•
John Sharp (1645–1714),
Archbishop of York •
Abraham Sharp (1653–1742), mathematician and scientific instrument maker •
David Hartley (1705–1757), philosopher and physician •
John William Whittaker (1790–1854), clergyman •
Louis Addin Kershaw (1845–1899), Chief justice •
Frederick Delius (1862–1934), composer •
Ernest Leopold Sichel (1862–1941), artist • Sir
Charles Harris (1864–1943), civil servant •
Henry de Beltgens Gibbins (1865–1907), economic historian •
John Coates (1865–1941), singer •
William Binnie (1867–1949), civil engineer • Sir
Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939),
Astronomer Royal •
Charles Wilson(1869–1959), physicist •
John Lawrence Hammond (1872–1949), historian and journalist • Sir
William Rothenstein (1872–1945), artist •
Henry Ernest Stapleton (1878–1962), chemist, numismatist •
Christopher Lintrup Paus •
Albert Rutherston (1881–1953), painter and illustrator •
Humbert Wolfe (1885–1930), poet and civil servant •
Charles Fairburn (1887–1945), railway engineer •
Eric Craven Gregory (1887–1959), benefactor of the arts •
John Rawlings Rees (1890–1969),
psychiatrist • Sir
Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologist and broadcaster •
Herman Shaw (1892–1950), geophysicist and Director of the Science Museum in London •
Arthur Raistrick (1896–1991), civil engineer,
industrial archaeologist and pacifist •
Harry McEvoy (1902–1984), breakfast cereal manufacturer •
Richard Eurich (1903–1992), painter •
H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992), legal philosopher •
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984), historian •
William Henry Walsh (1913–1986), philosopher •
Kenneth Garside (1913–1983), Academic Librarian and Military Intelligence Officer •
Michael Wharton (1913–2006), columnist Peter Simple •
Alan Bullock (1914–2004), a.k.a. Baron Bullock of Leafield, historian •
Denis Healey, Baron Healey (1917–2015),
Chancellor of the Exchequer •
Ken Morrison (1931–2017), Executive Chairman of
Morrisons •
Alan Smithson (1936–2010), bishop of Jarrow •
David Hockney (born 1937), artist •
Duncan Kirkbride Nichol, chief executive of NHS, 1985 -1993 •
David Miliband (born 1965), former
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs •
Malcolm Laycock (1938–2009), radio presenter and producer •
Vivian Nutton (born 1943), classicist and medical historian •
Paul Slack (born 1943), historian •
Michael Jack (born 1946), politician •
Jonathan Silver (1949–1997),
entrepreneur and art gallery owner •
Colin Lawson (born 1949) clarinetist, academic and Director of the
Royal College of Music •
Nick Toczek (born 1950),
writer and performer •
Victoria Braithwaite (1967–2019), animal behaviour scientist •
Boris Rankov (born 1954), Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London; 6-time Boat Race winner with Oxford •
John Bainbridge Webster (born 1955), Chair of Systematic Theology at King's College,
University of Aberdeen •
Alastair Campbell (born 1957), journalist, former
Downing Street Press Secretary (1997–2000) and the first
Downing Street Director of Communications (2000–2005) •
David Wootton (born 1958), Lord Mayor of London •
Roger Mosey (born 1958), Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge •
John Mann, (born 1960),
Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw •
Steven Wells (1960–2009) Ranting poet, punk journalist, novelist, comedy writer for
On The Hour. •
Ashley Metcalfe (born 1963), former
Yorkshire County Cricket Club cricketer •
Andrew Jones (born 1963), Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough •
Adrian Moorhouse (born 1964),
Olympic gold medallist swimmer •
Richard Nerurkar, (born 1964),
marathon and
10,000 metres runner •
Geraint Rees, (born 1967) scientist •
Enzo Cilenti, (born 1974) actor •
Robert Ashforth, (born 1976) professional rugby union player (Fly half) •
Jon Sen, (born 1974) TV producer, Executive Producer
EastEnders •
Dan Scarbrough (born 1978), England
rugby union player (Full back / Wing) •
Robert Hardy (born 1980), bassist of
Franz Ferdinand •
Charlie Hodgson (born 1980), England
rugby union player (Fly half) •
John Hollingworth (born 1981), English actor •
Benson Taylor (born 1983), film composer •
Uzair Mahomed (born 1987), cricketer •
Alistair Brownlee (born 1988) British triathlete; brother of Jonathan Brownlee •
Jonathan Brownlee (born 1990) Member of Parliament for Earley and Woodley •
Georgie Henley (born 1995), actress •
Will Luxton (born 2003), cricketer ==See also==