Northumberland

:For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation)

People

Famous Northumbrians include:

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• Thomas Addison (1793-1860), physician
• George Airy (1802-1892), astronomer and geophysicist
• William Armstrong (1810-1900), inventor and industrialist
• Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), artist, wood engraver and naturalist
• Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1715-1783), landscape and garden designer
• Josephine Butler (1828-1906), social reformer
• Basil Bunting (1900-1985), poet
• Bobby Charlton (1937- ) and Jack Charlton (1935- ), footballers
• Grace Darling (1815-1842), heroine
• Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), British Prime Minister
• Steve Harmison (1978- ), international cricketer
• Ross Noble (1976- ), stand-up comedian
• Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy (1365-1403), borders warlord and rebel
• John Rushworth (1793-1860), historian
• George Stephenson (1781-1848) and Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), engineers
• Kathryn Tickell (1967- ), musician