Born in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Historic county of England

Yorkshire as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. British theatre director, English actor and political activist (born 1978), Duke of Albany and King consort of Scotland (1545-1567)): Michael Grandage, Laurence Fox, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and some more.

Celebrities from Yorkshire

Where is Yorkshire located? Yorkshire: Current Local Time

Celebrities from Yorkshire

Michael Grandage: Age & Birthday

61

Michael Grandage

British theatre director

45

Laurence Fox

English actor and political activist (born 1978)

*May 26th, 1978

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley: Age & Birthday

21

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

Duke of Albany and King consort of Scotland (1545-1567)

*December 7th, 1545 †February 10th, 1567, Edinburgh

54

Lolita Chakrabarti

English actress and writer

*June 1st, 1969

50

Bo Poraj

British actor

*July 1st, 1973

Christina Pickles: Age & Birthday

89

Christina Pickles

British-American actress

*February 17th, 1935

John Hughlings Jackson: Age & Birthday

76

John Hughlings Jackson

British neurologist (1835-1911)

*April 4th, 1835 †October 7th, 1911, London

63

Richard Cooper

British engraver (1701-1764)

*January 1st, 1701 †January 1st, 1764, Edinburgh

Ali Cook: Age & Birthday

49

Ali Cook

English magician and actor

*April 26th, 1975

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: Age & Birthday

61

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

English politician (1633-1695)

*November 11th, 1633 †April 5th, 1695, London

Fiona Wood: Age & Birthday

66

Fiona Wood

British–Australian physician and plastic surgeon

*February 2nd, 1958

72

Sir Henry Savile

English bible translator (1549-1622)

*November 30th, 1549 †February 19th, 1622, Eton

Michael Broadbent: Age & Birthday

92

Michael Broadbent

British wine critic (1927-2020)

*May 2nd, 1927 †March 17th, 2020, Berkshire

Alister MacKenzie: Age & Birthday

63

Alister MacKenzie

Scottish golf course architect (1870–1934)

*August 30th, 1870 †January 6th, 1934, Santa Cruz

96

Gladwyn Jebb

Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations (1900-1996)

*April 25th, 1900 †October 24th, 1996, Halesworth

Maimie McCoy: Age & Birthday

43

Maimie McCoy

British actress

*November 1st, 1980

Jason Goodall: Age & Birthday

57

Jason Goodall

Tennis player

*January 23rd, 1967

Jeremy Gane: Age & Birthday

75

Jeremy Gane

British mountain climber

*May 29th, 1948

Andy Harter: Age & Birthday

63

Andy Harter

British computer scientist

*April 5th, 1961

Patric Knowles: Age & Birthday

84

Patric Knowles

Actor, novelist

*November 11th, 1911 †December 23rd, 1995, Woodland Hills

68

Lionel Braham

British actor

*April 1st, 1879 †October 6th, 1947

63

Nicola Griffith

British-American writer (b. 1960)

*September 30th, 1960

86

Alan Haselhurst

British politician (born 1937)

*June 23rd, 1937

Jay Appleton: Age & Birthday

95

Jay Appleton

British geographer (1919-2015)

*December 28th, 1919 †April 27th, 2015

84

Jeff Wooller

Accountant

*March 6th, 1940

87

Smith Wigglesworth

British evangelist (1859-1947)

*June 8th, 1859 †March 12th, 1947, Wakefield

81

Gillian Lovegrove

British computer scientist and academic

*October 28th, 1942

79

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond

British judge (born 1945)

*January 31st, 1945

65

John Fisher

English Roman Catholic cardinal and saint (c. 1469–1535)

*October 19th, 1469 †June 22nd, 1535, Tower Hill

81

Richard Sykes

Biochemist

*August 7th, 1942

31

Branwell Brontë

British artist (1817–1848)

