1779 1860 convict sent to Australia Jonathan Martin 1782 1838 arsonist of York Minster John Minto 1822 1915 American pioneer sheep farmer and Republican representative in the state legislature born in Wylam William Peel born 1875 British colonial administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong Natalie Pike born 1983 FHM High Street Honey winner and subsequent glamour model used to live in Berwick William Smith 1775 mariner and explorer Edward Stamp 1814 1872 mariner and colonialist John Stevens Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington born 1942 whose career included head of the Metropolitan Police Service and Chancellor of Northumbria University Robert Whinham 1776 1861 nurseryman around the 1830s bred the red gooseberry Whinham s Industry which was given the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 1915 and 1993 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Northumberland amp oldid 1101674273, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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