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A. Duncan Carse
British artist (1876-1938)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1876
Andreas Duncan Carse
A. V. Coton
English ballet critic (1906-1969)
York
1906-02-16
Aaron Arrowsmith
English cartographer and hydrographer
Winston
1750-07-14 1748-07-14
Aaron Arrowsmith
Abel Chapman
British conservationist and writer
Bishopwearmouth
1851-10-04
Abel Chapman
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Thai politician
Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's College Eton College Nuffield College
1964-08-03
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Aby Altson
painter (1866 - 1946)
Middlesbrough
1866-08-21
Adam Carse
English collector, historian and composer (1878-1958)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Music
1878-05-19
Adam Hewison
former professional trader and entrepreneur
Newcastle upon Tyne
1945
Adam Maxwell
British writer
Sunderland
1976-10-24
Adam Rhys Dee
Birth Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Newcastle upon Tyne
Adam Stafford
Scottish musician and filmmaker
Sunderland
The McAuley Catholic High School
1982-02-24
Adam of Bockenfield
English Franciscan philosopher
Bockenfield
1220s
Adrian Macintosh
Tadcaster
1942-03-07
Adrian Raine
British psychologist
Darlington
University of Oxford
1954-01-27
Adrian T. Bell
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1964
Adrian Tilbrook
British drummer
Hartlepool
1948-07-20
Aelred of Rievaulx
English writer, abbot, and saint
Hexham
1110
De spirituali amicitia
Aelred of Rievaulx
Aidan Chambers
British children's writer
Chester-le-Street
1934-12-27
Aidan Chambers
Al Pease
British-born Canadian racing driver
Darlington
1921-10-15
Alan Brien
English novelist (1925-2008)
Sunderland
Jesus College
1925-03-12
Alan Broadbent
British mathematician
Consett
St John's College
1903-05-31
Alan Browning
British actor (1926-1979)
Sunderland
1926-03-23
Alan Bruce Thompson
English geologist and petrologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Manchester
1947-05-01
Alan C. Nixon
Lake District
University of Saskatchewan University of California, Berkeley
1908
Alan Carter
writer and documentary filmmaker
Sunderland
1959
Alan Carter
Alan Clark
British keyboardist
Great Lumley
1952-03-05
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
Alan Cowey
British neuroscientist (1935-2012)
Sunderland
Emmanuel College
1935-04-28
Alan E. M. Nairn
researcher
Newcastle upon Tyne
1927-09-09
Alan Forsyth
British architect, active in Edinburgh
Newcastle upon Tyne
1944
Alan Garton
biochemist
Scarborough
1922-06-04
Alan Gray
British musician
York
1855-12-23
Alan Hockey
English actor (1924-1992)
South Shields
1924-10-08
Alan Hull
British singer-songwriter (1945–1995)
Benwell
St. Cuthbert's High School
1945-02-20
Alan Hull
Alan M. Hunt
British artist
Redcar
1947
Alan Melville
English broadcaster, writer, playwright and wit
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Edinburgh Academy
1910-04-09
Alan Milburn
British politician (born 1958)
Tow Law
University of Lancaster Stokesley School Pendle College, Lancaster
1958-01-27
Alan Milburn
Alan Myers
British translator
South Shields
Philological Faculty of Moscow State University University of London
1933-08-18
Alan Parkinson
english conceptual artist
Darlington
1949-07-29
Arquitects of Air
Alan Parkinson
Alan Plater
English screenwriter
Jarrow
Newcastle University
1935-04-15
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Alan Plumb
British American meteorology professor
Ripon
University of Manchester
1948-03-30
Alan Price
English musician
Fatfield
1942-04-19
Alan Race
Stockton-on-Tees
20th century
Alan Robson
British radio personality
Benwell
1955-10-01
Alan S. Duncan
British economist
Gateshead
University of York University of Manchester School of Social Sciences
1965-01-13
Alan Shearer
English footballer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Gosforth Academy
1970-08-13
Alan Shearer
Alan Simpson
Gateshead
1912-07-23
Alan T. Peacock
British economist
Ryton
University of St Andrews Grove Academy
1922-06-26
Alan Wareing
British director
Harrogate
1943-08-16
Alan Webb
actor (1906-1982)
York
Bramcote School
1906-07-02
Alan White
English rock drummer (1949–2022)
Ferryhill
1949-06-14
Alan White (drummer born 1949)
Alan Woodworth Johnson
English organic chemist (1917–1982)
South Shields
1917-09-29
Alan Young
British actor (1919–2016)
North Shields
1919-11-19
Alan Young
Albany E. Howarth
British engraver, 1872-1936
Durham
1872
Albany E. Howarth
Albany Hancock
English naturalist, biologist and supporter of Charles Darwin (1806-1873)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Grammar School
1806-12-24
Albany Hancock
Albert Burdon
British actor (1900-1981)
South Shields
1900-07-04
Albert Charles Robinson Carter
York
1864-01-23
Albert Christopher Addison
writer, Newspaper reporter
Northallerton
1862-04-22
Albert Christopher Addison
Albert Joseph Moore
English artist (1841–1893)
York
Archbishop Holgate's School St Peter's School
1841-09-04
Albert Joseph Moore
Albert Robinson Bulman
British novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1841
Albert Shepherd
English actor (1936-2019)
York
1936
Albion Percy Alderson
English organist, conductor, and music teacher
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal College of Music
1871
Alcuin
8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
York
St Peter's School
740
De dialectica Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes Alcuin's sequence Quaestiones in Genesim
Alcuin
Alec Wainman
British photographer
North Yorkshire
1913-03-11
Alex Banfield
British opera and concert tenor
Morpeth
The King Edward VI Academy University of Leeds Royal Northern College of Music
1990-02-17
Alex Dordoy
Newcastle upon Tyne
1985
Alex Kershaw
American writer
York
University College, Oxford
1966
Alexander Armstrong
British comedian and actor
Rothbury
Durham School Trinity College St Mary's Music School Mowden Hall School
1968-05-29
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Bone
British musician
Darlington
Chetham's School of Music
1996-09-08
Alexander Simpson Patterson
Scottish Presbyterian minister
Alnwick
University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow
1805
Alexis Petridis
British music journalist (born 1971)
Sunderland
University of Cambridge Dr Challoner's Grammar School
1971-09-13
Alfie Joey
British comedian
Peterlee
1967
Alfred Backhouse
English photographer (1822-1888)
Bishopwearmouth
1822-09-28
Alfred Cardew Dixon
English mathematician (1865-1936)
Northallerton
Trinity College
1865-05-22
Dixon's identity Dixon's elliptic functions
Alfred James Jenkinson
translator; senior dean of Brasenose College, Oxford; O. B. E.
Tynemouth
1877
Alfred Nicholson
English landscapist, 1788-1833
Whitby
1788
Alfred Rayney Waller
English writer and editor (1867-1922)
York
Peterhouse
1867-08-02
Alfred Reuben Tanner
official war photographer of the British Army
North Shields
1904-05-14
Alfred Reuben Tanner
Alfred Richard Allinson
British academic, author, and voluminous translator of continental European literature
Newcastle upon Tyne
Lincoln College
1852-12
Alfred Richard Allinson
Alfred Richard Orage
British politician (1873-1934)
Dacre
1873-01-22
Alfred Sidgwick
British logician and philosopher
Skipton
1850
Algernon Ashton
English Composer and Piano Teacher (1859-1937)
Durham
Hoch Conservatory University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
1859-12-09
Ali Brownlee
English radio broadcaster
Middlesbrough
1959-04-14
Alistair Anderson
British musician
Wallsend
1948-03-18
Alistair Ian Blyth
translator and writer
Sunderland
1970
Alistair Petrie
British actor
Catterick
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
1970-09-30
Allan Boardman
British physicist
Northumberland
Durham University
Allan Prior
English television scriptwriter and novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1922-01-13
Allanson Brown
British organist and choirmaster
York
1902-05-31
Almroth Wright
British microbiologist and immunologist
Middleton Tyas
Trinity College Dublin Imperial College School of Medicine School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
1861-08-10
Almroth Wright
Alpheus Aldersley
New Zealand early photographer (about 1849-1893)
Hawes
1849
Alun Armstrong
English actor
Annfield Plain
1946-07-17
Alun Armstrong
Anand Desai-Barochia
British actor
Nunthorpe
20th century
Andrew Ainslie Common
British astronomer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1841-08-07
Andrew Ainslie Common
Andrew Chadwick
political scientist
Middlesbrough
University of Birmingham London School of Economics and Political Science
1970
Andrew Falkous
Welsh musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1975-04-05
Andrew Falkous
Andrew Festing
British artist
Northumberland
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Ampleforth College
1941-11-30
Andrew Gibb Maitland
Australian geologist (1864-1951)
Birkby
1864-11-30
Andrew Haigh
English film director, screenwriter and producer
Harrogate
1973-03-07
Andrew Haigh
Andrew Hayden-Smith
British actor and television presenter
Gateshead
Roseberry College
1983-11-05
Andrew Hodgson
British translator
Northumberland
1994-01-15
Andrew Kennedy
British opera singer
Ashington
King's College Uppingham School
1977-05-26
Andrew Lauder
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Hartlepool
Wellingborough School
1947-05-22
Andrew Martin
British writer
York
Merton College
1962-07-06
Andrew McDermott
English male singer (1966-2011)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1966-01-26
Andrew McKenzie
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1963-05-11
Andrew Morton
English portrait painter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1802-07-25
Andrew Morton (painter)
Andrew Scarborough
actor
Harrogate
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art Harrogate Grammar School Nelson and Colne College
1973-09-26
Andrew Scarborough
Andrew Thomson
British historian (1936-2014)
Stockton-on-Tees
Cornell University St Edmund Hall St. Bees School
1936-01-26
Andrew White Tuer
British printer
Sunderland
1838-12-25
Andrew White Tuer
Andy Taylor
British guitarist
Cullercoats
Marden High School
1961-02-16
Andy Taylor
Angelo Raine
British priest and antiquarian
York
1877-09-29
Angus Maddison
British economist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Selwyn College Johns Hopkins University
1926-12-06
Angus Maddison
Angus McKie
artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1951-07
Angus Watson
British journalist and writer of fantasy and science fiction (1972-)
Hexham
University of Bristol
1972-09-04
Age of Iron
Anthony Birley
British archaeologist (1937–2020)
Bardon Mill
Magdalen College Clifton College
1937-10-08
Anthony Havelock-Allan
British Baronet (1904-2003)
Darlington
Charterhouse School
1904-02-28
Anthony Howell
British actor
Lake District
Drama Centre London
1971-06-27
Anthony McPartlin
English television presenter, producer and actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1975-11-18
Anthony McPartlin
Anthony Robinson
surgeon and botanist (1700-1768)
Sunderland
1700
Anthony Rowley
British author and linguist
Skipton
University of Bayreuth
1953-07-22
Anthony Rowley
Anthony Salvin
English architect (1799-1881)
Sunderland Bridge
Durham School
1799-10-17
All Saints Church, Runcorn St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Sampson
British writer and journalist
Billingham
Christ Church Westminster School
1926-08-03
Anthony Walker
English printmaker
Thirsk
1726
Anthony Walker (artist)
Archibald Matthias Dunn
British architect
Wylam
Ushaw College Stonyhurst College
1832
Arnold Barratt McMillin
British historian (born 1941)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of London
1941-06-21
Arnold Sutherland Constable
American and British architect
Northumberland
1885-08-23
Arthur Brown
English singer (born 1942)
Whitby
University of London University of Reading Roundhay School
1942-06-24 1944-06-24
Arthur Brown
Arthur Carty
Canadian chemist
Rowlands Gill
University of Nottingham
1940-09-12
Arthur Dimmock
British writer, journalist and historian (1918-2007)
Whitley Bay
1918-07-15
Arthur Headlam
British bishop (1862–1947)
Whorlton
Winchester College New College Reading School
1862-08-02
Arthur Headlam
Arthur Heslop
Heslop, Arthur (1881-1955), artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1881
Arthur Hinsley
Catholic cardinal
Carlton
English College Ushaw College
1865-08-25
Arthur Hinsley
Arthur Holmes
English geologist
Gateshead
Imperial College London Gateshead Grammar School
1890-01-14
Arthur Hubert Terry
English linguist, translator and critic
York
University of Cambridge St Peter's School Trinity Hall
1927-02-17
Arthur Humble Evans
British ornithologist (1855-1943)
Scremerston
Clare College University of Cambridge
1855-02-23
Arthur Humble Evans
Arthur Ibbetson
British cinematographer (1922-1997)
Bishop Auckland
1922-09-08
Arthur Jameson
UK‐born American illustrator
Jarrow
1872-03-26
Arthur Lawson
art director
Sunderland
1908-07-28
Arthur Lee Dixon
British mathematician
Pickering
Worcester College Kingswood School
1867-11-27
Arthur Munby
British writer
York
Trinity College
1828-08-19
Arthur Oglesby
British photographer (1923-2000)
Scarborough
1923-12-21
Arthur Oglesby
Arthur Penty
British architect (1875-1937)
York
1875-03-17
Arthur Riscoe
British actor (1895-1954)
Sherburn in Elmet
1895-11-18
Arthur Willey
director of Colombo Museum, Ceylon
Scarborough
University College London Christ's College Kingswood School
1867-10-09
Ashley Artus
English film, television and theatre actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1971-01-28
August Vanistendael
Belgian poet and author
Northumberland
1917-01-09
BADVOID
British EDM Producer and DJ
Newcastle upon Tyne
2000-12-04
Banesh Hoffmann
American mathematician and physicist (1906-1986)
Richmond
Merton College Princeton University
1906-09-06
Barnabas Brough
British playwright
Newcastle upon Tyne
1796
Barrie Dobson
English historian (1931-2013)
Stockton-on-Tees
Wadham College Barnard Castle School
1931-11-03
Barrington Bramley
Knaresborough
1950
Barry Dransfield
British musician
Harrogate
20th century
Barry Duffield
Australian actor, director, scriptwriter and producer
Billingham
1962-02-28
Barry Duffield
Barry Unsworth
English novelist (1930–2012)
Wingate
University of Manchester
1930-08-10
Sacred Hunger
Basil Beattie
British artist
West Hartlepool
The Northern School of Art
1935-01-09
Basil Bunting
poet
Benwell & Scotswood
London School of Economics and Political Science Leighton Park School Ackworth School Royal Grammar School
1900-03-01
Basil Hall
British theologian and historian (1915-1994)
Ryton
1915-06-23
Basil Hume
British Roman-Catholic Benedictine monk and prelate, archbishop of Westminster, cardinal (1923-1999)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Ampleforth College University of Fribourg Newcastle Preparatory School St Martin's Ampleforth
1923-03-02
Basil Hume
Baz Warne
English musician
Sunderland
1964-03-25
Bede
English monk and saint
Jarrow
672
Ecclesiastical History of the English People Chronica minora The Reckoning of Time On times De natura rerum
Bede
Ben Anderson
British journalist, television reporter, and writer
Cleveland
Bedford Modern School
Ben Forster
British actor
Sunderland
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
1981-04-24
Ben Hemsley
British DJ
Newcastle upon Tyne
1996-06-06
Ben Hills
Australian journalist
Grassington
1942
Ben James-Ellis
English stage and script actor
Scarborough
1988-12-22
Ben Kingsley
English actor
Snainton
The Manchester Grammar School University of Salford Pendleton College
1943-12-31
Ben Kingsley
Ben Matthews
British musician
Hartlepool
1963-07-21
Ben Myers
British writer and journalist (1976-)
Durham
University of Bedfordshire Belmont Community School
1976
Richard: A Novel
Ben Price
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Central School of Speech and Drama Gosforth Academy Gosforth East Middle School
1972-01-01
Ben Robson
British film actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1984-02-04
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
English singer-songwriter
York
Bootham School
1989-09-04
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Benjamin Linfoot
lithographer and architect
York
1840-09-01
Bentley Beetham
British mountain climber, ornithologist and photographer
Darlington
Barnard Castle School
1886-05-01
Bentley Collingwood Hilliam
singer, song-writer and musician
Scarborough
Scarborough College
1890-11-06
Bernard Alan Aaron
Newcastle upon Tyne
1939
Bernard Benedict Hemy
British painter (1845-1913)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1845
Bernard Bosanquet
English philosopher
Alnwick
Balliol College Harrow School
1848-06-14
The Distinction between Mind and Its Objects
Bernard Bosanquet
Bernard Comrie
British linguist
Sunderland
University of Cambridge
1947-05-23
Bernard Dearman Burtt
British botanist (1902-1938)
York
1902-06-14
Bernard Dixon
science journalist
Darlington
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Durham University Newcastle University
1938-07-17
Bernard Merivale
(1882-1939) Adm. pens. at ST JOHN\\'S, Oct. 8, 1900. [2nd] s. of John Herman, mining-engineer, of [Togstone], Northumberland (and Blanche Liddell). B. July 15, 1882, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. School, Sedbergh (Mr H. G. Hart). Matric. Michs. 1
Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's College
1882-07-15
Berwick Kaler
British actor and pantomime dame
Sunderland
1946-10-31
Berwick Kaler
Bijan Omrani
York
Wellington College Lincoln College
1979
Bilge Ebiri
American filmmaker and journalist
York
Yale University
1973
Bill Fellows
British actor
Middlesbrough
1957-05-25
Bill Geldard
British trombonist and composer
Durham
1929-09-27
Bill Green
English footballer and manager (1950-2017)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1950-12-22
Bill Richardson
British newspaper editor (1909–1986)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Co-operative College
1909-01-16
Bill Rutherford
Professor and Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London
Morpeth
University College London University of Liverpool
1955-01-02
Bill Steer
British guitarist
Stockton-on-Tees
Calday Grange Grammar School
1969-12-03
Bill Thompson
English technology writer, born 1960
Jarrow
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1960-10-06
The birth of a UK tech giant
Bill Thompson (technology writer)
Bill Travers
British activist (1922-1994)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1922-01-03
Bill Travers
Bill Ward
English actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Bristol
1967-05-05
Billy Fane
British actor
Tyne and Wear
1946
Billy Sanders
British singer
Ashington
1934-05-16
Blake Morrison
Poet and author
Skipton
University of Nottingham University College London McMaster University Ermysted's Grammar School
1950-10-08
Blake Morrison
Bob Davenport
British singer
Gateshead
1932-05-31 1932
Bob Langley
British television presenter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1939-08-28
Bob Mortimer
English comedian and actor
Acklam Middlesbrough
University of Leicester University of Sussex King's Manor School
1959-05-23
Bobby Charlton
English association football player and manager (1937–2023)
Ashington
Bedlingtonshire Community High School Loreto Grammar School
1937-10-11
Bobby Charlton
Bobby Knoxall
British comedian
Sunderland
1933-12-24
Bobby Robson
English association football player and manager (1933-2009)
Sacriston
1933-02-18
Bobby Robson
Bobby Thompson
British comedian
Penshaw
1911-11-18
Brad Copping
Canadian artist
Scarborough
1961
Brendan Healy
entertainer (1956-2016)
Newcastle upon Tyne
St. Cuthbert's High School
1956-12-18
Brian Casser
musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1936-03-21
Brian Clough
English football player and manager (1935–2004)
Middlesbrough
1935-03-21
Brian Clough
Brian David Smith
British academic
Hebburn
Cranfield University Newcastle University
1961
Brian Dobson
British archaeologist (1931-2012)
Hartlepool
Hatfield College Durham University
1931-09-13
Brian Foster
British physicist
Crook
University of Oxford Wolsingham School
1954-01-04
Brian Hargreaves
English artist and scientific illustrator, known for his depictions of lepidoptera (1935-2011)
Sutton-in-Craven
1935-05-27
Brian Johnson
English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows
Dunston
1947-10-05
Brian Johnson
Brian Kidd Ridley
British physicist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1931-03-02 1931
Brian Lane
British fighter pilot
Harrogate
1917-06-18
Brian Lane (RAF officer)
Brian Lumley
English horror fiction writer (1937–2024)
County Durham
1937-12-02
Cthylla
Brian Lumley
Brian Redhead
British journalist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Downing College Royal Grammar School
1929-12-28
Brian Robb
painter and illustrator (1913-1979)
Scarborough
Slade School of Fine Art
1913-05-07
Brian Ross
British singer
Durham
1954
Brian Ross (singer)
Brian Routh
contemporary artist (1948-2018)
Durham
East 15 Acting School
1948-03-09
Brian Routh
Brian Walton
British bishop
Seamer
Peterhouse Magdalene College Royal Grammar School
1600
Walton Polyglot Bible
Brian Walton (bishop)
Bruce Haywood
American educator
York
McGill University Harvard University
1925-09-30
Bruce Thomas
British musician
Stockton-on-Tees
1948-08-14
Bruce Turner
English musician (1922-1993)
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Dulwich College
1922-07-05
Bryan Ferry
English singer and songwriter (born 1945)
Washington
Newcastle University
1945-09-26
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Henry Darnell
British born South African politician and New Zealand land surveyor and civil engineer (1820-1906)
Darlington
1820
Byrom Bramwell
British pathologist
North Tyneside
University of Edinburgh
1847-12-18
