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==Notable people== [[File:Stella Vine 2001.jpg|thumb|upright|Stella Vine]] ===Born in Alnwick=== *[[William of Alnwick]] ({{circa|1275}}β1333), Franciscan theologian and Bishop of Giovinazzo *[[Martin of Alnwick]] (d. 1336), Franciscan friar and theologian *[[Henry 'Hotspur' Percy]] (1364?β1403), son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland *[[John Busby]] (1765β1857), mining engineer *[[William Davison (publisher)|William Davison]] (1781β1858), pharmacist, apothecary, publisher and printer *[[Prideaux John Selby]] (1788β1867), [[ornithologist]], [[botanist]] and artist *[[William Henry Percy]] (1788β1855), naval commander and politician *[[James Catnach]] (1792β1841), publisher *[[George Biddell Airy]] (1801β1892), [[Astronomer Royal]] from 1835 to 1881 *[[George Tate (topographer)|George Tate]] (1805β1871), tradesman, local topographer, antiquarian and naturalist *[[Thomas Tate (mathematician)|Thomas Turner Tate]] (1807β1888), mathematical and scientific educator and writer *[[James Patterson (Australian politician)|James Patterson]] (1833β1895), Australian colonial politician, premier of Victoria, born in Alnwick in 1833 *[[T. J. Cobden Sanderson]] (1840β1922), artist and [[bookbinding|bookbinder]] associated with the [[Arts and Crafts movement]] *[[Ralph Tate]] (1840β1901), botanist and geologist *[[Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher)|Bernard Bosanquet]] (1848β1923), philosopher[[File:Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (Haarlem 1641-2 - Amsterdam 1697) - Malcolm III 'Canmore', King of Scotland (1057-93) - RCIN 403310 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|[[Malcolm III of Scotland]] died in Alnwick in the [[Battle of Alnwick (1093)]]]] *[[Jim Hilton]] (1894β1964), painter for Shell Oil and immigrant to Canada *[[David Adam (minister)|David Adam]] (1936β2020), English minister and Canon of York Minster *[[Sid Waddell]] (1940β2012), commentator and television personality *[[Jeremy Darroch]] (born 1962), chief executive of [[Sky (company)|Sky]] *[[Jonny Kennedy]] (1966β2003), spokesperson with the skin condition [[epidermolysis bullosa]] *[[Stella Vine]] (born 1969), artist *[[Laura Weightman]] (born 1991), former British middle-distance runner, Olympic competitor *[[Kelland Watts]] (born 1999), professional footballer *[[J. Arthur Reavell]] (1872-1973), chemical engineer ===Lived in Alnwick=== *[[John Scafe]] (1776β1843), poet. *[[Lucy Bronze]] (born 1991), footballer for [[Barcelona]] and [[England]], played junior football in Alnwick and had plaque erected in her honour at Alnwick Town FC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.90min.com/posts/england-euro-2022-winners-honoured-gold-plaques-local-football-clubs |title=England's Euro 2022 winners honoured with gold plaques at local football clubs |date=22 September 2022}}</ref> ===Died in Alnwick=== *[[Malcolm III of Scotland]] (died 1093) *[[Stan Anderson (rugby union)|Stan Anderson]] (1871β1942), English international rugby union player.
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