List of people from Kingston upon Hull
 |
This is a list of people from Kingston upon Hull in the north-east of England with a Wikipedia page. Groups and sub-groups are in alphabetical order; persons likewise.
Arts and humanities
[edit]Architecture
[edit]- George Frederick Bodley[1]
- Cuthbert Brodrick[2]
- Alfred Gelder, architect and five-times mayor of Hull[3]
Education
[edit]- James Evans, Hull-born missionary and amateur linguist; best remembered for his creation of the "syllabic" writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut[4]
- Margaret Kissling, missionary to Sierra Leone and New Zealand[5]
- Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), author, Canon of York, Chairman of Hull University Board, educationalist, social reformer[citation needed]
Entertainment
[edit]- John Alderton, actor, grew up in Hull and attended Kingston High School[6]
- Lucy Beaumont (Cornwall born) award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy writer starred at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and wrote the Radio 4 comedy To Hull & Back, starring herself and Maureen Lipman.[7]
- Joseph Caley, ballet dancer, currently lead principal with the English National Ballet and formerly principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet[8]
- Ian Carmichael, actor, born in Hull[9][10]
- Sir Tom Courtenay, actor, star of stage, film and TV; graduate of RADA and honorary graduate of the University of Hull[11]
- Robert Crampton, Times journalist, grew up in Hull[12]
- Liam Garrigan, former student of Wyke College and Northern Theatre Company, star of TV dramas Casualty, The Chase and Agatha Christie's Marple, was born and raised in Hull.[13]
- Liam Gerrard, BAFTA nominated film, TV and theatre actor was born and raised in Hull. Films include Peterloo, Death Defying Acts and Walter Tull: Britain's First Black Officer [citation needed]
- Amy Gledhill Hull born comedian and actress, nominated for Best Show at the UK National Comedy Awards and Best Show and Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. One half of comedian duo, The Delightful Sausage.[14]
- Gareth Hale, half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, was born in Hull.[citation needed]
- Vanessa Hooper, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet Theatre, now a senior examiner, lecturer and committee member of the IDTA[15]
- Michael Jibson, actor, grew up in Hessle and attended Hessle High School; originated the role of Joe Casey in the West End Musical Our House; has worked in film, TV and theatre; films include The Bank Job and Les Misérables[citation needed]
- Andrew Lincoln, actor, spent some time growing up in Hull[16]
- Maureen Lipman, film, theatre and television actress, columnist, and comedian[17]
- Derren Litten, actor, writer, Benidorm[18]
- Dorothy Mackaill, motion picture actress[19]
- Peter Martin, best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in ITV's Emmerdale[citation needed]
- Jordan Metcalfe, actor, known as Adil the Genie in Nickelodeon's Genie in the House and Brian in Misfits[citation needed]
- Liam Mower, dancer and actor, famous for originating the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical and being the youngest person ever to win an Olivier Award for Best Actor for the role[20]
- Andy Newton-Lee, actor[21]
- Roy North, actor and TV presenter best known for his appearances as Mr Roy in 1970s children's show Basil Brush[22]
- Gemma Oaten (born 8 May 1984 in Hull) actress who has starred in Doctors and who is best known as Rachel Breckle in Emmerdale from July 2011 until 2015. Appeared on Celebrity Dinner Date in 2016.[23]
- Paul Popplewell, film, TV and theatre award-winning actor, attended school in Hull.[citation needed]
- Barrie Rutter (b. 1946), actor, director, and founder of Northern Broadsides[24]
- Gavin Scott, novelist, broadcaster and film/TV writer best known for writing Small Soldiers, The Borrowers and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles[citation needed]
- Reece Shearsmith, actor and writer, famous as a member of The League of Gentlemen[25]
- Debra Stephenson, actress, comedian and impressionist born in Hull, star of TV dramas Bad Girls and Coronation Street[26]
- Oliver Stokes, actor who plays Michael Garvey in Benidorm[citation needed]
- Isy Suttie, stand up comedian, writer, and actress; born in Hull; known for the role of Dobby in the British sitcom Peep Show[citation needed]
- Gerald Thomas, director of the Carry On films [citation needed]
- Norman Collier, comedian, best known for his 'faulty microphone' routine and for his chicken impressions was born and raised in Hull
Literature
[edit]- Richard Bean, playwright[27]
