Editing Richmond, North Yorkshire (section)

== Notable people ==
{{see also|Duke of Richmond{{!}}Dukes of Richmond|Earl of Richmond{{!}}Earls of Richmond|Anglican Bishop of Richmond{{!}}Bishops of Richmond|Archdeacon of Richmond{{!}}Archdeacons of Richmond|Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency){{!}}Members of Parliament for Richmond}}

===Born in Richmond===
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* [[Rob Andrew]], former rugby union international<ref>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Eddie|title=Rob Andrew: rugby's Teflon Don under siege {{!}} Observer profile|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/nov/27/observer-profile-rob-andrew-rugby|access-date=30 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=27 November 2011}}</ref>
* [[Peter Auty]], opera singer who sang the song [[Walking In The Air]] from the TV film ''[[The Snowman]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7918038.Would_you_credit_it__Now_Peter_s_walking_on_air/|title=Would you credit it? Now Peter's walking on air|work=York Press|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[George Bell (publisher)|George Bell]], publisher, founder of [[George Bell & Sons]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Alexis|last=Weedon|title=Bell Family|id=66131|date=25 May 2006}}</ref>
* [[Amanda Sonia Berry]], CEO of [[BAFTA]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Amanda Berry: Star role for a queen of screen|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/amanda-berry-star-role-queen-screen-1991194|access-date=21 May 2020|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=22 January 2010}}</ref>
* [[Francis Blackburne (archdeacon)|Francis Blackburne]], archdeacon and dissenter<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=B.&nbsp;W.|last=Young|title=Blackburne, Francis|id=2513|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[John Brasse]], writer<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Sydney|last=Lee|title=Brasse [Brass], John|id=3287|date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[William Brice (ethnographer)|William Brice]], ethnographer<ref>{{cite news |title=Lives in Brief: Miyoshi Umeki, Professor William Brice, William Edwards, John Love |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/lives-in-brief-miyoshi-umeki-professor-william-brice-william-edwards-john-love-lm2z527vxz9 |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=[[The Times]] |date=20 September 2007 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
* [[Samuel and Nathaniel Buck]], engravers and printmakers<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Ralph|last=Hyde|author-link = Ralph Hyde|title=Buck, Samuel|id=3850|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[George Cuitt the Younger]], painter<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=L H|last=Cust|title=Cuit [Cuitt], George, the elder|id=6867|date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[George Errington (bishop)|George Errington]], Roman Catholic archbishop<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Paul|last=Mould|title=Errington, George|id=8844|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Fenwick (department store)|John James Fenwick]], founder of Fenwick's department stores<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Anne|last=Pimlott Baker|title=Fenwick Family|id=56180|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Henry Greathead]], inventor of the lifeboat<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=James|last=Burnley|title=Greathead, Henry|id=11362|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Hammond (legal writer)|Anthony Hammond]], legal writer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |last2=Burke |first2=Bernard |title=A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 3, Supplement, Corrigenda and General Index |date=1849 |publisher=Colburn |location=London |page=146|oclc=921927319}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Harrison (architect)|Thomas Harrison]], architect<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Moira|last=Rudolf-Hanley|title=Harrison, Thomas|id=12451|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Herbert Sedgwick]], first class cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Sedgwick Cricket Stats, News, Age, Batting Average, Bowling Average |url=https://www.wisden.com/players/herbert-sedgwick |website=wisden.com |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Theo Hutchcraft]], one half of synth-pop duo, [[Hurts (duo)|Hurts]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Amos |first=Mike |title=Ugly rumours |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/columnists/mikeamos/mikeamos/10918417.ugly-rumours/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=7 January 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Francis Johnson (Brownist)|Francis Johnson]], dissenter<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Michael|last=Moody|title=Johnson, Francis|id=14877|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence]], [[viceroy of India]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=David|last=Steele|title=Lawrence, John Laird Mair, first Baron Lawrence|id=16182|date=6 January 2011}}</ref>
