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List of people from Sheffield

Index List of people from Sheffield

This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the English city of Sheffield. [1]

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Byatt, ABC (band), Ace (band), Adam Blythe, Alan Rouse, Alastair Burnet, Albert Quixall, Alex Turner (musician), Alexander Kilham, Alfred Gatty, Amy Johnson, Andrew Griffiths (field hockey), Angela Carter, Angela Pleasence, Angela Smith (Sheffield MP), Ann Lee (singer), Anna Walker (television presenter), Arctic Monkeys, Arnold Loosemore, Arthur Lismer, Association football, Babybird, Barbara Hofland, Barnsley, Barry Hines, BBC News, BBC Radio Sheffield, Ben Moon (rock climber), Benjamin Huntsman, Billy Sharp, Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of Manchester, Bishop of Salisbury, Bobby Knutt, Boxing, Brendan Ingle, Brent Charlesworth, Brian Glover, British Film Institute, Bruce Dickinson, Bruce Oldfield, Candida Doyle, Carlton Palmer, Carol Barnes, Catherine Faux, Cecil Wilson (politician), Charles Boot, Charles Clegg (footballer), Charles Harding Firth, ..., Charles Herbert Aslin, Charles Mozley, Charles Peace, Charles Sargeant Jagger, Charles Stokes, Charlotte Hudson, Chartism, Chocolat (novel), Chris Waddle, Chris Woods, Christopher Colquhoun, Christopher Green (writer-performer), Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Clinton Woods, Clive Betts, Communist Party of Great Britain, Conservative Party (UK), Cradle of Filth, Cricket, Cuth Harrison, Dan Walker (broadcaster), Danny Bergara, Danny Willett, Dave Bassett, Dave Berry (musician), Dave Godin, Dave Richards, David Blunkett, David Ford (footballer), David Fraser-Darling, David Hirst (footballer), David Hughes (astronomer), David James Richards, David Mellor (designer), David Sherwood, David Slade, Dead or Alive (band), Def Leppard, Dennis Woodhead, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Derek Bailey (guitarist), Derek Dooley (footballer), Derek Simpson (trade unionist), Distinguished Service Order, Dominic Barrow, Dominic West, Dominica, Don Megson, Donald Pleasence, Donna Hartley, Ebenezer Elliott, Eddie Izzard, Edward Carpenter, Elizabeth Henstridge, Emily Maitlis, Emlyn Hughes, England, England national football team, Ernie Harper, Evan Harris, Field hockey, Flockton (architects), Forth Bridge, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Frederick Brian Pickering, Frederick Varley, G. H. B. Ward, Gary Megson, Gavin Bryars, Geoff Nicholson, Geoff Thompson (football), Geoffrey Blythe, Geologist, George Hadfield (politician), George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, George Ulyett, Gordon Banks, Graham Fellows, Grenville Turner, Guardian Media Group, Hans Adolf Krebs, Harrison Carter, Harry Brearley, Harry Kroto, Harry Wragg, Harry Wright, Heaven 17, Helen Jackson, Helen Sharman, Henry Bessemer, Henry Clifton Sorby, Henry Coward, Herol Graham, Home Secretary, Howard Wilkinson, Hugo Young, I Monster, Ian Reddington, InfoWars, Iron Maiden, Irvine Patnick, Isaac Ironside, J. Batty Langley, J. Stuart Blackton, J. T. Murphy, Jack Rosenthal, Jackie Sewell, James Lomas (actor), James McCourt (TV host), James Montgomery (poet), James Moorhouse, Jamie Cook, Jamie Reeves, Jamie Vardy, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Leaver, Jayne Irving, Jeff Eckhardt, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Jessica-Jane Clement, Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940), Joanne Catherall, Joanne Harris, Joe Cocker, Joe Elliott, Joe Root, Joe Scarborough (artist), Joe Simpson (mountaineer), John Amaechi, John Balguy, John Blyth, John Brown (industrialist), John C. Parkin, John Christopher Cutler, John Curr, John George Graves, John Holland (poet), John Motson, John Parker (Whig politician), John Rawling, John Roebuck, John Sherwood (athlete), Johnny Nelson, Jon Brown, Jon McClure, Jon Newsome, Jonny Maudling, Joseph Hunter (antiquarian), Joseph Locke, Joseph Pointer, Josephine Barstow, Juda Hirsch Quastel, Judy Parfitt, Julian Ovenden, Justin Wilson (racing driver), Keith Barron, Keith Hackett, Kell Brook, Kenneth Steel, Khalid Yasin, Kyle Naughton, Kyle Walker, Lee Chapman, Lee Strafford, Leonard Cockayne, Liberal Democrats (UK), Linda Hoy, Linda Smith (comedian), List of mayors of Nottingham, Longpigs, Louis Dodds, Lucy Creamer, Major League Baseball, Malcolm Bradbury, Malcolm Elliott, Margaret Drabble, Marina Lewycka, Mark Firth, Mark Gasser, Mark Roe, Mark Serwotka, Mark Webber (guitarist), Mark White (musician), Marti Caine, Martin Fry, Martin Powell, Martyn Ware, Mary Anne Everett Green, Mary Hutton (poet), Mary, Queen of Scots, Matt Helders, Matthew Bannister, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Maurice Colbourne, Mel Sterland, Methodist New Connexion, Michael Brennan (photographer), Michael Grandage, Michael Palin, Michael Vaughan, Micky Adams, Military Cross, Moloko, Mountaineering, Music hall, Naseem Hamed, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Neil Warnock, Nicholas Liverpool, Nick Ainger, Nick Banks, Nick Clegg, Nick Matthew, Nick O'Malley, Nick Park, Nicky Weaver, Nigel Worthington, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Oliver Sykes, Olly Alexander, Oona King, Owen Aaronovitch, Patricia Maynard, Patrick McGoohan, Paul Carrack, Paul Conneally, Paul Goodison, Paul Heaton, Paul Jones (boxer), Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Wild (Australian scientist), Peter Glossop, Peter Maitlis, Peter Stringfellow, Philip Oakey, Pieter Kok, Pinewood Studios, Premier League, Pulp (band), Ray Ashcroft, Ray McHale, Róisín Murphy, Redfern Froggatt, Reg Matthewson, Reginald Dixon, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Bentall, Richard Caborn, Richard Coyle, Richard H. Kirk, Richard Hawley, Richard J. Roberts, Richard McCourt, Rick Savage, Ritchie Humphreys, Robert Eadon Leader, Robert Hadfield, Robert Hudson (actor), Robert Murray Gilchrist, Robert Sanderson (theologian), Rock climbing, Roger Taylor (tennis), Ron Shudra, Ron Springett, Rony Robinson, Roy Hattersley, Royal Exchange, Manchester, Russell Senior, Ryan Rhodes, Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Samuel Bailey, Samuel Danks Waddy, Samuel Earnshaw, Samuel Holberry, Samuel Plimsoll, Sarah Frankcom, Sean Bean, Sebastian Coe, Secretary of State for Education, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Sheffield, Sheffield plate, Sheffield Star, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheila Sherwood, Sheriff of Nottingham, Ship breaking, Shop steward, Si Spencer, Sidney Oldall Addy, Sir Frederick Mappin, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Baronet, Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, Skelton Knaggs, Sports minister, Squeeze (band), Stainless steel, Stainless Stephen, Stephanie Hill, Stephen Daldry, Stephen Jones (Babybird), Stephen Mallinder, Steve Clark, Steve Edwards (singer), Steve Mackey, Steve McCaffery, Steve Peat, Steven Bellamy, Steven Houghton, Stuart Zender, Susan Ann Sulley, Susan Littler, Ted Wainwright, The Beautiful South, The BMJ, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Football Association, The Guardian, The Human League, The Times, Thomas Boulsover, Thomas Craig (actor), Thomas Creswick, Thomas William Ward (industrialist), Thomas Wingate Todd, Thorntons, Timothy Smith (cricketer, born 1983), Toby Foster, Tom Wrigglesworth, Tommy Crawshaw, Tommy Thorpe, Tony Capstick, Tony Oxley, Tony Parkes, Track and field, Trevor Francis, Triathlon, Uriah Rennie, Utah, Victoria Cross, W. C. Leng, Waterline, Will Thursfield, William Barnsley Allen, William Broadhead, William Clegg, William Dronfield, William Empson, William Foulke (footballer), William Henry Brookfield, William John Hale, William Sterndale Bennett, Willie Williams (set designer), World War I, World's Strongest Man, Years & Years. Expand index (358 more) »

