Editing Durham, England (section)

==Notable people==
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{{See also|List of Bishops of Durham|List of Durham University people}}

*[[Pat Barker]], (born in [[Thornaby]] in 1943), novelist ('Regeneration' trilogy), now resident in Durham.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Barker |publisher=[[British Council]] |work=British Council Literature |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/pat-barker |access-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204174515/https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/pat-barker |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Barnabe Barnes]], (baptised 1571, died 1609), Elizabethan poet. Died in Durham.<ref>{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1467 |title=Barnes, Barnabe (bap. 1571, d. 1609) |author=John D. Cox |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1467 |access-date=17 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074430/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1467 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Henry Blackett]] ({{circa|1820}}–1907), New Zealand storekeeper and politician, born in Durham.<ref name="DNZB Blackett">{{DNZB|Greenaway| Richard L. N.|2b25|December 2011}}</ref>
*[[Tony Blair]], (born 1953) former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. Attended the Chorister School 1961–1966.<ref name="chorister">{{cite web|url=http://www.thechoristerschool.com/life-after-choristers/|title=Life After Choristers|publisher=The Chorister School|access-date=23 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129040355/http://www.thechoristerschool.com/life-after-choristers/|archive-date=29 November 2009}} [http://www.thechoristerschool.com/alumni/rollcall.php The Chorister School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021173809/http://www.thechoristerschool.com/alumni/rollcall.php |date=21 October 2007 }}</ref>
*[[Józef Boruwłaski|Count Joseph Boruwlaski]] (1739–1837), dwarf, spent last years of his life in Durham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/image_galleries/durham_town_hall_gallery.shtml?3 |title=Durham Town Hall |work=BBC Wear |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/image_galleries/durham_town_hall_gallery.shtml?3 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Rev. [[Edward Bradley (writer)|Edward Bradley]] (1827–1889). Studied at Durham University and took his [[pen name]] "Cuthbert Bede" from the names of the city's two saints.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=13 December 1889 |page=5 }}</ref>
*[[Richard Caddel]] (1949–2003), poet. Lived in Durham from the 1970s and was co-director of the Basil Bunting poetry centre at Durham University library from 1988.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Richard Caddel |author=Paul Taylor |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 April 2003 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/apr/18/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |location=London |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306172332/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/apr/18/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[George Camsell]] (1902–1966), international footballer, born in [[Framwellgate Moor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MIDDcamsellG.htm |title=George Camsell |author=John Simkin |work=Spartacus Educational |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315210022/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MIDDcamsellG.htm |archive-date=15 March 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Thomas Carr (engineer)]] (1824-1874), inventor of the [[Carr's disintegrator]].<ref name="Proceedings1875">{{cite book |author1=Institution of Mechanical Engineers |title=Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: 1875 |date=1875 |publisher=Institution of Mechanical Engineers |pages=19-20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypirwvoNklsC&pg=PA19 |access-date=10 November 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
*[[Paul Collingwood]] (born 1976), international cricketer. Born in [[Shotley Bridge]], now resident in Durham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/10772.html |title=Paul Collingwood |author=Andrew Miller |date=October 2009 |work=Cricinfo |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208051759/http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/10772.html |archive-date=8 December 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Sir [[Kingsley Dunham]] (1910–2001), Professor of Geology and later [[Professor Emeritus]] at the University of Durham, director of the [[British Geological Survey]] from 1967 to 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Sir Kingsley Dunham |author=Tony Johnson |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=16 April 2001 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-kingsley-dunham-729022.html |location=London |access-date=20 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908142302/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-kingsley-dunham-729022.html |archive-date=8 September 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[John Bacchus Dykes]] (1823–1876), hymnologist, clergyman in Durham from 1849 to his death.<ref>{{acad|id=DKS843JB2|name=Dykes or Dikes, John Bacchus}}</ref>
*[[John Meade Falkner]] (1858–1932), arms manufacturer and novelist. Lived in Durham from 1902, and became Honorary Reader in Paleography at the University of Durham, and Honorary Librarian to the Dean and Chapter Library of Durham Cathedral.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ferrersandivanhoelodge.org.uk/newjmf/BIBLIOGRAPHY.htm |title=Biography |publisher=The John Meade Falkner Society |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705035302/http://www.ferrersandivanhoelodge.org.uk/newjmf/BIBLIOGRAPHY.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>
*[[James Fenton]] (born 1949), journalist and poet. Attended the Chorister School 1957–1962.<ref name="chorister"/>
*[[Max Ferguson]] (born 1924), Canadian broadcaster, born in Durham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.php?url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/personalities.php?id=49 |title=Ferguson, Max (1924– ) |author=Jerry Fairbridge |date = August 2002|publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation |access-date=23 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
*[[John Garth (composer)|John Garth]] (1721–1810), composer. Lived in Durham for much of his life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.divine-art.com/CD/rev25059.htm |title=John Garth's Cello Concertos |publisher=Divine Art Recordings Group |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304155626/http://www.divine-art.com/CD/rev25059.htm |archive-date=4 March 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Archie Gray]] (born 2006), midfielder and right-back for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], [[England national under-20 football team|England U20 team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-13 |title=Archie Gray: Who is the Leeds United star Liverpool are 'preparing' £40m move for |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archie-gray-leeds-united-star-163717756.html |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Godric of Finchale]] (c. 1065–1170), popular medieval saint, briefly served as doorkeeper at St Giles Hospital in Durham before becoming a hermit.<ref>{{cite book |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Farmer |first2=David Hugh |volume=5 |year=1996 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |isbn=0-86012-254-9 |page=112 }}</ref>
*[[Andy Gomarsall]] (born 1974), International [[rugby union]] player. Born in Durham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wasps.co.uk/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=0&season=&squadno=7081&seasonl=1995/1996&Playertype=P&section=Home |title=Andy Gomarsall |publisher=[[Wasps RFC|London Wasps]] |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605102217/http://www.wasps.co.uk/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=0&season=&squadno=7081&seasonl=1995%2F1996&Playertype=P&section=Home |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>
*[[John Gully]] (1783–1863), prize fighter, racehorse owner and politician. Resident in Durham at time of his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/parish.stmary/the_residents/gully.htm |title=The Parish of St Mary the Less – Residents: John Gully 1783–1863 |date=August 2007 |publisher=[[University of Durham]] |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126193306/http://www.dur.ac.uk/parish.stmary/the_residents/gully.htm |archive-date=26 November 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Trevor Horn]] (born 1949), record producer and member of [[the Buggles]] and [[Art Of Noise]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trevorhorn.com/producer/ |title=Trevor Horn |date=November 2004 |work=trevorhorn.com |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329084115/http://www.trevorhorn.com/producer/ |archive-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[John Laws (judge)|Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws]], Lord Justice Laws, judge (attended the Chorister School<ref name="chorister"/>)
*[[Jane Porter]], novelist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.elmbridgehundred.org.uk/biographies/jane-porter/ |title=Jane Porter |website=The Elmbridge Hundred}}</ref>
*[[John Tindale]], former cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34880/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Tindale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref>
*[[Peter Vardy (businessman)|Sir Peter Vardy]], businessman (attended the Chorister School<ref name="chorister"/>)
*[[Hugh Walpole|Sir Hugh Walpole]], novelist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/407ea8b9-15c9-36d7-b3d2-0a9448512d38 |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135845/https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/407ea8b9-15c9-36d7-b3d2-0a9448512d38 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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