This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page, who have been or are associated with Nottingham and district (postcodes NG1–NG16), arranged by category and date of birth. Entries are in birth order. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) is pay-walled.

Armed forces (c. 1040–1115) William Peverel, Norman knight who may have fought in the Battle of Hastings, was awarded over 50 manors in Nottinghamshire. (1615–1664) John Hutchinson (Colonel), parliamentary army officer and regicide, was baptised in Nottingham and probably born in his father's house at Owthorpe. (1679–1761) John Deane, had a long career in the Royal Navy and Russian Navy. He is noted for commanding in the capture of Gibraltar and as captain on the ill-fated trading vessel the Nottingham Galley, shipwrecked on Boon Island in 1710. (1795–1860) William Raynor, thought to be the oldest Victoria Cross recipient, for valour at the Siege of Delhi in 1857, was born at Plumtree, Nottinghamshire. (1826–1865) Francis Wheatley, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean War in 1854, was born in Ruddington. (1829–1888) Samuel Morley or Morely, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Nathapur, India in 1858, was born at Radcliffe-on-Trent and died in Nottingham. (1832–1884) Robert Humpston, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean War in 1855, died in Nottingham. (1846–1899) Anthony Clarke Booth, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, was born in Carrington, Nottingham. (1873–1916) Sapper William Hackett, awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for valour as a tunneller at Givenchy, France in 1916, was a miner from Sneinton. (1873–1946) Harry Churchill Beet, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Second Boer War in 1900, was born in Bingham. (1881–1960) Samuel Harvey, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, in 1915, was born in Basford. (1881–1936) Walter Richard Parker of the Royal Marines, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Gallipoli in 1915, died at Stapleford. (1888–1949) James Upton, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in the First World War in 1915, was born in the Meadows, Nottingham. (1889–1962) Robert Bye, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Third Battle of Ypres, died in Nottingham in 1962. (1890–1945) William Henry Johnson, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Ramicourt, France, in the First World War in 1918, was born at Worksop and died in Arnold. (1891–1973) Charles Ernest Garforth, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour at Harmingnies, France, in the First World War in 1914, died in Beeston and was cremated at Wilford Hill, Nottingham. (1893–1947) Wilfred Dolby Fuller, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in the First World War in 1915, was born in Greasley. (1894–1982) Geoffrey Vickers, awarded the Victoria Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre for valour at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in France in 1915, in charge of economic intelligence in the Second World War, and later a prominent management theorist, was born in Nottingham. (1896–1917) Albert Ball, First World War fighter pilot, was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. (1901–1972) Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke of the Royal Navy, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942, was born and died at Oxton, Nottinghamshire. (1915–1975) Harry Nicholls, awarded the Victoria Cross for valour near the River Escaut in Belgium in 1940, was born and died in Nottingham. (1917–2020) Eleanor Wadsworth, Nottingham-born, who joined the RAF Spitfire Women in the Second World WarBBC obituary. Retrieved 31 January 2021. (Born 1935) Stella Rimington, first female head of MI5, was educated at Nottingham High School for Girls.

Arts (c. 1661–1736) Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect, was born at East Drayton.Retrieved 13 April 2011, ODNB entry. (1721–1798) Thomas Sandby, architect and founder member of the Royal Academy. (1731–1809) Paul Sandby, artist and founder member of the Royal Academy. (1802–1828) Richard Parkes Bonington, landscape painter, born in Arnold."Arnold" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 633. (1815–1898) George I. Barnett, born and raised in Nottingham, became a prominent architect in St. Louis, Missouri. (1834–1912) Samuel Bourne, famed photographer of India, lived in Nottingham from 1870 until he died in 1912. (1846–1901) Kate Greenaway, illustrator of children's books, spent her childhood and many adult summers at Rolleston, Nottinghamshire.The Nottinghamshire Village Book (Newbury: Countryside Books, 1989), p. 136. (1861–1944) Joseph Southall, painter and Quaker, born in Nottingham, the son of a grocer.ODNB entry: Retrieved 6 April 2011. (1869-1951) Robert Farquhar Train, architect, born in Nottingham (1877–1970) Dame Laura Knight, artist, studied in her teens and then taught at Nottingham School of Art. (1878–1959) Percy Claude Byron, New York photographer, was born in Nottingham. (1884–1944) Charles Doman, sculptor, was born in St Ann's, Nottingham. (1898–1964) Stella Rebecca Crofts, painter and sculptor, was born in Nottingham. (1907–1969) Dudley D. Watkins, cartoonist and illustrator for comics such as The Beano, The Dandy, The Beezer and Topper, was brought up in Nottingham. (Born 1928) Audrey Levy, artist and textile designer, was born in Nottingham (1939-2024) Keith Albarn, artist and father of Damon Albarn, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1963) Nicky Hirst, artist, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1964) Edmund de Waal, ceramicist and writer, author of a family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance, was born in Nottingham.British Council Retrieved 9 May 2014. (Born 1964) Mat Collishaw, artist, was born in Nottingham. (1967–2015) Nadia Chomyn, autistic artist, was born in Nottingham.