- Emma Scarr Booth, 19th-century writer[28]
- Lettice Galbraith, 19th-century ghost story writer[29]
- John Godber, playwright; Artistic Director of the Hull Truck Theatre Company, 1984–2011[30]
- Martin Goodman, writer[31]
- Philip Larkin, Coventry-born poet, lived in Hull for most of his life as resident librarian at Hull University[32][33]
- Ted Lewis, author of Jack's Return Home, later filmed as Get Carter, attended Hull School of Art[34]
- Andrew Marvell, 17th-century metaphysical poet[35][36]
- William Mayne, children's writer[37]
- Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate, taught English at the University of Hull (1976–1980)[38]
- Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s; moved to Hull as a child[39]
- Stevie Smith, poet and novelist best known for her poem "Not Waving but Drowning"[40][41]
- Amy Catherine Walton, children's writer[42]
- Stanley Wells, Shakespeare scholar[43]
Music
[edit]- Trevor Bolder, bass player for David Bowie, The Spiders From Mars, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash.[44]
- Patricia Bredin, singer; UK's first entry to Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 with "All";[45] starred in a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s.[46]
- Norman Cook (also known as Fatboy Slim), moved to Hull in the 1980s and became a member of indie pop band The Housemartins.[47]
- Dave Hemingway, born and raised in Hull, drummer with the Housemartins and went on to form The Beautiful South with Paul Heaton.
- John Bacchus Dykes, 19th-century hymnist, composer of the popular maritime hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"[48]
- Everything but the Girl, band formed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt whilst they were students at Hull University.[49]
- Roland Gift, lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, grew up in the city and attended Kelvin Hall Secondary School[50]
- Paul Heaton, musician in The Beautiful South[51]
- Jonathan Dowsland, professor of Computer Science, Information Technology who acquired a degree in music. He has developed the – "Jonathan Downsland Timer App" app[52]
- Ronnie Hilton, British crooner whose chart hits included the UK number one hit "No Other Love"
- Alfred Hollins, composer and international concert organist, born in Hull in 1865.[53]
- Rob Hubbard, composer, known for computer game theme music, especially for 1980s microcomputers such as the Commodore 64, which showcased the potential of the Commodore 64's sound hardware and gave examples of how music can improve a gaming experience.[54][55]
- Richard Justice (died 1757), composer, harpsichordist, and organist[56]
- Kingmaker, Indie band formed by three Hull-born musicians including John Andrew, had UK Top 40 singles in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, but split in 1995.[57][58]
- Joe Longthorne, singer known for impersonating Shirley Bassey[59]
- Lene Lovich, US-born pupil at Greatfield High School, found fame on the Stiff Label in the late 1970s, with a No. 3 hit with "Lucky Number"[60]
- The Paddingtons, Indie band from Hull which had two UK Top 40 singles in 2005: "Panic Attack" (No. 25) and "50 To The Pound" (No. 32).[61]
- Henry Priestman, record producer and singer/songwriter for the 1980s hit band The Christians.[62]
- Mick Ronson, guitarist, known for work with David Bowie, hailed from Hull.[63]
- Spacemaid, britpop group, formed in 1992[64]
- Cosey Fanni Tutti, founding member of industrial band Throbbing Gristle, formed the performance art group COUM Transmissions in Hull with Genesis P-Orridge, while attending the university from 1969–1971. It changed its name to Throbbing Gristle in 1976 after moving to London.[65][66]
- Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Hull-born Chinese/English cellist of the all-female string quartet Bond[67]
- David Whitfield, 1950s male tenor vocalist, the UK's most successful male singer in the US in the pre-rock years, still one of only six artists to spend ten or more consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart[68][69]
- Calum Scott, Hull-born singer known for a Britain's Got Talent appearance and a cover of Robyn's Dancing On My Own that reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart[citation needed]
- Scarlet, 1990s female duo of Cheryl Parker and Jo Youle, formed in Hull, with UK hits in 1995 with "Independent Love Song" (No. 12) and with "I Wanna Be Free To Be With Him" (No. 21). "Love Hangover" and "Bad Girl" both peaked at No. 54. They released two albums, Naked and Chemistry.[citation needed]
- Infant Annihilator, a technical deathcore band formed in 2012, known for their extreme musical style and controversial lyrical themes.
