List of people from Yorkshire

This is a list of people from Yorkshire.

Yorkshire is the largest historic county in both England and the United Kingdom.

Some of the most notable figures from the county are: Brenda Hale, President of the British Supreme Court, 2017–present

Flag of Yorkshire

Location of Yorkshire on map of the historic counties of England

Captain James Cook

Sir George Cayley

Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976

William Wilberforce

The Brontë Sisters

Anne Lister (1791–1840)

John Fisher

Jeremy Clarkson

Mel B

Furniture maker Robert Thompson's trademark mouse