A. S. Byatt

Dame Antonia Susan Duffy HonFBA (née Drabble; born 24 August 1936), known professionally as A. S. Byatt, is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner.

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ABC (band)

ABC are an English pop band that formed in Sheffield in 1980.

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Ace (band)

Ace were a British rock band, who enjoyed moderate success in the 1970s.

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Adam Blythe

Adam Michael Blythe (born 1 October 1989) is an English professional road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team.

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Alan Rouse

Alan Paul Rouse (19 December 1951 – 10 August 1986) was the first British climber to reach the summit of the second highest mountain in the world, K2, but died on the descent.

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Alastair Burnet

Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 1928 – 20 July 2012), known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with ITN as chief presenter of the flagship News at Ten for eighteen years; Sir Robin Day described Burnet as "the booster rocket that put ITN into orbit".

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Albert Quixall

Albert Quixall (born 9 August 1933 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England), is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside-forward.

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Alex Turner (musician)

Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician.

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Alexander Kilham

Alexander Kilham (20 July 176220 December 1798) was an English Methodist minister.

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Alfred Gatty

Alfred Gatty (18 April 1813 – 20 January 1903) was a Church of England vicar and author.

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Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English aviator who was the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia.

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Andrew Griffiths (field hockey)

Andrew Griffiths (born January 11, 1969 in Sheffield, England) is a former field hockey forward from Canada.

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Angela Carter

Angela Olive Carter-Pearce (née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the pen name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works.

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Angela Pleasence

Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence (born 30 September 1941), better known as Angela Pleasence, is an English actress.

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Angela Smith (Sheffield MP)

Angela Christine Smith (born 16 August 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who has represented Penistone and Stocksbridge since 2010.

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Ann Lee (singer)

Ann Lee (born Annerley Emma Gordon, 12 November 1967) is a British Eurodance singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s.

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Anna Walker (television presenter)

Anna Walker (born 4 December 1962 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is an English television presenter who has presented such programmes as, Wish You Were Here...?, Big Strong Boys, Holidaymaker, Garden Challenge, Garden Invaders and Tomorrow's World.

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Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.

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Arnold Loosemore

Arnold Loosemore (7 June 1896, Sheffield, England – 10 April 1924) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Arthur Lismer

Arthur Lismer, CC (27 June 1885 – 23 March 1969) was an English-Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Babybird

Babybird are an indie band from the United Kingdom formed in 1995 and active until early 2013, fronted by Stephen Jones, who has also released records as a solo artist, using his own name, and as Black Reindeer.

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Barbara Hofland

Barbara Hofland (1770 – 4 November 1844) was an English writer of some 66 didactic, moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry.

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Barnsley

Barnsley (locally) is a town in South Yorkshire, England, located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield.

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Barry Hines

Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author who wrote several popular novels and television scripts.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

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Ben Moon (rock climber)

Ben Moon (born 13 June 1966) is a rock climber from England.

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Benjamin Huntsman

Benjamin Huntsman (4 June 170420 June 1776) was an English inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel.

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Billy Sharp

William Louis Sharp (born 5 February 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Sheffield United.

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Bishop of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Lincoln

The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Manchester

The Bishop of Manchester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.

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Bishop of Salisbury

The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bobby Knutt

Robert Andrew Wass (25 November 1945 – 25 September 2017), known professionally as Bobby Knutt, was an English actor and comedian.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Brendan Ingle

Brendan Ingle (19 June 1940 – 25 May 2018) was an Irish boxing trainer, manager and former professional boxer based in Sheffield, England.

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Brent Charlesworth

Brent Charlesworth is a UK local politician.

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Brian Glover

Brian Glover (2 April 1934 – 24 July 1997) was an English character actor, writer and wrestler.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

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Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, entrepreneur, author and broadcaster.

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Bruce Oldfield

Bruce Oldfield, OBE (born 14 July 1950) is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear.

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Candida Doyle

Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963, in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984.