Visual arts
[edit]- Henry Dawson, 19th-century landscape painter, born in Hull[70]
- John Ward, early 19th-century painter of marine seascapes[71]
Politics
[edit]- William de la Pole (Chief Baron of the Exchequer) (d. 1386), first Mayor of the city
- His son Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (c. 1330 – 5 September 1389)
- Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (c. July 1589 – 3 January 1645), Governor of the city who denied Charles I entry in 1642
- Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678), poet, MP for the city, and friend of John Milton
- John Ducker (1932–2005), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; president of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, 1972–1979[72]
- Thomas Ferens (1847–1930), politician, philanthropist, and industrialist; MP for Hull East for 13 years; served the city as a justice of the peace and as High Steward[citation needed]
- John Hall, former Prime Minister of New Zealand[73]
- John Prescott, Welsh-born former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007); MP and resident of Hull East since 1970;[74] however, he was born in Wales and identifies as Welsh.[75]
- Harry Pursey, politician and MP for Hull East 1945–1970[citation needed]
- William Wilberforce, instrumental in the abolition of slavery[76]
Science and scholarship
[edit]Chemistry
[edit]- George William Gray, Hull University professor who first discovered cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals (which had correct stability and temperature properties for application in liquid crystal display technology[77]
- George S. Whitby (1887–1972[78]) was the head of the University of Akron rubber laboratory and for many years was the only person in the United States who taught rubber chemistry.
Computer science
[edit]Geology
[edit]- Alfred Harker, petrologist[80]
History
[edit]- A. G. Dickens, historian of the English Reformation
- Alex J. Kay (born 1979), historian[81]
- Philip Sugden (1947–2014), historian[82]
Mathematics
[edit]- Ernest William Brown, mathematician and astronomer[83]
- Keith Devlin, mathematician and popular science writer
- John Venn, mathematician, born in Hull in 1834;[84] responsible for the Venn diagram
Physics
[edit]- Edward Arthur Milne, astrophysicist and mathematician.[85]
Physiology and medicine
[edit]- Stephen C. West, biochemist and molecular biologist.
Sports
[edit]- Nick Barmby, former Hull City A.F.C. winger and manager[86]
- Luke Campbell, Olympic champion who earned a gold medal in boxing at the London 2012 Summer Olympics[87]
- Tommy Coyle (born 1989), challenger for British super-lightweight title and Commonwealth lightweight title holder
- Stanley Gene, rugby league player (retired 2008) who has made East Hull his home for many years
- Tony Green, sports commentator and television presenter[88]
- Lewis Harris, rugby league player[89]
- Jack Harrison, rugby league footballer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient[90]
- Willie Intin, cricketer
- Damian Johnson, BBC Sports broadcaster and journalist[91]
- Philip Kedward, cricketer[92]
- Julia Lee, first female rugby league referee[93]
- Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), sportsman regarded as the "father" of The Football Association and modern Association football[94]
- Katie O'Brien, born in Beverley, 5 miles (8 km) from Hull, tennis player,[95]
- Clive Sullivan, rugby league player, played for both of Hull's rugby league teams.[96] The main road into Hull from the Humber Bridge is named Clive Sullivan Way after him.
