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YORK
Most Famous People Born in York, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 713
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Novelist 2.8×
A cathedral city whose deep bench reads like a thirteen-century ledger, from Alcuin onward: a thick Priest cohort sitting beside an unusually literary Novelist and Mathematician showing, with a Cricket bench that over-indexes in the way only a certain kind of English county town manages. It is the sort of place where the medieval and the Victorian lecture hall somehow share the same page.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in York during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What York Is Known For
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Football is York's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).
York over-indexes on novelist — 2.8× the global rate.
York under-produces singer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of York's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Football Clear ×
Lewis Cook (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
Matthew Kilgallon
Born 1984
Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Pawel Abbott
Born 1982
Jamie Hopcutt
Born 1992
Michael Woods (footballer)
Born 1990
Bobby Mimms
Born 1963
George Swindin
1914 - 2005
Lincoln Kennedy
Born 1971
Simon Heslop
Born 1987
Ben Godfrey
Born 1998
Nick Culkin
Born 1978
Tom Allan (footballer)
Born 1994
Shaun Pearson
Born 1989
Rory Watson
Born 1996
Andrew Milne
Born 1990
Gary Ford
Born 1961
Lee Grant (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Harvey Rodgers
Born 1996
Russell Howarth
Born 1982
Neil Grayson
Born 1964
Mike Atkinson
Born 1994
Iain Dunn
Born 1970
Albert Meysey-Thompson
1848 - 1894
Jack Clarke (footballer, born 2000)
Born 2000
Chris Tate (footballer)
Born 1977
Neil Woods
Born 1966
Lucy Staniforth
Born 1992
Ross Greenwood (footballer)
Born 1985
Mike Johnson (footballer, born 1933)
1933 - 2004
Ben Hirst
Born 1997
Marc Thompson (footballer)
Born 1982
Roger Barton (footballer)
1946 - 2013
John Andrews (footballer, born 1950)
Born 1950
Gary Swann
Born 1962
Martin Garratt
1980 - 2014
Charles Meysey-Thompson
1849 - 1881
Larry Green
1895 - 1960
Steve Tutill
Born 1969
George Lee (footballer)
1919 - 1991
William Abbott (footballer)
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Andy Dawson (footballer, born 1979)
Born 1979
Cliff Mason
1929 - 2013
Alf Patrick
Born 1921
Robbie Haw
Born 1986
Ted Staniland
1874 - 1917
Elliott Simpson
Born 1976
Reg Baines
1907 - 1974
John Powell (footballer, born 1936)
1936 - 2017
Brian Pollard
Born 1954
Terry Walker (footballer)
1921 - 1987
John Harrison (footballer, born 1961)
Born 1961
Charles Bradley (footballer)
1922 - 1984
James Harvey (footballer)
1911 - 1938
Chris Dale (footballer)
Born 1950
Tony Moore (footballer, born 1943)
Born 1943
Billy Cooper (footballer)
Born 1917
Ron Smith (footballer, born 1929)
1929 - 2010
Ben Prosser
1878 - 1936
John Lawson (footballer)
1925 - 1990
Gerard Jones (football)
Born 1989
Cliff Calvert
Born 1954
Reg Stockill
1913 - 1995
Richard Dawson (footballer, born 1962)
Born 1962
Don Peattie
Born 1963
Simon Line
Born 1971
Martin Fowler (footballer)
Born 1957
Nick Hendry
1887 - 1949
Tommy Maskill
1903 - 1956
John Hawksby
Born 1942
Barry Tait
Born 1938
Robert Bainbridge (footballer)
Born 1931
George Sharpe (footballer)
1912 - 1984
Neil Smallwood
Born 1966
Andy Leaf
Born 1962
David Spofforth
Born 1969
Paul Brough (footballer)
Born 1965
Peter Tait (footballer)
1936 - 1990
George Maskill
1906 - 1969
George Schofield
Born 1893
Charlie Ware (footballer)
Born 1931
Walter Camidge
1912 - 1987
Jeff Pears
1920 - 2003
Fred Hargraves
1884 - 1960
Peter Popely
Born 1943
George Craven (footballer)
Born 1917
Bernard Fisher (footballer)
Born 1930
John Gargan (footballer)
1928 - 2007
Eddie Pearson
1928 - 1978