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==Notable people== {{Main|List of people from Calderdale}} *[[Kirk Barker]], actor, grew up in Hebden Bridge and was at school there. *[[Richard Bedford]], Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, lives in Hebden Bridge. *[[Lynn Breeze]], illustrator and author of children's books, settled in and has written about Hebden Bridge.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Chris |date=June 2006 |title=Lynn Breeze: With an eye to the family |pages=8β9 |work=Carousel magazine |issue=33 |url=https://lynnbreeze.tripod.com/latest/uploaded_images/email_01-748857.jpg |access-date=2022-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breeze |first=Lynn |title=Seedy River Had Fun |url=http://www.fivehundredwords.co.uk/docs/27.html |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Five Hundred Words on Hebden Bridge}}</ref> *[[Horatio Clare]], author, known for travel, memoir, nature and children's books, lives in the town. *[[Edward Cronshaw]], sculptor, began his career while living at Hebden Bridge. *[[Bernard Ingham]], Chief Press Secretary to [[Margaret Thatcher]], was educated at [[Hebden Bridge Grammar School]]. *[[Paula Lane]], actor with roles including [[Kylie Platt]] of ''[[Coronation Street]]'', remains a resident of the town and also runs a drama school there. *[[Amy Liptrot]], author of ''[[The Outrun]]'', lives in Hebden Bridge.{{when|date=April 2023}} *[[Alice Longstaff]], photographer at Westerman's Studio from 1921 until 1992. *[[Ben Myers|Benjamin Myers]], author and journalist, is a resident. *[[Martin Parr]], photographer, lived in Hebden Bridge, {{circa|1975β80}}.<ref name="parr-by-parr">{{cite book |last1= Parr | first1= Martin | last2= Bajac | first2= Quentin | title= Parr by Parr | year= 2010 | publisher= Schilt | location= Amsterdam | isbn= 978-9-053307-37-3 | quote = QB: It is in Hebden Bridge, where you settled for several years ... MP: I moved there in 1975 and left in 1980.}}</ref> *[[Jon Richardson]], comedian, lived near Hebden Bridge with his wife [[Lucy Beaumont (comedian)|Lucy Beaumont]] *[[Lindsay Jo Rimer]], a 13-year-old girl from the town, went missing in 1994. Her body was found in the [[Rochdale Canal]] the following year. *[[Lavena Saltonstall]] (1881β1957), suffragette and writer, born and grew up in Hebden Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lavena Saltonstall |url=https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/items/show/145|website=Mapping Women's Suffrage|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> *[[Ed Sheeran#Early life and education|Ed Sheeran]], singer/songwriter, spent his early childhood in Hebden Bridge.<ref name=earlyhome>{{cite web | url = https://www.elmetfarmhouse.co.uk/10-fascinating-facts-about-funky-hebden-bridge/ | title = 10 Fascinating Facts about Funky Hebden Bridge | access-date = 25 February 2019 | first = Lesley | last = Jackson | date = 22 February 2016 | work = Elmet Farmhouse | quote = World-famous singer songwriter Ed Sheeran spent his formative early childhood years in Hebden Bridge and seems to have absorbed its quirky, independent spirit. }}</ref> *[[Adelle Stripe]], author and journalist, lives in Hebden Bridge *[[Thomas Frederick Worrall]] (1872β1957), blacksmith and watercolour artist, lived in Peckett Well.
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