Byrom Bramwell
C. E. M. Joad
British philosophera
Durham
Balliol College Dragon School Blundell's School
1891-08-12
C.E.M. Joad
C. H. B. Kitchin
British writer
Harrogate
Clifton College Exeter College
1895-10-17
C. J. Bolland
Belgian musician
Stockton-on-Tees
1971-06-18
C. Northcote Parkinson
British naval historian
Barnard Castle
Emmanuel College Britannia Royal Naval College King's College London St Peter's School
1909-07-30
Parkinson's law
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
C. Peter Flynn
American physicist
Stockton-on-Tees
University of Cambridge University of Leeds
1935-08-18
Caesar Anthony Zambra
Studio photographer in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, formerly of Negretti and Zambra, London, United Kingdom. New Zealander (1835-1881)
Holburn
1835
Callum Keith Rennie
actor
Sunderland
Strathcona Composite High School
1960-09-14
Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Woodhouse
British actor
Stockton-on-Tees
1994-01-07
Carl Bradbury
British YouTuber
Sunderland
1996-11-04
Cecil Glossop
British cartoonist, 1889-1949
York Sheffield
1889-01-06
Cecil Glossop
Charles Aitken
British art administrator (1869-1936)
Bishophill
New College
1869-09-12
Charles Ambrose Storey
British academician (1888-1967)
Blackhill
1888-08-21
Charles Avison
English composer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1709-02
Charles Avison
Charles Bertram Smales
botanist and botanical collector (1870-1927)
Whitby
1870
Charles Cecil
British video game designer and director
York
Bedales School
1962-08-11
Charles Cecil
Charles Church
painter
Northumberland
1970-12-17
Charles Daniels
British archaeologist (1932–1996)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1932-08-10
Charles Edmund Cyril Dyson
British-Canadian architect (1880-1960)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1880-05-02
Charles Francis Riddell
British novelist
Felton Park
1817
Charles Gray
British illustrator
Newcastle upon Tyne
1810
Tales from Shakspere
Charles Gray (illustrator)
Charles Hansom
British architect
York
1817-07-27
Charles Francis Hansom
Charles Hardwick
British historian
Slingsby
1821
Charles Hedley
Australian zoologist (1862-1926)
North Yorkshire
Eastbourne College
1862-02-27
Charles Hedley
Charles Herbert Kitson
British musician
Leyburn
Selwyn College
1874-11-13
Charles Hutton
English mathematician
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Edinburgh Royal Grammar School
1737-08-14
Charles Hutton
Charles Johnson
British archivist and historian (1870–1961)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1870-05-02
Charles Laughton
British-American actor (1899–1962)
Scarborough
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Scarborough College
1899-07-01
Charles Laughton
Charles Loraine Smith
MP, Artist and Sportsperson
Kirkharle
Eton College
1751-04-01
Charles Loraine Smith
Charles N. Allen
English-American violinist and composer
York
1837
Charles Napier Hemy
British artist (1841-1917)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ushaw College
1841-05-24
Charles Napier Hemy
Charles Robinson Sykes
British artist; sculptor, poster designer, magazine illustrator (1875-1950)
Brotton
Royal College of Art
1875-12-18
Spirit of Ecstasy
Charles Robinson Sykes
Charles Sandison
Scottish artist
Haltwhistle
Glasgow School of Art
1969-04-24
Charles Thomas Oldham
British actor, writer and producer
Gateshead
University of Cambridge
1982-11-28
Charles Thorp
Archdeacon of Durham (1783-1862)
Gateshead
Peterhouse
1783-10-13
Charles Thorp
Charles Tiffin
English architect who worked in Australia
Newcastle upon Tyne
1831
Charles Tiffin
Charles Tindal Gatty
English antiquary, musician, and author (1851-1928)
Bedale
Charterhouse School
1851-11-14
Charles Vincent
British composer (1852-1934)
Houghton-le-Spring
1852-09-19
Charles Wakefield (numismatist)
British numismatist and museum curator
York
1834
Charles Whiting
British writer and historian (1926-2007)
York
University of Leeds
1926-12-18
Charles William Mitchell
British artist (1854-1903)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1854
Charles William Mitchell
Charles de Lacy
British artist
Sunderland
1856
Charles John De Lacy
Charlie Carrick
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1986-06-25
Charlie Carrick
Charlie English
British journalist
York
1967
Charlie Hunnam
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cumbria Institute of the Arts Heaton Manor School Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith Jesmond Park Academy University of Cumbria
1980-04-10
Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Mackesy
British artist and illustrator
Northumberland
Queen Elizabeth High School
1962
Chas Chandler
English musician (1938–1996)
Heaton
1938-12-18
Cherry Kearton
English nature photographer and filmmaker
Swaledale
1871
Cherry Kearton
Chris Clough
British television director and producer
Harrogate
University of Leeds
1951-03-09
Chris Corner
English producer and musician
Middlesbrough
Goldsmiths, University of London Mill Hill School
1974-01-23
Chris Corner
Chris Foggin
British film director
Sunderland
1985-09-15
Bank of Dave
Chris Harrison
English photographer
Jarrow
Royal College of Art Nottingham Trent University
1967-07-01
Chris Johnson
British guitarist, singer and record producer
York
Chris Kamara
English association football player and manager (born 1957)
Middlesbrough
1957-12-25
Chris McCrudden
South Shields
Chris Norman
English soft rock singer
Redcar
1950-10-25
Chris Norman
Chris Ramsey
actor and comedian
South Shields
1986-08-03
Chris Rea
English singer and guitarist
Middlesbrough
1951-03-04
Chris Rea
Chris Robson
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's College Humboldt University of Berlin
1971-09-02
Chris Ryan
former British Special Forces operative and soldier turned novelist
Rowlands Gill
1961
Chris Stuart
British journalist
Durham
New College Longslade Community College
1948 1949-02-19
Chris Svensson
British automobile designer
Sunderland
Royal College of Art University of Sunderland
1965
Chris Waddle
English footballer (born 1960)
Felling
1960-12-14
Chris Waddle
Chris Walton
British librarian and music historian
Billingham
1963-07-06
Chris Williamson
British broadcaster (born 1987)
Stockton-on-Tees
Newcastle University
1988-02-23
Christian Forshaw
British musician
Knaresborough
1972-05-22
Christian Gamst Miller-Harris
Danish-British screenwriter
Ashington
University of Reading University of Copenhagen National Film School of Denmark
Christian Howard
British actor
Sunderland
1984-05-04
Christian Rodska
British actor
Cullercoats
1945-09-05
Christopher Clarke
Dutch scientific instrument maker
London Killerby
1668
Christopher Dawson
American classical philologist (1908-1972)
Sunderland
1908-04-20
Christopher Fox
English composer
York
University of York
1955-03-10
Christopher Hancock
British actor (1928-2004)
Bishop Auckland
Chorister School
1928-06-05
Christopher Hill
British historian
York
Balliol College St Peter's School
1912-02-06
Christopher John Lamb
English biologist (1950-2009)
York
University of Oxford University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam College
1950-03-19
Christopher Longé
French comics artist
Middlesbrough
1969-09-08
Christopher Maire
English Jesuit
Hardwick
1697-03-06
Christopher Moloney
Canadian writer and photographer
York
North Park Secondary School
1977-08-04
Christopher Quinten
British actor
Middlesbrough
1957-07-12
Christopher Wray
English actor and businessman (1940-2014)
Scarborough
Abingdon School
1940-03-08
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
British artist (1793–1867)
Sunderland
1793-12-03
William Clarkson Stanfield
Claude Cover
English organist
Sherburn in Elmet
1870-03-13
Clement Antrobus Harris
York
1862-04-02
Clements Markham
British geographer (1830-1916)
Stillingfleet
Westminster School Cheam School
1830-07-20 1830
Clements Markham
Clennell Rawson
British animator and animation director
County Durham
1949-07-13
Cliff McNish
English writer
Sunderland
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
1962-08-24
The Doomspell Trilogy
Clive Coates
Wine expert
Darlington
1941
Clive MacDonnell Dixon
British artist (1870-1914)
Middlesbrough
1870-02-10
Clive MacDonnell Dixon
Clive Russell
Scottish actor
Reeth
Buckhaven High School
1945-12-07
Clive Russell
Colin Douglas
British actor (1912-1991)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1912-07-28
Colin Gibson
Bass guitarist and composer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1949-09-21
Colin McGinn
British philosopher (born 1950)
West Hartlepool
University of Manchester
1950-03-10
Colin McNaughton
British children's illustrator and writer
Wallsend
Royal College of Art Central School of Art and Design Central Saint Martins
1951-05-01 1951-05-18
Colin Potter
British musician
York
1952
Colin Renfrew
British archaeologist
Stockton-on-Tees
St John's College St Albans School
1937-07-25 1937-10-27
Colin Renfrew
Colin Rose
British sculptor (1950-)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1950
Colin Rose
Colin Snedeker
British-born American chemist (1936–2016)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1936-01-05
Colin T. Dawson
South Shields
1960
Colin T. Dawson
Colin Thain
British political scientist
Bedlington
University of Manchester
1959-01-20
Compton Mackenzie
Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and nationalist (1883-1972)
West Hartlepool
Magdalen College St Paul's School Colet Court
1883-01-17
Compton Mackenzie
Conyers Middleton
English 18th-century clergyman and writer
Richmond
Trinity College St Peter's School
1683-12-27
Conyers Middleton
Corbet Page Stewart
Scottish biochemist and academic
Durham
University of Edinburgh
1896
Courtenay Foote
British actor
Harrogate
1879 1878-11-22
Courtenay Foote
Craig Conway
British actor (1975)
South Shields
1975
Craig Raine
poet
Shildon
Exeter College Barnard Castle School
1944-12-03
Cyril Francis Musgrove
British composer
Harrogate
1887
Cyril Smith
English virtuoso concert pianist
Middlesbrough
Royal College of Music
1909-08-11
D. A. Cruse
British linguist (1934-2020)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1934
Dale Meeks
British actor
South Shields
1975 1974-05-06
Dan Hicks
British archaeologist and anthropologist
Spennymoor
University of Bristol St John's College Bishop Vesey's Grammar School University of Oxford
1972
Dan Hicks (archaeologist)
Dan Smith
New Zealand tattooist and musician (1980)
Middlesbrough
1980
Dan Willis
Australia-based English comedian
York
1973-03-11
Daniel Ainsleigh
actor
Hexham
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
1976-02-08
Daniel Casey
British actor
Stockton-on-Tees
Durham University
1972-06-01
Daniel Charles Grose
American artist (1838-1900)
Whitby
1838
Daniel Charles Grose
Daniel Maier
Performer on stage, tv and radio
Newcastle upon Tyne
1968-11-12
Daniel Newman
British actor
York
1976-05-12
Daniel Oliver
English botanist (1830–1916)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1830-02-06
Daniel Pearson
British actor
Darlington
1996-07-16
Daniel Weyman
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Huntington School
1977
Danny Murphy
British actor
Wallsend
2004-02-20
Danny Robins
British playwright and podcaster
Newcastle upon Tyne
1976
Darren Allison
English record producer,audio engineer, musician
Ashington
1968
Darren John Langford
British actor
Fairburn
Lostock College
1982-04-01
Darren Morfitt
British actor
Hartlepool
1973-09-12
Darren Newton
British actor and director
Ashington
University of Sussex Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
1969-05-16
Dave Bainbridge
Keyboardist and guitarist
Darlington
Dave Cliff
British musician
Hexham
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
1944-06-25
Dave Hill
British actor
Skipton
Ermysted's Grammar School
1945-10-16
Dave Johns
English comedian, actor, and writer
Wallsend
1955
Dave Morris
British comedian
Middlesbrough
1896-07-05
Dave Sturt
British musician
Middlesbrough
Middlesex University
1960
Dave Thomas
professional golfer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1934-08-16
David A. Stewart
English musician, songwriter and record producer
Sunderland
City of Sunderland College
1952-09-09 1952-08-09
David A. Stewart
David Almond
British children's writer (1951-)
Newcastle upon Tyne Gateshead
University of East Anglia
1951-05-15
Skellig Kit's Wilderness The Fire-Eaters
David Armstrong
English footballer (1954–2022)
Durham
1954-12-26
David Blount
early English photographer, (1879-1948) based in Newcastle
Elswick
1879
David Bradley
British actor
York
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art St. George's RC Secondary School
1942-04-17
David Bradley
David Coverdale
English rock singer
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
The Northern School of Art
1951-09-22
David Coverdale
David Cushing
British biologist
Alnwick
Balliol College
1920-03-14
David Daiches
British writer and historian
Sunderland
Balliol College University of Edinburgh George Watson's College
1912-09-02
David E. Daykin
Ph.D. University of Reading 1961
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Reading
David E. Minnikin
microbiologist
Newton
Trinity College, Oxford
David G. Robinson
British botanist
North Shields
1947-05-15
David George Kendall
British statistician
Ripon
The Queen's College Ripon Grammar School
1918-01-15
Kendall's notation
David Graham
British crime fiction author
South Shields
1919
David Hamer
Billingham
1934
David Harker
British historian of popular music
Guisborough
University of Cambridge
1946-11-05
David Holden
British journalist (1924–1977)
Sunderland
Emmanuel College
1924-11-20
David J. Richardson
British biochemist
Whitley Bay
University of Keele University of Birmingham
1964
David Laidler
Canadian economist
North Shields
London School of Economics and Political Science Syracuse University University of Chicago
1938-08-12
David Leon
English actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dame Allan's School
1980-07-24
David Lindsay Keir
British historian and Master of Balliol College, Oxford (1895-1973)
Bellingham
University of Glasgow New College
1895-05-22
David M. Moore
British botanist (1933-2013)
Barnard Castle
University College
1933-07-26
David M. Wilson
British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator
Dacre
Kingswood School St John's College Lund University
1931-10-30
David MacBeth
English pop singer
Walker
1935
David Macey
British historian and translator
Sunderland
1949-10-05
David Mackenzie
British film director
Corbridge
University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
1966-05-10
David Mackenzie
David McClintock
English botanist (1913-2001)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Trinity College Harrow School
1913-07-04
David Parfitt
British actor
Sunderland
Barbara Speake Stage School
1958-07-08
David Pawson
British minister
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Cambridge Durham University Wesley House
1930-02-25
David Pawson
David Phillips
British Chemist
South Shields
University of Birmingham
1939-12-03
David Phillips (chemist)
David Reed
British actor, writer and comedian (*1982)
York
University of Edinburgh
1982-05-26
David Richard Leitch
physician and medical officer
Stokesley
1943-09-23
David Roach
British musician
Darlington
1955
David S. Byrne
sociologist
South Shields
Newcastle University London School of Economics and Political Science
1947-01-09
David Stoddart
British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)
Stockton-on-Tees
University of Cambridge
1937-11-15
David Sweetman
British writer
Dilston Castle
1943-03-16
David Thorns
New Zealand sociologist (1943–2020)
County Durham
University of Sheffield University of Exeter
1943-08-26
David W. Atkinson
Canadian academic administrator
Sunderland
University of Calgary Indiana University
1948
David William Atkinson
David Walter
British journalist and politician (1948-2012)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Trinity College, Oxford Charterhouse School
1948-02-01
David Watson
British painter
South Bank
Middlesbrough College
1944
David Wheatley
British film director (1949–2009)
Sunderland
Royal College of Art
1949-12-20
David Winter
British sculptor (1958- )
Catterick
1958
David Womersley
South Shields
1957-01-29
Dean John-Wilson
British actor
Middlesbrough
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
1989-06-06
Dean Tidey
English rock musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1970-11-28
Dean Wilkinson
British writer
Guisborough
Thornaby Academy
1967-04-18
Declan Donnelly
English television presenter (b.1975)
Newcastle upon Tyne
St. Cuthbert's High School
1975-09-25
Declan Donnelly
Denis Forster
American chemist
Hebburn
Imperial College London
1941-02-28
Dennis Chapman
British chemist (1927 - 1999)
Sunderland
1927-05-06
Dennis Gibson
Australian academic and mathematician
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Hull Newcastle University
1942
Dennis Kirkland
Television Producer (1942-2006)
North Shields
1942-12-02
Densil Neve Barr
UK science fiction author (1918-1994)
Harrogate United Kingdom
1918-09-12
Denys Hay
British historian (1915-1994)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Oxford
1915-08-29
Denys Haynes
British classical archaeologist
Harrogate
University of Bonn Trinity College Marlborough College
1913-02-15
Denys Val Baker
English writer
Upper Poppleton
1917-10-24
Denys Val Baker
Derek Geldart
Stockton-on-Tees
1931-09-04
Derek Humble
British musician
Durham
1931-05-06
Derek Talbot
English badminton player
Newcastle upon Tyne
1947-03-23
Badminton to the Top
Derek Talbot
Derek Thompson
horseracing broadcaster
Stockton-on-Tees
1950-07-31
Derek W. Moore
British mathematician (1931-2008)
South Shields
University of Cambridge Jesus College
1931-04-19
Derek Wanless
British banker (1947-2012)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Harvard University King's College Royal Grammar School
1947-09-29
Derek Williams
British film maker
Newcastle upon Tyne
1929-08-20
Desmond C. Derbyshire
British linguist
Durham
1924
Dewey Bunnell
American folk-rock musician, founder of the group America
Harrogate
London Central Elementary High School
1952-01-19
Dewey Bunnell
Don Airey
English keyboardist
Sunderland
University of Nottingham Royal Northern College of Music
1948-06-21
Don Airey
Don Nicholl
American screenwriter and producer
Sunderland
1925-08-09
Don Revie
English footballer and manager (1927-1989)
Middlesbrough
1927-07-10
Don Revie
Donald Pickering
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1933-11-15
Donovan Pedelty
British journalist, film director and screenwriter (1903-1989)
Tynemouth
1903-07-26
Doug Robinson
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1930-02-08
Duke
British singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dunstan Bruce
British singer and filmmaker
Billingham
1960-12-31
Dustin Gee
British comedian
York
1942-06-21 1942-06-24
E. Story Gofton
British actor (1846-1939)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1846-07-31
E. W. Middlemast
British educator in India
Wallsend
St John's College
1864-12-09
Eddie Jobson
British keyboardist and violinist
Billingham
1955-04-28 1955-05-28
Eddie Jobson
Eddie Robson
British writer, novelist and screenwriter (1978-)
York
Aylesbury Grammar School
1978-12-20
Eddie Robson
Eddy Huntington
British singer
Peterlee
1965-10-29
Edmund Arthur Harvey
Australian artist (1907-1994)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Académie Julian
1907-02-20
Edmund Ayrton
English organist
Ripon
1734
Edmund Hodgson Smart
British painter
Alnwick
1873
Edmund Hodgson Smart
Edmund Lee
British writer
Stokesley
1844-04-08
Edmund Lee
Eds Chesters
English drummer
Bishop Auckland
1970-10-24
Edward Backhouse
English Quaker philanthropist and writer
Darlington
1808-05-08
Cruise of the Nereid in 1869
Edward Blackett
British physician and novelist
Stokesley
Queen's University Belfast
1835
Edward Chapman
English actor (1901-1977)
Harrogate
1901-10-13
Edward Clark
English conductor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Grammar School
1888-05-10
Edward Collingwood
Fellow of the Royal Society FRSE, mathemetician, and scientist
Lilburn Tower
University of Paris Trinity College University of Cambridge Royal Naval College, Osborne Britannia Royal Naval College Aberystwyth University
1900-01-17
Edward Collingwood (mathematician)
Edward Dalziel
English draughtsman and wood-engraver
Wooler
1817-12-05
Edward Dalziel
Edward Docx
British writer: novelist, dramatist, journalist.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Christ's College St Bede's College
1972
Edward Elihu Whitfield
English solicitor and schoolmaster
Newcastle upon Tyne
1848-11-05
Edward G. Brewis
British photographer
Gateshead
1864
Edward G. Brewis
Edward Girard Young Haslam
poet (1808-1878)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1808-12-26
Edward Graham Paley
English architect (1823-1895)
Easingwold
1823-09-03
Lancaster Cathedral St Peter's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Heysham St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath
Edward Graham Paley
Edward Gregson
English composer; college principal
Sunderland
Royal Academy of Music
1945-07-23
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
British Liberal statesman (1862-1933)
Fallodon
Balliol College Winchester College Temple Grove School
1862-04-25
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Edward James Glave
English travel writer
Ripon
1863-09-13
Edward James Glave
Edward Jones Williams
Welsh engineer in Patagonia
Durham
1857-07-19
Edward Joseph Dent
British musicologist
Yorkshire Little Ribston
Eton College King's College Bilton Grange
1876-07-06 1876-07-16
Edward Knox
comedian (1897-1974)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1897
Edward M. Richardson
English landscapist, born 1810
Newcastle upon Tyne
1810
Edward Mellanby
Medical scientist, discoverer of vitamin C
West Hartlepool
