Editing Huddersfield (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category: People from Huddersfield}}

A number of national and internationally famous people originate from Huddersfield. Actors include [[Joanna Christie]], [[James Mason]], [[Gorden Kaye]] and [[Keith Buckley (actor)|Keith Buckley]].
TV playwright [[Sally Wainwright]]'s award-winning dramas such as ''[[Happy Valley (TV series)|Happy Valley]]'' have made the Colne and Calder valley towns well known to television viewers. Some people have also become known through their association with Huddersfield, though they were not born there. These include the [[Mirfield]]-born actor ("life-long" Huddersfield Town F.C. supporter<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/sir-patrick-stewart-and-sir-ian-mckellen-take-jab-the-super-bowl-in-latest-twitter-picture-9099917.html|title = Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen take on the Super Bowl in latest Twitter picture|last = Hooton|first = Christopher|date = 31 January 2014|work = The Independent|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref> and [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[University of Huddersfield|Huddersfield University]] from 2004 to 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/live-long-prosper-sir-patrick-9647273|title=Live Long and Prosper: Sir Patrick Stewart bows out after 11 years as Chancellor at Huddersfield University|first=Martin|last=Shaw|date=13 July 2015|work = The Huddersfield Daily Examiner|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hud.ac.uk/about/the-university/seniorstaff/|title = Senior Staff – University of Huddersfield|access-date=21 May 2014|publisher = University of Huddersfield}}</ref>), [[Patrick Stewart]]; the dancer, entertainer and TV presenter [[Roy Castle]], who was born in [[Scholes, Holme Valley|Scholes]];<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-news/lets-make-sure-roy-castles-4883605|title = Let's make sure Roy Castle's name lives on in Huddersfield|date = 6 June 2013|work = The Huddersfield Daily Examiner|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-roy-castle-1446523.html|title = Obituary: Roy Castle|last = Smurthwaite|first = Nick|date = 3 September 1994|work = The Independent|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref> the [[York]]-born Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer, [[Anita Lonsbrough]];<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.myyorkshire.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=56&journeyid=30|title = Kirklees Sporting Heroes – Anita Lonsbrough MBE|access-date = 21 May 2014|website = My Yorkshire|archive-date = 15 April 2013|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130415092232/http://www.myyorkshire.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=56&journeyid=30|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/50-years-ago-today-huddersfield-4993302|title = 50 years ago today, Huddersfield swimmer Anita Lonsbrough received her Olympic gold medal – read her memories of that day|date = 27 August 2010|work = The Huddersfield Daily Examiner|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref> and the [[Brighouse]] born inventor [[Wilf Lunn]], who was raised in [[Rastrick]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.wilflunn.com/acatalog/info_25.html|title = The Silence of the Lunns|access-date = 21 May 2014|publisher = wilflunn.com|last = Lunn|first = Wilf|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140521070233/http://www.wilflunn.com/acatalog/info_25.html|archive-date = 21 May 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Other famous people whose association with Huddersfield is not as notable or well-known, though they were raised there, include [[H. H. Asquith]] (born in [[Morley, West Yorkshire|Morley]]), who served as the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1908 and 1916. The actress [[Lena Headey]], who was born in [[Bermuda]], grew up in [[Shelley, West Yorkshire|Shelley]] from the age of five.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lena-headey/bio/161706|title = Lena Headey Biography|access-date=20 May 2014|website = TV Guide}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/huddersfield-actress-lena-headey-movie-4942808|title = Huddersfield actress Lena Headey on movie stardom, motherhood and making summer blockbuster Dredd – plus read our movie review|date = 8 September 2012|access-date=20 May 2014|newspaper= The Huddersfield Daily Examiner}}</ref>
[[Harold Wilson]], the only Labour [[Prime Minister]] to have formed Labour administrations after four general elections, was born at Warneford Road, [[Milnsbridge]], in the western suburbs, on 11 March 1916.  When Wilson was eight, he visited London and a much-reproduced photograph was taken of him standing on the doorstep of [[10 Downing Street]]. Wilson attended [[Royds Hall School|Royds Hall Grammar School]] (now a [[comprehensive school]]).<ref>Ben Pimlott, ''Harold Wilson'' (1992), .</ref>

===Notable people born in and near to Huddersfield===
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 [[File:North by Northwest movie trailer screenshot (27) James Mason.jpg|thumb|Film actor [[James Mason]]]]
*[[Simon Armitage]], Marsden-born poet, playwright and novelist.
*[[Chris Balderstone]], first-class cricketer and professional footballer.
*[[Lawrence Batley]], entrepreneur and philanthropist. The [[Lawrence Batley Theatre]] on Queen Street is named after him.
*[[Ephraim Beaumont]], American politician; Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
*[[Richard Beaumont (actor)|Richard Beaumont]], actor.
