Famous residents of South Shields Totally Explained

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This is a list of famous people who were either born in, or have lived in, the town of South Shields, Tyne & Wear, in the UK. It includes current and historical residents.

Richard Wallace Annand (1914 - 2004) First Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War

John Barbour (1849 - 1918) Clothier, inventor and manufacturer of the Barbour jacket

Sam Bartram (1914 - 1981) Goalkeeper for Charlton Athletic 1934-1956

Billy Blyton, Baron Blyton (1899 - 1987) of South Shields, Labour Party politician

Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) Author of the Chalet School stories

Phil Brown (born 1959) Former footballer, currently manager of Hull City AFC.

Jack Brymer (1915 - 2003) Eminent classical clarinetist

Albert Burdon (1900 -1981) Actor, Comedian

John Chambers Artist

Chris Cook (born 1979) Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer

Ron Cook (born 1948) British television and theatre actor

Catherine Cookson (1906 - 1998) Best-selling novelist

Warney Cresswell England footballer who played for Sunderland and Everton

Corbett Cresswell, Winner of the FA Amateur Cup three times with Bishop Auckland FC

William Downey With his brother, pioneer photographer; royal photographers to Queen Victoria

John Erickson (1929 - 2002) Professor of Politics at Edinburgh. NATO adviser

Ernest Farrar (1885 - 1918) Organist, Composer

Sir William Fox (1812 - 1893) four times Prime Minister of New Zealand

Robert Glover (1815 - 1859) Anaesthetist

Sheila Graber Animator, born South Shields, made an outstanding animation about the river Tyne

John Gray (born 1948) Professor of European Thought at the LSE in London.

Harold Heslop (1898 - 1983) Trade unionist and writer

Phil Holmes (1972 -) UK Radio Presenter. Worked on over a dozen UK stations, including Metro Radio, Sun FM & Magic 1152.

Eric Idle Part of the Monty Python team

George Irving (born 1954) Actor in films and TV. (Anton Meyer in Holby City).

Arnold Josephs (1890 - 1984) Cup Final and International soccer referee.

Alex Kapranos Singer in the group Franz Ferdinand (band)

John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892 - 1915) Hero of the Gallipoli campaign in WWI.

James Kirkup (born 1918) Poet

Barry MacSweeney (1948 - 2000) Poet

Avro Manhattan (1914 - 1990) Writer

Dale Meeks Actor from Emmerdale (Simon Meredith)

James Mitchell (1926 - 2002) TV script writer - Callan, The Advengers, etc.

Stanley Mortensen (1921 - 1991) International footballer

Alan Myers (born 1933) Literary Translator.

Robert Olley born South Shields, painter of the Westoe

Charles Mark Palmer (1822 - 1907) Ship builder and Liberal Member of Parliament

Nick Pickering born 1963, former Sunderland F.C. player, won the FA Cup with Coventry City F.C. in 1987.

Dame Flora Robson (1902 - 1984) Actress

Henry Howey Robson (1894 -1964) Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Claire Rutter Operatic soprano

Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid, also know as 'Dorfy,' born South Shields, a Geordie dialect writer and author of 'A Basinful O' Geordie'

Francis Scarfe (1911 - 1986) Poet and critic

Sir Ridley Scott (born 1937) Film director and producer

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 - 1946) Naturalist, writer and Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America

Eileen O'Shaughnessy Wife of George Orwell

Steve Simonsen (born 1979) Footballer

Kathy Stobart (born 1936) Jazz saxophonist

Andrew Stoddart (1864 - 1915) Captain of England at rugby and cricket

George Stout (1860 - 1944) Philosopher

Ginger (born David Walls 1964) founding member of the The Wildhearts a hard rock and Punk rock band; had success in the mid 90’s

Sir Frank Williams (born 1942) Formula One team owner

John Matthias Wilson Philosopher and Head of Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Edward Wilson Television actor (Billy Seaton in 'When the Boat Comes in') and director of the National Youth Theatre 1987-2004. Guardian obituary 8/2/08.

John Woodvine (born 1929) RSC actor

William Wouldhave (1751 - 1821) Inventor of the first functional lifeboat

Lord Wright of Durley (1869 - 1964) Lord of AppealFurther Information

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