* [[Robert Lawrence Ottley]], theologian<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Gillian|last=Avery|title=Ottley, Alice|id=52263|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Zoe Lee]], European champion rower and Olympic silver medalist<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Richmond rower Zoe Lee hoping to upgrade silver for gold in Tokyo |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/17664043.richmond-rower-zoe-lee-hoping-upgrade-silver-gold-tokyo/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=29 May 2019 }}</ref>
* [[George McGuigan]], rugby player<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Mark |title=George McGuigan proving a rising star Newcastle Falcons |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/george-mcguigan-proving-rising-star-6641586 |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=North East Chronicle |date=29 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Conyers Middleton]], clergyman<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=John A|last=Dussinger|title=Middleton, Conyers|id=18669|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Tanya Bardsley]], model<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Joe |title=Richmond model Tanya Bardsley reveals hotel room sex attack ordeal |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11728397.richmond-model-tanya-bardsley-town-pub-fleece-named-reveals-hotel-room-sex-attack-ordeal/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=15 September 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Tim Rodber]], rugby union international<ref>{{cite news |last=Glover |first=Tim |title=Rugby Union: You and whose army? Rodber's |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-you-and-whose-army-rodbers-1191184.html |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Independent |date=13 December 1998 }}</ref>
* [[Edward Roper (cricketer)|Edward Roper]], first class cricketer<ref>{{cite book |title=Yorkshire county cricket club yearbook 2011. |date=2011 |publisher=Great Northern Books Ltd |location=Bradford |isbn=9781905080854 |page=377 |edition=113}}</ref>
* [[Fran Summers]], model<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/fran-summers-interview-2018|title=How Fran Summers Became The Brit Girl Of The Season|work=British Vogue|access-date=23 November 2020|date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[James Tate (headmaster)|James Tate]], headmaster<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=William|last=Carr|title=Tate, James|id=26985|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Taylor (priest, 1576–1633)|Thomas Taylor]], clergyman<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=J.&nbsp;Sears|last=McGee|title=Taylor, Thomas|id=27083|date=3 January 2008}}</ref>
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===Residents===
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* [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Lord Baden-Powell]], Founder of the scouting movement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baden-Powell's grandson following in his ancestor's steps with trip to town |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1549753.baden-powells-grandson-following-ancestors-steps-trip-town/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=17 July 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Barclay Allardice]], pedestrian, educated at Richmond School.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Dennis|last=Brailsford|title=Allardice, Robert Barclay [known as Captain Barclay]|id=361|date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[John Bathurst]], physician to [[Oliver Cromwell]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=William|last=Birken|title=Bathurst, John|id=1698|3 January 2008}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Beresford (bishop)|Marcus Beresford]], [[Primacy of Ireland|Primate of All Ireland]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=C.&nbsp;L.|last=Falkiner|title=Beresford, Marcus Gervais|id=2198|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Lewis Carroll]], author, attended Richmond School, lived in nearby [[Croft-on-Tees]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Morton&nbsp;N.|last=Cohen|title=Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [pseud. Lewis Carroll]|id=7749|date=3 October 2013}}</ref>
* [[Henry Butler Clarke]], historian of [[Spain]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Jo|last=Payne|title=Clarke, Henry Butler|id=32429|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[J. R. Cohu]], headmaster of Richmond School.
