List of people from Doncaster

This is a list of people from Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England, and includes people from the town of Doncaster and the wider Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which encompasses Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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Douglas Bader – fighter pilot who continued to fly after losing his legs (born in London but brought up in Sprotborough when his mother remarried after the death of his natural father)
Jessica Baglow – actress who played Lucy Snow in Where the Heart Is and Karla Bentham on BBC drama series Waterloo Road
Lee Beevers – Walsall F.C. footballer, ex-Lincoln City F.C., Boston United F.C. and Colchester United F.C. player
John Francis Bentley – church architect, most famous for Westminster Cathedral
Rodney Bickerstaffe – past leader of UNISON and former president of the Pensioners' National Convention; brought up and educated in Doncaster
Brian Blessed (born 1936) – Mexborough-born TV and film actor
Liam Botham – rugby player and cricketer; son of cricketer Ian Botham
Billy Bremner – Doncaster Rovers F.C. manager; born in Stirling (Scotland) but lived later and died in Doncaster
Chris Brown (born 1984) – Doncaster Rovers forward
Steve Burton (born 1983) – footballer
Andy Butler – footballer

Emma Chambers – TV, film and stage actress
Tony Christie – singer and musical performer; born in Conisbrough, outside Doncaster
Roy Clarke – scriptwriter, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours and Last of the Summer Wine
Jeremy Clarkson – journalist and television presenter
Thomas Crapper – credited with popularising the modern flush toilet
Roy Cromack – from Warmsworth (born 1940), cyclist, Mexico Olympics 1968. In 1969 he set British 24-hour record (507 miles), which stood for 25 years.^[1]

Richard Dawson – England test cricket player
Joseph 'Joe' Duddington – driver (aged 61) of the speed record-breaking steam locomotive Mallard, on 3 July 1938: 125.88 mph (202.1 kph).
Neil Dudgeon – television actor
Michael Dugher – Labour MP for Barnsley East and Vice-Chair of the Labour Party

John Field – ballet dancer, choreographer and director with Royal Ballet; founder artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
David Firth – animator, best known for his work using Flash animation tools, e.g. in the Salad Fingers series
Caroline Flint – Don Valley Labour MP and minister of state for Europe; lives in Sprotborough

William Hague – "Iron Hague", Mexborough-born champion boxer
Viscount Halifax – son of Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax
Kelly Harrison – actress from BBC Casualty series
Joe Harvey – Edlington-born player and manager of Newcastle United F. C.
Darius Henderson – current Nottingham Forest player; ex-Watford Sheffield United F.C. footballer
Sam Hird – ex-Doncaster Rovers and current Chesterfield FC player
Thomas Howes – actor, best known as William in ITV's Downton Abbey
Kevin Hughes (died 2006) – member of Parliament
Benjamin Huntsman – inventor and steel manufacturer
Brett Hutton – cricketer
Graham Hyde – Sheffield Wednesday F. C. ex-footballer

Kevin Keegan – Armthorpe-born international and Liverpool F.C. footballer, England coach and Newcastle United F.C. manager
Lindsey Kelk – writer of the "I heart" chick lit series

Shelley Longworth – comedy actress, known for playing Sam in Series 4–5 of the ITV comedy drama Benidorm
Richard Lumb – First-class cricketer
Carl Lygo – Vice-Chancellor of BPP University; Director of Doncaster Rovers Belles

Julia Mallam – Emmerdale actress
John McLaughlin (born 1942) – guitarist born Kirk Sandall, co creator (with Miles Davis) of the jazz/rock genre in the late 1960s and leader of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Shakti "fusion" bands
Alan Menter – Doncaster-born rugby union player for South Africa; dermatologist
Mary Millar – actress known as Rose in Keeping Up Appearances
David Moffett (born 1947) – Doncaster-born business manager for Sport England, Welsh Rugby Union and other sporting organisations

Ricky Ravenhill – Bradford City footballer
Diana Rigg – actress best known for ITV series The Avengers and as Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Graham Rix – Doncaster-born Arsenal F.C. and England footballer
William Rokeby (died 1521) – archbishop of Dublin; born and died in Kirk Sandall
Dennis Rollins – jazz trombonist who lived in Doncaster from an early age and joined Doncaster Youth Jazz Orchestra at 14
Danny Rose – Tottenham Hotspur footballer
Mitch Rose – Rotherham United footballer
John Ryan – previous chairman of Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Mark Ryan – actor, known for roles of Robin of Sherwood, King Arthur, Transformers (voice of Bumblebee)

Danny Schofield – footballer with Millwall F.C. and previously Huddersfield Town F.C. and Yeovil Town F.C.
Brian Shenton – sprinter representing England and Britain in the 1950s
Sarah Stevenson – bronze medallist in Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing^[2]

Lady Juliet Tadgell – Countess Fitzwilliam
Lawrence Taylor – lead vocalist with metal band While She Sleeps
Louis Tomlinson – member of the band One Direction
James Toseland (born 1980) – Doncaster-born MotoGP motorcycle racer, 2004 and 2007 Superbike World Champion
Anna Tunnicliffe – Olympic sailor

Steve Wade – executioner
Simon Weaver – footballer
Roger Webster – musician
Len White (born 1930) – Skellow-born centre forward for Newcastle United F.C., the team's third highest scorer
Mick Whitnall – lead guitarist with Babyshambles
Chloe Wilburn – Big Brother 16 winner
Dean Winstanley – darts player
Bruce Woodcock – heavyweight boxing champion of Great Britain and the Empire in the mid-20th century

↑ "Percy Jackson's" 2nd ed., 2010, Matador Books.
↑ "South Yorkshire Olympic taekwondo medallist becomes freeman". BBC News. BBC. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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