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SUNDERLAND
Most Famous People Born in Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 464
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1937
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 4.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Sunderland during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Sunderland Is Known For
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Football is Sunderland's biggest profession — 49% of all notables (226).
Sunderland over-indexes on cricket — 4.9× the global rate.
Sunderland under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Sunderland's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Sean Landless
Born 1986
George Walker (footballer, born 1934)
1934 - 2012
Denny Ingram
Born 1976
Dickie Rooks
Born 1940
Adam Brown (Fußballspieler, 1987)
Born 1987
William Hunter (footballer, born 1888)
1888 - 1940
Keith Waugh
Born 1956
Peter Quinn (footballer)
1892 - 1976
Ray Snowball
Born 1932
Dick Hughes (footballer)
1902 - 1984
Michael Adams (presenter)
Born 1999
Mark Kilty
Born 1981
Griselda Allan
1905 - 1987
James Wood (footballer)
Born 1893
Ian Johnson (footballer, born 1975)
Born 1975
Billy Burnikell
1910 - 1980
Mark Turner (cricketer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Ian Chandler (footballer)
Born 1968
Tony Carter (footballer)
1881 - 1970
Samantha Purvis
Born 1967
Ernie Johnson (jockey)
Born 1948
Fran Williamson
Born 1985
Edward Brown (footballer)
1881 - 1904
Billy Simpson (footballer, born 1878)
1878 - 1962
Paul Naisby
Born 1955
George Anderson (footballer, born 1879)
1881 - 1962
Danny McFarlane (boxing referee)
Born 1967
Mike Clasper
Born 1953
Stuart Airey (lawn bowls)
Born 1971
Tommy Morren
1871 - 1929
Ted Birnie
1878 - 1935
Paul Nixon (footballer)
Born 1963
Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1906)
Born 1906
Bob Baldridge
Born 1932
Sidney Elliott
Born 1910
Ben Whitehead (cricketer)
Born 1997
Stuart Robson (speedway rider)
Born 1976
John Oliver (footballer, born 1867)
1867 - 1895
Simon Birtwisle
Born 1979
Ernie Warren
Born 1910
Micky Lydon
Born 1933
George Allan Maling
1888 - 1929
Thomas Jackson (footballer)
1896 - 1921
Thomas Young (entrepreneur)
1895 - 1971
Tony Briggs (photographer)
-
Michael Turns
Born 1990
Gordon Clayton (footballer, born 1910)
1910 - 1976
James Montgomery (footballer, born 1994)
Born 1994
Stan Ripley
1893 - 1916
Bob Ramsey (footballer, born 1935)
Born 1935
Ted Scanlan (cricketer)
1847 - 1916
Walter Bruce (English footballer)
Born 1915
Andreas Høivold
Born 1972
Robert Appleby Bartram (British Army officer)
1894 - 1981
Gary Coatsworth
Born 1968
Ian Squires
Born 1951
Richard Field (footballer)
1891 - 1965
Ronnie Brown (footballer)
Born 1944
William Parrington
1889 - 1980
Charlie Nicklas
Born 1930
Godfrey Pell
Born 1928
Jack Lee (footballer, born 1998)
Born 1998
John Robertson (Paralympic sailor)
Born 1972
Billy Charlton
1900 - 1981
Sam Baum
1914 - 2002
George Samuel Sewell
1897 - 1969
Bruce Halliday (footballer)
Born 1961
Norman Vincent
1883 - 1958
Ruth Clark
1899 - 1964
Sybil Tawse
1886 - 1971
Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944)
1944 - 2013
Kenneth Cave
1874 - 1944
Jimmy Maidment
1901 - 1977
Frank Bedingfield
1877 - 1904
Kevin Jobling
Born 1968
Dick Mulvaney
Born 1942
Jack Hogg
1881 - 1944
Lynne Wilson
Born 1969
Gilbert Glidden
1915 - 1988
Dennis Coates
Born 1953
Augie Scott
1921 - 1998
Peter Hearne
1927 - 2014
Jack Hill (footballer, born 1908)
1908 - 1937
Malcolm Briggs
Born 1961
Tom Cain (footballer)
1874 - 1952
Arthur Metcalf
1889 - 1936
William Dodds
Born 1885
Hazel Robson
Born 1979
Harry Ridley
1904 - 1989
Tom Maidment
1905 - 1971
Herbert Reed (British Army soldier)
1911 - 1940
Frank Latimer
1923 - 1994
Frederick Mearns
1879 - 1931
Gordon Cattrell
Born 1954
Tot Pike
1907 - 1967
Walter Summers (Radsportler)
1914 - 2007
Rose Frain
-
John Henery
-
James Bewick
1906 - 1979
John Eves
1922 - 2007
John Warner (RAF officer)
1899 - 1918
George Gray (1920s footballer)
-
Denis Maffey
1922 - 1995
Stephen Stonley
1889 - 1967
George Turnbull (footballer)
-
Mick Smith (footballer)
Born 1958
Claude Alward Ridley
1897 - 1942
Nigel Saddington
1965 - 2019
Cuthbert Coundon
1905 - 1978
Harry Wilkinson (footballer, born 1926)
Born 1926
Frank Cornan
1880 - 1971
Graham Bassett
Born 1964
Arthur Hurdman
1882 - 1953
James Dow (footballer)
1889 - 1972
Charles Reed (footballer)
1885 - 1910
John Leadbitter
Born 1953
Ralph Rodgerson
Born 1893
Peter Simpson (footballer, born 1940)
Born 1940
Fred Robson (footballer)
1892 - 1960
William Kearney (footballer)
1895 - 1986
George Hannah (footballer, born 1914)
1914 - 1977
John Hardy (footballer)
1899 - 1932
Danny Bew
1896 - 1951
Percy Jameson
1917 - 1981
Jock Wilson (English footballer)
-
John Lathan
Born 1952
Jimmy Hindson
1908 - 1950
Frank Lumsden
1913 - 1965
Norman King (bowls)
-
Billy Webster
Born 1909
Mike Robinson (footballer, born 1968)
Born 1968
Ted Rodgerson
1891 - 1922
Charlie Hafekost
1890 - 1967
John Beckram
-
Dale White
Born 1968
David Bolt (bowls)
Born 1978
Tancey Wharton
1890 - 1980
George Patterson (footballer, born 1934)
Born 1934
Bill Ellerington Sr.
1892 - 1948
Jimmy Connor (footballer, born 1938)
Born 1938
Lee Rushworth
Born 1982
William Beadling
1885 - 1944
Pat Curran (footballer, born 1917)
1917 - 2003
Barney Travers
1894 - 1949
Tommy Mitchinson
1943 - 2006
Tom Naisby
1878 - 1927
Geoff Power
1899 - 1963
Harold Reay
1896 - 1959
John Shaw (footballer, born 1886)
1886 - 1916
Joe Knowles (footballer, born 1872)
1871 - 1955
Harry Clark (footballer, born 1934)
Born 1934
Edward Watson (footballer)
1901 - 1986
Jimmy Davison
1942 - 1987
Edward Rimer
1910 - 1987
Arthur Housam
1917 - 1975
Harry Wardle
1881 - 1918
Jack Page (footballer)
1893 - 1964
Norman Wood (footballer, born 1932)
Born 1932
Ian Hughes (footballer, born 1961)
Born 1961
Ralph Rodgerson (footballer, born 1913)
1913 - 1972
Mick Whitfield
Born 1962
Dick Huntley
Born 1949
Trevor Snowden
Born 1973
George Hartness
1872 - 1943