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HULL
Most Famous People Born in Hull, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 546
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1943
- Most distinctive
- Rugby 42.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hull during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 62 notable births.
What Hull Is Known For
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Football is Hull's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (122).
Hull over-indexes on rugby — 42.5× the global rate.
Hull under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Hull's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
William Wilberforce
1759 - 1833
Tom Courtenay
Born 1937
Amy Johnson
1903 - 1941
John Venn
1834 - 1923
Mick Ronson
1946 - 1993
William Empson
1906 - 1984
Calum Scott
Born 1988
Trevor Bolder
1950 - 2013
Stevie Smith
1902 - 1971
Edward Arthur Milne
1896 - 1950
Dorothy Mackaill
1903 - 1990
Charles Sheffield
1935 - 2002
Ernest William Brown
1866 - 1938
Nick Barmby
Born 1974
Ian Carmichael
1920 - 2010
Francis Durbridge
1912 - 1998
Maureen Lipman
Born 1946
Keith Devlin
Born 1947
Rob Hubbard
Born 1955
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen
1869 - 1939
Gerald Thomas
1920 - 1993
Reece Shearsmith
Born 1969
Lionel Davidson
1922 - 2009
Poppy Morgan
Born 1983
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Born 1951
Henry Vandyke Carter
1831 - 1897
Everard Home
1756 - 1832
Brandon Thomas
1848 - 1914
Dean Windass
Born 1969
Ralph Thomas
1915 - 2001
J. Arthur Rank
1888 - 1972
Adrian Hardy Haworth
1767 - 1833
Patricia Bredin
Born 1934
Geoffrey Dummer
1909 - 2002
Luke Foxe
1586 - 1635
Ebenezer Cobb Morley
1831 - 1924
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876
Amos Burn
1848 - 1925
Marc Pickering
Born 1985
Luke Brattan
Born 1990
Liam Garrigan
Born 1981
Dave Ulliott
1954 - 2015
Liam Cooper
Born 1991
Anthony Barber
1920 - 2005
Josh Windass
Born 1994
Thomas Somerscales
1842 - 1927
Luke Campbell (boxer)
Born 1987
Samuel Boden
1826 - 1882
Joe Tasker
1948 - 1982
Jordan Metcalfe
Born 1986
James Hall (explorer)
Died 1612
Peter Pawlett
Born 1991
Scott Wiseman
Born 1985
George Frederick Bodley
1827 - 1907
William Mayne
1928 - 2010
Thomas Frederic Cheeseman
1846 - 1923
John Hall (New Zealand politician)
1824 - 1907
Josh Tymon
Born 1999
Sydney Goldstein
1903 - 1989
Joseph Henry Gilbert
1817 - 1901
Chris Priestley
Born 1958
James Evans (linguist)
1801 - 1846
Ethel Leginska
1886 - 1970
David Whitfield
1925 - 1980
Karl Bushby
Born 1969
Joseph Boxhall
1884 - 1967
William Mason (poet)
1724 - 1797
Edward de Souza
Born 1932
Stanley Wells
Born 1930
Alfred Harker
1859 - 1939
Stan Cullimore
Born 1962
Paul Bahn
Born 1953
Robert Cox (journalist)
Born 1933
Robert Aramayo
Born 1992
Thelma Hopkins (athlete)
Born 1936
Madsen Pirie
Born 1940
William Spence (entomologist)
1783 - 1860
Alex J. Kay
Born 1979
David Prutton
Born 1981
Ronnie Hilton
1926 - 2001
Liam Mower
Born 1992
Arthur Geoffrey Dickens
1910 - 2001
James Ward (psychologist)
1843 - 1925
Charles Cowper
1807 - 1875
Nathan Gill
Born 1974