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Carlton Palmer

Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965) is a former professional footballer, manager and football television pundit.

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Carol Barnes

Carol Lesley Barnes (13 September 1944 – 8 March 2008) was a British television newsreader and broadcaster.

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Catherine Faux

Catherine Faux is a British professional triathlete.

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Cecil Wilson (politician)

Cecil Henry Wilson (8 September 1862 – 7 November 1945) was a British pacifist Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).

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Charles Boot

Charles Boot JP (1874–1945) was the eldest son of Henry Boot and the driving force behind the growth of Henry Boot & Sons in the inter-war period.

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Charles Clegg (footballer)

Sir John Charles Clegg (15 June 1850 – 26 June 1937), better known as Charles Clegg, was an English footballer and later both chairman and president of the Football Association.

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Charles Harding Firth

Sir Charles Harding Firth, FBA (16 March 1857 – 19 February 1936) was a British historian.

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Charles Herbert Aslin

Charles Herbert Aslin (15 December 1893 – 18 April 1959) was a British architect.

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Charles Mozley

Charles Alfred Mozley (29 May 1914, Darnall, Sheffield – 11 January 1991, Kew, London) was a British artist who was also a teacher.

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Charles Peace

Charles Frederick Peace (14 May 1832 – 25 February 1879) was an English burglar and murderer, who embarked on a life of crime after being maimed in an industrial accident as a boy.

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Charles Sargeant Jagger

Charles Sargeant Jagger (17 December 1885 – 16 November 1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war.

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Charles Stokes

Charles Stokes (1944–2008) was a painter and sculptor and a prominent member of the last generation of artists identified with the Northwest School.

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Charlotte Hudson

Charlotte Hudson (born 4 January 1972) is an English actress and television presenter.

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Chartism

Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain that existed from 1838 to 1857.

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Chocolat (novel)

Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris.

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Chris Waddle

Christopher Roland Waddle (born 14 December 1960) is an English former professional football player and manager.

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Chris Woods

Christopher Charles Eric Woods (born 14 November 1959) is a former England international football goalkeeper.

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Christopher Colquhoun

Christopher Colquhoun (born in Carlisle, England) is an English actor who trained at RADA.

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Christopher Green (writer-performer)

Christopher Green (born c. 1968 in Matlock, Derbyshire) is an English writer and performer whose work covers comedy, cabaret, theatre and live art.

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Clifford Edmund Bosworth

Clifford Edmund Bosworth FBA (29 December 1928 – 28 February 2015) was an English historian and Orientalist, specialising in Arabic and Iranian studies.

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Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods (born 1 May 1972) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2009, and held the IBF light-heavyweight title from 2005 to 2008.

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Clive Betts

Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.

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Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a British communist party which was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk, England in 1991.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cuth Harrison

Cuth Harrison born Thomas Cuthbert Harrison (6 July 1906 – 21 January 1981) was a British racing driver from England.

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Dan Walker (broadcaster)

Daniel Meirion Walker (born 19 March 1977) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting BBC television programmes including Football Focus (2009–present) and BBC Breakfast (2016–present).

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Danny Bergara

Daniel Alberto "Danny" Bergara de Medina (July 24, 1942 – July 25, 2007) was a Uruguayan footballer and manager.

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Danny Willett

Daniel John Willett (born 3 October 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

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Dave Bassett

David Thomas Bassett (born 4 September 1944 in Stanmore), also frequently known by his nickname of Harry, is an English football manager and a former player.

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Dave Berry (musician)

Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy, 6 February 1941 in Woodhouse, Sheffield) is an English pop singer and former teen idol of the 1960s.

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Dave Godin

David Edward Godin (21 June 1936, Peckham, London – 15 October 2004, Rotherham, England) was an English fan of American soul music, who made a major contribution internationally in spreading awareness and understanding of the genre, and by extension African-American culture.

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Dave Richards

Sir David Gerald Richards (born 3 October 1943, Walkley, Sheffield) is the chairman of the FA Premier League, member of the Football Association (FA)'s Board, chairman of the FA's international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation, chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Richards was a director of companies involved in engineering, telecommunications and water and waste treatment, several of which entered administrative receivership or were dissolved.

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David Blunkett

David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a former British politician, having represented the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency for 28 years through to 7 May 2015 when he stepped down at the general election.

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David Ford (footballer)

David Ford (born 2 March 1945) is a former professional footballer, who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Halifax Town.

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David Fraser-Darling

Callum Fernando David Fraser-Darling (born 30 November 1963) is a former English cricketer.

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David Hirst (footballer)

David Eric Hirst (born 7 December 1967) is an English former professional footballer, a striker who played for Sheffield Wednesday for much of his career.

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David Hughes (astronomer)

David W. Hughes (born 7 November 1941) was a professor of astronomy at the University of Sheffield, where he worked since 1965.

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David James Richards

David James Richards is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology executive.

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David Mellor (designer)

David Rogerson Mellor,CBE, FCSD, RDI (5 October 1930 – 7 May 2009) was an English designer, manufacturer, craftsman and retailer.

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David Sherwood

David Sherwood is a tennis coach and former British tennis player.

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David Slade

David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor.

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Dead or Alive (band)

Dead or Alive was an English pop band, formed in 1980 in Liverpool.

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Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.

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Dennis Woodhead

Dennis Woodhead (12 June 1925 – 26 July 1995) was a professional footballer whose career lasted from 1947 until 1959 during which time he played for Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Derby County and Southport.

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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (DPM) is a senior member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

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Derek Bailey (guitarist)

Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.

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Derek Dooley (footballer)

Derek Dooley, MBE (13 December 1929 – 5 March 2008) was an English football player, manager and chairman.

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Derek Simpson (trade unionist)

Derek Simpson (born 23 December 1944) is a British trade unionist who was the Joint-General Secretary of the UK's biggest private-sector trade union, Unite, from 2007 until 2010.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Dominic Barrow

Dominic Edward Barrow (born 19 March 1993) is an English rugby union player for Northampton Saints in Premiership Rugby.

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Dominic West

Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician.

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Dominica

Dominica (Island Carib), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island republic in the West Indies.

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Don Megson

Donald Harry Megson (born 12 June 1936) is an English former footballer and football manager.