Business (1631–1699) Thomas Smith, either of Cropwell Butler or of East Stoke, established England's first provincial bank in Nottingham.J. A. S. L. Leighton-Boyce: Smiths, the Bankers, 1658–1958; The Nottinghamshire Village Book (Newbury: Countryside Books, 1989), p. 59. (c. 1763–1834) George Africanus was a Nottingham entrepreneur of African origin. (1781–1868) Samuel Fox was a philanthropist, abolitionist Quaker and first chairman of Nottingham Building Society.Edward H Milligan The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920, William Sessions Limited (2007) (paperback) (hardcover) (1808–1867) Mark Huish, railway manager, was born in Nottingham.ODNB entry: Retrieved 9 March 2012. (1850–1931) Jesse Boot, chairman and managing director of Boots the Chemists who transformed it into a national concern: the company was founded in Nottingham in 1849 by his father, (1815) John Boot. (1848–1921) Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Baronet spent the last 34 years of his life in Nottingham turning Raleigh into the world's largest bicycle maker. (Born 1946) Sir Paul Smith, fashion designer (from Beeston). (Born 1970) Julian Penniston-Hill is the founding CEO of the Nottingham-based investment managers Intelligent Money

Literature

(1623–1673) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, writer and aristocrat, died at Welbeck Abbey. (1723–1815) William Hutton, poet and historian, was a stocking maker's apprentice in Nottingham and later a bookseller in Southwell.ODNB entry. Retrieved 11 May 2011. (1785–1806) Henry Kirke White, religious poet, was the son of a Nottingham butcher. (1788–1824) Lord Byron, the poet lived at Newstead Abbey and is buried at nearby Hucknall along with Ada Lovelace, his mathematician daughter (1815–1852). (1788–1839) Robert Millhouse, poet, stocking weaver and bank clerk, was born in Nottingham.English Poetry 1579–1830: Retrieved 10 August 2012. (1792–1879) William Howitt, Quaker poet and author, served as a Nottingham alderman in the 1830s. (1795–1869) Richard Howitt, Heanor-born poet, spent much of his life in Nottingham and died at Edingley. (1799–1888) Mary Howitt, Quaker poet and author, lived in Nottingham with her husband William in the 1830s.ODNB entry: Retrieved 9 July 2011. (1816–1902) Philip James Bailey, poet, lived with his father at 16–18 Denman Street, then moved to 449 Alfreton Road. His poem "Festus" was written in the Basford area. (1824–1884) Anna Mary Howitt, writer and painter, was born in Nottingham.ODNB entry: Retrieved 9 July 2011. (1934-2017) Raymond Buckland, writer on the subject of Wicca. (1835–1902) Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon, was born at Langar, Nottinghamshire.Clara G. Stillman (1932), Samuel Butler: A Mid-Victorian Modern. London: Martin Secker. (1860–1937) J. M. Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist, lived in Nottingham in 1883–1885, working as a leader writer at the Nottingham Journal.ODNB: R. D. S. Jack,"Barrie, Sir James Matthew, baronet (1860–1937)" Retrieved 9 May 2014. (1875–1943) Arthur Mee, compiler of the Children's Encyclopædia and author of the King's England series, was born in Stapleford.ODNB entry: Retrieved 4 April 2011. (1880–1951) Henry James Bruce, diplomat, wrote a book about his teenage years at Clifton Hall, Nottingham.Silken Dalliance (London: Constable, 1946). (1885–1930) D. H. Lawrence, novelist and poet, was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and educated at Nottingham High School (1893–1966) Dorothy Whipple, novelist and children's writer, spent her married life in Nottingham. (1896–1974) Hilda Lewis, historical and children's novelist, taught in Nottingham from the 1920s and died there. (1909–1998) Geoffrey Trease, children's novelist, Bows Against the Barons, was the son of a Nottingham wine merchant.ODNB entry: Retrieved 4 April 2011. (1913–1998) Joan Adeney Easdale, poet, spent the last twenty years of her life in Nottingham after suffering from severe psychosis. (1919–2009) Stanley Middleton, novelist, organist and painter born in Bulwell, was educated at High Pavement School and the University College of Nottingham. He taught English at High Pavement. (1927–2017) Paul Oliver,Charles Knevitt, "Vernacular man", The Architects' Journal, 22 January 1998. Retrieved 15 August 2017. architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music, was born in Nottingham. (1928–2010) Alan Sillitoe, novelist (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), born and raised in Nottingham, worked at the Raleigh factory for four years. (1931–1995) Janice Elliott, novelist and children's writer, was brought up in Nottingham. (1934–2005) Helen Cresswell, children's writer, was born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and died at Eakring.ODNB entry. Retrieved 4 April 2011. (Born 1943) Vicki Feaver, poet, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1944) Barbara Erskine, novelist, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1947) Stephen Lowe, actor and playwright, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1948) Miranda Seymour, biographer and novelist, was brought up at Thrumpton Hall and still owns it. (Born 1948) Max Blagg, poet, writer and performer, was born in Retford. (Living) Posie Graeme-Evans, novelist and TV director, was born in Nottingham. (Born 1952) Stephen Booth, crime writer, lives in Retford. (Born 1953) Michael Bywater, writer and broadcaster, was educated at Nottingham High School. (Born 1957) Robert Harris, novelist and screenplay writer, was born and raised in Nottingham. (Born 1959) Susanna Clarke, novelist of (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), was born in Nottingham, daughter of a Methodist minister. (Born 1960) Julie Myerson, novelist and newspaper columnist, was born in NottinghamBritish Council biography. Retrieved 19 June 2011. (Born 1965) Keith Mansfield, writer and publisher, went to school in Nottingham and West Bridgford. (Born 1965) Jonathan Emmett, children's author, has lived in Nottingham since studying architecture at the University of Nottingham in the 1980s.