Abbie Eaton
Born 1992
Alfred Hollins
1865 - 1942
Ian McGuire
Born 1964
George Goulding
1884 - 1966
Peter Fryer
1927 - 2006
Marjorie Rhodes
1897 - 1979
Joseph James Forrester
1809 - 1861
Sonny Bradley
Born 1991
Richard Barrett (author)
Born 1945
Michael Jibson
Born 1980
Ernst von Siemens
1903 - 1990
Zachary Cope
1881 - 1974
Dave Green (astrophysicist)
Born 1959
Max Clark (footballer)
Born 1996
Sharon Rendle
Born 1966
William Kirby (author)
1817 - 1906
Phillip Goodhand-Tait
Born 1945
Stuart Matthewman
Born 1960
Conor Townsend
Born 1993
Stuart Pearson
Born 1949
Andrew Percy
Born 1977
Dave Hemingway
Born 1960
Gareth Hale
Born 1953
Elsa Gidlow
1898 - 1986
Anne Ross Cousin
1824 - 1906
Andrew Penny
Born 1952
Thomas Perronet Thompson
1783 - 1869
Norma Waterson
Born 1939
Mike Hookem
Born 1953
John Ward (painter)
1798 - 1849
Karl Turner (British politician)
Born 1971
Karen Briggs (judoka)
Born 1963
John Fearn (whaler)
1768 - 1837
Philip Sugden (historian)
1947 - 2014
Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Born 1973
Henry Wolsey Bayfield
1795 - 1885
Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing
1930 - 2009
John Wisker
1846 - 1884
Norman Collier
1925 - 2013
Chris Scott (writer)
Born 1945
Robert Donston Stephenson
1841 - 1916
Charles Taylor (physicist)
1922 - 2002
Cameron Earl
1923 - 1952
Meg-John Barker
Born 1974
Sheila Mercier
1919 - 2019
Lal Waterson
1943 - 1998
Alan Hardaker
1912 - 1980
Peter MacOwan
1830 - 1909
Hugh Whitaker
Born 1961
Frank Caplan
1911 - 1988
Thomas Humphry Ward
1845 - 1926
Sydney Starr
1857 - 1925
Horatio Sharpe
1718 - 1790
John K. Lawson
1887 - 1941
William Colbeck (seaman)
1871 - 1930
Adam Bolder
Born 1980
Alex Smith (athlete)
Born 1988
Debra Stephenson
Born 1972
William Holmes (cyclist)
Born 1936
Robert Russell Race
1907 - 1984
Cavalié Mercer
1783 - 1868
Simon Russell (footballer)
Born 1985
Nick Dyson
Born 1969
Mark Robinson (cricketer, born 1966)
Born 1966
John Brown (actor)
1904 - 1957
Anthony Sullivan
Born 1968
Roy Sandstrom
1931 - 2019
Vic Wilson (racing driver)
1931 - 2001
Jon Campling
Born 1966
William Blundell Spence
1814 - 1900
Daniel James (footballer)
Born 1997
Lewie Coyle
Born 1995
Ronald Magill
1920 - 2007
William Carron, Baron Carron
1902 - 1969
Ryan Kendall
Born 1989
Cuthbert Brodrick
1821 - 1905
Rob McDonald
Born 1959
Charles Bromby
1814 - 1907
Jon Wilkin
Born 1983
Richard Bean
Born 1956
Alan Dossor
1941 - 2016
Steve McNamara
Born 1971
Arthur Hartley
1889 - 1960
Richard Jobson (footballer)
Born 1963
Edith Whetnall
1910 - 1965
Sydney March
1876 - 1968
Josh Hodgson
Born 1989
Simon Sheppard (activist)
Born 1957
Isy Suttie
Born 1978
Vernon March
1891 - 1930
Lee Radford
Born 1979
Michelle Dewberry
Born 1979
Gavin Scott
Born 1950
Barrie Rutter
Born 1946
Ryan Birch
1969 - 2013
Danny Houghton
Born 1988
Jimmy Binks
Born 1935
Joe Longthorne
1955 - 2019
David Rotheray
Born 1963
Sean McAllister (filmmaker)
Born 1965
Christopher Benstead
Born 1981
Peter Rawlings
Born 1951
Henry Brarens Sloman
1848 - 1931
James William Barnes Steveni
1859 - 1944
Tommy Coyle (boxer)
Born 1989
Richard Best (film editor)
1916 - 2004
Jamie Shaul
Born 1992