Emmanuel College Barnard Castle School
1884-04-08
Edward Mellanby
Edward Naylor
British musician
Scarborough
Emmanuel College Royal College of Music
1867-02-09
Edward Pritchard Gee
British zoologist
County Durham
Durham School Emmanuel College University of Cambridge
1904
Edward Robson
English botanist and antiquarian (1763–1813)
Darlington
1763
Edward Simpson
British geologist and forger (born 1815)
Sleights
1815
Edward Wilson
English television actor (1947-2008)
South Shields
1947-07-13
Edwin Bramwell
Scottish neurologist
North Shields
University of Edinburgh
1873
Edwin Clarke
British medical historian and neurologist
Felling
University of Chicago
1919-06-18
Edwin Sisterson Clarke
Edwin Cooper
British architect
Scarborough
1874
10 Trinity Square
Edwin Cooper (architect)
Edwin Pears
British historian (1835–1919)
York
University of London
1835-03-18
Edwin Pears
Edwin Smyth
monumental sculptor
Sunderland
1885
Lucker War Memorial
Eille Norwood
British actor (1861-1948)
York
St John's College
1861-10-11
Eille Norwood
Eli Woods
English comedian and comic actor (1923-2014)
Stockton-on-Tees
1923-01-11
Elliot Francis
British actor
Stockton-on-Tees
Stagecoach Theatre Arts
1987-08-16
Elliot Johnson
Australian politician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1862-04-10
Elliot Johnson (politician)
Ephraim Anderson
British bacteriologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1911-10-28
Eric Burdon
English singer
Walker
1941-05-11
Eric Burdon
Eric Idle
English comedian, actor and writer
South Shields
University of Cambridge Pembroke College Royal Wolverhampton School
1943-03-29
Eric Idle
Eric Pringle
British writer (1935-2017)
Morpeth
1935-06
Ernest Arthur Bell
British biochemist and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1926-2006)
Gosforth
Durham University Trinity College Dublin
1926-06-20
Ernest Findlay Scott
theologican (1868-1954)
Durham
1868-03-18
Ernest Hodgson
toxicologist
Hetton-le-Hole
1932-07-26
Ernest Procter
English artist (1886-1935)
Tynemouth
Bootham School
1886-05-22
Ernest Procter
Ernest Race
English textile and furniture designer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1913
Ernest Thompson Seton
British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement
South Shields
Académie Julian Jarvis Collegiate Institute
1860-08-14
Teachers' manual of bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds Bird-Lore, Volume I
Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Walter Brooks
English ancient historian and Syriac scholar (1863-1955)
Hambleton
1863-08-30
Ernest William Hornung
British writer
Middlesbrough
Uppingham School St Ninian's School, Moffat
1866-06-07
E. W. Hornung
Ernie Lotinga
British actor and comedian (1876-1951)
Sunderland
1876
Ethan Ash
British singer-songwriter
Newcastle upon Tyne
Ewan Howe
British rock drummer
North Shields
2004-03-27
Ewen Spencer
British photographer
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Brighton
1971
Ewen Spencer
F. M. Powicke
British historian (1879-1963)
Alnwick
Victoria University of Manchester Balliol College
1879-06-16
Fenwick Lawson
British artist
South Moor
1932-05-19
Fenwick Lawson
Fergus Craig
British actor and comedian
Sunderland
1980-04-19
Findlay Brown
British singer
York
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
1980
Franc Roddam
English film director
Norton
London Film School
1946-04-29
Franc Roddam
Francis Arthur Bainbridge
British physiologist
Stockton-on-Tees
Trinity College
1874-07-29
Francis Arthur Bainbridge
Francis Bickerton
British architect
York
Francis Blackburne
archdeacon of Cleveland and activist
Richmond
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1705-06-09
Francis Carr
British writer and businessperson
Newcastle upon Tyne
1834-05-01
Francis Gibson
English writer
Whitby
1753-01-16
Francis Hastings Doyle
British academic and poet
Tadcaster
Eton College Christ Church
1810-08-21
Francis Hastings Doyle
Francis Henry Salvin
British Army officer and writer
Croxdale Hall
1817-04-04
Francis Henry Salvin
Francis Jackson
British organist and composer
Malton
Durham University
1917-10-02
Francis Jackson (composer)
Francis Matthews
British actor
York
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds York
1927-09-02
Francis Matthews (actor)
Francis Nicholson
British artist (1753-1844)
Pickering
1753-11-14
Francis Nicholson
Francis Robert Raines
British vicar and historian (1805-78)
Whitby
Burnley Grammar School
1805
Francis Thompson
photographer and business owner
Aysgarth
1895
Francis William Doyle-Jones
English sculptor (1873-1938)
West Hartlepool
1873
Francis William Doyle-Jones
Frank Barrie
British actor
Scarborough
University of Hull Archbishop Holgate's School
1936-09-19
Frank Barrie
Frank Collins
SAS soldier and Church of England military chaplain
Newcastle upon Tyne
Oak Hill College Whitley Bay High School
1957
Frank Elgee
British archaeologist
North Ormesby
1880-11-08
Frank Hawley
Norton
1906-03-31
Frank Henry Algernon Mason
British artist (1875-1965)
Seaton Carew
1875-10-01
Frank Henry Algernon Mason
Frank Jarvis
British actor (1941-2010)
Stockton-on-Tees
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1941-05-13
Frank Mears
British urban theorist
Tynemouth
Edinburgh College of Art
1880
Frank Middlemass
actor (1919-2006)
Eaglescliffe
1919-05-28
Frank Oldfield
British geographer and paleoecologist
Pickering
1936-02-19
Frank Pasquill
English meteorologist
Trimdon
Durham University University College
1914-09-08
Frank Usher
Guitarist, guitar maker
Gateshead
1949-08-04
Frank Webster
British sociologist
Durham
Durham University
1950-09-27
Frankie Howerd
British actor, comedian (1917–1992)
York
1917-03-06
Frankie Howerd
Fred Appleyard
British artist (1874-1963)
Middlesbrough
1874-09-09
Fred Feast
British actor (1929-1999)
Scarborough
1929-10-05
Fred Jefferson
English wildlife photographer (born 1894)
York
1894
Fred Mayor
British painter (1865-1916)
Ripon
1865-12-21
Fred Olsen
British-born American art collector and chemist (1891–1986)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Washington University in St. Louis
1891
Fred Taylor
British physicist (1944–2021)
Amble
University of Liverpool Jesus College University of Oxford
1944-09-24
Freddie 'Fingers' Lee
British pianist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1937-11-24
Frederic Leighton
English painter and sculptor (1830–1896)
Scarborough
Academy of Arts, Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, Florence Royal Academy of Arts Heatherley School of Fine Art
1830-12-03
Lieder ohne Worte The Villa Malta, Rome Flaming June
Frederic Leighton
Frederic Shields
British artist, illustrator and designer (1833-1911)
Hartlepool
1833-03-14
Frederic Shields
Frederick Apthorp Paley
English classical scholar (1815–1888)
Easingwold
Shrewsbury School St John's College
1815-01-14
Frederick Apthorp Paley
Frederick Dalberg
opera singer (1907-1988)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
1907-01-07
Frederick Etchells
British artist and architect (1886-1973)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1886-09-14
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Hall
British artist (1860-1948)
Stillington
Lincoln School of Art
1860-02-06
Frederick Hall (English painter)
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
English noble and diplomat
Castle Howard
University of Cambridge
1748-05-28
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Frederick John Jackson
British ornithologist and colonial administrator
Catterick
Shrewsbury School
1860-02-17
Frederick John Jackson
Frederick Miller (paediatrician)
British paediatrician
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Newcastle University
1911-11-05
Frederick Orpen Bower
British botanist (1855–1948)
Ripon
University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg University of Würzburg
1855-11-04
Frederick Orpen Bower
Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster
British-American information scientist (1933-2013)
Durham
1933-09-04
Frederick William Sanderson
British educationist (1857-1922), headmaster at Oundle School from 1892 to 1922
Brancepeth
Christ's College Durham University Hatfield College
1857
Frederik Kiørboe
Danish architect (1878-1952)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1878-07-27
Frederik Kiørboe
G. H. E. Hudson
Canadian photographer
Scarborough
1885-03-13
G. H. E. Hudson
G. P. Taylor
British writer
Scarborough
1958-05-03
Gabriel Atkin
English painter
South Shields
1897
Gabriel Fielding
British writer (1916-1986)
Hexham
Trinity College Dublin St Edward's School
1916-03-25
Gabriel Lasker
American anthropologist
New Earswick
Harvard University
1912-04-24
Gareth Pugh
British fashion designer
Sunderland
Central Saint Martins City of Sunderland College
1981-08-31
Gareth Pugh
Garry Kilworth
British writer
York
King's College London
1941-07-05
Garry Kilworth
Gary Fildes
British astronomer
Sunderland
1965-09-27
Gavin Webster
comedian
Blaydon
1969-11-13
Gaz Beadle
English reality television personality
Northumberland
1987-03-22
Gem Archer
British musician
Durham
1966-12-07
Gem Archer
Geoff Heslop
British record producer
Corbridge
1947-06-03
Geoff Hoyle
British actor
Scarborough
1945-04-15
Geoff Smith
Classical/New Music composer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1966
Geoff Wonfor
film director
Newcastle upon Tyne
1948-12-08
Geoffrey Haslam
English record producer and engineer working mostly in the USA
Northumberland
1943-09-02
Geoffrey Jefferson
British neurologist (1886-1961)
Stockton-on-Tees
1886-04-10
Geoffrey Laycock
organist, composer, and scholar of hymns
York
Royal College of Music
1927-01-27
Geordie Jackson
British amateur MMA fighter, boxer, personal trainer, dj, pornographic actor, adult model and escort
Newcastle upon Tyne
1988-03-08
Geordie Walker
British guitarist (1958–2023)
Chester-le-Street
1958-12-18
Geordie Walker
George Abbey
British gardener and horticulturalist (1835–1917)
Stillingfleet
1835-09-02
George Abbot
English religious writer and politician
York
1604
George Anderson
English cricketer born in 1826
Aiskew
1826-01-20
George Bellamy
English musician
Sunderland
1941-10-08
George Betts
Canadian political scientist
Skipton
University of London University of Alberta Victoria University of Wellington
1930-12-09
Betts on Wellington: a City And Its Politics
George Biddell Airy
English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)
Alnwick
Colchester Royal Grammar School Trinity College
1801-07-27
George Biddell Airy
George Blackie Sticks
British painter (1843-1938)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1843
George Blackie Sticks
George Bolam
land agent and naturalist (1859-1934)
Barmoor
1859-11-08
George Brown
English missionary, anthropologist and natural history specimen collector (1835–1917)
Barnard Castle
1835-12-07
George Brown (missionary)
George Caley
English botanist and explorer in Australia (1770-1829)
Craven
1770-06-10
George Chambers
English painter (1803-1840)
Whitby
1803-10-23
George Chambers
George Clarke
British architect, television presenter, lecturer and writer
Sunderland
University College London Newcastle University Oxclose Community Academy City of Sunderland College
1974-05-27
George Clementson Greenwell senior
19th-century mining and civil engineer, and author
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Edinburgh
1821-07-25
George Clementson Greenwell senior
George Clinton
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1850-12-16
George Craig
musician and model
Helmsley
1990-07-11
George Cuitt
English painter (1743-1818)
Moulton
1743
George Cuitt the elder
George Cuitt the Younger
English painter (1779-1854)
Richmond
1779
George Dalziel
English wood engraver, 1815-1902, eldest of the five Dalziel siblings and founder of the family firm
Wooler
1815-12-01
George Dalziel
George Daniels
British watchmaker
Sunderland
1926-08-19
George Edward Massee
British botanist (1850–1917)
Scampston
1845-12-20
British fungi with a chapter on lichens
George Edward Massee
George Fennell Robson
(1788 - 1833) British painter
Durham
1788
George Fennel Robson
George Frederick Stout
British philosopher and psychologist
South Shields
University of Cambridge
1860-01-06
George Frederick Stout
George French Angas
English explorer, naturalist and painter who emigrated to Australia and became a museum director (1822-1886)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1822-04-25
The Kafirs illustrated
George French Angas
George Goldie
English ecclesiastical architect
York
Ushaw College
1828-06-09
Saint Pancras Church
George Goldie
George Gray
English painter (1758-1819)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1758
George Gray (painter)
George Henry Swan
New Zealand politician and photographer (1833-1913)
Sunderland
1833
George Henry Swan
George Henry Turnbull
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1879
George Hepplewhite
British furniture designer
Ryton
1727
George Hepplewhite
George Herbert Bailey
British chemist (1852-1924)
Teesdale
1852-05-17
George Irving
British actor
South Shields
1954-05-06
George Jobey
British archaeologist (1918-1991)
Percy Main
Durham University
George Lambert
English baritone and voice teacher in Canada
Long Preston
1900-12-17
George Leo Watson
mathematician (1909-1988)
Whitby
Trinity College University of London
1909-12-13
George Leybourne
British singer and comedian (1842-1884)
Gateshead
1842-03-17
George Leybourne
George Malcolm Brown
British geologist (1925-1997)
Redcar
St Cross College Durham University
1925-10-05
George Mallaby
British-Australian actor
Hartlepool
1939-11-04
George Mann
British writer
Darlington
1978
George McLeod Winsor
British writer
Gateshead
1856
George Nicholson
English botanist and horticulturist (1847–1908)
Ripon
1847-12-07
George Nicholson (horticulturalist)
George Peacock
English mathematician and Anglican cleric (1791–1858)
County Durham
Trinity College University of Cambridge
1791-04-09
George Redmayne Murray
British doctor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Eton College Trinity College
1865-06-20
George Redmayne Murray
George Relph
British stage and film actor (1888-1960)
Cullercoats
1888-01-27
George Relph
George Rochester
British physicist
Wallsend
Durham University
1908-02-04
George Russell
English horticulturist
Stillington
1857
George Sandys
English traveller, colonist, poet, translator
Bishopthorpe Palace
St Mary Hall
1578-03-02
George Sandys
George Slater
British geologist and glaciologist (1874–1956)
Sharow
Royal College of Science
1874
George Stanley Turnbull
American journalism professor and author
Salt Lake City Newcastle upon Tyne
1882-12-05
History of Oregon Newspapers
George Stewardson Brady
British copepodologist (1832-1921)
Gateshead
1832-04-18
George Stewardson Brady
George Tate
English antiquarian, topographer and naturalist from Alnwick
Alnwick
1805-05-21 1805
George Tate (topographer)
George Vasey
19th century American botanist (1822-1893)
Snainton
Berkshire Medical College
1822-02-28
George Vasey (botanist)
George W. Temperley
British ornithologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Gateshead Grammar School
1875-10-29
George Walker Milburn
master woodcarver, stonemason and sculptor
York
York School of Art
1844-06-17
Durham Light Infantry South African War Memorial Bamburgh War Memorial
George Walker Milburn
George Wall
botanist (1821-1894)
North Shields
Harrow School
1821
George Walton
English painter
Northumberland
1855
Gerald Laing
British artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Saint Martin's School of Art Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1936-02-11
Gerald Laing
Gerald Manners
British geographer (1932–2009)
County Durham
1932-08-07
Gibb McLaughlin
actor
Sunderland
1884-07-19
Gibson Gowland
British film actor (1877-1951)
County Durham
1877-01-04
Gibson Gowland
Gil North
English writer
Skipton
Ermysted's Grammar School
1916
Gilbert Archey
New Zealand ethnologist, zoologist and museum director (1890–1974)
York
University of Canterbury
1890-08-04
Gilbert Archey
Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge
British physicist
Felling
Hatfield College
1925-11-28
Giles Deacon
British fashion designer
Darlington
Central Saint Martins Barnard Castle School
1969
Giles Deacon
Giles Munby
British naturalist (1813–1876)
York
University of Edinburgh
1813
Ginger
British rock musician
South Shields
1964-12-17
Ginger Johnson
British drag performer
Lanchester
1988-09-26
Ginger Johnson (drag queen)
Glenn Brown
British artist
Hexham
Norwich University of the Arts
1966
Glenn Brown (artist)
Glenn Hugill
British television presenter
Durham
Barnard Castle School Christ Church
1970-02-08
Godfrey Linge
geographer
Durham
University of Canterbury
1932-09-05
Godfrey Norman Agmondisham Vesey
Harrogate
1923-06-22
Gordon Burn
English writer (1948-2009)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1948-01-16
Gordon Parker
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1940-02-28
Gordon Peters
British actor
Durham
1926-11-29
Graeme Crallan
British musician (1958-2008)
Hartlepool
1958-06-05
Graham Bell
singer (1948-2008)
Blyth
1948-04-17
Graham Collier
English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer
Tynemouth
Berklee College of Music
1937-02-21
Graham Smith
British photographer
Middlesbrough
The Northern School of Art
1947
Graham Wallas
English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist
Sunderland
Corpus Christi College Shrewsbury School
1858-05-31
Graham Wallas
Grant Taylor
Australian actor (1917–1971)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1917-12-06
Greg Wise
English actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Edinburgh Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Heriot-Watt University St Peter's School
1966-05-15
Greg Wise
Guy Eaden Shewell
British entomologist (1913-1996)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1913-07-16
Guy Mowbray
English association football commentator (born 1972)
York
Huntington School
1972-02-16
Guy Mowbray
H. L. A. Hart
English legal philosopher (1907–1992)
Harrogate
Cheltenham College New College Bradford Grammar School
1907-07-18
H. L. A. Hart
H. Reeves-Smith
English actor (1862–1938)
Scarborough
1862-05-17
H. Reeves-Smith
H. T. Dickinson
English historian
Gateshead
Durham University Gateshead Grammar School Newcastle University
1939-03-09
Hal Walters
English actor (1892-1940)
South Shields
1892-01-29
Hank Marvin
English musician; guitarist for the Shadows
Newcastle upon Tyne
1941-10-28
Hank Marvin
Hans Munthe-Kaas
Norwegian mathematician
Northallerton
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian Institute of Technology
1961-03-28
Harold A. Wilson
English physicist (1874-1964)
York
University of Cambridge
1874-12-01
Harold Albert Wilson
Harold Heslop
British writer
Hunwick
King James I Academy
1898
Harold Holden
artist (1885-1977)
Settle
1885-12-07
Harold Jeffreys
British geophysicist and statistician
Fatfield
Durham University St John's College Newcastle University University of Cambridge
1891-04-22
Jeffreys number Jeffreys prior
Harold Manning
French radio producer and screenwriter
Durham
1968-05-26
Harry Beevers
English-born American physiologist (1924-2004)
County Durham
Durham University Wolsingham School
1924-01-10
Harry Faulkner Brown
architect (1920-2008)
South Shields
1920
Harry Hepple
English actor
Sunderland
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1983-09-26
Harry Lindgren
Australian mathematician and linguist
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Western Australia
1912
Harry Waller
English footballer (1864-1902)
Ashington
1864 1917-08-20
Harry Watson
British painter (1871–1936)
Scarborough
Royal College of Art Lambeth School of Art City and Guilds of London Art School
1871-06-13
Harry Watson
Henri Frederick Hemy
English organist and composer (1818-1888)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1818-11-12
Henrik Joesten Bleeker
South Shields
1869
Henry Alexander Cooper
British entertainer (1853-1899)
Norton-on-Derwent
1853-06-12
Henry Alexander Cooper
Henry Atkinson
British astronomer
Bavington
1781-06-28
Henry Augustus Rawes
British hymnwriter
Easington
Trinity College
1826-12-11
Henry Baker Tristram
English clergyman, Biblical scholar, traveller and ornithologist (1822-1906)
Eglingham
Lincoln College Durham School
1822-05-11
Henry Baker Tristram
Henry Bowman Brady
British paleontologist and pharmacist
Gateshead
Ackworth School
1835-02-23 1835
Henry Brown
engraver from Belgium
York
1816-04-03
Henry Brown (engraver)
Henry Cliffe
British graphic designer (1919-1983)
Scarborough
1919
Henry Conway
British socialite
Newcastle upon Tyne
Courtauld Institute of Art University of Cambridge Harrow School
1983-11-24
Henry Dresser Atkinson
Australian clergyman and naturalist (1841-1921)
Selby
Magdalene College Trinity College Dublin
1841-05-13
Henry Dresser Atkinson
Henry Eeles Dresser
English ornithologist and businessman (1838-1915)
Thirsk
1838-05-09
Henry Eeles Dresser
Henry Elderfield
British oceanographer and Geochemist who deciphered chemical signatures in the modern and ancient oceans
North Yorkshire
University of Liverpool University of Cambridge
1943-04-25
Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
British politician (1830-1911)
Sunderland
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
1830-05-16
Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton
Henry H. Slater
British ornithologist, entomologist and botanist (1851-1934)
Stanhope
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1851
Henry Hare
British architect
Scarborough
1861
Henry Hare
Henry Hedger Bootes
New Zealand sailor, artist and author
Jarrow
1873-09
Henry Hedger Bootes
Henry Hervey Baber
British philologist
Slingsby
1775
Henry Hetherington Emmerson
English painter
Chester-le-Street
1831-11-11
Henry Hetherington Emmerson
Henry Heylyn Hayter
Anglo-Australian statistician
Eden Vale
Charterhouse School
1821-10-28
Henry Hodgkin
Medical doctor and British Quaker missionary.