- Carol Thomas, former England Women’s Football Captain[97]
- Dean Windass, had two spells with Hull City and scored the goal that helped the club to promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in its history.[98]
Other
[edit]- Henry Wolsey Bayfield, British naval officer and surveyor who charted thousands of Canadian Islands. Bayfield, Wisconsin, is named after him.[99]
- Lillian Bilocca, British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries"[100]
- Sarah Cruddas International Space Journalist, Author and TV Host on Discovery Channel[citation needed]
- Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing, senior civil servant; Chairman and Chief Executive of the Post Office Ltd[101]
- "Gassy Jack" John Deighton, founder of Gastown, precursor to modern-day Vancouver, BC, Canada[102]
- Michelle Dewberry, winner of the second British series of reality TV show The Apprentice business woman and Sky News presenter[103]
- Sir John Ellerman, shipping tycoon of Ellerman Lines fame; reputedly the richest man in Britain during his lifetime[104]
- John Fearn, whaler and first European to visit Nauru.[105]
- Joseph James Forrester, wine shipper and businessman[106]
- James Hall (unknown, Hull – 1612, Greenland), explorer in the service of the Danish King
- Amy Johnson, aviator; born on St Georges Road in West Hull, attended Kingston High School[107]
- Zachariah Pearson (1821–1891), shipowner, today known for his gift of land to Hull, which was used to establish the City's first public park, later known as Pearson Park[108]
- Jim Radford (born 1928), folk singer, shantyman, peace campaigner, former housing activist, youngest known participant in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944[109][better source needed]
- J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (1888–1972), industrialist and film producer; founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc[110]
- Joseph Rank (1854–1943), founder of Rank Hovis McDougall, one of the UK's largest flour-milling businesses[111]
- Sir Harold Reckitt, 2nd Baronet (1868–1930)[citation needed]
- Sir James Reckitt, 1st Baronet (1833–1924)[citation needed]
- Yasmina Siadatan, winner of the fifth British series of reality TV show The Apprentice[112]
- Henry Brarens Sloman (1848–1931), English-German entrepreneur who emigrated first to Hamburg, Germany, and then to Chile, where he established a saltpetre business. He was listed as Hamburg's richest man in 1912.[113][114][115]
- William Traynor, recipient of the Victoria Cross[116]
- Dave Ulliott (also known as Devilfish), Hall of Fame poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet-winner.[117]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hall, Michael (2004). "Bodley, George Frederick (1827–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 November 2009.(subscription required)
- ^ Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914. Vol. 1 A–K. Royal Institute of British Architects. 20 December 2001. p. 262. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
- ^ "Alfred Gelder – Hull's Architect" (PDF). Hullwebs – History of Hull. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Evans, James". University of Toronto. 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ "Education pioneer from Hull to be honoured with commemorative plaque". ITV News. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Alderton, John". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8.
Education: Kingston High School, Hull
- ^ "Hull comedian Lucy Beaumont reveals fiance Jon Richardson proposed to her with butter dish". Hull Daily Mail. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Joseph Caley promoted to Lead Principal of English National Ballet". Gramilano. 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Ian Carmichael". Britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ Barker, Dennis (6 February 2010). "Ian Carmichael obituary". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Courtenay, Sir Tom (1937–)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Crampton, Robert (2 January 2010). "To Hull and back: changing times, but no Broken Britain". Times Online. London: Times Newspaper Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "After the acting bug hits..." This is Hull & East Yorkshire. Northcliffe Media Ltd. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ "Hull comic Amy Gledhill narrating bonkers new Channel 4 reality TV show". Hull Daily Mail. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "When life is a whirl". This is Hull and East Yorkshire. Mail News & Media Ltd. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ Jones, Alice (26 March 2009). "This actor's life: Andrew Lincoln is an altogether different animal in his latest stage role". The Independent. London: Independent News and Media Limited. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Maureen Lipman Biography (1946–)". Film Reference. 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Hull's Benidorm Live creator reveals what you can expect at Hull New Theatre". Hull Daily Mail. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Dorothy Mackaill". Silent Hollywood. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Dancing in Billy Elliot's footsteps". BBC News Online. BBC. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Andy Newton Lee 'was close to death' as he opens up on what caused terrifying coma". Hull Daily Mail. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Mr Roy's Brush with fame". The Northern Echo. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Celebrity Dinner Date on ITVBe: Hull actress Gemma Oaten to appear this week". Hull Daily Mail. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "A life in theatre: Barrie Rutter". The Guardian. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Reece Shearsmith on His New BBC Series, Psychoville". The Guardian. London. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ "Who do you do?". This is Hull & East Riding. Northcliffe Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Richard Bean – Hot New Playwright". The British Theatre Guide. 2001. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. pp. 106–.
