List of people from Kirklees

This is a list of people from Kirklees, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people from Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. The list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Simon Armitage - poet, novelist and playwright, born in Marsden^[1]

B

• James Berry - executioner who hanged 131 people, born in Heckmondwike^[2]
• Sir David Brown (1904–1993) - managing director of David Brown Ltd, owner of Aston Martin Ltd, born in Huddersfield^[3]
• Jeff Butterfield - international rugby union player; British Lion, 1955; born in Heckmondwike^[4]

C

• Alan Chesters - Bishop of Blackburn, 1989–2003; born in Huddersfield^[5]
• Albert Craig - known as the "Surrey Poet", wrote poems on cricket and football, born and raised in Meltham^[6]

H

• Edward Ramsden Hall – motor racing driver, born in Milnsbridge^[7]
• Roger Hargreaves – author and illustrator of children's books, including Mr Men series, born in Cleckheaton^[8]
• Sir Harold Percival Himsworth FRS – medical scientist, worked on diabetes, born in Huddersfield^[9]

I

• Derek Ibbotson – athlete, set new world record for running a mile in 1957, born in Huddersfield^[10]

K

• Gorden Kaye – comedic actor, René in Allo, Allo, born in Huddersfield^[11]

M

• James Mason – film actor, born in Huddersfield^[12]

P

• Wilfred Pickles - radio broadcaster, newsreader and host of Have a Go, born in Halifax^[13]
• Eric Portman - film and stage actor, born in Ackroydon, Halifax^[14]
• Joseph Priestley – theologian, natural philosopher, discoverer of oxygen, born in Birstall^[15]

S

• Ryan Sidebottom – cricketer for Yorkshire and England, born in Huddersfield^[16]
• Patrick Stewart – film, stage and television actor, Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, born in Mirfield^[17]
• Frank Sykes - international rugby union player, born in Batley^[18]

W

• Harold Wilson – politician, Labour Prime Minister 1964–1970 and 1974–1976, born in Huddersfield^[19]

See also

• List of people from West Yorkshire

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