*June 26th, 1817 †September 24th, 1848, Haworth

66

Dave Taylor

British professional wrestler

98

Arnold Cooke

British composer

*November 4th, 1906 †August 13th, 2005, Kent

15

Aveline de Forz

British countess

*January 20th, 1259 †November 10th, 1274, Stockwell

52

Christopher Cradock

Royal Navy admiral (1862-1914)

*July 2nd, 1862 †November 1st, 1914, Battle of Coronel

73

Haydn Keeton

British musician

*October 26th, 1847 †May 27th, 1921, Peterborough

73

Michael Wigglesworth

American puritan minister (1631-1705)

*October 18th, 1631 †June 10th, 1705, Malden

71

Joseph Williamson

English businessman, property owner and philanthropist; (1769-1840)

*March 10th, 1769 †May 1st, 1840, Liverpool

72

Alfred Fowler

British astronomer (1868-1940)

*March 22nd, 1868 †June 24th, 1940, Ealing

75

Pat Hutchins

English children's writer and illustrator

*June 18th, 1942 †November 7th, 2017, London

43

Peter Whitehead

English racing driver (1914-1958)

*November 12th, 1914 †September 21st, 1958, France

58

Staz Johnson

English comic book artist and penciller

*August 12th, 1965

75

Sarah Scott

British writer

*September 21st, 1720 †November 3rd, 1795, Norwich

81

Edward Joseph Dent

British musicologist

*July 6th, 1876 †August 22nd, 1957, London

59

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

English noble (1694-1753)

*April 25th, 1694 †December 4th, 1753, Chiswick

75

Teddy Turner

British actor (1917-1992)

*June 13th, 1917 †August 29th, 1992, Horsforth

84

Alan Brown

British racing driver

*November 20th, 1919 †January 20th, 2004, Guildford

45

Eric Knight

British writer

*April 10th, 1897 †January 15th, 1943, Suriname

78

Moran Campbell

Canadian physician (1925-2004)

*August 31st, 1925 †April 12th, 2004

63

Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron

English politician and general (1584-1648)

*March 29th, 1584 †March 14th, 1648

58

Michael Redman

New Zealand mayor

*March 4th, 1966

58

Stephen Lillie

British ambassador

*February 4th, 1966

82

Timothy Barnes

British classicist (born 1942)

*March 13th, 1942

80

Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax

British peer and politician

*March 14th, 1944

72

Andrea McCall

Australian politician (born 1952)

*March 16th, 1952

45

Joanna Butterfield

Scottish athlete

*March 19th, 1979

76

Stephen Gomersall

British diplomat

*January 17th, 1948

76

Adrian Beecroft

Venture capitalist

*May 20th, 1947

72

Jane R. Goodall

Australian writer

*April 30th, 1951

46

Sally Walsh

Actress

*November 30th, 1977

57

Vincent Franklin

British actor

*November 3rd, 1966

80

Judith Mackay

Hong Kong doctor

*July 18th, 1943

78

Norm Marlborough

Australian politician

*August 12th, 1945

58

Nicola Cornick

English novelist

*August 15th, 1965

70

Tim Ellis

British bishop

*August 26th, 1953

40

Danielle McCormack

British actress

*September 18th, 1983

74

Jennifer Jayne

English actress (1931-2006)

*November 14th, 1931 †April 23rd, 2006, London

90

Robert Yewdall Jennings

British judge

*October 19th, 1913 †August 4th, 2004, Cambridge

54

Barnett Parker

British actor (1886-1941)

*September 11th, 1886 †August 5th, 1941, Los Angeles

36

Amy Black

British opera singer

*September 17th, 1973 †November 24th, 2009, Keyingham

67

Denise P. Barlow

British geneticist (1950-2017)

*January 31st, 1950 †October 21st, 2017, Vienna

63

Katherine Schofield

British actress 24/07/1940 - 08/06/2002

*March 16th, 1939 †August 6th, 2002, Glamorgan

71

Jo Warne

British actress (1946-2017)

*November 30th, 1945 †January 13th, 2017

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