Darlington
1877-04-21
Henry Hodgkin
Henry Kendall
English architect
York
1776-03-23
Henry Edward Kendall
Henry Keyworth Raine
English School portrait painter in oils
York
1872
Henry Liddell
British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)
Bishop Auckland
Christ Church Charterhouse School
1811-02-06
Henry George Liddell
Henry Maudsley
British psychiatrist
Giggleswick
University College London Giggleswick School
1835-02-05
Henry Maudsley
Henry McIlwain
Newcastle upon Tyne
1912
Henry Moore
British painter (1831-1895)
York
Royal Academy of Arts
1831-03-07
Henry Moore (painter)
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
English aristocrat (1564-1632)
Tynemouth
1564-04-27
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Robinson Hall
British artist
York
1859
Henry Robson
British songwriter
Benwell
1775
Henry Scott Tuke
English painter and photographer (1858-1929)
York
Slade School of Fine Art
1858-06-12
All Hands to the Pumps August Blue
Henry Scott Tuke
Henry Sidgwick
English philosopher
Skipton
Trinity College Rugby School
1838-05-31
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Smeathman
British entomologist (1742-1786)
Scarborough
1742-02-09
Henry Taylor
English playwright and poet (1800-1886)
Bishop Middleham
1800-10-18
Sir Henry Taylor
Henry Travers
British-American actor
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1874-03-05
Henry Travers
Henry Tuke Mennell
British botanist and conchologist (1835 - 1923)
Scarborough
1835-06-19
Herbert Edward Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)
Muscoates
University of Leeds
1893-12-04 1893-11-04
Education Through Art
Herbert Read
Herbert Flowerdew
British novelist
York
1866-06-14
Herbert McCabe
English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher (1926-2001)
Middlesbrough
University of Manchester
1926-08-02
Herbert Raine
Canadian, 1875-1951; artist
Sunderland
1875
Herbert Tomlinson
Physicist and FRS; first Principal of Chelsea Polytechnic (1845-1931)
York
Christ Church St Peter's School
1846-11-18 1845-11
Hilton Valentine
British guitarist (1943–2021)
North Shields
John Spence Community High School
1943-05-21
Hilton Valentine
Howard Clewes
screenwriter
York
1912-10-27
Howard Davies
British theatre and television director (1945-2016)
Durham
1945-04-26
Howard Linskey
English novelist
County Durham
1967-05-16
Hubert Austin
English architect
Redmarshall
Richmond School
1841-03-31
St George's Church, Heaviley
Huck Gee
American artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1973-05-19
Hugh Edwin Strickland
British scientist (1811-1853)
Reighton
Oriel College
1811-03-02
Hugh Edwin Strickland
Hugh Miller
actor (1889-1976)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1889-05-22
Hugh Stowell Scott
English novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Loretto School
1862
Hugh Stowell Scott
Hugh Trevor-Roper
British historian (1914-2003)
Glanton
Christ Church Charterhouse School Belhaven Hill School Merton College
1914-01-15
The Last Days of Hitler The Last Days of Hitler
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Watson
British malacologist (1885–1959)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1885-06-01
Hugo Speer
British actor
Harrogate
Arts Educational School Harrogate Grammar School
1969-03-17
Hunt Emerson
cartoonist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1952-01-28
Hunt Emerson
Hyam Maccoby
British scholar of Judeo-Christian religious tradition (1924-2004)
Sunderland
Balliol College
1924-03-20
I'Anson
musical artist
Gateshead
Iain Baxter
Canadian artist
Middlesbrough
1936-11-16
Ian Almond
professor
Skipton
University of Edinburgh
1969-09-21
Ian Bousfield
English trombonist
York
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
1964-02-16
Ian Bousfield
Ian Cullen
British actor (1939-2019)
The Boldons
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1944-10-20 1939-10-20
Ian Graham Gass
British geologist (1926-1992)
Gateshead
1926-03-20
Ian H. Goodall
British archaeologist (1948-2006)
York
Cardiff University
1948
Ian Hogg
actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Central School of Speech and Drama Durham School
1937-08-01
Ian Jarvie
British philosopher
South Shields
London School of Economics and Political Science
1937-07-08
Ian Kelsey
British actor
York
Guildford School of Acting
1966-12-17
Ian La Frenais
writer
Monkseaton
Dame Allan's School
1936-01-07 1937-01-07
Ian Littlewood
York
St John's College
1949-06-08
Ian Macmillan Ward
British physicist
Stockton-on-Tees
Magdalen College Royal Grammar School
1928-04-09
Ian Masser
British urban planner
York
1937-09-14
Ian McCallum
English guitarist, songwriter
Kenton
1965-09
Ian Melrose
Middlesbrough
20th century
Ian Moore
Japanese actor
Durham
1954-06-15
Ian Paul Cassidy
British actor
Harrogate
1964-11-04
Ian Peacock
British radio personality
Newcastle upon Tyne
1962-12-14
Ian Usher
English author and speaker
Durham
1963-07-25
Ian Vernon Hogg
British historian and author
Durham
1926-10-29
Iolo Aneurin Williams
British journalist, author, art historian and botanist
Middlesbrough
King's College Rugby School
1890-06-18
Iolo Aneurin Williams
Irshad Ashraf
British documentary film maker
York
1974
Isaac Coates
British painter (1808-1878)
Norton
1808-01-29
Isaac Coates
Isaac Thomas Shutt
architect
Harrogate
1818-02-21
Isaac Thomas Shutt
J Blakeson
English film director and screenwriter
Harrogate
University of Warwick
1977-03-02
J Blakeson
J. Douglas Porteous
geographer
York
1943-11-26
J. Drew Smith
mycologist (1922-2003)
Ireshopeburn
King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1922-08-02
J. E. H. MacDonald
Canadian artist (1873-1932)
Durham
1873-05-12
J. E. H. MacDonald
J. E. Harold Terry
English novelist, playwright, actor and critic
York
Marlborough College Pembroke College
1885-09-21
J. Gunnis Davis
British actor (1873-1937)
Sunderland
1873-12-21
J. L. Carr
English novelist
Thirsk
1912-05-20
JL Carr
J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Easington
Durham University University of Oxford
1977-12-03
J. Thomas Looney
English school teacher
South Shields
University of Chester
1870-08-14
J. W. S. Cassels
British mathematician
Durham
University of Edinburgh George Heriot's School Trinity College University of Cambridge Neville's Cross Primary School
1922-07-11
JN-25
J. Wilfrid Jackson
British geologist and paleontologist (1880-1978)
Scarborough
1880-06-15
Jack Brymer
English clarinettist
South Shields
1915-01-27
Jack Charlton
English footballer and manager (1935-2020)
Ashington
1935-05-08
Jack Charlton
Jack Colman
British writer
North York Moors
1987
Jack Common
British novelist (1903-1968)
Heaton
Skerry's College
1903-08-15
Jack Douglas
British actor (1927–2008)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1927-04-26
Jack Heslop-Harrison
British botanist (1920-1998)
Middlesbrough
Queen's University Belfast Newcastle University Park View School
1920-02-10
Jack Higgins
British novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
London School of Economics and Political Science Roundhay School
1929-07-27
The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Kelly
English footballer (1913-2000)
Hetton-le-Hole
1913-03-02
Jack Lynn
British architect
Ashington
Durham University
1926-10-30
Jack Massey Welsh
English YouTuber
Ramshaw
1996-06-24
JackSucksAtLife
Jack Robson
British songwriter
Annitsford
1885
Jack Scott
British meteorologist (1923-2008)
Ferryhill
Nottingham Trent University
1923-11-09
Jack Speirs
New Zealand composer and music professor
Harrogate
1939
Jack Taylor
British actor
Durham
Jackie Armstrong
British trombonist
County Durham
1920-04-13
Jake Attree
English painter
York
York School of Art Liverpool College of Art
1950
Jake Pratt
British actor
Scarborough
Hurtwood House
1996-09-25
Jake Pratt
James Anderson
miner, songwriter, poet, born 1825
Earsdon
1825
James Arthur
English singer and musician
Middlesbrough
British School of Bahrain
1988-03-02
James Arthur (singer)
James Backhouse
English botanist and missionary (1794–1869)
Darlington
1794-07-08
James Backhouse
James Backhouse
English botanist, archaeologist, and geologist (1825–1890)
York
Bootham School
1825
James Backhouse
English nurseryman and ornithologist (1861-1945)
York
1861-04-14
James Bate
English stage and screen actor
Tyne and Wear
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1945-04-10
James Baxter
British actor
Sunderland
Farringdon Community Academy
1990-08-03
James Bolam
British actor
Sunderland
Central School of Speech and Drama The Bemrose School
1935-06-16 1935
James Bragge
New Zealand photographer
South Shields
1833
James Bragge
James Cawthorn
British fantasy writer and illustrator
Gateshead
1929-12-21
James Chalmers
born 1974; British actor
York
Bradfield College London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art University of Edinburgh Eagle House School
1974-09
James Clark
English painter, born 1858
West Hartlepool
1858
James Clark (artist)
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Marton
1728-10-27
James Cook
James Dall
New Zealand botanist, botanical and zoological collector (1840-1912)
York
1840-11-25
James Dalton
clergyman and botanist (1764-1843)
York
University of Cambridge
1764-11-14
James Downey
English photographer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1868
James Downey
James Duncan Carey
British composer and conductor
Wallsend
1927
James Egan Moulton
Anglo-Australian headmaster and Methodist minister (1841–1909)
Northumberland
Kingswood School
1841-01-04
James Everett
British writer
Alnwick
1784
James Fairfax
British actor
Scarborough
1897-08-10
James Francis Baker
English poet (1891-?)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1891
James Gaddas
British politician and actor (born 1960)
Stockton-on-Tees
1960-06-17
James Garbutt
British actor (1925-2020)
Houghton-le-Spring
1925
James Griffiths
English-Canada Painter (1814-1896)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1814
James Harrison Rigg
British Methodist minister
Newcastle upon Tyne
1821-01-16
James Herriot
veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)
Sunderland
University of Glasgow Hillhead High School
1916-10-03
All Creatures Great and Small All Things Bright and Beautiful All things wise and wonderful Lord god made them all
James Herriot
James Hugonin
British painter
Barnard Castle
1950-10-05
James Hutton Kidd
Horticulturist, community leader
Hexham
1877-09-12
James John Joicey
British entomologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1871
James John Joicey
James Kenner
13 April 1885 - 30 June 1974
Morpeth
1885-04-13
James Kirkup
British writer
South Shields
Durham University
1918-04-23
James Martin
British chef and television presenter
Malton
Malton School
1972-06-30
James Martin (chef)
James Maxlow
Australian geologist and scientist
Middlesbrough
1949
James Mitchell
British writer of crime fiction and spy thrillers
South Shields
St Edmund Hall
1926-03-12
James Newman
British singer-songwriter
Settle
1985-10-19
James Peel
English landscape painter (1811-1906)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1811-07-01
James Peel
James Ramsay
English portrait painter (1789-1854)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1784 1786 1789
James Ramsay
James Redpath
American journalist and abolitionist
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1833-08-24
James Redpath
James Rewcastle
British songwriter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1802
James Robson
English poet, songwriter and Jacobite
Thropton
17th century
James Rutherford
1906–1963 professor at University of Auckland, historian
Dunston
1906
James Scott
British actor, born 1979
Newcastle upon Tyne
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
1979-01-14
James Scott (actor)
James Smetham
British artist (1821-1889)
Pateley Bridge
1821-09-09
James Smetham
James Stephenson
British-American actor (1889-1941)
Selby
1889-04-14
James Stephenson
James Stourton
English art historian
York
Ampleforth College Magdalene College
1956-07-03
James Tate
British headmaster
Richmond
Sidney Sussex College
1771-06-11
James Wilson Carmichael
English marine painter (1800-1868)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1799-06-09 1800-01-09
John Carmichael
James Wood
literary critic
Durham
Eton College Jesus College Chorister School
1965-11-01
The book against God (novel)
James Wycliffe Headlam
British historian
Durham
King's College Eton College
1863-12-24
James Headlam-Morley
Jamie Bell
English actor (born 1986)
Billingham
Stagecoach Theatre Arts Northfield School and Sports College
1986-03-14
Jamie Bell
Jamie Parker
British actor
Middlesbrough
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Loretto School
1979-08-14
Janick Gers
English guitarist
Hartlepool
English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
1957-01-27
Janick Gers
Jason Cook
British comedian
Hebburn
1973
Jason Isaacs
singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1975-09-09
Jay Hutchinson Scott
(1924-1977) production designer, art, costume designer
Stakeford
1924
Jeffrey Dunn
British guitarist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1961-04-22
Jeffrey Dunn
Jeremiah Dixon
British astronomer
Cockfield
1733-07-27
Mason–Dixon Line
Jeremiah Dixon
Jeremy Spencer
British musician
Hartlepool
Strand School
1948-07-04
Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy Swift
English actor
Stockton-on-Tees
1960-06-27 1960
Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Welsh
Gateshead
Nottingham Trent University Goldsmiths, University of London
1954
Jerry Desmonde
British actor (1908-1967)
Middlesbrough
1908-07-20
Jez Lowe
English singer-songwriter
Easington Colliery
English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College St Francis RC Grammar School
1955-07-14
Jez Lowe
Jim Carter
British actor
Harrogate
University of Sussex Ashville College
1948-08-19
Jim Carter
Jim Mageean
British singer
Gosforth
1948-01-27
Jim Parker
British composer (1934-2023)
Hartlepool
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
1934-12-18
Jim Threapleton
British film director
Wharfedale
Read School
1973
Jimi Mistry
British actor
Scarborough
Birmingham School of Acting Radyr Comprehensive School St James' Catholic High School
1973-01-01
Jimmy Campbell
British songwriter, lyricist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1903
Jimmy James
British comedian
Stockton-on-Tees
1892-05-20 1892
Jimmy Nail
English guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor, screenwriter
Newcastle upon Tyne
Jesmond Park Academy
1954-03-16
Jody Clark
British engraver
Lake District Windermere
University of Central Lancashire
1981-03-01 1981
Joe Bonner
English-born American actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1881-11-03
Joe Caffrey
British actor
Wallsend
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
1967
Joe McElderry
English recording artist; singer, television personality
South Shields
Newcastle College
1991-06-16
Joe McElderry
Joe Robinson
English actor (1927-2017)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1927-05-31
Joe Robinson (actor)
Joe Van Moyland
English actor and singer
York
1983
Joel Ross
British DJ
Scarborough
1977-05-31
Joey Batey
British actor and singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Cambridge L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq St. Cuthbert's High School
1989-01-01
John "Charlie" Whitney
British rock guitarist
Skipton
1944-06-24
John Alderson
British actor (1916-2006)
Horden
1916-04-10
John Alderson
John Alexander
British television director
Peterlee
1961
John Alexander Herbert
British Museum curator of manuscripts; (1862-1948)
Gateshead
1862
John Alexander Herbert
John Allanson
English engraver and graphic artist, ca. 1800-1859
Newcastle upon Tyne
1800
John Anthony
English music producer
Durham
1944-12-03
John Armatage
English jazz swing drummer and arranger
Newcastle upon Tyne
1929-08-05
John Arrowsmith
British geographer
Winston
1790
John Arrowsmith
John Arrowsmith
English theologian (1602-1659)
Gateshead
St John's College
1602-03-29
John Ash
British ornithologist (1925-2014)
Gosforth
Durham University Imperial College London Pocklington School
1925-05-26
John Atkinson II
British painter (1863-1924)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1863
John Atkinson
John Bailey
English agriculturist and engraver (1750-1819)
Blades Field Farmhouse And Attached Outbuilding To East
1750
John Bain
British game commentator (1984-2018)
Spennymoor
De Montfort University
1984-07-08
TotalBiscuit
John Barry
British composer and conductor (1933–2011)
York
St Peter's School
1933-11-03
Goldfinger Diamonds Are Forever Dances with Wolves
John Barry (composer)
John Basil Hume
British surgeon and lecturer
Whitby
1893-09-29
John Bates
British fashion designer
Ponteland
1938-12-13
John Bates
John Beckwith
English art exhibition curator (1918-1991)
Whitby
1918-12-02
John Bird
British mathematical instrument maker
County Durham
1709
John Bird (astronomer)
John Blackburn
British writer
Corbridge
Durham University
1923-06-26
John Blackwell
British architect
Richmond
1860
John Blackwell (architect)
John Bonett
British writer
Tynemouth
1906-08-10
John Brand
English clergyman, antiquarian, and club secretary (1744–1806)
Washington
Royal Grammar School
1744-08-19
John Brand (antiquarian)
John Brason
British screenwriter
South Shields
1924-06-29
John Brigham Ward
British born New Zealand entomologist and physicist (1928-2016)
Harrogate
1928-01-10
John Brookes
garden and landscape designer
Durham
1933-10-11
John Brown
English divine and author
Rothbury
St John's College
1715-11-05
John Burdon-Sanderson
English physiologist (1828–1905)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Edinburgh University of Paris
1828-12-21
John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
John Carr
English mathematician (1948-2016)
East Heddon
University of Oxford
1948-08-29
John Chambers
artist (1852-1928)
South Shields
1852-01-09
John Clarke
British writer and politician (1885-1959)
Jarrow
1885-02-04
John Close
English doggerel poet
Gunnerside
1816
John Convey
Canadian metallurgist
Craghead
1910-03-29
John Corner
British mathematician and physicist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Peterhouse Royal Grammar School
1916-01-24
John Crosthwaite
English race car designer and chassis engineer.
Thornaby-on-Tees
1925-10-09
John Crosthwaite
John Cuthbert Hedley
Bishop of Newport and Menevia; Bishop of Newport
Morpeth
Ampleforth College
1837-04-15 1837
John D. Omer-Cooper
historian of Africa (1931-1998)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Rhodes University Corpus Christi College
1931-10-23
John D. Thompson
British botanist (1959 - )
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1959
Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean: Insights for Conservation
John Davies
British photographer
County Durham
University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University
1949
John Downey
English photographer
South Shields
1823
John Earle
English cleric, author and translator (c. 1601 – 1665)
York
Christ Church
1601
John Earle (bishop)
John Edward Hull
arachnologist
Northumberland
1862
John Ella
British musician (1802-1888)
Thirsk
1802-12-19
John Ella
John Erickson
British military historian (1929-2002)
South Shields
St John's College
1929-04-17
John Everard
British diplomat; (1956-)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Emmanuel College Peking University King Edward VI School
1956-11-24 1956
John Everard (diplomat)
John Ewbank Leefe
botanist (1824-1889)
Richmond
Trinity College
1824 1813-05-13
John F. Runciman
musicologist and music critic
South Shields
1866
John Fairbairn
writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
John Fairfax-Blakeborough
England author and folklorist
Guisborough
1883-01-16
John Fairfax-Blakeborough
John Fendley
British television presenter
Scarborough
Raincliffe School Scarborough Sixth Form College
1967-09-06
John Fife-Cookson
British novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1844
John Flaxman Jr.