- ^ Gunn, Alastair G. (2023). "Biography and Bibliography". The Blue Room and Other Tales: The Ghost Stories of Lettice Galbraith. Wimbourne Books. ISBN 9781838268992.
- ^ "About John Godber: Hull Truck's Creative Director". Hull Truck Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ "Martin Goodman". National Association of Writers in Education. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Motion, Andrew (1993). Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-571-17065-X.
- ^ Thwaite, Anthony (September 2004). "Larkin, Philip Arthur (1922–1985)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31333. Retrieved 17 January 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Jack's Return Home". Get Carter. Mark and Jules Burt. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
- ^ "Marvell, Andrew (MRVL633A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Kelliher, W. H. (September 2004). "Marvell, Andrew (1621–1678)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 January 2010.(subscription required)
- ^ Eccleshare, Julia (5 April 2010). "William Mayne obituary". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Andrew Motion b. 1952". BBC Four. BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "Plater, Alan (1935–)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Stevie Smith 1902–1971". Let Poetry Into Your Life. BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ Montefiore, Janet (September 2004). "Smith, Florence Margaret [Stevie] (1902–1971)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 January 2010.(subscription required)
- ^ Elisabeth Jay: "Walton [née Deck], Amy Catherine... " (Oxford, OUP, 2004) Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "About". Stanley Wells. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Trevor Bolder | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2007). The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. UK: Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3.
- ^ "Patricia Bredin". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "HOUSEMARTINS". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ "Dykes or Dikes, John Bacchus (DKS843JB2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 329–30. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ "Famous People". Pocket Hull. PFH Productions. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ Noone, Katy (6 November 2007). "Paul Heaton Returns To Hull". BBC Humber. BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
- ^ "Freddie De Tommaso: Star tenor pulls out of Proms' opening night". BBC News. 14 July 2022.
- ^ O'Neill, Susanna (3 February 2014). The Hull Book of Days. The History Press. p. 287. ISBN 9780750951722. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Interview with Rob Hubbard". Sidmusic.org. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "For the best in C64 nostalgia". C64.COM. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Baratz, Lewis Reece (2001). "Justice, Richard". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42832.
- ^ "Where You Stand: The Unofficial Kingmaker Website: Interview". Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 303. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Joe Longthorne dies at Blackpool home". BBC News. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Music Through the Years". Northcliffe Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "The Paddingtons | Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "The Christians". Red Disc Records. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Mick Ronson". NNDB. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Spacemaid – Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Cosey Fanni Tutti profile". Brainwashed.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Carter, Chris; Tutti, Cosey Fanni. "Biographies: A Brief History of Chris and Cosey Carter Tutti". chrisandcosey.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Gay-Yee Westerhoff". Perfect People. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "David Whitfield Biography". Allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "An address of distinction". The Journal. Mail News & Media Ltd. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). "Dawson, Harry". In Graves, Robert Edmund; Armstrong, Sir Walter (eds.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. p. 357.