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Donald Pleasence

Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor.

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Donna Hartley

Donna Hartley-Wass MBE, born Donna-Marie Louise Murray and formerly known as Donna Hartley (1 May 1955 – 7 June 2013), was a British athlete.

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Ebenezer Elliott

Ebenezer Elliott (17 March 1781 – 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer for his leading the fight to repeal the Corn Laws which were causing hardship and starvation among the poor.

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Eddie Izzard

Edward John Izzard (born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist.

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Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early activist for rights for homosexuals.

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Elizabeth Henstridge

Elizabeth Frances Henstridge (born September 11, 1987) is an English actress best known for her role in ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Jemma Simmons.

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Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a British journalist, documentary-maker and newsreader for the BBC.

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Emlyn Hughes

Emlyn Walter Hughes OBE (28 August 1947 – 9 November 2004) was an English footballer.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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Ernie Harper

Ernest "Ernie" Harper (3 August 1902 – 9 October 1979) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Evan Harris

Evan Leslie Harris (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

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Field hockey

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family.

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Flockton (architects)

Flockton's were a series of architectural firms in the 19th and early 20th centuries, based in Sheffield, England.

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Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of Edinburgh City Centre.

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Francis Leggatt Chantrey

Sir Francis Leg(g)att Chantrey (7 April 1781 – 25 November 1841) was an English sculptor.

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Frederick Brian Pickering

Frederick Brian Pickering, AMet, DMet, FIMMM, CEng, FREng(born 17 March 1927) is an English metallurgist.

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Frederick Varley

Frederick Horsman Varley (January 2, 1881 – September 8, 1969) was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.

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G. H. B. Ward

George Herbert Bridges Ward, known as G. H. B. Ward or Bert Ward (1876 - 14 October 1957) was an activist for walkers' rights and a Labour Party politician.

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Gary Megson

Gary John Megson (born 2 May 1959) is an English former football player and manager who served as the caretaker head coach at West Bromwich Albion until the permanent appointment of Alan Pardew on 29 November 2017.

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Gavin Bryars

Richard Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist.

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Geoff Nicholson

Geoff J. Nicholson (born 4 March 1953) is a British novelist and non-fiction writer.

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Geoff Thompson (football)

Geoffrey Thompson OBE (born 23 August 1945) is the former chairman of the Football Association, and a vice-president of both UEFA and FIFA.

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Geoffrey Blythe

Geoffrey Blythe (died c. 1530) was the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

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Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes that shape it.

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George Hadfield (politician)

George Hadfield (28 December 1787 – 21 April 1879) was an English lawyer, author and Radical politician who represented Sheffield for 22 years.

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George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury

George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, 11th Baron Furnivall, KG, Earl Marshal (1528 – 18 November 1590) was an English magnate and military commander.

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George Ulyett

George Ulyett (21 October 1851 – 18 June 1898) was an English all-round cricketer, noted particularly for his very aggressive batsmanship.

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Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks (born 30 December 1937) is a former England international football goalkeeper.

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Graham Fellows

Graham David Fellows (born 22 May 1959 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English comedy actor and musician, best known for creating the characters of John Shuttleworth and Jilted John.

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Grenville Turner

Grenville Turner FRS (born 1 November 1936 in Todmorden) is a research professor at the University of Manchester.

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Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Hans Adolf Krebs

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a German-born British physician and biochemist.

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Harrison Carter

Harrison Carter is a medical student who is the co-chair of the UK Medical Students Committee of the British Medical Association (BMA).

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Harry Brearley

Harry Brearley (18 February 1871 – 14 July 1948) was an English metallurgist, usually credited with the invention of "rustless steel" (later to be called "stainless steel" in the anglophone world).

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Harry Kroto

Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016), known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist.

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Harry Wragg

Harry Wragg (1902–1985) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer, who gained the nickname "The Head Waiter" due to his "come from behind" riding style.

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Harry Wright

William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer.

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Heaven 17

Heaven 17 are an English new wave and synth-pop band that formed in Sheffield in 1980.

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Helen Jackson

Helen Margaret Jackson CBE (née Price, born 19 May 1939) is a British politician.

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Helen Sharman

Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist who became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991.

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Henry Bessemer

Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steelmaking process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one century from year 1856 to 1950.

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Henry Clifton Sorby

Henry Clifton Sorby (10 May 1826 – 9 March 1908), was an English microscopist and geologist.

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Henry Coward

Sir Henry Coward (26 November 184910 June 1944) was a British conductor.

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Herol Graham

Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943) is an English former footballer and manager, and has recently stepped down as a non-executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after previously relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric.

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Hugo Young

Hugo John Smelter Young (13 October 1938 – 22 September 2003) was a British journalist and columnist and senior political commentator at The Guardian.

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I Monster

I Monster is an English electronic music group, composed of the Sheffield based record producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling.

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Ian Reddington

Ian Reddington (born 25 September 1957) is an English actor with many stage and television credits since the early 1980s.

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InfoWars

InfoWars (stylized as INFOWARS) is an American conspiracy theorist and fake news website and media platform owned by Alex Jones's Free Speech Systems LLC.

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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

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Irvine Patnick

Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick OBE (29 October 1929 – 30 December 2012) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

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Isaac Ironside

Isaac Ironside (17 September 1808 – 20 August 1870) was a British Chartist and socialist politician.

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J. Batty Langley

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J. Stuart Blackton

James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era.

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J. T. Murphy

John Thomas "Jack" Murphy (9 December 1888–13 May 1965), best known as J.T. Murphy, was a British trade union organiser and Communist functionary.

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Jack Rosenthal

Jack Morris Rosenthal (8 September 1931 – 29 May 2004) was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.

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Jackie Sewell

John "Jackie" Sewell (24 January 1927 – 26 September 2016) was an England International football player.

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James Lomas (actor)

James Jacob Lomas (born 1 March 1990) is a British Olivier Award-winning actor best known for his role as Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical.

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James McCourt (TV host)

James McCourt is a British television presenter/host, celebrity interviewer, correspondent, certified life coach and royal expert.

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James Montgomery (poet)

James Montgomery (4 November 1771 – 30 April 1854) was a Scottish-born hymnodist, poet and editor.

