Thundera Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I'll start us off with Def Leppard............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffpetrol Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Arts and Humanities Samuel Bailey, philosopher and author John Balguy, philosopher A. S. Byatt, novelist Bruce Chatwin, writer Edward Carpenter, poet and activist Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, sculptor Thomas Creswick, painter Margaret Drabble, novelist Ebenezer Elliott, poet William Flockton, architect Charles Harding Firth, historian Joanne Harris, author (most famously of Chocolat), born in Barnsley, studied and taught at the University of Sheffield Sir Ian Kershaw, historian Arthur Lismer, artist Steve McCaffery, poet James Montgomery, editor and poet John Parkin, architect John Ruskin, artist and designer Frederick Varley, artist [edit] Entertainment Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp Sean Bean, actor J. Stuart Blackton, film producer Marti Caine, comedienne Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp Joe Cocker, singer Maurice Colbourne, actor Christopher Colquhoun, actor Richard Coyle, actor and comedian Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird Patricia Maynard, actor James McCourt, television presenter Richard McCourt, television presenter Patrick McGoohan, actor Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko Phil Oakey, musician, lead singer of the Human League Judy Parfitt, actor Michael Palin, comedian, actor, and travel presenter Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp Anna Walker, television presenter [edit] Politics Nick Ainger, politician David Blunkett, former Cabinet minister (Education Secretary, Home Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary) John Christopher Cutler, second governor of the State of Utah George Hadfield, 19th century politician Roy Hattersley, politician John Parker, 19th century politician Derek Simpson, trade unionist Hugo Young, journalist and political commentator [edit] Science and Engineering Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate Harry Brearley, inventor of Stainless steel Sir John Fowler, railway engineer and co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and steel manufacturer Hans Adolf Krebs, biochemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Joseph Locke, railway engineer Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist Helen Sharman, astronaut Henry Clifton Sorby, microscopist and geologist John Paul Wild, astronomer [edit] Sport Gordon Banks, footballer Gary Cahill, footballer Sebastian Coe, athlete Malcolm Elliott, Professional cyclist Herol 'Bomber' Graham, boxer Andrew Griffiths, field hockey forward Naseem Hamed, boxer Emlyn Hughes, footballer Ben Moon, rock climber Tony Parkes, assistant football manager David Sherwood, tennis player Joe Simpson, mountaineer James Toseland, motorcycle racer, winner of the 2004 World Superbike championship Michael Vaughan, Captain of the England cricket team Chris Waddle, former England footballer Howard Wilkinson,ex England football manager Justin Wilson, motor-racing driver Clinton Woods, boxer Harry Wright, baseball player [edit] Other John Brown, industrialist Charles Peace, notorious murderer Peter Stringfellow, multi-millionaire businessman That do ya .................. ta to wikiapedia for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeslass Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 who else is there?, let me think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1889 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Chris Waddle is'nt from Sheffield though is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em28 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Sorry to be picky but Roisin Murphy is from Dublin.....it is one of the other guy in Moloko who was from Sheffield Em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffpetrol Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 That list also includes people living in sheffield .... hense chris waddle and Róisín Murphy etc etc and Mark Brydon (the other one) is from Sunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em28 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Correct me if I'm wrong but the thread is "Famous people FROM Sheffield" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundera Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Fight, Fight, Fight!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em28 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well......thats what you get for trying to be clever !!!! If the thread was famous people who live in Sheffield then I wouldn't have a problem.......ha ha Rant over !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffpetrol Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 so if say chris waddle goes to see a arsenal match no doubt his ex Marseilles manager Arsne Venger, Arsne may say oh chris where have you come from today and he will say oh i have come from SHEFFIELD .... Being as he lives there .... tick tock tick tock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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