This is a list of people from Rotherham who have become known internationally in different roles and professions. Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, Rotherham is from Sheffield City Centre and is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, which together also form part of the Sheffield urban area.
Renowned people from Rotherham Baron Ahmed, politician Dean Andrews, actor. David Artell, footballer. Donald Bailey (1901–1985), civil engineer. Gordon Banks, footballer. Nick Banks, musician Ian Breckin, footballer. Stephen Brogan (born 1988), footballer. Frank Brown (born 1890), footballer. Bill Burgess (1872–1950), channel swimmer. Jo Callis, musician. Herbert Chapman (1878–1934), football manager. Chuckle Brothers, comedians. Avis Dolphin, survivor of the RMS Lusitania sinking, born in Rotherham. Felicia Dorothea Kate Dover, arsenic poisoner, lived and died in Rotherham after her release from prison. Dean Downing, cyclist Russell Downing, cyclist Ebenezer Elliott, poet Peter Elliott, athlete Scott Flinders, footballer Charles Sydney Gibbes, tutor and monk Dave Godin, anarchist and musicologist Paul Goodison, Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Justine Greening, politician Simon Guy, cricketer William Hague, former leader of the Conservative Party Matt Hamshaw, footballer Paul Harrison, racing driver Edward Heppenstall, theologian Alan Hodgkinson, former England national football team goalkeeper Daniel Howell, research scientist Joe Hunter, cricketer Alf Lee English professional footballer Daisy Makeig-Jones, sculptor David Miedzianik, poet Laurie Millsom, footballer Simon Mottram, entrepreneur Matt Nicholls, musician Lynne Perrie, actress Duggie Brown, Comedian, brother of Lynn Perry Gervase Phinn, author Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist Sandy Powell, comedian Katherine Raleigh, classicist, suffragist and tax resister Chris Rawlinson, athlete Frazer Richardson, footballer Archbishop Thomas Rotherham, cleric and minister Colin Rowe, professor of architecture Ryan Sampson, actor Bishop Robert Sanderson, minister and logician David Seaman, former England national football team goalkeeper Jack P. Shepherd, Coronation Street actor Paul Shane, comedian Ernie Stevenson, footballer Ben Swift, cyclist Rebecca Lucy Taylor, musician Trevor Taylor, motor racing driver Michael Turley, footballer Raymond Unwin, town planner Colin Walker, footballer Michael Walsh, footballer Howard Webb, football referee Liz White, actress Chris Wolstenholme, musician
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