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James Moorhouse

James Moorhouse (19 November 1826 – 9 April 1915) was a Bishop of Melbourne and a Bishop of Manchester, and a Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

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Jamie Cook

Jamie Robert Cook (born 8 July 1985) is an English guitarist and songwriter.

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Jamie Reeves

Jamie Reeves (born 3 May 1962)David Webster, Sons of Samson Volume 2 Profiles, page 103 (Ironmind Enterprises), is a British former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler.

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Jamie Vardy

Jamie Richard Vardy (né Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Leicester City and the English national team.

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Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician, actor and presenter.

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Jason Leaver

Jason Leaver is a Canadian web series creator, known as the creator of the LGBT web series Out with Dad.

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Jayne Irving

Jayne Irving (born 30 August 1956, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British TV presenter best known for appearing on the Breakfast Television show Good Morning Britain.

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Jeff Eckhardt

Jeffrey Edward Eckhardt (born 7 October 1965) is an English former professional footballer.

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Jessica Ennis-Hill

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 28 January 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete from England, specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100 metres hurdles.

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Jessica-Jane Clement

Jessica-Jane Stafford (née Clement; born 24 February 1985) is an English actress and TV presenter who is best known for starring in the BBC programme The Real Hustle from 2006 to 2012.

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Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)

James Michael Smith (born 17 October 1940) is an English retired footballer and manager.

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Joanne Catherall

Joanne Catherall (born 18 September 1962) is one of the two female vocalists of the English synthpop band The Human League.

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Joanne Harris

Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, (born 3 July 1964) is an English author, known for her award-winning novel Chocolat.

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Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer and musician.

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Joe Elliott

Joseph Thomas Elliott Jr. (born 1 August 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard.

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Joe Root

Joseph Edward Root (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer, who is the current captain of the England Test team.

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Joe Scarborough (artist)

Joe Scarborough is an artist born in Sheffield, England in 1938.

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Joe Simpson (mountaineer)

Joe Simpson (born 1960) is an English mountaineer, author and motivational speaker.

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John Amaechi

John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE (born 26 November 1970) is an English psychologist, consultant and retired basketball player.

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John Balguy

John Balguy (August 12, 1686 – September 21, 1748) was an English divine and philosopher.

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John Blyth

John Blyth (or John Blythe) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

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John Brown (industrialist)

Sir John Brown (6 December 1816 – 27 December 1896), British industrialist, was born in Sheffield.

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John C. Parkin

John Cresswell Parkin (24 March 1922 – 22 November 1988) was a Canadian architect.

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John Christopher Cutler

John Christopher Cutler (February 5, 1846July 30, 1928) was an American politician and the second Governor of Utah.

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John Curr

John Curr (c. 1756 – 27 January 1823) was the manager or viewer of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries in Sheffield, England from 1781 to 1801.

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John George Graves

John George Graves (1866–1945) was a successful English entrepreneur and public benefactor.

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John Holland (poet)

John Holland (14 March 1794 – 28 December 1872) was an English poet and newspaper editor.

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John Motson

John Walker Motson, OBE (born 10 July 1945), also known as Motty, is a retired English football commentator.

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John Parker (Whig politician)

John Parker (21 October 1799 – 5 September 1881) was an English politician and barrister.

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John Rawling

John Rawling is a boxing, athletics, darts and yachting commentator.

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John Roebuck

John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE (1718 – 17 July 1794) was an English inventor and industrialist who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulphuric acid.

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John Sherwood (athlete)

John Sherwood (born 4 June 1945 in Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a British athlete, who won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 for the 400 m hurdles.

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Johnny Nelson

Ivanson Ranny "Johnny" Nelson (born 4 January 1967) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 2005.

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Jon Brown

Jonathan ("Jon") Michael Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a former British long-distance runner who specialised in 10,000 metres, cross country running and the marathon.

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Jon McClure

Jon McClure (born 22 December 1981), known as The Reverend, is an English musician.

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Jon Newsome

Jon Newsome (born 6 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1989 until 2000, notably in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Norwich City.

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Jonny Maudling

Jonny Maudling (born Jonathan Maudling) is an English composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth, keyboardist with the band Kull, former bassist with the unsigned UK thrash band Igniter, and frequent collaborator with the band My Dying Bride.

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Joseph Hunter (antiquarian)

Joseph Hunter (6 February 1783 – 9 May 1861) was a Unitarian Minister, antiquarian, and deputy keeper of public records now best known for his publications Hallamshire.

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Joseph Locke

Joseph Locke (9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860) was a notable English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects.

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Joseph Pointer

Joseph Pointer (12 June 1875 – 19 November 1914) was a patternmaker who became a British Labour Party Member of Parliament.

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Josephine Barstow

Dame Josephine Clare Barstow, DBE (born 27 September 1940) is an English opera singer and soprano.

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Juda Hirsch Quastel

Juda Hirsch Quastel, (October 2, 1899 – October 15, 1987) was a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cellular metabolism, and cancer.

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Judy Parfitt

Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film and television actress.

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Julian Ovenden

Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English stage, television and film actor and singer.

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Justin Wilson (racing driver)

Justin Boyd Wilson (31 July 1978 – 24 August 2015) was a British professional open-wheel racing driver.

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Keith Barron

Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017.

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Keith Hackett

Keith Stuart Hackett (born 22 June 1944) is an English former football referee, who began refereeing in local leagues in the Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire area in 1960.

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Kell Brook

Ezekiel "Kell" Brook (born 3 May 1986) is a British professional boxer.

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Kenneth Steel

Kenneth Steel (RBA, SGA, 9 July 1906 – 1970) was a British painter and etcher, noted for his works of art in watercolor.

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Khalid Yasin

Khalid Yasin (also known as Abu Muhammad and Abu Muhammad Khalid Yasin) born in 1946 is an American convert from Christianity to Islam who lives in Manchester, England and lectures in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

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Kyle Naughton

Kyle Naughton (born 11 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back for Championship club Swansea City.

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Kyle Walker

Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Manchester City and the English national team.

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Lee Chapman

Lee Roy Chapman (born 5 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored almost 200 first-team goals.