Pat Heard
Born 1960
Kirk Yeaman
Born 1983
Boothby Graffoe (comedian)
Born 1962
John Fearn (philosopher)
1768 - 1837
Ashley Allanson
Born 1986
Malcolm Storry
Born 1948
Louise Pickard
1865 - 1928
Fewlass Llewellyn
1886 - 1941
Geoffrey Hibbert
1922 - 1969
Sir John Ellerman, 1st Baronet
1862 - 1933
Robert Home
1752 - 1834
Richard Finch (golfer)
Born 1977
George Bramwell Evens
1884 - 1943
Henry Dawson (artist)
1811 - 1878
James Sibree
1836 - 1929
Jamie Barnwell-Edinboro
Born 1975
Harry Gannes
1900 - 1941
Henry Priestman
Born 1955
Ida Møller
1872 - 1947
William Gaunt (art historian)
1900 - 1982
Joseph Green (merchant)
1727 - 1786
Cameron Hall (actor)
1897 - 1983
Paul Cooke
Born 1981
Matty Dixon
Born 1994
Bernard Stonehouse
1926 - 2014
Kevin Lewis (footballer, born 1970)
Born 1970
Frances Eleanor Jarman
1800 - 1873
Stuart Young
Born 1972
Lawrence Johnson (type-founder)
1801 - 1860
Kevin Boyd
Born 1966
Susanna Jones
Born 1967
André Fournelle
Born 1939
Peter Flanagan
1941 - 2007
Jean Lodge
Born 1927
David Alan Walker
1928 - 2012
Steve Wilson (footballer)
Born 1974
David Young (novelist)
Born 1958
Robert Spence (engineer)
Born 1933
Elsie March
1884 - 1974
Derren Litten
Born 1970
Sīlācāra
1871 - 1952
John Townend
1934 - 2018
Nick Liversedge
Born 1988
Paul Robson (footballer)
Born 1983
Gerry Taylor
Born 1947
John Harland
1806 - 1868
Arnold William Reinold
1843 - 1921
Eva Crackles
1918 - 2007
George Norman (naturalist)
1823 - 1882
Russell Fry
Born 1985
Percival Frost
1817 - 1898
Andy Kirkpatrick
Born 1971
Daniel Smales
Born 1990
Bob Hatton
Born 1947
Nathan Peat
Born 1982
Margot Bryant
1897 - 1988
W. C. Leng
1825 - 1902
Lee Crooks (rugby league)
Born 1963
Colin Robertson
1906 - 1980
Scott Taylor (rugby league)
Born 1991
David Banks (actor)
Born 1951
Matty Plummer
Born 1989
Joseph Summers
1904 - 1954
Craig Hall (rugby league, born 1988)
Born 1988
Heather Williams (physicist)
Born 1977
Charles D'Almaine
1871 - 1943
Norrey Ford
1907 - 1985
Henry L. Hulbert
1867 - 1918
William Popple
1638 - 1708
Graeme Atkinson
Born 1971
David Smith (hammer thrower, born 1962)
Born 1962
Robbie McKenzie
Born 1998
Ernie Rice
1896 - 1979
Mark Greaves
Born 1975
John Kirk (cyclist)
1890 - 1951
Brenda Farnell
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Gemma Oaten
Born 1984
Philip Amadas
1550 - 1618
James Westmoreland
Born 1988
Richard Horne
Born 1982
William Stephenson (sailor)
1889 - 1953
Jack Harrison (VC)
1890 - 1917
Phil Lowe
Born 1950
Mike Farrell (athlete)
Born 1933
Frankie Mariano
Born 1987
Reece Lyne
Born 1992
Tom Biggs
Born 1984
Johnny Whiteley
Born 1930
Ted Key (musician)
Born 1960
David Hodgson (rugby league)
Born 1981
Gerald Benney
1930 - 2008
Robbie Clark
Born 1991
Graham Hockless
Born 1982
Lee Jackson (rugby league)
Born 1969
Eric Batten
1914 - 1993
Peter Daniel (footballer, born 1955)
Born 1955
Edward Freeborough
1830 - 1896
Kris Welham
Born 1987
Danny Washbrook
Born 1985
Frank Hird
1873 - 1937
Len Casey
Born 1953
Harold Andrew Mason
1911 - 1993
Walter Padgett
1867 - 1929
Mary Johnson (cricketer)
Born 1924
Graeme Horne
Born 1985
Jim Radford
1928 - 2020
Oliver Stokes
Born 1998
Jon Kay
Born 1970