* [[Edward Ellerton]], educational philanthropist, educated at Richmond School.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=M.&nbsp;C.|last=Curthoys|title=Ellerton, Edward|id=8646|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]]. Educated at Richmond School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Through the looking glass into Richmond school that may have inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice in Wonderland |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/through-looking-glass-richmond-school-may-have-inspired-lewis-carroll-write-alice-wonderland-187469 |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=15 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond]], a [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dyer |first1=Clare |title=The Guardian profile: Lady Brenda Hale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/09/lords.women |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2004}}</ref>
* [[Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond]], Deputy Speaker in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Angela Harris: Unfair funding has failed Yorkshire's rural areas |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/angela-harris-unfair-funding-has-failed-yorkshires-rural-areas-1760294 |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=11 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[Dan Harrison (musician)|Dan Harrison]], (with twin brother Simon) lyricist & vocalist with the alt hip-hop group Ceiling Demons. <ref>{{cite news |title=Behind the Masks|url=https://www.https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/ceiling-demons-behind-the-masks-183884 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=The Yorkshire Evening Post |date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[Simon Harrison]], (with twin brother Dan) lyricist & vocalist with the alt hip-hop group Ceiling Demons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Behind the Masks|url=https://www.https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/ceiling-demons-behind-the-masks-183884 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=The Yorkshire Evening Post |date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Hounsfield]], first class cricketer.
* [[Samuel Howitt]], painter.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Ruth|last=Cohen|title=Howitt, Samuel|id=13997|date=25 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Peter Inge, Baron Inge]], former head of the British army and colonel of the [[Green Howards]] (1982–1994).<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Ingleby | id = U21455 | volume = 2020 | edition = December 2019 online | access-date = 21 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Powell |first2=John |title=The History of the Green Howards. |date=2015 |publisher=Pen & Sword |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-47385-796-4 |page=280 |edition=2}}</ref>
* [[Joanne Jackson (swimmer)|Joanne Jackson]], Olympic swimmer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackson getting back to top form |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/swimming/9507343.stm |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Philip Mayne]], last surviving British officer of the First World War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Old soldiers, old values |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/1329269.old-soldiers-old-values/ |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=14 April 2007}}</ref>
* [[William Young Ottley]], writer on art and collector. Educated at Richmond School.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Nicholas|last=Turner|title=Ottley, William Young|id=20941|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[George Peacock (mathematician)|George Peacock]], mathematician, attended a school in Richmond, one of "[[James Tate (headmaster)#Tate's invincibles|Tate's invincibles]]".<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Harvey&nbsp;W.|last=Becher|title=Peacock, George|id=21673|date=21 May 2009}}</ref>
* [[Donald Peers]], singer.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Trevor|last=Herbert|title=Peers, Donald Rhys Hubert|id=95615|date=22 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[James Raine (antiquary)|James Raine]], antiquarian, educated at Richmond School, one of "Tate's invincibles".<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Alan|last=Bell|title=Raine, James|id=23023|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
*[[Peter Robinson (novelist)|Peter Robinson]], author, [[Inspector Alan Banks|DCI Banks]] series<ref>{{cite news |last=Membery |first=York |title=Peter Robinson: My life is murder — but it used to be worse |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/peter-robinson-my-life-is-murder-but-it-used-to-be-worse-nlcnnpc7d |access-date=21 May 2020 |work=The Sunday Times |date=15 July 2018 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Sedgwick]], clergyman.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Paul|last=Arblaster|title=Sedgwick, Thomas|id=25018|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Richard Sheepshanks]], astronomer. Educated at Richmond School, one of "Tate's invincibles".<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=A.&nbsp;M.|last=Clerke|title=Sheepshanks, Richard|id=25290|date=19 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[T. H. Stokoe]], head of Richmond school.
* [[Mackenzie Thorpe]], artist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hetherington |first1=Graeme |title=Mackenzie Thorpe returns to his artistic roots for new exhibition |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/teesside/17893371.mackenzie-thorpe-returns-artistic-roots-new-exhibition-arthaus-richmond/ |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=11 September 2019}}</ref>
* [[Stanley Vann]], composer.
* [[John Warburton (officer of arms)|John Warburton]], herald and antiquary.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Thomas|last=Woodcock|title=Warburton, John|id=28673|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
* [[Tim Clissold]], author. 
* [[A_Certain_Ratio|Simon Topping]], vocalist, musician and founding member of Factory band 'A Certain Ratio'. Later formed T-Coy and joined Quando Quango.
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