York

:This article is about the historic English city. For other meanings, see York (disambiguation).

Notable People from York

• Mark Addy (actor)
• Alcuin (influential Christian scholar)
• Farrah (indie pop/rock group)
• John Barry (composer)
• Judi Dench (actress)
• John Earle (clergyman and author)
• Guy Fawkes (Catholic conspirator)
• John Flaxman (sculptor and draughtsman)
• Christopher Hill (Marxist historian)
• Frankie Howerd (comedy actor)
• Thomas Morton (clergyman)
• Joseph Rowntree and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformists)
• William Hepworth Thompson (classical scholar)
• William Tuke, Henry Tuke, Samuel Tuke and Daniel Hack Tuke (campaigners for humane treatment of the insane)
• James Hack Tuke (campaigner for famine relief and social reform in Ireland)
• Henry Scott Tuke (painter)
• Shed Seven (indie rock group)
• Xavier Pick (contemporary British Artist)
• David Bradley (actor) (Actor, plays Filch in the Harry Potter series of films)
• Keith Drinkell (Actor, recently appeared in Coronation Street as Bob.)
• Michael Burns (actor) (Actor, played Colin in the BBC comedy "The Brittas Empire.)
• The Mood (1980's band, John Moore, Mark James & Eric James. Biggest single "Paris Is One Day Away" stalled unfortunately just outside the Top 40 in the UK.)