By Tim Lambert
BARNSLEY
John Arden 1930-2012 Playwright
Barry Hines 1939-2016 Writer
BEVERLEY Julia Pardoe 1806-1862 Writer
BINGLEY
Rodney Bewes 1938-2017 Actor
Sir Fred Hoyle 1915-2001 Astronomer
Harvey Smith 1938- Equestrian
BIRSTALL Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 Scientist who discovered oxygen
Sir Edward Appleton 1892-1965 Physicist
John Braine 1922-1986 Writer
John Gerard Braine 1922-1986 Writer
Frank Carr 1858-1916 Composer
Kiki Dee 1947- Singer
Frederick Delius 1862-1934 Composer
Adrian Edmondson 1957- Actor
David Hockney 1937- Artist
Gertie Millar 1879-1952 Actress
J B (John Boynton) Priestley Writer
Mary Tamm 1950-2012 Actress
CASTLEFORD Henry Moore 1898-1986 Sculptor
DEWSBURY
Sir Thomas Allbut 1836-1925 Doctor
Tom Kilburn 1921-2001 Computer Engineer
Sir Owen Richardson 1879-1959 Physicist
Mick Sullivan 1934-2016 Rugby player
DONCASTER Diana Rigg 1938- Actress
FIELDHEAD Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 Scientist
FILEY Dame Honor Fell 1900-1986 Biologist
HALIFAX
Phyllis Bentley 1894-1977 Writer
Percy Shaw 1890-1976 Invented ‘cats eyes’
John E Walker 1941- Chemist
HARROGATE Sir Edward Hulton 1906-1988 Journalist
HOWDEN
Sir William Empson 1906-1984 Poet
Henry Kettlewell 1907-1979 Entomologist
HUDDERSFIELD James Mason 1909-1984 Actor
Ian Carmichael 1920-2010 Comedian
Tom Courteney 1937- Actor
Henry Dawson 1811-1878 Artist
Amy Johnson 1903-41 Aviator
Maureen Lipman 1946- Actress
Edward Milne 1896-1950 Astrophysicist
Jean Rook 1931-1991 Journalist
Stevie Smith 1902-1971 Poet
James Ward 1843-1925 Philosopher
William Wilberforce 1759-1833 Campaigned against the slave trade
KEIGHLEY
Gordon Bottomley 1874-1948 Poet
Alistair Campbell 1957- Journalist
John Firth 1890-1960 Linguist
Denis Healey 1917-2015 Chancellor of the Exchequer
Neil Rollinson 1960- Poet
Mollie Sugden 1922-2009 Actress
KNARESBOROUGH John Metcalfe 1717-1810 Road engineer
Joseph Aspdin 1788-1855 Inventor of Portland cement
Alan Bennett 1934- Writer
Tony Harrison 1937- Poet
Patrick Heron 1920-1999 Artist
Malcolm McDowell 1943- Actor
Nevill Mott 1905-1996 Physicist
Adelaide Neilson 1846-1880 Actor
Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 Chemist
Samuel Sugden 1892-1950 Chemist
MARTON Captain James Cook 1728-1779 Explorer
MEXBOROUGH
Keith Barron 1934-2017 Actor
Brian Blessed 1936- Actor
MIRFIELD Patrick Stewart 1940- Actor
MORLEY Herbert Asquith 1852-1928 Prime Minister 1908-1916
MYTHOLMROYD Ted Hughes 1930-1998 Poet
NORMANTON Reece Dinsdale 1959- Actor
OTLEY Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779 Furniture designer
RIPON Frederick Bower 1855-1948 Botanist
Donald Bailey 1901-85 Inventor of Bailey bridge
Sir Harry Godwin 1901-1985 Botanist
Sir George Cayley 1773-1857 Inventor
Ben Kingsley 1943- Actor
Charles Laughton 1899-1962 Actor
Dame Judith Sitwell 1887-1964 Poet
William Williamson 1816-1895 Paleobotanist
Penelope Wilton 1946- Actor
SKIPTON Henry Sidgwick 1838-1900 Philosopher
SCUNTHORPE Tony Jacklin 1944- Golfer
David Blunkett 1947- Labour politician
Marti Caine 1944-1995 Comedian
Bruce Chatwin 1940-89 Writer
Joe Cocker 1944-2014 Singer
Margaret Drabble 1939- writer
Sir Robert Hadfield 1858-1940 Metallurgist
Roy Hattersley 1932- Labour politician
John Hoyland 1934-2011 Artist
Hannah Kilham 1774-1832 Linguist
Phil Oakey 1955- Singer
Michael Palin 1943- Comedian
Helen Sharman 1963- First Briton in space
STAINFORTH George Porter 1920-2002 Chemist
TODMORDEN Dicken Ashworth 1946- Actor
THORNTON Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855- Writer
WAKEFIELD
George Gissing 1857-1903 Novelist
Barbara Hepworth 1903-75 Sculptress
Kenneth Leighton 1929-1988 Composer
Elaine Storkey 1944- Writer
William Bateson 1861-1926 Geneticist
Arthur Brown 1942- Musician
WORKSOP Donald Pleasance 1919-1995 Actor
W H Auden 1907-1973 Writer
John Barry 1933- Composer
William Etty 1787-1849 Artist
Guy Fawkes 1570-1606 Attempted to blow up parliament
John Flaxman 1755-1826 Sculptor
Joseph Hansom 1803-1882 Architect and inventor of the Hansom cab
Frankie Howerd 1921-1992 Comedian
W H Auden 1907-1973 Poet
Judi Dench 1934- Actress
John Flaxman 1755-1826 Artist
