List of people from Sheffield

Arts and humanities

• Sidney Oldall Addy, folklorist and historian
• Charles Herbert Aslin, architect
• Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author
• William Sterndale Bennett, composer
• Ian Black, journalist and author.
• Clifford Edmund Bosworth, historian
• Malcolm Bradbury, author
• Michael Brennan, photographer
• A. S. Byatt, novelist
• Edward Carpenter, poet and activist
• Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor
• Paul Conneally, poet, artist, musician
• Thomas Creswick, painter
• Thomas Wingate Todd, anthropologist, orthodontist
• Margaret Drabble, novelist
• Ebenezer Elliott, poet
• William Empson, literary critic and Professor of English at the University of Sheffield
• William Flockton, architect
• Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
• Alfred Gatty, Church of England priest and author
• Robert Murray Gilchrist, novelist
• Dave Godin, writer and journalist, authority on black American soul music
• Mary Anne Everett Green, historian
• William John Hale, architect
• Joanne Harris, author
• Ethel Haythornthwaite, environmental campaigner and pioneer
• Philip Hensher, author
• Barry Hines, author
• Barbara Hofland, children's writer
• John Holland, poet and journalist
• Linda Hoy, author
• Henry George Hoyland, painter
• Joseph Hunter, antiquarian and historian
• Mary Hutton, radical labouring-class poet
• Charles Sargeant Jagger, sculptor
• David Jennings, composer
• Alice Kipling, poet
• Robert Eadon Leader, journalist and historian
• W. C. Leng, journalist
• Marina Lewycka, author
• Arthur Lismer, artist
• Stephen Mallinder, musician, writer, broadcaster and academic
• Steve McCaffery, poet
• James Montgomery, editor and poet
• Alicia Moore, novelist
• Charles Mozley, artist
• Geoff Nicholson, author
• Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
• John C. Parkin, architect
• Bernard Rands, composer
• Jack Rosenthal, playwright
• Stanley Royle, a post-impressionist landscape painter
• Margaret Ryder, artist
• Joe Scarborough, artist
• Si Spencer, TV dramatist and graphic novelist
• Kenneth Steel, artist
• Frederick Varley, artist
• White Watson, geologist, sculptor, stonemason and carver
• John Dodsley Webster, architect
• Glenn Gregory, musician, lead vocalist with Heaven 17
• Joe Elliott, musician, lead vocalist with Def Leppard
• Rick Savage, musician, bassist with Def Leppard
• Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer with Pulp
• Phil Oakey, musician, lead singer with The Human League

  Business

• Charles Boot, of Henry Boot & Co., developer of Pinewood Studios
• Carrie Rose, entrepreneur
• John Brown, industrialist
• John George Graves, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• David James Richards, entrepreneur and multi-millionaire technologist
• Lee Strafford, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist`
• Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman
• Joseph William Thornton, confectioner, founder of Thorntons
• Thomas William Ward, industrialist and shipbreaker
• Kevin McCabe, Businessman, property developer and former owner and chairman of Sheffield United F.C.