*[[Denimu|Ian Berry]], artist who uses denim as his medium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-44198953|title=Artist creates works in denim|date=23 May 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/material-boy-hgdgxtbsdgh|title=Material boy|last=McCarthy|first=Fiona|date=3 November 2013|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=15 July 2018|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>
*[[Andy Booth]], former professional footballer for [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] and [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]].
*[[David Borrow]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician and Member of Parliament.
*[[Tim Bricheno]], English guitarist and songwriter.
*Sir [[William Broadbent]], [[neurologist]] and Physician in Ordinary to [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Kevin|last=Brown|title=Broadbent, Sir William Henry, first baronet|id=32077|date=23 September 2004}}</ref>
*Sir [[David Brown (entrepreneur)|David Brown]], managing director of [[David Brown Limited|David Brown Ltd]].
*[[Keith Buckley (actor)|Keith Buckley]], Actor who co-starred with fellow Huddersfield born actor James Mason in the film ''[[Spring and Port Wine (film)|Spring and Port Wine]]'' and played Sir Henry Morton Stanley in the Emmy Award-winning The Search for the Nile.
*[[Charles Clough (geologist)|Charles Clough]], geologist and [[cartographer]].
*[[Fraizer Campbell]], professional footballer who has played for several teams including [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]].
*[[Joanna Christie]], actress who appeared in the [[Netflix]] original series "[[Narcos]]". 
*[[Trevor Ó Clochartaigh]], [[Irish republican]] and Sinn Féin senator for Galway West.<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Collins (journalist)|title=Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad|year=2011|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|location=Dublin|isbn=9780717150595|page=199}}</ref>
*[[Eorl Crabtree]], former professional [[rugby league]] footballer and television pundit.
*[[Billy Currie]], multi-instrumentalist and member of [[Ultravox]] and [[Visage (band)|Visage]].
*[[Richard Earnshaw]], first-class cricketer
*[[Marcus Ellis]], badminton player, bronze medalist at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] 
*[[James Hanson, Baron Hanson|James Hanson (Baron Hanson)]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] life-peer and industrialist (co-founder of [[Hanson plc]]).
*Tom "Razor" Hardwick, guitarist of English rock bands [[Chubby and the Gang]], [[Big Cheese (band)|Big Cheese]] and [[Violent Reaction]].
*[[Benjamin Hick]], civil and mechanical engineer, art collector and patron.
*Sir [[Harold Percival Himsworth]], scientist.
*[[George Herbert Hirst|George Hirst]], test and first-class cricketer for [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]].
*[[Shakespeare Hirst]], actor, art collector and Shakespearean scholar.
*[[Nina Hossain]], journalist and [[ITN]] television presenter [[File:Harold Wilson (1967).jpg|thumb|[[Harold Wilson]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]]]
*[[Derek Ibbotson]], Olympic athlete.
*[[Francis Ernest Jackson]], painter, draughtsman, poster designer and lithographer.
*[[Cameron Jerome]], professional footballer for [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]].
*[[Gorden Kaye]], BAFTA-nominated comic actor.
*[[Zöe Lucker]], actress.
*[[James Mason]], actor who gained international fame in Hollywood.
*[[Jermaine McGillvary]], rugby league player for [[Huddersfield Giants]] and [[England national rugby league team|England]].
*[[Vivek Murthy]]. 19th and 21st [[Surgeon General of the United States]].
*Sir [[Walter Parratt]], composer and organist.
*[[DJ Q]], disk jockey, radio presenter and producer.
*[[Wilfred Rhodes]], test and first-class cricketer for [[England cricket team|England]] and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
*[[Brian Shaw (dancer)|Brian Shaw]], ballet dancer.<ref name=ODD>{{cite web|title=Brian Shaw|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100459993|website=The Oxford Dictionary of Dance|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Rod Smallwood]], music manager.
*[[Jon Stead]], professional footballer.
*Sir [[Patrick Stewart]], actor known for ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the Shakespearean stage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/14/sir-patrick-stewart-celebrates-huddersfield-town-boldly-briefly/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/14/sir-patrick-stewart-celebrates-huddersfield-town-boldly-briefly/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Patrick Stewart celebrates as Huddersfield Town boldly (but briefly) go top of the Premier League|date=14 August 2017|access-date=30 December 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|last1=Sport|first1=Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Tom Sykes]], World Superbike Champion.
*[[D. R. Thorpe]], political biographer.
*[[Sally Wainwright]], English television writer, producer, and director.
*[[John Whitaker (equestrian)|John Whitaker]], [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] and former Olympian.
*[[Jodie Whittaker]], actress.
*[[Harold Wilson]], Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, Labour politician and twice [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Whone |editor1-first=Herbert |last=Wilson|first=Harold|title=The essential West Riding : its character in words and pictures |date=1987 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley |isbn=1870071050 |page=vii}}</ref>
*[[Haydn Wood]], composer and violinist.