English artist (1755–1826)
York
1755-07-06
John Flaxman
John Fleming
British art historian, born 1919
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Trinity College
1919
John Forster
English biographer and critic
Newcastle upon Tyne
University College London Jesus College Royal Grammar School
1812-04-02
Life of Charles Dickens
John Forster (biographer)
John Foster
(1792-1875) pastoralist, merchant and member of parliament in Tasmania, Australia
Giggleswick
1792
John Fothergill
English physician and plant collector (1712–1780)
Bainbridge
University of Edinburgh Medical School
1712-03-08
John Fothergill (physician)
John Francis Walker
Geologist and Palaeontologist
York
Sidney Sussex College University of Bonn
1839-11-25
John Frank Davidson
British chemist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Trinity College
1926-02-07
John G. Capstaff
American photographer (1879-1960)
Gateshead
1879-02-24
John G. Hawthorne
English and American archaeologist and academic (1915–1977)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Cambridge University of Chicago Harvard University
1915-06-06
John Gardner
English spy and thriller novelist (1926-2007)
Northumberland Seaton Delaval
St John's College
1926-11-20
Boysie Oakes
John Garth
British composer
Durham
1721
John George Brown
American-English painter (1831-1913)
Durham
1831-11-11
This Corner Don’t Pay Three For Five
John George Brown
John Gilbert Baker
British botanist (1834-1920)
Guisborough
Bootham School Ackworth School
1834-01-13
A new flora of Northumberland and Durham with sketches of its climate and physical geography
John Gilbert Baker
John Gilroy
British artist (1898-1985)
Whitley Bay
Royal College of Art Whitley Bay High School
1898-05-30
John Gilroy (artist)
John Gledson
Northumberland
Princeton University
1945
John Glover
British chemist (1817-1902)
Wallsend
1817-02
John Gordon
English writer of supernatural fiction
Jarrow
Wisbech Grammar School
1925-11-19
The Giant Under the Snow
John Graham Lough
English sculptor (1798–1876)
Consett
1798-01-08
John Graham Lough
John Gunn
Australian author
Northumberland
1925-02-26
John Haldon
British historian of Byzantine history
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Birmingham Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1948-10-23
John Hall
English poet, born 1627
Durham
Durham School St John's College
1627
John Hancock
English naturalist, ornithologist, taxidermist and landscape architect (1808-1890)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Grammar School
1808
John Hancock (ornithologist)
John Harle
British saxophonist, composer, educator, and record producer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal College of Music Royal Grammar School
1956-09-20
John Harle
John Hebden
English composer
Harrogate
1705
John Henry Middleton
British archaeologist
York
Exeter College
1846-10-05
John Henry Middleton
John Hick
English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922-2012)
Scarborough
University of Edinburgh Oriel College Scarborough College
1922-01-20
John Hingeston
British composer and organ builder
York
1606
John Hodgson Campbell
Irish painter (1855-1927)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1855
John Hutchinson
English botanist, taxonomist and author (1884-1972)
Wark
1884-04-07
John Hutchinson
English theologian
Spennithorne
1674
John Hymers
British mathematician
Ormesby
St John's College
1803-07-20
John Irvin
British film director
Newcastle upon Tyne
London Film School
1940-05-07
A Month by the Lake
John Isaac Richardson
English painter, 1836-1913
Newcastle upon Tyne
1836-11-04
John Jackson
English painter (1778–1831)
Lastingham
Royal Academy of Arts
1778-05-31
John Jackson (painter)
John Jackson
English clergyman, born 1686
Sessay
Hall Cross Academy
1686-04-04
John Jackson
English engraver, born 1801
Ovingham
1801
Tales from Shakspere
John Jackson (engraver)
John Joule
British chemist
Harrogate
Princeton University Victoria University of Manchester University of Manchester
1937
John Kelly
British children's book illustrator and designer
Stockton-on-Tees
1964-09-08
John Liddell
British band conductor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1829
John Lilburne
English political activist (1614-1657)
Sunderland Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Grammar School
1614
John Lilburne
John Lockwood Kipling
British artist (1837-1911)
Pickering
Woodhouse Grove School
1837-07-06
John Lockwood Kipling
John Lough
British university teacher (1913-2000)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1913-02-19
John Lynch
Emeritus Professor of Latin American History at the University of London (1927-2018)
The Boldons
University of Edinburgh University of London
1927-01-11
John Lyth
York
1821-03-13
John Marley
English mining engineer and geologist
Heighington
1823-11-11
John Martin
English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)
Haydon Bridge
1789-07-19 1789-07-17
Belshazzar's Feast Manfred on the Jungfrau The end of the world
John Martin
John McGrady
English chemist and academic
Ryton
St Catherine's College Australian National University University of Oxford
1968-04-30
John McManners
British historian
Ferryhill
Durham University St Edmund Hall
1916-12-25
John McManners
John Middleton
British land surveyor and agriculturist (1751–1833)
Streatlam and Stainton
1751-02
John Miles
English rock musician and singer
Jarrow
1949-04-23
John Miles (musician)
John Minto IV
American politician, poet and pioneer
Wylam
1822-10-10
John Minto (Oregon pioneer)
John Morrison
English-born, Australian novelist and short story writer
Sunderland
1904
John N. Gray
British political philosopher (born 1948)
South Shields
Exeter College
1948-04-17
John Gray
John Nelson Tarn
British historian of architecture and urban planning
Newcastle upon Tyne
1934-11-23
John Newman
British singer-songwriter
Settle
Settle College
1990-06-16
John Newman (singer)
John Nichol
Royal Air Force Navigator
North Shields
St. Cuthbert's High School
1963
John O'Neill
singer and whistler from England
Stanley
1926
John Oakesmith
British civil servant and writer
Middlesbrough
University of London
1866
John Oxley
Australian politician
Kirkham
1785-01-01 1784-07-06
John Oxley
John Palmer
British architect and historian (1785-1846)
Bishop Middleham
1785-01-28
Pleasington Priory Manchester Cathedral
John Peacock
English songwriter and poet from South Shields
South Shields
1799
John Percival
British agricultural botanist (1863-1949)
Carperby
St John's College
1863-04-03
John Reed
British actor, singer and dancer (1916-2010)
Close House
1916-02-13
John Reed (actor)
John Richard Walbran
British antiquarian
Ripon
1817
John Rickman
English statistician and civil servant (1771-1840)
Newburn
Lincoln College Royal Grammar School, Guildford
1771-08-22
John Rickman
John Scott
English engraver (1774–1827)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1774-03-12
John Scott (engraver)
John Scott
British entomologist (1823-1888)
Morpeth
1823-09-21
John Scott Byerley
Brompton
1780-10-16
John Snow
English epidemiologist and physician
York
Westminster Hospital Medical School University of London
1813-03-15
John Snow (physician)
John St John Long
Irish quack and painter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1798
John St John Long
John Stansfield Gayner
British medical practicioner (1872-1954)
Sunderland
1872-05-03
John Starforth
Durham
1822
John Steel
English drummer
Gateshead
Gateshead Grammar School
1941-02-04
John Steel (drummer)
John Stewart Turner
Australian botanist, educationist, and conservationist (1908-1991)
Middlesbrough
1908-09-09
John Summerson
British architectural historian
Darlington
University College London Harrow School
1904-11-25
John Summerson
John T. Phillifent
British writer
Durham
1916-11-10
John Taylor
British architect of 19th century
Warkworth
1833-11-15
John Taylor
19th century songwriter and poet
Dunston
1840
John Thackara
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1951
John Thackara
John Thomas Dunn
19th and 20th-century analytical chemist and academic
Newcastle upon Tyne
1858
John Thomas Richardson
British-Australian painter and engraver (1835-1898)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1835
John Thomas Walbran
surveyor
Ripon
1848
John Thornhill
British naturalist, from Durham
County Durham
1760
John Thornhill
John Towler
British-American physician and writer on photography
Rathmell
1811-06-20
John Turnbull
English pop and rock guitarist and singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1950-08-27
John Turnbull Thomson
British surveyor (1821-1884)
Glororum
University of Aberdeen
1821-08-10
John Turnbull Thomson
John Tweddell
English classical and archaeological scholar
Hexham
1769-06-01
John Vardy
British architect
Durham
1718
John Vaughan Thompson
British Military Surgeon, Marine Biologist, Zoologist, Botanist, and published Naturalist (1779-1847)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1779-11-19
John Vaughan Thompson
John Vinycomb
heraldry expert, illustrator
Newcastle upon Tyne
1833
John Vinycomb
John Walker
British inventor (1781-1859)
Stockton-on-Tees
1781-05-29
match
John Walker (inventor)
John Wallis
English cleric and antiquarian
Northumberland
The Queen's College
1714
John Ward Knowles
British York-based stained-glass manufacturer
York
1838
John Wesley Jarvis
American artist (1781-1839)
South Shields
1780s
John Wesley Jarvis
John White
English-born scholar of Maori language and culture (1826-1891)
Cockfield
1826-01-03
John White (1826–1891)
John William Hall
British grocer and draper (1842-1929)
Hexham
1842
John William Heslop-Harrison
British botanist (1881-1967)
Birtley
Durham University
1881
John William Nicholson
English mathematician (1881-1955)
Darlington
Harris Manchester College University of Cambridge
1881-11-01
John William Nicholson (mathematician)
John Williamson
English portrait painter; (1751-1818)
Ripon
1751
John Wilson Ewbank
British artist (1799-1847)
Darlington
1799-05-04
John Windass
York
1843
John Woodhouse
English portrait and silhouette artist
Alnwick
1800
John Woodvine
British actor
South Shields
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1929-07-21
John Wycliffe
English theologian and early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
Hipswell
Merton College The Queen's College
1320s
John Wycliffe
John Wykeham Archer
British artist (1808-1864)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1806-08-02 1808-08-02
John Wykeham Archer
John of Hexham
English monk and historian
Hexham
1160
John-Luke Roberts
British comedian
Newcastle upon Tyne
Churchill College
1985
Johnny Leeze
British actor
York
1941-12-31
Jon Champion
British sports commentator
Harrogate
University of Leeds Leeds Trinity University
1965-05-23
Jon Iles
British actor
Ripon
Plymstock School
1954-05-17
Jon Paul Phillips
British actor
Darlington
1980-03-27
Jon Paul Phillips
Jonah Jones
Welsh artist
Tyne and Wear
1919-02-17
Jonah Jones
Jonathan Cullen
British actor (1960-)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Guildhall School of Music and Drama New College Royal Grammar School
1960
Jonathan Higgs
Artist, Falsetto Prophet
Newcastle upon Tyne
1985-02-23
Jonathan Myles-Lea
painter
Lake District
Queen Mary University of London Malvern College Hutton Grammar School
1969 1969-01
Jonathan Putra
British-American actor & television host
Middlesbrough
1982-09-12
Jonathan Putra
Jonathan Riley-Smith
British historian
Harrogate
Eton College Trinity College
1938-06-27 1938
Jonathan Wilson
British sports journalist and author
Sunderland
University of Oxford
1976-07-09
Jonathan Wright
British historian
Hartlepool
1969-10-14
Jonathan Wynyard Haynes
British army officer in the Gold Coast (Ghana; 1839–1914)
Osmotherley
1839-07-04
Jono Armstrong
British entrepreneur (1980-)
Durham
Liverpool John Moores University
1980-02-01
Jordan Riley
English producer and songwriter
North Tyneside
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
1994-05-30
Joseph Alfred Terry
York
1872-04-24
Joseph Allen Harris
Canadian politician and research chemist, discoverer of promethium (1900-1972)
Long Preston
University of British Columbia University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
1900-07-06
Joseph Angus
English minister, teacher and biblical scholar
Bolam
King's College London Royal Grammar School
1816-01-16
Joseph Angus
Joseph Barnard Davis
British physician, craniologist.
York
University of St Andrews
1801-06-13
Joseph Barnard Davis
Joseph Barnby
British musician (1838-1896)
York
Royal Academy of Music
1838-08-12
Joseph Barnby
Joseph Blenkinsopp
American scholar
Durham
University of Oxford University of London Pontifical Biblical Institute
1927-04-03
Joseph Chatt
British chemist
Horden
University of Cambridge
1914-11-06
Joseph Crawhall
British artist (1861-1913)
Morpeth
King's College London
1861-08-20
Joseph Crawhall
Joseph Crawhall II
British songwriter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1821-05-18
Joseph Crawhall (1821-1896)
Joseph Desmond O'Connor
British linguist
Harrogate
University College London
1919-12-10
Joseph Foster
British genealogist (1844-1905)
Sunniside
1844-03-09
Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714 Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 Men-at-the-Bar
Joseph Foster
Joseph Gillis
Israeli mathematician
Sunderland
Trinity College University of Cambridge
1911-08-03
Joseph Gray
English painter (1890-1963)
South Shields
1890-06-06
Joseph Gray
Joseph Halfpenny
British artist
Bishopthorpe
1748-10-09
Joseph Halfpenny
Joseph Hansom
English architect and inventor of the hansom cab
Micklegate
1803-10-26
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist Arundel Cathedral Oxford Oratory St Beuno’s Ignatian Spirituality Centre
Joseph Hansom
Joseph Hedley
English quilter and murder victim
Northumberland
1700s
Joe the Quilter
Joseph John Jefferson
English Congregationalist minister and pacifist
Whitby
Rotherham Independant Academy
1795-12-29
Joseph Parker
English Congregational clergyman (1830-1902)
Hexham
1830-04-09
Joseph Parker (theologian)
Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
(1865-1927) British, Painter, watercolourist. Figures, illustrations, genre scenes
Newcastle upon Tyne
1865
J. R. Skelton
Joseph Reed
English playwright and poet (1723-1787)
Stockton-on-Tees
1723-03
Joseph Ritson
British writer (1752-1803)
Stockton-on-Tees
1752-10-02
Ancient Songs, from the Time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution
Joseph Ritson
Joseph Robinson Clarke
Stockton-on-Tees
1840
Joseph Shaw Bolton
British physician
Whitby
UCL Medical School
1867
Joseph Skipsey
English miner, author and poet
Tynemouth
1832-03-17
Joseph Stanislaus Hansom
British architect
York
1845
Oxford Oratory
Joseph Swan
British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)
Sunderland
1828-10-31
Joseph Wilson Swan
Joshua Alder
British zoologist (1792-1867)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1792
Joshua Alder
Joshua Harold Burn
British pharmacologist (1892-1981)
Barnard Castle
Emmanuel College Barnard Castle School
1892-03-06
Julian Higgins
statistician
Middlesbrough
University of Reading
Julian Kay
British actor
York
Guildford School of Acting
1974-08
Justin McDonald
English actor
Gateshead
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
1983-03-21
Karl J. Friston
British neuroscientist
York
University of Cambridge Gonville and Caius College
1959-07-12
free energy principle
Keith Boddy
English medical physicist
Stockton-on-Tees
1937-11-01
Keith Brown
visual artist (1947- )
Hexham
1947
Keith Browning
British meteorologist
Sunderland
Imperial College London The Commonweal School
1938-07-31
Keith Drinkel
English actor
York
1944-11-14
Keith Johnson
British computer programmer and writer
Darlington
University of Manchester
1938-10-14
Keith Kelly
musical artist
Selby
1935
Keith Lynch
Newcastle upon Tyne
1981-06-18
Keith Strachan
English composer and theatre director
Consett
University of London
1944-01-21
Keith Topping
British writer
Walker
1963-10-26
Keith Ward
British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar
Hexham
University of Wales Linacre College
1938-08-22
Keith Ward
Keith Watson
British comics artist (1935-1994)
North Yorkshire
1935-02-01
Ken Currie
British artist; (born 1960)
North Shields
Glasgow School of Art
1960
Three Oncologists (Professor RJ Steele, Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Professor Sir David P Lane of the Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. art of painting 'Unfamiliar Reflection': Self-portrait by Ken Currie (b 1960)
Ken Currie
Ken Dowden
English classical scholar
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Oxford
1950
Ken Lockie
English musician and record producer
Newcastle upon Tyne
20th century
Kenneth Bowman
Canadian amateur lepidopterist
Durham
Dulwich College
1875-03-06
Kenneth C. Holmes
English artist
Skipton
1902
Kenneth Harker
British science fiction author (1927-2003)
Darlington
1927-04-02
Kenneth Rowntree
British artist (1915-1997)
Scarborough
1915-03-14
Kenneth Sillito
English violinist and conductor
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Music
1939-03-05
Kenny Craddock
British composer
Wrekenton
1950-04-18
Kevin Connelly
British comedian
Middlesbrough
St Mary's College, Middlesbrough
20th century
Kevin Dowd
economist
Middlesbrough
University of Sheffield
1958
Kevin Duhaney
Canadian actor, rapper and voice artist
Whitby
1984-06-02
Kevin Ridley
British musician and sound engineer
Northumberland
1957-10-24
Kevin Ridley
Kevin Whately
English actor
Hexham
Central School of Speech and Drama Barnard Castle School Northumbria University
1951-02-06
Kevin Whately
Kieran Bew
British actor
Hartlepool
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
1980-08-18
Kirpal Nandra
British physicist
North Shields
University of Leicester
1966
Kjartan Poskitt
British writer
York
Collingwood College
1956-05-15
Kris Deedigan
British actor
Alnwick
1979
Kyle Christie
actor
South Shields
1992-06-21
Lancelot Brown
British landscape architect
Kirkharle
1716-08
Capability Brown
Lancelot de Carle
Bishop of Riez
Scarborough
1508
Épistre Contenant le Procès Criminel Faict à l'Encontre de la Royne Anne Boullant d'Angleterre
Laurence O'Keefe
English bass player
Newcastle upon Tyne
1965-01-02
Lawrence Freedman
British military historian
Tynemouth
University of York Nuffield College Victoria University of Manchester Whitley Bay High School
1948-12-07
Lawrence Freedman
Lee Jackson
British bass guitarist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1943-01-08
Lee Paul
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Fitzwilliam College Benfield School
1966-09-20
Lee Ridley
stand-up comedian
Consett
University of Central Lancashire
1980-12-31
Lee Ridley (comedian)
Len Gibson
British World War II soldier and Japanese prisoner of war
Sunderland
1920-01-03
Leonard Terry
(1825-1884) architect
Scarborough
1825
Leonard Terry
Les Welch
Australian musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1925-08-06
Leslie Crombie
English chemist (1923-1999)
York
King's College London
1923-06-10
Leslie Curry
British-Canadian geographer
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Auckland Durham University Johns Hopkins University
1922-11-23
Leslie Faber
British actor (1879–1929)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1879-08-30
Leslie Marr
British painter and former racing driver
Durham
1922-08-14
Leslie Marr
Leslie Peter Wenham
British historian and archaeologist
Richmond
Durham University
1911
Leslie Randall
British actor (1924–2020)
South Shields
1924-10-19
Leslie Thornton
British painter and sculptor (1925-2016)
Skipton
Leeds Arts University
1925-05-26
Leslie W. Hepple
archaeologist
Tynemouth
1947-07-24
Lesslie Newbigin
Christian missionary
Newcastle upon Tyne
Queens' College Leighton Park School Westminster College
1909-12-08
Lesslie Newbigin
Lewis Fry Richardson
UK mathematician & polymath (1881–1953)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University King's College Bootham School
1881-10-11
Richardson extrapolation modified Richardson iteration Richardson number
Lewis Fry Richardson (meteorologist)
Lewis Henry Meakin
American Impressionist artist (1850-1917)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1850
Lewis Henry Meakin
Lewis Vaslet
British painter (1742-1808)
York
1742
Lewis Vaslet
Lindsay Kemp
British mime (1938-2018)
South Shields
1938-05-03
Lindsay Kemp
Lionel Masters
archaeologist (1942-2019)
South Shields
1942-08
Lionel Roy McColvin
librarian
Heaton
1896-11-30
Lionel Tertis
British musician
West Hartlepool
Royal Academy of Music University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
1876-12-29
Lionel Tertis
Lucian Charles Collier
British actor
Harrogate
1990-11-21
Luke Clennell
English wood engraver and painter (1781-1840)
Ulgham
1781-04-08
Luke Clennell
Luke Hotrod
British pornographic actor
Sunderland
1982-01-23
Lyddell Sawyer
British photographer
North Shields
1856
Lyddell Sawyer
Lyndon Brook
actor (1926-2004)
York
University of Cambridge Stowe School
1926-04-10
Lyndon Emsley
British chemist
Durham
Imperial College London University of Lausanne
1964-11-29
Lyndon Emsley
Lysander Thompson
English actor (1817-1854)
Knaresborough
1817-07-15
MLT
computer hacker
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbria University
1994
Mackenzie Sol
British-American singer
Sunderland
2000-09-04
Major Cowling
19th-century English monumental mason and sculptor
Pateley Bridge
1831-01-18
Major Cowling
Mak Wilson
English puppeteer, writer
Consett
1957-09-03
Malcolm Boyd
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University Dame Allan's School
1932-05-24
Malcolm Dixon
English actor
Crook
20th century
Malcolm Neesam
English historian and writer
Harrogate
University of Leeds
1946-06-28
Malcolm Neesam
Malcolm Ridley
British actor
Stanley
1966
Malcolm Ridley
Malcolm Riley
British composer
Northallerton
Christ's College
1960
Malcolm Rogers
British art curator, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1994 through 2015
Scarborough
Christ Church Magdalen College Oakham School
1949
Malcolm Terris
British actor (1941-2020)
Sunderland
1941-01-11
Marc Bolton
British actor
Durham
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
1968-02-16
Marc Smith
English-French historian and palaeographer
Newcastle upon Tyne
École des chartes École pratique des hautes études French School of Rome
1963-07-25
Marcus Bentley
British actor
Gateshead
St Mary's College, Middlesbrough East 15 Acting School
1967-10-04
Marcus Graham
British entomologist
West Rainton
Trinity College Dublin University of Oxford
1915-03-25
Mark Addy
English actor
York
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Joseph Rowntree School
1964-01-14
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Mark Addy
Mark Adlard
novelist
Durham
Trinity College
1932-06-19
Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Edinburgh Royal Grammar School
1721-11-09
Mark Akenside
Mark Benton
English actor
Guisborough
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1965-11-16
Mark Brydon
British musician
Sunderland
1960-12-22
Mark Burnell
screenwriter
Northumberland
1964
The Rhythm Section
Mark Elder
British conductor
Hexham
Corpus Christi College Bryanston School
1947-06-02
Mark Elder
Mark Fairnington
British painter and photographer
Gateshead
1957
Mark Fiennes
English photographer and illustrator
Northumberland
Eton College
1933-11-11
Mark Gatiss
British actor, screenwriter and novelist
Sedgefield
University of Leeds Heighington CE Primary School Woodham Academy Bretton Hall College
1966-10-17
Mark Gatiss
Mark Rae
British DJ
Ashington
Mark Simpson
British writer
York
St Peter's School
1965
Mark Spencer Turner
writer and singer
York
University of Aberdeen Glasgow Caledonian University
1984-11-28
Mark Stobbart
British actor
Stockton-on-Tees
Mark Thompson
British artist, born 1812
Wearside
1812
Mark Thompson (painter)
Mark Umbers
British actor
Harrogate
University of Oxford
1973-06-17
Mark Wadlow
British screenwriter
Middlesbrough
1962
Dear Rosie
Mark Wood
English cricketer (born 1990)
Ashington
1990-01-11
Mark Wood (cricketer)
Mark Wood
British jazz guitarist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1954-08-29
Marmaduke Alexander Lawson
botanist (1840-1896)
Durham
Trinity College
1840
Martin Armstrong
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Pembroke College Charterhouse School
1882-10-02
Martin Brammer
English singer, songwriter, composer and record producer
Seaham
1957-05-13
Martin Charlton
geographic information scientist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1957
Martin Ephraim Mosely
English entomologist (1877-1948)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1877-08-06
Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist
York
Trinity College Shrewsbury School University of Cambridge
1942-06-23
Martin Rees
Martyn Amos
British computer scientist
Hexham
Coventry University
1971
Martyn Moore
British journalist
Norton-on-Derwent
1961
Martyn Waites
Newcastle upon Tyne
1963
Mason Jackson
British engraver (1819-1903)
Ovingham
1819-05-25
Mason Jackson
Mason Kayne
British actor
Darlington
1985-06-11
Matt Baker
British TV presenter
Easington
Easington Academy Belmont Community School Durham Sixth Form Centre Queen Margaret University
1977-12-23
Matt Baker (presenter)
Matt Ridley
British author and journalist
Northumberland
Magdalen College Eton College
1958-02-07
Matt Ridley
Matt Stokoe
British actor
Durham
1989-01-13
Matthew Camidge
English organist (1764-1844)
York
1764-05-25
Matthew Golombisky
American musician
Durham
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Matthew Noble
British artist (1817-1876)
Hackness
1817-03-23 1818-03-23
Statue of the Earl of Derby
Matthew Noble
Matthew Poole
English Nonconformist theologian and biblical commentator (1624–1679)
York
Emmanuel College
1624
Matthew White Ridley
British painter (1837-1888)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1837
Matthew White Ridley (1837-1888)
Maurice Elvey
British film director (1887-1967)
Stockton-on-Tees
1887-11-11
Maurice J. Summerfield
English jazz musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1940-02-04
Maurice J. Summerfield
Maurice Platnauer
British classicist (1887-1974)
York
Shrewsbury School New College
1887-06-18
Maurice Roëves
English actor
Sunderland
1937-03-19
Max Ferguson
singer, songwriter who is also part of British boy band Bring it North
Darlington
2007-08-31
Max Pugh
British filmmaker
Durham
1977-08-29
Maxwell Staniforth
British soldier, railwayman, clergyman and scholar (1893–1985)
Hinderwell
Charterhouse School Christ Church
1893-06-23
Michael Algar
British guitarist, singer and songwriter
South Shields
1962-09-21
Michael Algar
Michael Antony Austin
English singer-songwriter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1971-09-21
Michael Armstrong
British poet
Newcastle upon Tyne
1923-12-12
Michael Atkinson
British illustrator and economist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1947
Michael Blackburn
British writer
Newton Aycliffe
Richmond School
1954
Michael Boddy
British-Australian writer and actor (1934-2014)
Baldersby
1934-03-08
The Legend of King O'Malley
Michael Brough
York
Michael Brown
English footballer, born 1977
Hartlepool
High Tunstall College of Science
1977-01-25 1977-03-21
Michael Brown (footballer, born 1977)
Michael Bryan
British art historian (1757–1821)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1757-04-09
Dictionary of painters and engravers
Michael Bryan
Michael Chaplin
British television producer
County Durham
Magdalene College
1951-07
Michael Crawley
British ecologist, Emeritus Professor of Plant Ecology at Imperial College London
Rothbury
University of Edinburgh Imperial College London
1949-03-09
Michael Dean
artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Goldsmiths, University of London
1977
Michael Dickinson
British artist
Durham
Fyling Hall School
1950
Michael Dickinson
Michael Gough
British archaeologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dragon School Peterhouse
1916-08-02
The Origins of Christian Art
Michael Hall
British conductor and musicologist
Tyne and Wear
1932-03-26
Michael J. C. Gordon
computer scientist
Ripon
University of Edinburgh Gonville and Caius College Dartington Hall
1948-02-28
Michael J. Ferguson
biochemist
County Durham
University of London University of Manchester
1957
Michael Jolliffe
Darlington
1945
Michael Lee
British rock drummer (1969-2008)
Darlington
1969-11-19
Michael Marshall
British skeptical activist and journalist
Bishop Auckland
1983-08-13
Michael Marshall
Michael O'Hare
British chef
Eston
1980s
Michael Pink
British choreographer, director, dancer, and theatre producer
York
1956-11-18
Michael Reid
British visual artist (1956-)
County Durham
Northumbria University
1956
Michael Rice
British singer
Hartlepool
1997-10-25
Michael Rice
Michael Rodd
British television presenter
North Shields
Glenalmond College
1943-11-29
Michael Shanks
British archaeologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Peterhouse Whitley Bay High School
1959-06-26
Michael Shanks (archaeologist)
Michael Short
British Engineer and Professor
Stockton-on-Tees
University of Sunderland Teesside University
1975
Michael Skinner
English rugby union footballer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1958-11-26
Michael Sundin
Television presenter, actor, dancer
Gateshead
Heathfield Senior High School
1961-03-01
Michael Thomas
British conductor and composer
Middlesbrough
1960
Michael Young
British industrial designer and creative director
Sunderland
Kingston University
1966-08-23
Moke (revival)
Michael Young (industrial designer)
Mick Gallagher
British keyboardist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1945-10-29
Mick Gallagher
Mick Grabham
British musician
Sunderland
1948-01-22
Mick Herron
British novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Balliol College St. Cuthbert's High School
1963-07-11
Mick Hutson
Newcastle upon Tyne
1965
Micky Moody
British musician
Middlesbrough
1950-08-30
Micky Moody
Mik Kaminski
English violinist
Harrogate
1951-09-02
Mik Kaminski
Mike Carr
British musician (1937-2017)
South Shields
1937-12-07
Mike Elliott
English stand-up comedian (1946-2014)
Sunderland
1946-07-17
Mike Neville
British television presenter
Willington Quay
1936-10-17
Mike Pratt
English sculptor
Seaham
Northumbria University De Ateliers
1987
Mike Thorne
British record producer
Sunderland
1948-01-25
Mikey North
British actor
Cayton
George Pindar School Scarborough Sixth Form College
1986-09-27
Milner Place
British author
Thirsk
1930-01-25
Milo Twomey
British actor, voice actor and radio host
York
1971-05-01
Mitch Laddie
musician
Shotley Bridge
1990-09-24 1990
Montagu Higginson
19th century British amateur photographer
Thormanby
1840-07-31
Montagu Higginson
Myles Birket Foster
English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver (1825-1899)
North Shields
1825-02-04
Myles Birket Foster
Myles Power
British science YouTuber
Middlesbrough
University of Manchester University of Toronto Macmillan Academy
1985
Myles Power
N. T. Wright
Anglican bishop
Morpeth
Exeter College Sedbergh School Merton College
1948-12-01 1948-11-01
N. T. Wright
Nat Jackley
British comedian
Sunderland
1909-07-16
Nathaniel Buck
English topographical draughtsman (fl. 1724–1759)
Richmond
1700
Nathaniel Buck
Nathaniel Davison
English diplomat, known for his writings on Egyptian archaeology
Longhoughton
1736
Neil Bartlett
English-American chemist (1932-2008)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University Newcastle University
1932-09-15
noble gas compound
Neil Fingleton
British basketball player (1980-2017)
Durham
Holy Name Central Catholic High School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College of the Holy Cross
1980-12-18
Neil Marshall
British film director and writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbria University
1970-05-25
Neil Marshall
Neil Miller
New Zealand sculptor
County Durham
University of Auckland
1963
Neil Miller
Neil Tennant
English musician
North Shields
University of North London St. Cuthbert's High School
1954-07-10
Neil Tennant
Neil Young
British writer, curator and filmmaker
Easington
1971
Neville
British professional wrestler
Newcastle upon Tyne
Emmanuel College, Gateshead
1986-08-22
Ben Satterly
Neville Dickie
British musician
Durham
1937-01-01
Nic Armstrong
British singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1980
Nicholas Bingham
British mathematician
York
Churchill College Trinity College Trinity College, Oxford University of Cambridge
1945-03-19
Nicholas Carlisle
Antiquary and librarian
York
1771
Nicholas Carr
British classical scholar
Newcastle upon Tyne
Christ's College Pembroke College
1524
Nicholas Darnell
English cricketer, barrister, and Catholic priest
Stockton-on-Tees
Exeter College
1817
Nicholas Hitchon
British nuclear physicist and participant in the Up documentary television series
Skipton
Merton College Ermysted's Grammar School
1957-10-22
Nicholas Patrick
American astronaut
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Harrow School Trinity College Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1964-11-19
Nicholas Patrick
Nicholas Ridley
Bishop of London; Anglican Saint
Tynedale
University of Paris Pembroke College Royal Grammar School
1500
Nicholas Ridley
Nicholas Temperley
English merchant, magistrate and mycologist (1844-1923)
Hexham
1844
Nicholas Temperley
Nick Bilton
British-American journalist
Darlington
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
20th century
Nick Bilton
Nick Brownlee
British writer
Blyth
University of Leeds Royal Grammar School
1967-12-16
Nick Garrie
British singer-songwriter
Ripon
1949-06-22
Nick Inman
Harrogate
1956
Niek Versteeg
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1993-11-30
Niel Bushnell
English novelist
Hartlepool
1970-08-13
Niel Bushnell
Nigel Cumberland
British author and leadership coach
York
Queens' College Archbishop Holgate's School Scarborough College Barlby High School Strathclyde Business School
1967-07-26
Nigel Cumberland
Nigel Dick
British musician and film director
Catterick
University of Bath Gresham's School
1953-03-21
Nigel Fortune
English musicologist, political activist
Northumberland
University of Cambridge University of Birmingham Handsworth Grammar School
1924-12-05
Nigel Glover
British particle physicist
Sunderland
Durham University Downing College
1961-06-20
Nigel Hamilton
British writer, academic and broadcaster
Alnmouth
Trinity College Westminster School Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1944-02-16
Nigel Horne
Bishop Auckland
1965-07
Noel Leaver
painter (1889-1951)
Austwick
Royal College of Art
1889-03-23
Norman Creek
English footballer and manager (1898-1980)
Darlington
University of Cambridge Trinity College
1898-01-12
Norman Creek
Norman Dennis
British sociologist (1929-2010)
Sunderland
London School of Economics and Political Science
1929-08-16
Norman Penney
British historian of the Quakers, librarian, and editor
Darlington
1858
Norman Powell Williams
Anglo-Catholic theologian
Durham
Christ Church
1883
Norman Sherry
American writer (1935-2016)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1935-07-06
Oliver Gillie
British journalist and scientist
Northumberland
University of Edinburgh
1937-10-31
Oliver Kilbourn
British coal miner and painter
Ashington
1904-10-06
Oliver Ward
British actor
Hartlepool
2003-12-24
Olly James
English DJ and producer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1994-10-06
Ove Arup
English engineer (1895-1988)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Technical University of Denmark University of Copenhagen Sorø Academy Boarding School
1895-04-16
Ove Arup
Owen Oyston
British businessman
County Durham
St Mary's Catholic Academy
1934-03-24
P. Anderson Graham
UK editor and author, active from before 1890 (1856-1925)
Northumberland
1856
Peter Anderson Graham
P. Maurice Casey
British scholar of New Testament and early Christianity (1942-2014)
Sunderland
Durham University
1942-10-18
Paddy McAloon
English singer-songwriter and musician
Witton Gilbert
Northumbria University St Joseph's College, Upholland St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
1957-06-07
Paolo Attivissimo
Italian journalist and writer
York
1963-09-28
Paolo Attivissimo
Patrick Durkin
British actor (1936-2009)
Middlesbrough
1936-06-09
Patrick Hall
English painter and draftsman, 1906-1992
York
1906-12-16
Patrick Hall
Patrick Topping
British DJ
North Shields
1989-02-25
Patrick Waddington
British actor
York
Gresham's School
1903-08-09 1901-08-19
Paul Banks
British musician
York
1973-07-06
Paul Batchelor
British poet
Northumberland
University of East Anglia Newcastle University
1977
Paul C. Doherty
British educator and author
Middlesbrough
University of Oxford University of Liverpool
1946-09-21
Paul D. Smith
and Canadian architect
South Shields
1917
Paul Daniels
Magician and TV Personality
South Bank
Redcar & Cleveland College
1938-04-06
Paul Daniels
Paul Gascoigne
English association football player and manager (born 1967)
Gateshead
Breckenbeds Junior High School Heathfield Senior High School Joseph Swan Academy
1967-05-27
Paul Gascoigne
Paul Greenwood
British actor
Stockton-on-Tees
1943-08-02
Paul Kavanagh
Visual Effects Artist
Gateshead
Bournemouth University
20th century
Paul Kennedy
British historian
Wallsend
St Antony's College Newcastle University St. Cuthbert's High School
1945-06-17
Paul Kennedy
Paul Lamb
British blues harmonica player and bandleader
Blyth
1955-07-09
Paul Magrs
British writer
Jarrow
University of Lancaster Woodham Academy
1968-11-12
Doctor Who
Paul Mann
British conductor
Tyneside
York University
1965
Paul Noble
British artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Lincoln Whitley Bay High School
1963
Paul Rodgers
British-Canadian musician (born 1949)
Middlesbrough
1949-12-17
Paul Rodgers
Paul Smith
English rock singer (b. 1979)
Billingham
Newcastle University Northfield School and Sports College The Northern School of Art
1979-03-13
Paul Smith (rock vocalist)
Paul Stewart
British endocrinologist
Harrogate
University of Edinburgh
1959-07-06
Paul Summers
English poet
Blyth
1967
Paul Swift
British stunt performer
Darlington
1979-07-01
Paul Thomas
New Zealand writer (1951-)
Harrogate
University of Auckland
1951
Paul Thompson
English drummer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1951-05-13
Paul Tonkinson
English television and radio personality
Scarborough
Allertonshire School
1969-08-01
Paul Torday
British writer
County Durham
Pembroke College Royal Grammar School
1946-08-01
Paul Turner
English bass guitarist
Sunderland
1968-03-11
Paul Turner (bassist)
Paul Turner
English literary scholar (1917-2005)
West Hartlepool
1917-05-11
Paul W. Franks
American philosopher
Newcastle upon Tyne
Balliol College Harvard University Gateshead Talmudical College
1964
Paul W. S. Anderson
British film director, screenwriter and producer
Wallsend
University of Warwick Royal Grammar School
1965-03-04
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul Youll
British artist
Hartlepool
University of Sunderland
1965-06-08
Paul Zenon
English magician
Skipton
Ermysted's Grammar School
1964-06-29
Paul Zenon
Percival Turnbull
British archaeologist (1953-2016)
Coxhoe
UCL Institute of Archaeology
1953
Percy Cradock
British diplomat (1923-2010)
Byers Green
St John's College
1923-10-26
Percy Thomas
English-born architect active in Wales
South Shields
Howardian High School
1883-09-13
Percy Thomas
Pete Doherty
English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)
Hexham
Queen Mary University of London
1979-03-12
Pete Doherty
Pete Donaldson
English broadcaster
Hartlepool
English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
1981-04-30
Pete Firman
British magician
Middlesbrough
University of Hull Acklam Grange Secondary School
1980-04-26
Pete Graves
Sports Correspondent
Hexham
Mowden Hall School
1982-04-07
Pete Jacobsen
English jazz pianist (1950-2002)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Music
1950-05-16
Pete Trewavas
British bassist
Middlesbrough
1959-01-15
Pete Trewavas
Pete York
British musician
Middlesbrough
1942-08-15
Pete York
Peter Addyman
British archaeologist
Harrogate
Sedbergh School Peterhouse
1939-07-12
Peter Anderson Graham
Crookham
1853
Peter Arnold-Craft
British headmaster and historian
Nunnington
Brasenose College
1926-01-08
Peter Auty
British singer
Richmond
St Paul's Cathedral School National Opera Studio
1969
Peter Beagrie
English professional footballer (born 1965)
Middlesbrough
1965-11-28
Peter Bland
British actor and poet
Scarborough
Victoria University of Wellington
1934-05-12
Peter Bond
English folk musician
Stockton-on-Tees
1945-12-16
Peter Coles
British astrophysicist
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Sussex Magdalene College Royal Grammar School
1963-06-04
Peter Coles
Peter Davison
American poet
Newcastle upon Tyne
Harvard University
1928-06-27
Peter Davison
Professor of English
Newcastle upon Tyne
1926
Peter Diamond
British actor (1929-2004)
Durham
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1929-08-10
Peter Eastman
South African artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1976-07-01
Peter Evans
English musicologist
Hartlepool
1929-11-07
Peter Flannery
British playwright
Jarrow
Bath Spa University
1951-10-12
Peter Frank
Professor of Russian politics
Whitby
1934-05-06
Peter Gago
Australian writer and wine-maker
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Melbourne Roseworthy Agricultural College
1957-04-25
Peter Gilliver
British lexicographer
Middlesbrough
University of Sheffield Jesus College Barnard Castle School
1964-06-14
Peter Goodfellow
United Kingdom painter
Middlesbrough
Central School of Art and Design
1950-06-14
Peter Harrison
American architect (1716-1775)
York
1716-06-14
Peter Harrison
Peter Hicks
British musicologist
Wallsend
University College London St John's College
1964-02-01
Peter Hicks
Peter Higgs
British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cotham School City of London School King's College London
1929-05-29
Higgs boson
Peter Higgs
Peter Horbury
British automobile designer
Alnwick
Royal College of Art King Edward VII School
1950
Peter Hunter Blair
British academic and historian (1912–1982)
Gosforth
1912-03-22
Peter John Allan
Canadian poet (1825-1848)
York
University of King's College
1825-06-06
Peter Kidson
English art historian (1925-2019)
York
1925-08-23
Peter Liddle
painter and sculptor
Blackwell
Nottingham Trent University
1940
Peter Liddle
Peter McArdle
British artist
Tynemouth
University of Sunderland
1965-12-17
Peter McArdle
Peter N. Walker
British crime writer
North Yorkshire
1936-05-18
Peter Rowell
English radio and television presenter and convicted criminal
Sunderland
1958-06-17
Peter Rushforth
English teacher and novelist (1945-2005)
Gateshead
1945-02-15
Peter Smith
British architectural historian (1926-2013)
Winlaton
King Edward VI School University of Oxford
1926
Peter Smithson
British architect (1923-2003)
Stockton-on-Tees
1923-09-18
Peter Smithson
Peter Straughan
English dramatist, screenwriter and short-story writer
Gateshead
Newcastle University
1968-08
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
British mathematician (1927-2018)
Ponteland
Trinity College
1927-08-02
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
Peter Terson
British playwright (1932-2021)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1932-02-16 1932-02-24
Peter Townsend
British sociologist (1928-2009)
Middlesbrough
St John's College
1928-04-06
Peter Woodthorpe
British actor
York
Magdalene College Archbishop Holgate's School
1931-09-25
Phelan Gibb
British artist (1870-1948)
Alnwick
1870
Henry W. Gibb
Phil Clifton
British DJ
York
1986-04-20
Phil Donkin
British Jazz bassist
Sunderland
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
1980-11
Phil Donkin
Phil Hardy
British journalist and author (1945-2014)
Scarborough
University of Sussex
1945-04-07
Phil O'Keefe
British geographer and development specialist
North Shields
Ushaw College
1948-12
Philip Bunting
Lake District
Philip J Day
documentary film director and producer
Harrogate
Peterhouse Boys' School Ackworth School
Philip Knapton
English composer and music publisher
York
1788-10-20
Philip Lake
British geologist (1865–1949)
Morpeth
St John's College
1865-04-09
Philip Lake (geologist)
Philip Mennell
Australian journalist and writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1851-03-10
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography The Coming Colony
Philip Mennell
Philip Middlemiss
British actor and presenter
Hartlepool
English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
1963-06-19
Phillip Mann
British science fiction writer
Northallerton
Scarborough College
1942-08-07
Master of Paxwax
Phillip Mann
Piers Torday
British children's writer
Northumberland
1974-04-06
Pit Corder
language scholar from England (1918-1990)
York
Bootham School Merton College
1918-10-06
Prideaux John Selby
English ornithologist, botanist and illustrator (1788–1867)
Alnwick
University College, Oxford Durham School Durham University
1788-07-23
Prideaux John Selby
Punk Chef
celebrity deaf chef, television presenter and social media entertainer
Hartlepool
1980-01-22
R. O. Morris
English composer
York
Harrow School Royal College of Music New College
1886-03-03
R. W. Southern
British historian
Newcastle upon Tyne
Balliol College Royal Grammar School
1912-02-08
RJ Thompson
British singer songwriter
Bishop Auckland
Barnard Castle School Newcastle College
1985-06-25
RJ Thompson
Raffaello de Banfield
Italian composer
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Bologna Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia
