List of people from Sunderland

This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Sunderland or the wider City of Sunderland in North East England.

Notable people from Sunderland

Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots, born in Sunderland
James Baxter, actor
James Bolam (1935–), actor
Alan Browning actor, born Alan Brown
Bernard Comrie (1947–), linguist
Terry Deary (1946–), author
Mike Elliott, comedian, actor and radio presenter
Russell Enoch, actor
Edward Gregson, composer
James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight) (1916–1995), veterinary surgeon and author
Melanie Hill (1962–), actress
Nat Jackley, comedian
Jools Jameson (1968–), game developer
Bobby Knoxall, comedian
Gina McKee (1964–), actress
Gibb McLaughlin (1884–1960), actor, born George Gibb McLaughlin
Christine Norden (1924–1988), actress, born Mary Lydia Thornton
David Parfitt, an Oscar-winning film producer
Sheila Quigley, novelist
Callum Keith Rennie (1960–), film and television actor
Maurice Roëves (1937–), actor
Clarkson Stanfield, painter
Mary Stewart, novelist
Tom Taylor, playwright and editor of Punch
Bobby Thompson, comedian, the 'Little Waster'
William Lindon-Travers, actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist, known professionally as Bill Travers
Graham Wallas, author and academic
Alison Wright (1976–), actress

Don Airey, musician, keyboardist with Deep Purple
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone
George Bellamy, musician
Eric Boswell, songwriter (Little Donkey)
Mark Brydon, one half of electro outfit Moloko
Bryan Ferry, singer, musician, and songwriter. Lead singer with Roxy Music
Muriel Foster, contralto
Frankie & The Heartstrings, indie rock band
The Futureheads, indie rock band
Eve Gallagher, singer
Alex Kapranos, singer, musician, and songwriter. Lead singer with Franz Ferdinand
Kenickie, a 1990s pop band
Lauren Laverne, ex-lead singer of Kenickie, later radio and TV presenter^[1]
Jez Lowe, folk singer, songwriter and broadcaster
Alan Price, singer, musician, and songwriter. Keyboard player with The Animals
Emeli Sandé, musician
David A. Stewart (born 1952), musician and songwriter, most notably as one half of the band Eurythmics
The Toy Dolls, punk rock band
Baz Warne Guitarist with The Stranglers

Hilary Armstrong, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 2006–07
Sir Theodore Doxford, shipbuilder and politician
George Hudson, Member of Parliament and railway financier
Sir Edward Temperley Gourley, coalfitter, shipowner and politician
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour Party MP
Sir Luke Thompson, coal merchant and politician

Allan Ball (born 1943), Ex-professional footballer and now Honorary Director of Queen of the South F.C.
Raich Carter (1914–1994), footballer and manager
Nigel Clough (born 1966), former football player and manager
Ralph Coates (1946–2010), former football player
Randolph Galloway (1896–1964), former football player and manager of clubs like Valencia and Sporting Lisbon
Michael Gray (born 1974), (footballer)
Billy Hardy, (born 1964), boxer who became Commonwealth featherweight champion
Jordan Henderson, (born 1990) footballer Sunderland A.F.C, Liverpool F.C-Current and England national football team
Robert William "Bob" Jefferson (born 1882), footballer
Tony Jeffries (born 1985), boxer, Olympic Bronze medalist
Ernie Johnson (born 1948), jockey who won the 1969 Epsom Derby
Jimmy Montgomery (born 1943), former football player (goalkeeper) and 1973 FA Cup winner
Ryan Noble (born 1991), Sunderland A.F.C footballer
Bob Paisley, Liverpool F.C ex Liverpool F.C. manager
Alan Parnaby (1916–1974), cricketer and British Army officer
Ross Pearson (born 1984), mixed martial artist in UFC
Harry Potts (1920–1996), former football player and manager
Jill Scott (born 1987), football player for England women's national football team and Manchester City L.F.C.
Bob Willis (born 1949), cricketer
Stephanie Houghton (born 1988), football player for England women's national football team and Manchester City L.F.C.

Michael Adams, CBBC personality
Kate Adie, former BBC Chief News Reporter
St Bede, monk
George Binns, New Zealand chartist leader and poet
St Benedict Biscop (628?–690)
Abel Chapman (1851–1929), hunter and naturalist
George Clarke, architect, television presenter
James Watson Corder (1868–1953), historian of local family history
John Cryan, phycisist and bank manager ^[2]
Peter Gibbs, weather forecaster
Jane Grigson, cookery writer
Andreas Høivold, professional poker player
Gareth Pugh (born 1981), fashion designer
Denise Robertson, novelist and TV agony aunt
Gordon Scurfield, biologist and author, active in Australia, with expertise in botany and ecology
William Shanks, Famous amateur mathematician, worked out the value of Pi to 707 decimals
Chris Steele,(TV doctor)

Charlie Buchan, footballer
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland
Frank Caws, architect
Brian Clough, footballer, manager and European Cup winner
Steve Cram, Olympic Athlete and TV presenter
Bernard Gilpin, Apostle of the North, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Archdeacon of Durham
Sir William Herschel, composer and astronomer, discoverer of Uranus
Charlie Hurley, footballer
L. S. Lowry, artist
Lola Montez, adventuress
Chris Mullin, Civil Liberty campaigner and MP
Jimmy Nail, actor and singer
William Paley, rector of Bishopwearmouth, wrote on intelligent design as opposed to evolution
Frank Pick, industrial designer
George Reynolds, businessman and former chairman of Darlington FC
William Sancroft, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was briefly Rector of Houghton-le-Spring
Len Shackleton, footballer
Vivian Stanshall and his wife Ki Longfellow, found the Baltic Trader "Thekla" and sailed her to Bristol where she became the Old Profanity Showboat

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