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Lee Strafford

Lee Strafford is an English businessman, the former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., the Football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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Leonard Cockayne

Leonard Cockayne FRS (7 April 1855 – 8 July 1934) is regarded as New Zealand's greatest botanist and a founder of modern science in New Zealand.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Linda Hoy

Linda Hoy is a British author who is best known for her works for children and young adults.

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Linda Smith (comedian)

Linda Helen Smith (29 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was an English comedian and comedy writer.

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List of mayors of Nottingham

The Lord Mayor of Nottingham is a largely ceremonial role for the city of Nottingham, England.

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Longpigs

Longpigs were a British alternative rock band who rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s, comprising Crispin Hunt (vocals), Richard Hawley (guitar), Simon Stafford (bass guitar) and former Cabaret Voltaire member Dee Boyle (drums) who was replaced by Andy Cook for their second album.

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Louis Dodds

Louis Bartholomew Dodds (born 8 October 1986) is an English footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Port Vale, on loan from National League side Chesterfield.

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Lucy Creamer

Lucy Creamer (born 19 April 1971) is a British professional climber.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Malcolm Bradbury

Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, CBE (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English author and academic.

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Malcolm Elliott

Malcolm Elliott (born 1 July 1961) is a former English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and from 2003 up to 2011 when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.

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Margaret Drabble

Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, DBE, FRSL (born 5 June 1939) is an English novelist, biographer, and critic.

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Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka (born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin.

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Mark Firth

Mark Firth (25 April 1819 – 28 November 1880) was an English industrialist and philanthropist.

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Mark Gasser

Mark Gasser (born 6 July 1972) is a British concert pianist.

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Mark Roe

Mark Adrian Roe (born 20 February 1963) is an English professional golfer, best known for being disqualified from the 2003 Open Championship for a scorecard error.

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Mark Serwotka

Mark Serwotka (born 26 April 1963) is General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the trade union for British civil servants.

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Mark Webber (guitarist)

Mark Andrew Webber (born 14 September 1970 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is an English rock guitarist.

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Mark White (musician)

Mark Andrew White (born 1 April 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.

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Marti Caine

Marti Caine, born Lynne Denise Shepherd (26 January 1945 – 4 November 1995) was an English comedian, actress, dancer, presenter, singer, and writer, who first came to national attention by winning the television talent show New Faces in 1975, and went on to become a variety star on shows including the self-titled Marti Caine (1979–84), and as host of the revived New Faces (1986–88).

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Martin Fry

Martin David Fry (born 9 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.

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Martin Powell

Martin Powell (born 19 July 1973 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English musician.

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Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware (born 19 May 1956) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer.

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Mary Anne Everett Green

Mary Anne Everett Green, née Wood, (19 July 1818 – 1 November 1895) was an English historian.

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Mary Hutton (poet)

Mary Hutton was an English labouring class writer from Yorkshire.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.

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Matt Helders

Matthew Helders (born 7 May 1986) is an English drummer, vocalist and songwriter.

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Matthew Bannister

Richard Matthew Bannister (born 16 March 1957) is a British media executive and broadcaster.

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Matthew Fitzpatrick

Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional golfer.

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Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne (24 September 1939 – 4 August 1989) was an English stage and television actor.

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Mel Sterland

Melvyn "Mel" Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England.

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Methodist New Connexion

The Methodist New Connexion, also known as Kilhamite Methodism, was a Protestant nonconformist church.

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Michael Brennan (photographer)

Michael J. Brennan (born August 13, 1943) is an English-American photographer who is known for his photographic portraits of leaders, athletes, celebrities and cultural figures.

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Michael Grandage

Michael Grandage CBE (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.

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Michael Vaughan

Michael Paul Vaughan (born 29 October 1974) is a former English cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a former English captain in all formats.

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Micky Adams

Michael Richard Adams (born 8 November 1961) is an English former professional footballer and football manager.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Moloko

Moloko were an English-Irish music duo, consisted of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.

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Naseem Hamed

Naseem Hamed (نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), commonly known as "Prince" Naseem or "Naz", is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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Neil Warnock

Neil Warnock (born 1 December 1948) is an English football manager, currently managing Welsh side Cardiff City.

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Nicholas Liverpool

Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 – 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.

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Nick Ainger

Nicholas Richard Ainger (born 24 October 1949) is a British politician.

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Nick Banks

Nicholas David Banks (born 28 July 1965 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is the English drummer in the British band, Pulp.

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Nick Clegg

Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015.

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Nick Matthew

Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is an English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each.

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Nick O'Malley

Nicholas O'Malley (born 5 July 1985) is the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of English band Arctic Monkeys.

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Nick Park

Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE (born 6 December 1958) is a director, writer and animator, best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

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Nicky Weaver

Nicholas James Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper most notably for Manchester City.

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Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin), administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine.

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Oliver Sykes

Oliver "Oli" Scott Sykes (born 20 November 1986) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Bring Me The Horizon.

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Olly Alexander

Olly Alexander (born Oliver Alexander Thornton, 15 July 1990) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor.

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Oona King

Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born 22 October 1967) is a Labour politician and former chief diversity officer of Channel 4.

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Owen Aaronovitch

Owen Aaronovitch (born 1956) is an English actor, known for portraying Jon Lindsay in Coronation Street.

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Patricia Maynard

Patricia Maynard (born 16 February 1942) is a British actress.

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Patrick McGoohan

Patrick Joseph McGoohan (19 March 1928 – 13 January 2009) was an American-born Irish actor, writer, and director who was brought up in Ireland and England.

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Paul Carrack

Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands.

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Paul Conneally

Paul Terence Conneally (born 1959 in Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a poet, artist and musician based in Loughborough, UK.

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Paul Goodison

Paul Martin Goodison MBE (born 29 November 1977, Brinsworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is an English sailor.

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Paul Heaton

Paul David Heaton (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer-songwriter.

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Paul Jones (boxer)

Paul "Silky" Jones (born 19 November 1966 in Sheffield, England), is former World Boxing Champion, known as Silky for his quickness, truly unpredictable skills and defensive prowess.

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Paul Joseph Watson

Paul Joseph Watson is an English YouTube personality and conspiracy theorist.

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Paul Wild (Australian scientist)

Dr John Paul Wild AC CBE MA ScD (Cantab.) FRS FTSE FAA (17 May 192310 May 2008) was a British-born Australian scientist.