1922-06-02
Ralph Dodd
British civil engineer
South Shields
1756
Ralph Dodd
Ralph Dowey
miner, songwriter, poet
Backworth
1844-10
Ralph Hedley
British painter, woodcarver and illustrator (1848–1913)
Gilling West
1848-12-31
Ralph Hedley
Ralph Hodgson
British writer (1871-1962)
Darlington
1871-09-09
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hutchinson
British trombonist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1925-02-25
Ralph Nicholson Wornum
British art historian (1812-1877)
Norham
University College London
1812-12-29
Ralph Nicholson Wornum
Ralph Riley
British geneticist
Scarborough
Audenshaw School
1924-10-23
Ralph Rumney
British artist (1934-2002)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1934-06-05
Ralph Russell
British scholar of Urdu literature (1918-2008)
Kirk Hammerton
St John's College
1918-05-21
Ralph Tate
British botanist (1840-1901)
Alnwick
1840-03-11
Ralph Tate
Ralph Watson
actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1936-01-20
Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
English Earl
Raby Castle
1364
Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Raphael Sealey
British-American classical scholar, ancient historian (1927–2013)
Middlesbrough
University College, Oxford
1927-08-14
Ray Hudson
British footballer and manager (born 1955)
Gateshead
1955-03-24
Ray Kennedy
English association football player (1951–2021)
Northumberland
1951-07-28
Ray Kennedy
Ray King
Footballer, goalkeeper (1924-2014)
Radcliffe
1924-08-15
Raymond Gibson
British zoologist
Catterick
1938-11-23
Reg Gadney
English painter
Cross Hills
Stowe School St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1941
Reg Smythe
British cartoonist (1917-1998)
Hartlepool
1917-07-10
Andy Capp
Reginald Smythe
Reginald Arthur
British painter (1871-1934)
Skipton
1871
Reginald Arthur
Reginald Beckwith
British actor
York
1908-11-02
Reginald Hill
British crime writer
West Hartlepool
St Catherine's College Trinity School
1936-04-03
A Clubbable Woman An Advancement of Learning Ruling Passion An April Shroud A Pinch of Snuff A Killing Kindness Bones and Silence Recalled to Life Pictures of Perfection Good Morning, Midnight Who Guards a Prince? Traitor's Blood Death’s Jest-Book One Small Step A Cure for All Disease The Death of Dalziel (UK) Midnight Fugue
Reginald Kell
clarinettist
York
Royal Academy of Music
1906-06-08
Reginald Spink
British journalist, translator and writer (1905-1994)
York
1905
Renford Bambrough
philosopher (1926-1999)
Sunderland
1926-04-29
Renford Bambrough
Rex Wilkinson
British architect
Skipton
1947
Rhys Pickering
English model
Middlesbrough
1995-05-13
Richard A. Fletcher
British medieval historian (born 1944)
York
Harrow School Worcester College
1944-03-28
Richard Abbay
British astronomer, botanist, parish priest and poet (1844-1927)
Ouseburn
1844-02-11
Richard Allen Downing
British hydrogeologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1928-03-18
Richard Armstrong
author (1903-1986)
Walbottle
1903-06-18
Richard Bartle
British writer, video game designer and computer scientist
Ripon
University of Essex
1960-01-10
MUD1 Designing Virtual Worlds From MUDs to MMORPGs: The History of Virtual Worlds
Richard Bartle
Richard Burridge
Screenwriter, author
Rothbury
1951
Richard Clarke
British painter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1955
Richard Clive Cookson
British chemist
Hexham
Harrow School Trinity College
1922-08-27 1922
Richard Dean
Church of England clergyman and essayist
Kirkby Malham
1727
Richard Drury
British curator and art critic
Scarborough
1967-09-03
Richard Drury
Richard Ellis
19th-century English builder and alderman
Harrogate
1820-11
Richard Ellis (mayor of Harrogate)
Richard Flohil
Canadian music publicist, journalist and promoter
Selby
1934
Richard Fothergill
British politician
Lowbridge Estate
1822-11-08
Richard Griffiths
British actor
Thornaby-on-Tees
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester School of Theatre
1947-07-31
Harry Potter
Richard Griffiths
Richard Henry Neville-Cumming
Newcastle upon Tyne
1843-04-17
Richard Henry Neville-Cumming
Richard Hewson
English record producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist
Stockton-on-Tees
Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Hutchins School
1943-11-17
Richard Holdsworth
English theologian
Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's College
1590
Richard Hurndall
British actor (1910–1984)
Darlington
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Scarborough College
1910-11-03
Richard Jack
British painter (1866-1952)
Sunderland
Académie Julian
1866-02-15
The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917
Richard Jack
Richard Kersten
Newcastle upon Tyne
1949
Richard Kidd
British painter (1952-2008)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1952-06-22
Richard Laws
English mammalogist and Antarctic scientist; 2nd Director BAS
Whitley Bay
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1926-04-23
Richard Lockwood Boulton
English sculptor
Thornton-le-Dale
1832
Richard Lockwood Boulton
Richard Milward
British writer
Middlesbrough
The Northern School of Art Laurence Jackson School
1984-10-26
Apples
Richard Palin Blakey
Canadian architect, active in Edmonton
Sunderland
1879-06-18
Richard Pickersgill
British sailor
West Tanfield
1749-04-18
Richard Platt
British children's writer and photographer
Northumberland
1953-04-15
Richard Robinson
British politician, chemist
Whitby
1849-10-16
Richard Robson
chemist
Glusburn
University of Oxford
1937-06-04
Richard Rolle
English hermit and religious writer (c.1300–1349)
North Yorkshire
University of Oxford University of Paris
1300s
Richard Rolle
Richard Runciman Terry
British composer (1865-1938)
Ellington
King's College
1865-01-03
Richard Shilleto
British scholar
Ulleskelf
Trinity College Shrewsbury School Repton School
1809-11-25
Richard Short
British actor
South Shields
King Edward's School Witley The Bishop David Brown School
1975-10-08
Richard Spruce
British botanist and explorer (1817–1893)
Ganthorpe
1817-09-10
Richard Spruce
Richard Waugh
English merchant and botanist (1768-1806)
Lanchester
1768
Richard Waugh
Richard Wilfrid Selby
English Benedictine monk (-1659)
County Durham
Richmond Beetham
British-born painter and magistrate (1832-1912)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1832
Richy Ahmed
British Dj
South Shields
Rick Holden
English footballer (born 1964)
Skipton
University of Salford Ermysted's Grammar School
1964-09-09
Rick William
British bodybuilder
Ashington
1988-05-12
Ricky Fenson
British musician
Chopwell
1945-05-22
Ricky Fenson
Ridley Scott
English filmmaker (born 1937)
South Shields
Royal College of Art The Northern School of Art
1937-11-30
Gladiator Thelma & Louise Blade Runner Alien American Gangster
Ridley Scott
Riley Jones
British actor
Gateshead
Northumbria University
Riton
British DJ and music producer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University
1978-09-13
Rob Heaps
British actor
York
St Peter's School
1983-07-11
Imposters
Rob Rackstraw
British voice-over actor
Sunderland
1965-10-31
Bob the Builder Thomas & Friends
Robert Acon
British printmaker, 1792-1880
Chollerton
1792
Robert Acon
Robert Arthur Wilson
English painter (1884-1979)
Sunderland
Royal College of Art Académie Julian
1884
Robert Atkinson
Anglo-Irish academic, philologist and textual scholar
Yorkshire Gateshead
1839-04-06
Robert Atkinson
Robert Barker
British artist (1739-1806)
Kells Newcastle upon Tyne
1739
Robert Barker
Robert Benson Bowman
Bookseller and publisher (1808-1882)
Richmond
1808-05-14
Robert Bernasconi
British philosopher
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Sussex
1950-08-05
Robert Blair
English archaeologist and antiquarian
South Shields
1845-06-08
Robert Brough Smyth
Anglo-Australian geologist, author and social commentator
Wallsend
1830 1830-02-18
Robert Brough Smyth
Robert Clephan
British merchant and archaeologist
Gateshead
1839-11-08
Robert Clow Todd
Canadian artist
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1809
Robert Clow Todd
Robert Douglas
American horticulturist (1813-1897)
Gateshead
1813-04-20
Robert Ernest McEune
British painter (1876-1952)
Gateshead
1876
Robert Ernest McEune
Robert Gold
Harrogate
Robert Henry Bow
British photographer and civil engineer
Alnwick
1832
Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet
English scientist and music theorist (1841-1912)
Alnwick
Balliol College Eton College Royal College of Music
1841-07-31
Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet
Robert Holman
British dramatist
Guisborough
1952
Robert Howard Hodgkin
British historian
Newcastle upon Tyne
Repton School Leighton Park School Balliol College
1877-04-24
Robert Hutchinson
illustrator
Durham
Robert Icke
English writer and theatre director (born 1986)
Stockton-on-Tees
University of Cambridge King's College Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy
1986-11-29
Robert Jobling
British artist (1841-1923)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1841
Robert Jobling
Robert Johnson
English watercolorist (1770-1796)
Shotley Bridge
1770
Robert Kaye Greville
British botanist (1794-1866)
Bishop Auckland
University of Edinburgh
1794-12-13
Robert Kaye Greville
Robert Ker Porter
British artist, writer and diplomat
Durham
Durham School Royal Academy of Arts
1777
Robert Ker Porter
Robert Malcolm Errington
British historian and classical scholar (born 1939)
Howdon
Durham University
1939-07-05
Robert Morrison
British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China
Bullers Green
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
1782-01-05
Robert Morrison (missionary)
Robert Nares
English clergyman, author and philologist (1753-1829)
York
Christ Church
1753-06-09
Robert Niess
German and American architect, active in Berlin
York York
1958
Robert Olley
British artist
South Shields
1940-01-16
Westoe Netty
Robert Pashley
British economist
York
Trinity College
1805-09-04
Robert Pashley
Robert Pollard
British engraver
Newcastle upon Tyne
1755
Robert Pollard (engraver)
Robert Robson
English historian
Haltwhistle
Queen Elizabeth High School Trinity College
1929-08-11
Robert Saint
English composer
Hebburn
1905
Robert Sayer
English publisher, map and printseller
Sunderland
1725
Robert Sayer
Robert Sherlaw Johnson
British musician and scholar (1932-2000)
Sunderland
University of Leeds Durham University Royal Academy of Music Gosforth Academy
1932-05-21
Robert Spence Watson
politician (1837-1911)
Gateshead
University College London Bootham School
1837-06-08
Robert Spence Watson
Robert Story
British poet
Wark
1795-10-17
Robert Westall
English writer
North Shields Tynemouth
Slade School of Fine Art Durham University
1929-10-07
The Machine Gunners The Scarecrows Blitzcat
Robert Whitney
American conductor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1904-07-06
Robert William Atkinson
British chemist in Japan
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal School of Mines
1850
Robert Wilson
British astronomer (1927-2002)
South Shields
University of Edinburgh King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1927-04-16
Robertus Dixon
British scientist
Heworth
1647-07-17
Robin Hawdon
English playwright and novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1939 1939-03-28
Robin Lester Carhart-Harris
British researcher
Durham
University of Bristol Brunel University of London
20th century
Robin Carhart-Harris
Robson Green
British actor and musician
Hexham
North Gosforth Academy
1964-12-18
Robson Green
Rod Clements
British musician
North Shields
Durham University
1947-11-17
Rod Clements
Rod Rees
British writer
Scarborough
1948-11-26
Roderic Noble
British actor
Darley
Scorton Grammar School
1957-10-03
Roger Ascham
English scholar and didactic writer (1515-1568)
Kirby Wiske
St John's College
1515
Roger Ascham
Roger Avon
English actor (1914-1998)
Jarrow
1914-11-23
Roger Beaujolais
Harrogate
1952-11-22
Roger Kohn
British designer
York
1951
Roger Kohn
Roger Westman
English architect
Jarrow
Latymer Upper School Architectural Association School of Architecture Norland Place School
1939-09-16
Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis Jerma Palace Hotel Central Hill Estate Myatt's Fields South Estate Pepys Estate Lillington Gardens South Lambeth Estate The Origins of the International Style in England 1927 - 1939
Roland Carl Backhouse
British computer scientist and mathematician
Middlesbrough
Churchill College Imperial College London University of London
1948-08-18
Roland Carl Backhouse
Romarin Grazebrook
Brits; beeldhouwer; 1934-06-27; Catterick (North Yorkshire)
Catterick
1934-06-27
Ron Aspery
British saxophonist
Middlesbrough
1943-06-03 1946-06-09
Ron Cook
English actor
South Shields
Rose Bruford College Caludon Castle School
1948
Ron Fawcett
British rock climber
Embsay
1955-05-06
Ronald Illingworth
Illingworth, Ronald Stanley (1909–1990), expert in child health
Harrogate
Bradford Grammar School Yale University
1909
Ronald Radd
British actor (1929–1976)
Ryhope
Ryhope Grammar School
1929-01-22
Ronnie Stephenson
British musician
Sunderland
1937-01-26
Ross Adams
English television actor
Stanley
University of Salford
Ross Noble
English Comedian
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cramlington Learning Village Newcastle College
1976-06-05 1976-06-06
Ross Noble
Rowan Atkinson
English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Consett
Newcastle University The Queen's College Chorister School St. Bees School
1955-01-06
Mr. Bean The Lion King Wonka
Rowan Atkinson
Rowland Harrison
English poet
Gateshead
1841-06-23
Roy Chubby Brown
British comedian
Grangetown
1945-02-03 1945-02-05
Russ Swift
stunt performer
Darlington
1951-03-24
Russell Mills
British artist
Ripon
1952
Russell Young
British artist
York
University of Chester
1959-03-13
Ryan Molloy
British singer, songwriter and actor
North Shields
The Poor School Monkseaton High School
1976-11-21
Ryan Swain
British television presenter
Malton
1990-02-24
Ryan Swain
Sacheverell Sitwell
British art and architectural historian and writer, baronet (1969-1988)
Scarborough
Balliol College Eton College
1897-11-15
Sacheverell Sitwell
Sakima
English singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1991-03-20
Sam Blue
English hard rock singer
Newcastle upon Tyne
1959
Sam Fender
English singer-songwriter (born 1994)
North Shields
Whitley Bay High School John Spence Community High School
1994-04-25
Seventeen Going Under Hypersonic Missiles
Sam Fender
Sam Forrest
English rock musician
York
1977
Sam William Heads
British entomologist and palaeontologist
Northumberland
University of Portsmouth
1983-04-22
Sammy Johnson
British actor (1949-1998)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1949-05-14
Samuel Barnett
British actor
Whitby
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
1980-04-25
Samuel Barnett
Samuel Buck
Buck, Samuel (1696–1779), topographical draughtsman, engraver, and print publisher
Richmond
1696
Samuel Buck
Samuel Edward-Cook
British actor
York
Samuel Garth
British writer
Bolam
Peterhouse
1661
Samuel Garth
Samuel Newby Curle
British mathematician
Sunderland
Victoria University of Manchester St. Bede's Grammar School
1930-06-18
Samuel Sidley
English portrait painter (1829–1896)
York
1829
Samuel Sidley
Samuel Tolansky
British physicist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University Imperial College London
1907-11-17
Samuel Tolansky (physicist)
Scott Davidson
academic
Newcastle upon Tyne
Downing College
1954-09-24
Scott Donohue
English artist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1982-08-19
Scott Donohue
Scott Frazer
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1973-10-09
Scott Garnham
British actor
North Yorkshire
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
1985-02-22
Scott Garnham
Scott Henshall
British fashion designer
Hartlepool
Northumbria University
1975-11-15
Scott Mann
British film director
Newton Aycliffe
Woodham Academy
1965-06-16
Scott Turnbull
British actor
Middlesbrough
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
1981
Sean Blowers
English actor
Middlesbrough
1961-01-12
Sean Blowers
Sean Landless
British actor
Sunderland
1986
Sean Tyla
English musician
Barlow
1947-08-03
Seebohm Rowntree
British philanthropist industrialist and sociologist writer
York
Bootham School
1871-07-07
How far it is possible to provide Satisfactory Houses for the Working Classes at rents which they can afford to pay
Seebohm Rowntree
Selby Knox
British chemist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1944-09-24
Sermstyle
songwriter
South Shields
1987-11-24
Shaun Lawton
British actor
New Marske
1941
Shaun Prendergast
British actor
North Shields
Norham High School
1958-11-28
Shaykh Said Ismail
Imam from the Yemeni Community in Cardiff; from a mixed family background (1930-2011)
South Shields
1930-09
Sid Chaplin
English writer of novels, television screenplays, poetry and short stories (1916-1986)
Shildon
1916-09-20
The Day of the Sardine
Sid Waddell
British sports commentator (1940–2012)
Alnwick
St John's College The King Edward VI Academy
1940-08-10
Silvanus P. Thompson
British academic physicist (1851-1916)
York
Bootham School University of London
1851-06-19
Silvanus P. Thompson
Simon Baynes
British politician
Lesbury
1960-04-21
Simon Baynes
Simon Cowe
English musician (1948-2015)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Fettes College
1948-04-01
Simon Farnaby
British actor
Darlington
Trinity College Dublin Richmond School
1973-04-02
Simon Farnaby
Simon Holloway
Newcastle upon Tyne
1971
Simon McKeown
British artist (born 1965)
Middlesbrough
Teesside University
1965
Simon Myers
Professor of Mathematical Genomics
Darlington
Royal Latin School Worcester College Jesus College
1977-06-27
Simon Slater
British actor
Scarborough
Goldsmiths, University of London
1959-03-07
Simon Turney
Ripon
Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Quaker, sinologist
Darlington
Winchester College Merton College
1873-10-20
Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet
English-New Zealand naturalist
Thornton Watlass Hall
Ampleforth College
1935-03-04
Sir Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet
Ironmaster, industrial chemist, railway owner (1816-1904)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1816-02-18 1816-02-15 1816
Lowthian Bell
Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet
British botanist and historian (1797-1879)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University College, Oxford Harrow School
1797-03-31
Walter Calverley Trevelyan
Smithson Tennant
British chemist (1761-1815)
Selby
University of Edinburgh Christ's College Beverley Grammar School
1761-11-30
Smithson Tennant
Speakman, William John
sculptor, installation artist of the Netherland
Hexham
SintLucas Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Sint-Joost
1968-02-26
William Speakman
Spike
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
20th century
Spike Rawlings
English footballer (1944-2006)
Wallsend
1944-04-07
Stanley Eveling
British philosopher and writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Oxford Durham University
1925
Stanley Peat
British carbohydrate chemist
South Shields
1902-08-23
Stanley R. Dennison
British economist and university administrator
North Shields
Trinity College
1912 1912-06-15
Stephen Catterson Smith
English-Irish portrait-painter and president of the Royal Hibernian Academy (1806-1872)
Skipton
1806-03-12
Stephen Catterson Smith the Elder
Stephen Chapman
Australian teacher and chemist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle University
1959-05-12
Steve Chapman (chemist)
Stephen Graham
British urban theorist
North Shields
1965-02-26
Stephen Hancock
British actor (1925-2015)
Bishop Auckland
College of St Hild and St Bede Chorister School
1925-11-24 1925-11-25
Stephen Horseman
fl. 1702 - 1737
Brayton
1688
Stephen Laws
British novelist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1952
Stephen Liddle
British chemist
Sunderland
Newcastle University
20th century
Stephen Orton
British cellist, born in Ripon, Yorkshire, UK
Ripon
Stephen Paxton
British violoncellist and composer
Durham
1734-12-27 1735 1734
Stephen Paxton
Stephen Tompkinson
English actor
Stockton-on-Tees
Central School of Speech and Drama St Mary's Catholic Academy St Bede's Catholic High School
1965-10-15
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Uppal
British actor
Middlesbrough
Teesside University
1982
Stephen Yardley
English actor
Ferrensby
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
1942-03-24
Stephen Youll
British cover artist (1965-)
Hartlepool
University of Sunderland
1965-06-08
Stephen of Sawley
English monk; abbot of Sawley and Fountains
Eston
Steve Biddulph
Australian activist and psychologist
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
1953-08-15
Steve Ellis
British poet and literary scholar
York
1952
Steve Flint
railway modeller, writer, editor and photographer
Scarborough
1954
Steve Furst
British comedian and actor
South Shields
University of Winchester
1967-11-28 1967-09-03
Steve McClure
British rock climber
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
1970-07-25
Steve Mould
presenter
Gateshead
St Hugh's College St Thomas More RC
1978-10-05
Steve Mould
Steve Robson
British record producer
Jarrow
Boldon School
1969-11
Steve Tappin
British businessman
Harrogate
1966
Steve Thompson
British songwriter
Consett
1952-04-24
Steven Appleby
cartoonist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbria University
1956-01-27
Steven Moore
percussionist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Nuffield Health Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital
1978-12-14
Steven Runciman
British historian of the Middle Ages (1903–2000)
Northumberland Glasgow
Eton College Trinity College
1903-07-07
A History of the Crusades
Steven Savile
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Ewell Castle School
1969-10-12
Steven Savile
Steven Sproat
English singer-songwriter
Lanchester United Kingdom
1960-11-18
Stevie Lynn
British professional wrestler
Teesside
1983-08-01
Sting
British musician
Wallsend
University of Warwick St. Cuthbert's High School Northumbria University
1951-10-02
Every Breath You Take Fields of Gold Englishman in New York
Sting (musician)
Stuart Bailey
graphic designer
York
1973
Stuart Colman
English Musician, record producer, disc jockey (1944-2018)
Harrogate
Harrogate Grammar School
1944-12-19
Stuart Fletcher
English bass player
York
1976-01-16
Stuart Hatton
British pageant winner, model, and dancer
South Shields
Newcastle University
1985-06-17
Stuart Hatton
Stuart Wells
British actor
Wallsend
1982-09-18
Syd Dale
British composer (1924-1994)
York
1924-05-20
T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
British artist and bookbinder.