  Entertainment

• Owen Aaronovitch, actor
• Ray Ashcroft, actor
• Derek Bailey, musician, writer
• Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
• Jason Leaver, DJ, artist, broadcaster
• Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
• Matthew Barley, cellist
• Vikram Barn, YouTuber, member and co-founder of the Sidemen
• Keith Barron, actor
• Josephine Barstow, opera singer
• Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, music hall comedian
• Sean Bean, actor
• Dave Berry, musician
• J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
• Gavin Bryars, musician
• Alastair Burnet, news reader
• Marti Caine, comedian
• Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
• Paul Carrack, musician, singer of Ace, Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics
• Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
• Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
• Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
• Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
• Joe Cocker, singer
• Maurice Colbourne, actor
• Christopher Colquhoun, actor
• Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
• Henry Coward, choral conductor
• Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
• Thomas Craig, actor
• Stephen Daldry, film director
• Johnny Danvers, actor and comedian
• Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
• Reginald Dixon, organist, pianist and radio presenter
• Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
• Steve Edwards, singer
• Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
• Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, known as "John Shuttleworth"
• Toby Foster, comedian, works for BBC Radio Sheffield; possibly from Barnsley
• Martin Fry, musician, lead singer of ABC
• Margaret Gale, opera singer
• Mark Gasser, pianist
• Liam Gerrard, actor
• Peter Glossop, opera singer
• Brian Glover, actor and wrestler
• Michael Grandage, theatre director
• Christopher Green, writer and performer
• Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
• Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
• Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
• Elizabeth Henstridge, actress
• Stephanie Hill, classical-crossover vocalist and Miss England 2017/18
• Emilia Holliday, actress
• Steven Houghton, actor and singer
• Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
• Robert Hudson, actor
• Jayne Irving, television presenter
• Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
• Richard H. Kirk, musician
• Skelton Knaggs, actor
• Bobby Knutt, actor and comedian
• Ann Lee, singer, songwriter, dancer
• Tim Lever, music producer
• Susan Littler, actor
• James Lomas, Olivier Award-winning actor
• Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
• Emily Maitlis, television presenter
• Jonny Maudling, composer
• Patricia Maynard, actor
• Jon McClure, musician, frontman of Reverend and the Makers
• James McCourt, television presenter
• Richard McCourt, television presenter
• Patrick McGoohan, actor
• Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
• Nick O'Malley, musician, bassist in Arctic Monkeys
• Julian Ovenden, actor and singer
• Tony Oxley, musician
• Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
• Judy Parfitt, actor
• Nick Park, animator and film director
• Mike Percy, music producer
• Angela Pleasence, actor
• Donald Pleasence, actor
• Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
• John Rawling, sport commentator
• Ian Reddington, actor
• Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
• Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
• Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
• David Slade, film director
• Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
• Oliver Sykes, musician, lead singer of Bring Me the Horizon
• Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
• Anna Walker, television presenter
• Dan Walker, television presenter
• Martyn Ware, musician with Heaven 17
• Paul Joseph Watson, internet personality, editor of InfoWars
• Mark Webber, guitarist with Pulp
• Dominic West, actor
• Mark White, musician with ABC
• Willie Williams, set designer and video director
• Pete Willis, musician, former Def Leppard guitarist
• Tom Wrigglesworth, comedian
• Stuart Zender, bassist, songwriter and record producer

  Politics

• Nick Ainger, politician
• Clive Betts, politician
• David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister
• William Broadhead, early trade unionist
• Richard Caborn, former Minister for Sport
• Brent Charlesworth, former Lord Mayor of Nottingham and also Sheriff of Nottingham
• Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat leader 2007-2015 and deputy prime minister 2010–2015
• John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah
• William Dronfield, early trade unionist
• George Hadfield, 19th-century politician
• Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat politician
• Enid Hattersley, Labour Party politician and Sheffield's Lord Mayor in 1981
• Roy Hattersley, politician and writer
• Samuel Holberry, Chartist
• Isaac Ironside, Chartist
• Helen Jackson
• Oona King, politician
• J. Batty Langley, politician and trade unionist
• Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
• Frederick Mappin, cutler and politician
• Mary, Queen of Scots, held under house arrest in Sheffield for 14 years
• J. T. Murphy, leader of the Shops' Stewards Movement and the Communist Party of Great Britain
• Sally Oppenheim, Conservative MP and Minister
• John Parker, 19th-century politician
• Sir Irvine Patnick, politician and Conservative Party Whip under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
• Samuel Plimsoll, politician and advocate of the Plimsoll line
• Joseph Pointer, politician and trade unionist
• Mark Serwotka, trade unionist
• Derek Simpson, trade unionist
• Angela Smith
• Henry Stephenson, politician and businessman
• George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots
• Samuel Danks Waddy
• G. H. B. Ward, campaigner for access to moorland
• Cecil Henry Wilson, politician
• Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator
• Charles Frederick Crisp, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

  Religion

• John Balguy, divine and philosopher
• Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1503–c1530
• John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury 1493–1500
• William Henry Brookfield, Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria 1809–1874
• Alexander Kilham, founder of the Methodist New Connexion church
• James Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester 1886–1903
• Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660–1663