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Peter Glossop

Peter Glossop (6 July 1928 – 7 September 2008) was an English baritone who was the only Englishman to have sung Verdi's great tragic baritone roles at La Scala, Milan.

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Peter Maitlis

Peter Michael Maitlis, FRS (born 15 January 1933) is a retired British organometallic chemist.

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Peter Stringfellow

Peter James Stringfellow (17 October 1940 – 7 June 2018) was an English businessman trading as a nightclub owner.

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Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey (born 2 October 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok, Ph.D. (born June 17, 1972) is a Dutch physicist and one of the co-developers of quantum interferometric optical lithography.

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Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, about from Slough, from Uxbridge, and approximately west of central London.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the top level of the English football league system.

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Pulp (band)

Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978.

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Ray Ashcroft

Ray Ashcroft (born 28 June 1952 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor.

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Ray McHale

Ray McHale (born 12 August 1950) is an English footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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Róisín Murphy

Róisín Marie Murphy (born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Redfern Froggatt

Redfern Froggatt (23 August 1924 – 26 December 2003) was an English footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and England.

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Reg Matthewson

Reg Matthewson (6 August 1939 – 29 August 2016) was an English professional footballer.

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Reginald Dixon

Reginald Herbert Dixon, MBE, ARCM (16 October 1904 – 9 May 1985) was an English theatre organist who was primarily known for his position as organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, a position he held from March 1930 until March 1970.

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Reverend and The Makers

Reverend and The Makers are an English rock band based in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

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Richard Bentall

Richard Bentall, FBA (born 30 September 1956) is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool in the UK.

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Richard Caborn

Richard George Caborn (born 6 October 1943) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central from 1983 to 2010.

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Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle (born 27 February, 1972) is an English actor.

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Richard H. Kirk

Richard Harold Kirk (born 21 March 1956) is an English musician who has specialised in electronic music since the 1970s.

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Richard Hawley

Richard Willis Hawley (born 17 January 1967) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer.

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Richard J. Roberts

Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is an English biochemist and molecular biologist.

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Richard McCourt

Richard "Dick" McCourt (born 12 August 1976 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English actor and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom, with the other being Dominic Wood.

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Rick Savage

Richard Savage (born 2 December 1960) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock band, Def Leppard.

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Ritchie Humphreys

Ritchie John Humphreys (born 30 November 1977) is an English former professional footballer.

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Robert Eadon Leader

Robert Eadon Leader (2 January 1839 – 18 April 1922) was a journalist, Liberal activist, and historian.

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Robert Hadfield

Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, 1st Baronet FRS (28 November 1858 in Sheffield – 30 September 1940 in Surrey) was an English metallurgist, noted for his 1882 discovery of manganese steel, one of the first steel alloys.

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Robert Hudson (actor)

Robert Hudson (born 24 February 1960 in Sheffield) is an English actor.

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Robert Murray Gilchrist

Robert Murray Gilchrist (6 January 1867 – 1917) was an English novelist and author of regional interest books about the Peak District.

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Robert Sanderson (theologian)

Robert Sanderson (19 September 1587 – 29 January 1663) was an English theologian and casuist.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.

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Roger Taylor (tennis)

Roger Taylor MBE (born 14 October 1941) is a British former tennis player.

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Ron Shudra

Ronald Shudra (born November 28, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired professional ice hockey player who holds dual Canadian and British nationality.

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Ron Springett

Ronald Deryk George Springett (22 July 1935 – 12 September 2015) was a football goalkeeper for Sheffield Wednesday, QPR and England.

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Rony Robinson

Rony Robinson (born 24 December 1940 in Sheffield) is an English writer, educationalist and Sony Award-winning BBC Radio Sheffield daytime presenter.

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Roy Hattersley

Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC, FRSL (born 28 December 1932) is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield.

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Royal Exchange, Manchester

The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England.

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Russell Senior

Russell Senior (born 18 May 1961) is the guitarist and violinist of the band Pulp.

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Ryan Rhodes

Ryan Rhodes (born 20 November 1976) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2012.

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Sally Oppenheim-Barnes

Sarah A. Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, PC (née Viner; born 26 July 1928.

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Samuel Bailey

Samuel Bailey (5 July 1791 – 18 January 1870) was a British philosopher, economist and writer.

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Samuel Danks Waddy

Samuel Danks Waddy (27 June 1830 – 30 December 1902) was an English politician.

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Samuel Earnshaw

Samuel Earnshaw (1 February 1805, Sheffield, Yorkshire – 6 December 1888, Sheffield, Yorkshire) was an English clergyman and mathematician and physicist, noted for his contributions to theoretical physics, especially "Earnshaw's Theorem".

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Samuel Holberry

Samuel Holberry (18 November 1814 – 21 June 1842) was a prominent Chartist activist.

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Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draft, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions).

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Sarah Frankcom

Sarah Frankcom is an English theatre director.

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Sean Bean

Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), known professionally as Sean Bean, is an English actor.

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Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete.

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Secretary of State for Education

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Education (frequently shortened to the Education Secretary) is the chief minister of the Department for Education in the United Kingdom government.

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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, or informally Work and Pensions Secretary is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Sheffield plate

Sheffield plate is a layered combination of silver and copper that was used for many years to produce a wide range of household articles.

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Sheffield Star

The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star, is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week.

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Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, England.

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Sheila Sherwood

Sheila Sherwood (born Sheila Hilary Parkin, 22 October 1945 in Parson Cross, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

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Sheriff of Nottingham

The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist in the legend of Robin Hood.

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Ship breaking

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap.

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Shop steward

Shop stewards are representatives of labour unions.

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Si Spencer

Si Spencer is a British comic book writer and TV dramatist and editor, with work appearing in British comics such as Crisis, before moving to the American comics industry.

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Sidney Oldall Addy

Sidney Oldall Addy (9 January 1848 – 15 November 1933) was an English author of books on folklore and history.

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Sir Frederick Mappin, 1st Baronet

Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin, 1st Baronet, known as Frederick Mappin (16 May 1821 – 19 March 1910) was an English factory owner and Liberal politician.

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Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Baronet (16 August 1865 – 20 September 1947) was a British Liberal politician and businessman.

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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure.