Alnwick
Central School of Art and Design Royal Grammar School Worcester
1840-12-02
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson
Tab Martin
British bassist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1944-12-24
Ted Harrison
Canadian artist and author (1926-2015)
Wingate
Durham University The Northern School of Art
1926-08-28
Tempest Anderson
British eye surgeon, photographer and volcanologist
York
St Peter's School University College London University of Leeds
1846-12-07
Tempest Anderson
Terence Burns, Baron Burns
British economist
Hetton-le-Hole
University of Manchester
1944-03-13
Terence Burns, Baron Burns
Terry Deary
writer
Sunderland
University of Sunderland Monkwearmouth Academy East Point Academy
1946-03-04
Terry Pawson
Newcastle upon Tyne
1957
The Thrillseekers
English DJ and record producer
York
1973-10-24
Theo Hutchcraft
English singer-songwriter
Richmond
Richmond School Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
1986-08-30
Theodore Rigg
New Zealand agricultural chemist, scientific administrator (1888–1972)
Settle
St John's College
1888-04-06
Theodore Rigg
Thomas Addison
19th-century British physician and scientist
Longbenton
University of Edinburgh King's College London Royal Grammar School
1793-04-02
Thomas Addison
Thomas Alcock Beck
British historian (1795-1846)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Trinity College Hawkshead Grammar School
1795-05-31
Thomas Allen
English operatic baritone (born 1944)
Seaham
Royal College of Music Ryhope Grammar School
1944-09-10
Thomas Baker
English antiquarian, born 1656
Lanchester
St John's College
1656-09-14
Thomas Bell
English Roman Catholic priest, later an anti-Catholic writer
Raskelf
1551
Thomas Bell
English land surveyor and book collector
Newcastle upon Tyne
1785-12-16
Thomas Belt
English geologist and naturalist (1832-1878)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1832-11-27
Thomas Bewick
English engraver and natural history author (1753-1828)
Mickley
1753-08-10 1753-08-12
Mother Goose’s Melody
Thomas Bewick
Thomas Binney
British reverend
Newcastle upon Tyne
1798
Thomas Binney
Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel
Engraver who joined the Dalziel Brothers (1823-1906)
Wooler
1823-05-09
Thomas Dalziel
Thomas Brasch
German author, poet and film director (1945-2001)
Westow
Kadettenschule der NVA
1945-02-19
Thomas Brasch
Thomas Burnet
English theologian and writer (1635-1715)
Croft-on-Tees
1635
Thomas Burnet
Thomas Bywater Smithies
English radical publisher and activist
York
1817-08-27
Thomas Bywater Smithies
Thomas Carter
British ornithologist and pastoralist (1863-1931)
Masham
1863-04-06
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon
British zoologist, botanist, and physician (1811-1872)
Durham
University of Edinburgh
1811-10-12
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon
Thomas Cresap
American settler
Skipton
1694
Thomas Cresap
Thomas D Bennett
British materials chemist
South Shields
University of Cambridge
1986
Thomas D. Wilson
academic
Shincliffe
University of Sheffield Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
1935
Thomas Doubleday
English political activist, author, songwriter, poet
Newcastle upon Tyne
1790
Thomas Ebdon
English composer
Durham
1738
Thomas Ewbank
British writer
Barnard Castle
1792-03-11
Thomas Eyre Macklin
British painter (1863-1943)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1863-03-30
Thomas Eyre Macklin
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War (1612-1671)
Denton Hall, Wharfedale
St John's College Tadcaster Grammar School
1612-01-17 1612-01-12
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas G. Purvis
British marine artist (1861-1933)
Chirton
1861-04-12
Het fregat Hr.Ms. De Ruyter
Thomas G. Purvis
Thomas Gale
British antiquarian; (1635-1702)
Scruton
Trinity College Westminster School
1636
Thomas Gray
mining engineer and local historian (1847 -1924)
Washington
1847-09-22
Thomas Grey
English poet
Norham
1863-09-16
Thomas Guy Masters
Seismologist
York
University of Cambridge
1954
Thomas Harrison
English architect; (1744-1829)
Richmond
Richmond School
1744-08-07
Thomas Harrison (architect)
Thomas Harrison Hair
British artist of industrial revolution etc (1808-1875)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1808-12-23
Thomas Harrison Hair
Thomas Haswell
composer
Tynemouth
1807-12-08
Thomas Havelock
English mathematician
Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's College
1877
Thomas Heaviside
father of Oliver Heaviside
Stockton-on-Tees
1813
Thomas Hudson Nelson
British ornithologist (1856-1916)
Bishop Auckland
1856-02-12
Thomas Hutchinson
organist (1854-)
Sunderland
1854-04-23
Thomas Hutchinson
British educator, poet, and author
Newcastle upon Tyne
1856
Thomas J. Foggitt
British botanist (1810–1895)
Durham
1810
Thomas Jackson Foggitt
British botanist (1858–1934)
Thirsk
1858-03-02
Thomas Jefferson Hogg
British writer and barrister (1792-1862)
Stockton-on-Tees
Durham School University College, Oxford
1792-05-24
Thomas Johnson
English botanist and Royalist soldier of the English Civil War
Selby
1600-09-07
Thomas Manson
British biblical scholar
North Shields
University of Glasgow Westminster College
1893-07-22
Thomas Meriton
English playwright and cleric
Castlelevington
St John's College
1638
Thomas Miles Richardson
British artist (1784-1848)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1784
Thomas Miles Richardson Sr.
Thomas Miles Richardson II
British painter (1813–1890)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1813
Thomas Miles Richardson Jr.
Thomas Musgrave
captain, lighthouse keeper and Auckland Islands castaway (1832-1891)
Durham
1832-05-10
Thomas Nossiter
British academic
Stockton-on-Tees
Exeter College Nuffield College
1937-12-24
Thomas Nuttall
English botanist and zoologist in America (1786-1859)
Settle
1786-01-05
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Potts
19th-century sculptor and monumental mason
Harrogate
1824-08-12
Thomas Potts (sculptor)
Thomas Raffles Davison
British architect
Stockton-on-Tees
1853
Thomas Raffles Davison
Thomas Ralph Spence
British painter, ca. 1845-1918
Gilling West
1845
Thomas Ralph Spence
Thomas Renton Elliott
physician and physiologist (1877-1961)
Willington
1877-10-11
Thomas Renton Elliott
Thomas Rymer Jones
British surgeon and zoologist
Whitby
1810
Thomas Rymer Jones
Thomas Sheraton
British furniture designer
Stockton-on-Tees
No/unknown value
1751
Thomas Sheraton
Thomas Stackhouse
English theologian and controversialist
Witton-le-Wear
1677
Thomas Stanley Westoll
English geologist
Hartlepool
Newcastle University
1912-07-03
Thomas Stevenson
English toxicologist and forensic chemist (1838-1908)
Rainton
University of London Guy's Hospital Medical School
1838-04-14
Thomas Stevenson (toxicologist)
Thomas Sword Good
English painter known for genre works (1789-1872)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
1789-12-04
Thomas Sword Good
Thomas Thompson
British poet
Bishop Auckland
1773
Thomas Thorlin
County Durham
HDK Konstfack
1893-12-25
Thomas Tredgold
British engineer
Brandon
1788-08-22
Thomas Tredgold
Thomas Turton
British mathematician and clergyman (1780-1864)
York
St Catharine's College, Cambridge Queens' College
1780-02-05
Thomas Turton
Thomas Ward
English writer (1652-1708)
Danby Castle
1652-04-13
Thomas Wemyss Reid
English newspaper editor, novelist and biographer (1842-1905)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1842-03-29
Thomas Wemyss Reid
Thomas Wharton
English anatomist (1614–1673)
Winston
Pembroke College
1614-08-31
Thomas Williams
English cartoonist, born 1940
Stockton-on-Tees
1940-10-17
Thomas Wright
astronomer (1711-1786)
County Durham
King James I Academy
1711-09-22
An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
Thomas Wright (astronomer)
Tim Burke
British visual effects supervisor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1965-01-01
Tim Burstall
Australian film director
Stockton-on-Tees
Geelong Grammar School
1927-04-20 1929-04-20
Tim Healy
British actor
Benwell
1952-01-29
Tim Healy
Tim Kellett
English musician, songwriter and record producer
Knaresborough
1964-07-23
Tim Knight
Northallerton
1959-09-10
Tim Palmer
British record producer
North Shields
1962-10-04
Timothy Kristian Charles Mace
Catterick
1955-11-20
Timothy Sheader
British theatre director
Scarborough
Scarborough Sixth Form College
1971-11-23
Tod Slaughter
actor (1885-1956)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1885-03-19
Tom Ainsley
English actor
Scarborough
1991-12-19
Tom Arnold
British theatre producer
Settle
1897
Tom Brown
British anarchist (1900–1974)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1900
Tom Coyne
British television presenter
South Shields
1930
Tom Crewe
English novelist
Middlesbrough
University of Cambridge
1989
Tom Gill
actor (1916-1971)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1916-07-26
Tom Glenwright
radio presenter
Newcastle upon Tyne
1996-04-03
Tom Hodgkinson
British writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Westminster School
1968
The Idler
Tom Lamb
English miner and artist
Ashington
1928-05-03
Tom Lister
British actor
Ingleton
Birmingham School of Acting
1978-06-21
Tom Lister
Tom Shankland
British director
Durham
1968-05-07
Tom Stoddart
British photographer
Morpeth
1953-11-28
Tom Stoddart
Tom Storer
Tynemouth
1915
Tony Bastable
British television presenter
Hexham
University College School
1944-10-15
Tony Bianchi
British writer
North Shields
1952-04-05
Tony Bray
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1960-09-17
Abaddon (musician)
Tony Dolan
British musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
1964-01-21
Tony Dolan
Tony Grey
English musician
Newcastle upon Tyne
Berklee College of Music
1975-03-25
Tony Grey
Tony Hicks
British drummer
Middlesbrough
1948-08-08
Tony Rivers
English singer
Shildon
Raine's Foundation School
1940-12-21
Tony Scott
British film director and producer (1944–2012)
North Shields
Royal College of Art University of Sunderland Leeds Arts University The Grangefield Academy The Northern School of Art
1944-06-21
Tony Scott (director)
Tony Weetman
Dean of the Medical School at University of Sheffield
Durham
Newcastle University
1953-04-29
Tony Williams
English musician
Durham
1947-08-19
Trevor Horn
British record producer and musician
Hetton-le-Hole
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
1949-07-15
Trevor Horn
Trevor Ian Shaw
English biochemist and physiologist
York
Clare College
1928-03-18
Trevor McMillan
English radiobiologist, Vice-Chancellor of Keele University
Gateshead
University of Lancaster
1959-10-02
Trevor Metcalfe
British illustrator
Brotton
1939-05
Trevor Watts
English jazz musician
York
1939-02-26
Trevor Watts
True Geordie
British YouTuber
Newcastle upon Tyne
1987-01-26
True Geordie
Tweedy John Todd
English doctor (1789-1840)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
University of Aberdeen
1789
Ullin Place
British philosopher (1924-2000)
Yorkshire Northallerton
Rugby School Corpus Christi College
1924-10-24
Uthred of Boldon
Benedictine monk, theologian and writer
The Boldons
1320
Vaughan Oliver
British graphic designer
Sedgefield
Northumbria University
1957-09-12
Victor Noble Rainbird
British artist (1887-1936)
North Shields
1887-12-12
Victor Noble Rainbird
Vigo Auguste Demant
British priest and theologian
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University Harris Manchester College Ely Theological College
1893-11-08
Viking Will
British pornographic actor
York
1985-11-15
Vince Cable
British politician, leader of the Liberal Democrats (born 1943)
York
Fitzwilliam College University of Glasgow
1943-05-09
Vince Cable
Vincent Cornier
British author
Redcar
1898
W D Welford
British cyclist, writer and publisher (1857-1919)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1857
W. B. R. King
British geologist
West Burton
Jesus College Uppingham School
1889-11-12
W. Brian Harland
British geologist (1917-2003)
Scarborough
Bootham School Gonville and Caius College
1917-03-22
W. H. Auden
British-American poet (1907–1973)
York
Christ Church University of Oxford Gresham's School St Edmund's School
1907-02-21
The Orators
W.H. Auden
W. R. Mitchell
British writer and editor
Skipton
1928-01-15
W. R. Mitchell
W.B. Brydon
British actor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1933-09-20 1930-09-20
Wally Herbert
British polar explorer (1934-2007)
United Kingdom York
1934-10-24
Walter Benington
British photographer
Stockton-on-Tees
1872-12-13
Walter Benington
Walter Crawley
British tennis player and entomologist (1880-1940)
Masham
St John's School, Leatherhead
1880-03-29
Walter Crawley
Walter Hargreaves Bourne
Canadian architect
Darlington
1874-04-29
Walter Hargreaves Bourne
Warren Tute
English sailor, author and television executive
West Hartlepool
1914-02-22
Wee Georgie Wood
British comedian
Jarrow
1894-12-17
Wellington A. Playter
actor (1879-1937)
Rawcliffe
1879-12-09
Wellington A. Playter
Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse
British actuary
North Shields
1809-05-06
Wesley S. B. Woolhouse
Wilfred Ernest Alderson
Newcastle upon Tyne
1873-06-07
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston
British geologist (1828-1909)
York
St John's College
1828-06-02
Wilfred Walter
English actor (1882-1958)
Ripon
1882-03-02
Wilfrid Norman Bailey
British mathematician (1893-1961)
County Durham
Victoria University of Manchester University of Cambridge
1893-09-05
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
British poet (1878–1962)
Hexham
1878-10-02
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Will Ashton
Australian artist (1881-1963)
Clifton
Académie Julian
1881-09-20
Will Atkinson
musician from Northumberland
Crookham
1908-01-31
Will Hay
English comedian, actor, film director & astronomer (1888-1949)
Stockton-on-Tees
1888-12-06
Will Hay
Will Lawson
Australian writer (1876-1957)
Durham
1876-09-02
Will Todd
British composer
County Durham
University of Bristol
1970-01-14
William Adam
English painter (1846-1931)
Tweedmouth
1846-08-29
William Alvara Humphrey
British geologist and mineralogist
York
1876-11-08
William Andrews Nesfield
English landscape architect and artist (1793-1881)
Chester-le-Street
Durham School
1793-06-16
William Andrews Nesfield
William Arthur Bone
British chemist
Stockton-on-Tees
University of Manchester Ackworth School
1871-03-19
William Bateson
British geneticist and biologist (1861-1926)
Whitby
St John's College Rugby School
1861-08-08
William Bateson
William Bedlington
New Zealand land surveyor (1823-1891)
Ovingham
1823-09-27
William Bell
English painter
Newcastle upon Tyne
Royal Academy of Arts
1740
William Bell (painter)
William Blanchard
English comic actor (1769-1835)
York
1769-01-02
William Blanchard
William Brice
British ethnographer and linguist
Richmond
Jesus College
1921-07-03
William Bullerwell
English geologist
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1916-09-27
William Burley Lockwood
historian
Normanby
University of Manchester
1917-04-13
William Chapman
British painter (1817-1879)
Sunderland
1817
William Chapman Hewitson
British naturalist
Newcastle upon Tyne
1806-01-09
William Chapman Hewitson
William Coldstream
British painter and teacher (1908-1987)
Belford
Slade School of Fine Art
1908-02-28
William Coldstream
William Corlett
British writer
Darlington
Fettes College
1938-10-08
William Crawford Williamson
English naturalist and palaeobotanist (1816-1895)
Scarborough
University College London
1816-11-24
William Crawford Williamson
William D. Clark
British economist
Haltwhistle
University of Chicago
1916-07-28
William Daniel Gill
geologist (1916–92)
Hillam
1916-06-29
William Delisle Hay
British mycologist, novelist, and pulp writer (1853-18??)
Bishopwearmouth
1853 1851
William Doughty
English painter and engraver
York
1755 1757
William Doughty (painter)
William Downey
English photographer (1829-1915)
South Shields
1829-07-14
William Downey
William Dunbar
painter, wainwright, coal miner, song writer, artist
Gateshead
1852
William Eden
English sportsman and artist
Windlestone Hall
1849-04-04
William Elstob
English chaplain
Newcastle upon Tyne
Eton College St Catharine's College, Cambridge The Queen's College
1674
William Emerson
British mathematician
Hurworth-on-Tees
1701-05-14
William Emerson (mathematician)
William Ernest Bowman
writer
Scarborough
1911-09-30
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
William Etty
British painter (1787-1849)
York
Royal Academy of Arts
1787-03-10
William Etty
William Foggitt
British botanist (1835–1917)
Yarm
1835-02-02
William Fox
Premier of New Zealand in the 19th century, company agent, explorer and artist
South Shields
Wadham College Durham School
1812-09-02
William Fox (New Zealand)
William G. Leithead
and Canadian architect
Northallerton
1920
William G. Whittaker
English-Scottish composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Durham University
1876-07-23
William Gowland
British archaeologist
Sunderland
Imperial College London
1842-12-16
William Grainge
British antiquarian (1818-1895)
Dishforth
1818-01-25
William Grainge
William Green
Belford
1844
William Greenwell
British archaeologist
Lanchester
Durham University Durham School
1820-03-23
William Greenwell
William Harrison Cook
chemist
Alnwick
Stanford University University of Alberta
1903-09-02
William Harvey
English engraver and designer (1796-1866)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1796-07-13
William Harvey (engraver)
William Hawley Smith
American writer
Sunderland
1845-10-07
William Henderson
author (1813–1891)
Kirk Merrington
1813
Notes on the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders
William Hepworth Thompson
British classical philologist (1810-1886)
York
Trinity College
1810-03-27
William Hepworth Thompson
William Herdman Elliott
British Australian biochemist
Durham
1925-06-05
William Hewson
British physiologist
Hexham
University of Edinburgh
1739-11-14
William Hewson (surgeon)
William Heysham Overend
(1851 - 1898) marine Artist and Book Illustrator
Coatham
Charterhouse School Bruce Castle School
1851
William Heysham Overend
William Hutchinson
English mariner, privateer, author, and inventor
Newcastle upon Tyne
1715
William Hutton
British geologist (1797-1860)
Sunderland
1797-07-26
William Ingle
British sculptor
Bishop Thornton
1828
William Ingle
William J. Eccles
British historian of Canada
North Yorkshire
McGill University
1917
William J. Young
English organist and composer
Durham
1835-04-18
William Jackson Bean
British botanist (1863-1947)
Malton
Holgate School, Barnsley
1863-05-26
Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles
William John Greenwell
19th-century English barrister and writer
St Helen Auckland
Marlborough College New College
1847-05-21
William John Greenwell
William Kay
English cleric and academic
Pickering
Giggleswick School Lincoln College
1820-04-08
William Kay Blacklock
painter
Bishopwearmouth
Edinburgh College of Art Royal College of Art
1872
A Dutch Idyll
William Kay Blacklock
William Kenneth Richmond
Darlington
1910
William King
Anglo-Irish geologist
Sunderland
1809-04-22
William King (géologue)
William Lambton
British geographer
Northallerton
1756 1753
William Lambton
William Lax
astronomer
Ravensworth
Trinity College
1761
William Mackenzie Thomson
Marine painter from Great Britain
Newcastle upon Tyne
1840
William Mackenzie Thomson
William Marshall
English writer on agriculture (1745-1818)
Sinnington
1745
William Martin
eccentric and self-proclaimed philosopher (1772-1851)
Haltwhistle
1772-06-21
William Mercer
English cleric, hymnwriter
Barnard Castle
Trinity College
1811
William Mitcheson Timlin
painter, draftsman, architect
Ashington
Morpeth School
1892-04-11
William Mitcheson Timlin
William Neile
British mathematician
Bishopthorpe
Wadham College University of Oxford
1637-12-16
Semicubical parabola
William Nicholson
English portrait painter and etcher (1781-1844)
Ovingham
1781-12-25
William Nicholson (1781–1844)
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)
York
Magdalen College Trinity College Dublin
1800-06-17
Leviathan of Parsonstown
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
William Pearson
British painter/draughtsman (1772-1849)
Durham
1772
William Percy
Poet and playwright, d. 1648
Tynemouth
Worcester College
1574
William Philipson
English-born New Zealand botanist and explorer (1911–1997)
Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Cambridge University of London Dame Allan's School Durham University Downing College
1911-12-06
William Powell Frith
English painter (1819-1909)
Aldfield
1819-01-19
A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 The Crossing Sweeper
William Powell Frith
William Price Turner
(1927-), British poet
York
1927
William Ralph Inge
English author, Anglican dean and professor of divinity (1860–1954)
Crayke
Eton College King's College
1860-06-06
William Ralph Inge
William Richards
American and British architect
Darlington
1871-09-17
William Richardson
York
1814
William Richardson (artist)
William Rickarby Miller
American painter (1818-1893)
Staindrop
1818-05-20
William Rickarby Miller
William Robinson
English architect (c.1720–1775)
Durham
1720
William Russell
English actor
Sunderland
1924-11-19
William Russell (English actor)
William Scoresby
English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)
Cropton
Queens' College
1789-10-05
William Scoresby
William Scoresby
Arctic whaler and navigator (1760–1829)
Cropton
1760-05-03
William Scoresby Senior
William Shanks
Amateur calculator, school owner
Corsenside
1812-01-25
William Shanks
William Shield
English composer, viola player and song collector
Swalwell
1748-03-05
William Shield
William Stubbs
British historian and Anglican bishop (1825–1901)
Knaresborough
Christ Church Ripon Grammar School
1825-06-21
William Stubbs
William Thomas Gowland
English photographer, painter and decorateur
York
1831-10-03
William Thomas Hamilton
American frontiersman and author
River Till
1822-12-06
William Thomas Stead
English newspaper editor (1849–1912)
Northumberland
Silcoates School
1849-07-05
William Thomas Stead
William Turner
16th century English Protestant reformer, physician and natural historian
Morpeth
Pembroke College
1510
William Turner (naturalist)
William Walker
English engraver (1729-1793)
Thirsk
1729-11
William Walker (engraver born 1729)
William Whitfield
British architect
Stockton-on-Tees
1920-10-21
Chartered Accountants' Hall
William Yorke Fausset
Anglo-Irish clergyman
Bishop Middleham
1859
Willie Williams
British stage and lighting designer
Newcastle upon Tyne
Silverdale School
1959-09-08
Willy Taylor
fiddler
Wooler
1916-01-05
Wilson Hepple
British painter (1854-1937)
Newcastle upon Tyne
1854
Woods Hutchinson
English physician
Selby
University of Michigan William Penn University
1862
Zachary Grey
British historian
Burniston
1686-05-06
Zeke Lund
British musician, songwriter
York
1945-11-13