- ^ "Oil painting may have been stolen from museum to order". Yorkshire Post. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "The Hon John Patrick Ducker". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Hall, John 1824–1907". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
- ^ "John Prescott Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East". TheyWorkForYou.com. 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ "WalesOnline – News – Wales News – John Prescott learns of incest among his Welsh ancestors". WalesOnline website. Media Wales Ltd. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ "William Wilberforce". Wilberforce 2007. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "George William Gray". Inamori Foundation. 2005. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ Patterson, Gary (2014). Polymer Science from 1935–1953: Consolidating the Paradigm. Springer. p. 63.
- ^ "Rob Miles". mvp.microsoft.com.
- ^ Oldroyd, David (2004). "Harker, Alfred (1859–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33713. Retrieved 28 February 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
- ^ See the Q & A with Dr Alex J. Kay on Nazi Germany at History.
- ^ "Philip Sugden – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Spencer Jones, H. (2004). "Brown, Ernest William (1866–1938)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32106. Retrieved 28 February 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
- ^ "Venn, John (VN853J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "E A Milne Centre for Astrophysics". www.milne.hull.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Profiles – Nick Barmby". Hull City A.F.C. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Luke Campbell takes home first British bantamweight boxing gold for over 100 years". The Telegraph. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "2009 darts review". Hull Daily Mail. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition, volume 19, p. 146
- ^ "No. 30130". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1917. p. 5866.
- ^ "Damian Johnson". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Philip Kedward". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Scott, Catherine (5 July 2018). "The life of UK's first female rugby league ref from Hull has been turned into a play". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Butler, Bryon (January 2009). "Morley, Ebenezer Cobb (1831–1924)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67338. Retrieved 9 August 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
- ^ "Hessle star in Australian Open round two". This is Hull and East Yorkshire. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Clive Sullivan". 100 Great Black Britons. Every Generation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Pioneering England female footballer honoured with Hull plaque". BBC News. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Louis (24 May 2008). "From Birds Eye and building to a shot at the top". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ McKenzie, Ruth (2000). "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ Lavery, Brian W. (May 2013). "Bilocca, Lillian [Lil] (1929–1988)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72725. ISBN 978-0-19-861411-1. Retrieved 10 November 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Lord Dearing: civil servant whose report recommended tuition fees". TimesOnline. London: The Times. 24 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Roy, Patricia E. (1972). "Deighton, John". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Brack, Barney (25 June 2008). "Michelle Dewberry". The Apprentice Ireland. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (22 May 2006). "Was this the richest (and most secretive) British tycoon ever?". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ Register of Bowl Alley Lane Presbyterian Chapel quoted in "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975, database, FamilySearch". FamilySearch. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Clerke, Ellen Mary. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. pp. 8–9.
- ^ "Amy Johnson pioneering aviator" (PDF). Hull Local Studies Library. July 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Blue plaque for Hull philanthropist Zachariah Pearson". BBC News. BBC. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Jim Radford – The Shores of Normandy". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "J Arthur Rank's Hull birthplace renovated". BBC News. BBC. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Joseph Rank". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39038. Retrieved 21 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (Subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ "Why life is sweet for Lord Sugar's former Apprentice". Henley Standard. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Hamburgisches Geschlechterbuch. Deutsches Geschlechterbuch (in German). Vol. 128. Limburg an der Lahn: Verlag C. A. Starke. 1962. p. 261.
- ^ Krieg, Robert (June 1999). "Weißes Gold – Eine dokumentarische Filmreise" [White Gold – A Documentary Voyage in Film] (in German). Krieg & Nolte GbR. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ Martin, Rudolf, ed. (1912). Jahrbuch des Vermögens und Einkommens der Millionäre in den drei Hansastädten (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck) [Almanac of Assets and Income of the Millionaires in the three Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck)] (in German). Berlin. p. 1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Harvey, David (1999). Monuments to courage: Victoria Cross headstones and memorials, Volume 1. Kevin and Kay Patience. p. 261. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Devilfish: The Life and Times of a Poker Legend by Dave Ulliot". The Guardian. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2021.