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Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Barnaby Knaggs (27 June 1911 – 30 April 1955) was an English stage actor who also appeared in films, especially in horror films.

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Sports minister

A minister of sport (or sports minister) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with sports.

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Squeeze (band)

Squeeze are a British rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French inoxydable (inoxidizable), is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass.

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Stainless Stephen

Arthur Clifford Baynes (30 November 1892–13 January 1971) was an English teacher and comedian from the steel-making city of Sheffield, Yorkshire, who performed under the stage name Stainless Stephen.

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Stephanie Hill

Stephanie Hill (born January 8, 1995) is an English singer, actress, model, dancer and beauty queen who won Miss England 2017.

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Stephen Daldry

Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television.

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Stephen Jones (Babybird)

Stephen Jones (born 16 September 1962) is an English musician and novelist.

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Stephen Mallinder

Stephen William Mallinder (born 1 January 1955 in Sheffield) is an English artist/musician who was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, and went on to work as Sassi & Loco, the Ku-Ling Bros Hey, Rube! Wrangler and Creep Show.

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Steve Clark

Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician.

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Steve Edwards (singer)

Steve Edwards (born 8 May 1980) is a house music singer/songwriter from Sheffield, England.

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Steve Mackey

Steve Mackey (born 10 November 1966) is an English musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp.

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Steve McCaffery

Steven McCaffery (born January 24, 1947) is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University.

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Steve Peat

Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England.

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Steven Bellamy

Steven John Bellamy (born in Sheffield, England on 12 June 1950) is a British martial artist, author, and lecturer.

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Steven Houghton

Steven Houghton (born 16 February 1971) is a British actor and singer.

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Stuart Zender

Stuart Patrick Jude Zender (born 18 March 1974) is an English bass guitarist.

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Susan Ann Sulley

Susan Ann Sulley (born 22 March 1963), formerly known as Susanne Sulley and Susan Ann Gayle, is a British singer and one of the two female vocalists of the synthpop group the Human League.

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Susan Littler

Susan Littler (31 December 1947 – 11 July 1982) was an English actress who appeared in many television and stage productions in the 1970s and early 1980s, before her career was cut short by her premature death.

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Ted Wainwright

Ted Wainwright (8 April 1865 – 28 October 1919) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 352 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1888 and 1902.

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The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South were an English pop group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals.

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The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (abbreviated as TCE) is a source of information on Canada published by Historica Canada of Toronto.

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The Football Association

The Football Association (FA) is the governing body of association football in England, the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Human League

The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Thomas Boulsover

Thomas Boulsover (1705 – 9 September 1788), was a Sheffield cutler who is best remembered as the inventor of Sheffield Plate.

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Thomas Craig (actor)

Thomas Craig (born Craig Thompson; 4 December 1962) is an English actor.

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Thomas Creswick

Thomas Creswick RA (5 February 1811 – 28 December 1869) was an English landscape painter and illustrator, and one of the best-known members of the Birmingham School of landscape painters.

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Thomas William Ward (industrialist)

Thomas William Ward (1853 – 3 February 1926) was a scrap metal merchant and shipbreaker from Sheffield, England, most famous for the establishment of his company Thos W Ward Limited (Company No. 81020), and its First World War-era 'employee' Lizzie the Elephant.

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Thomas Wingate Todd

Thomas Wingate Todd (January 15, 1885 – December 28, 1938) was an English Orthodontist who is known for his contributions towards the growth studies of children during early 1900s.

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Thorntons

Thorntons is a British chocolate brand established by Joseph William Thornton in 1911.

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Timothy Smith (cricketer, born 1983)

Timothy David Smith (born 21 January 1983) is a former English cricketer.

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Toby Foster

Toby Foster (born 13 August 1969) is a British comedian, actor, radio presenter, promoter and festival producer.

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Tom Wrigglesworth

Tom Wrigglesworth is an English comedian.

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Tommy Crawshaw

Thomas Henry Crawshaw (27 December 1872 – 25 November 1960) was a professional footballer who played almost his entire League career with Sheffield Wednesday.

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Tommy Thorpe

Thomas Thorpe (19 May 1881 – 28 September 1953) born in Attercliffe, Yorkshire was an English footballer and cricketer.

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Tony Capstick

Joseph Anthony Capstick (27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003) was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster.

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Tony Oxley

Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is an English free-jazz drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records.

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Tony Parkes

Anthony Parkes (born 5 May 1949) is an English former professional footballer.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Trevor Francis

Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954) is a former footballer who played as a forward, with most games for Birmingham City (1971–79).

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Triathlon

A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines.

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Uriah Rennie

Uriah D. Rennie (born 23 October 1959 in Sheffield, England) is a retired top level English football referee.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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W. C. Leng

Sir William Christopher Leng, known as W. C. Leng (25 January 1825 – 20 February 1902) was a newspaper publisher in Sheffield.

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Waterline

The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water.

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Will Thursfield

William Thursfield (born 19 April 1986) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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William Barnsley Allen

William Barnsley Allen (8 June 1892 – 27 August 1933) was a British Army medical officer who was decorated for gallantry four times during the First World War, including an award of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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William Broadhead

William Broadhead (September 1815 – 15 March 1879) was a British trade unionist and saw grinder.

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William Clegg

Sir William Edwin Clegg (21 April 1852 – 22 August 1932) was an English footballer and politician.

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William Dronfield

William Dronfield (April 1826 – 24 August 1894) was a British trade unionist.

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William Empson

Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works, a practice fundamental to New Criticism.

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William Foulke (footballer)

William Henry "Fatty" Foulke (12 April 1874 – 1 May 1916; sometimes spelled Foulk, Foulkes) was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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William Henry Brookfield

William Henry Brookfield (31 August 1809 – 12 July 1874) was an Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, and chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria.

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William John Hale

William John Hale (March 1862 – 25 November 1929) was an architect based in Sheffield, England.

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William Sterndale Bennett

Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 18161 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator.

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Willie Williams (set designer)

William Peter Charles "Willie" Williams (born 1959) is a show director, stage, video and lighting designer for concerts, theatre, and multimedia projects.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition.

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Years & Years

Years & Years is a British synthpop band, founded in London, United Kingdom.

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List of famous residents of Sheffield, List of residents of Sheffield.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Sheffield

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