List of people from Newcastle-under-Lyme
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This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England.
Earlier centuries
- Humphrey Wollrich (1633–1707), Quaker writer.[1]
- Philip Astley (1742–1814), equestrian, inventor and father of the modern circus[2]
- Silvester Harding (1745–1809), artist and publisher, who joined a company of strolling actors at age 14[3]
- John James Blunt (1794–1855), Anglican priest who wrote studies of the early Church.[4][5]
19th century
- Henry Moseley (1801–1872), churchman, mathematician, and scientist.[6]
- Joseph Mayer (1803–1886), goldsmith, antiquary and collector.[7]
- Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (1808–1896), granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood and wife of Charles Darwin
- Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe (1812–1894), landowner and peer, inherited the Jacobean Crewe Hall and failed to prevent the construction of a Silverdale and Madeley Railway Company line.[8]
- Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist, inventor and writer[9]
- Arthur Howard Heath (1856–1930), industrialist, cricketer, Rugby Union international and local Conservative MP[10]
- Sir Joseph Cook (1860 in Silverdale – 1947), worked in the local coalmines before emigrating in 1885; Prime Minister of Australia, 1913–1914[11]
- Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, (1861–1929), lived in Keele Hall in 1900–1909.[12]
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), writer[13]
- Ada Nield Chew (1870–1945), suffragist
- Alfred Herbert Richardson (1874–1951), policeman and Chief Constable of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1901-1903
- Oliver William Foster Lodge (1878–1955), poet and author born in Newcastle
- Fanny Deakin (1883–1968), local politician born in Silverdale, who campaigned for child nourishment and maternity care.[14]
- Vera Brittain (1893–1970), author, reformer and pacifist, and mother of Shirley Williams[15]
- Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), designer of the Spitfire fighter plane[16]
20th century
- E. S. Turner (1909–2006), journalist and author, went to school in the town.[17]
- Fred Kite (1921–1993), only Second World War British soldier to receive the Military Medal three times[18]
- Freddie Garrity (1936–2006), singer, lived in the town near the end of his life.[19]
- Jackie Trent (1940–2015), singer, songwriter and actress[20]
- Neil Baldwin (born 1946), clown, Stoke City kit-man and honorary graduate of Keele University
- Kevin John Dunn (1950–2008), twelfth Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle[21]
- Professor Alan Sinclair (born 1952), clinical scientist and diabetes specialist[22]
- Dylan Waldron (born 1953), artist in traditional techniques such as painting in egg tempera and silverpoint[23]
- Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007), peace and disarmament campaigner
- Fran Unsworth (born 1957), journalist, head of BBC News since January 2018[24]
- Emma Amos (born 1964), actress[citation needed]
- Andrew Van Buren (living), illusionist showman, co-founder of the Philip Astley Project
- Hugh Dancy, (born 1975), actor[citation needed]
- Charlotte Salt, (born 1985), actress as Sam Nicholls in Casualty (TV series)[25]
- Dan Croll, (born 1990) singer and songwriter[26]
- Leon Cooke (born 1991), actor,[citation needed] singer and dancer
- Wes Nelson (born 1998), singer and reality television star
- Daniel Jones (born 1973), former professional ballet dancer with English National Ballet, choreographer, producer, documentary maker, and now doing wonders for the arts in Newcastle-under-Lyme[citation needed]
- Norman Berrisford (born 1928), architectural designer
Notable sports people
- Dick Ray (1876–1952) professional footballer and manager with Port Vale and Manchester City[27]
- Frederick Bailey (1919–1985), left-handed English cricketer[28]
- Don Ratcliffe (1934–2014), footballer with Stoke City[29]
- Mike Pejic (born 1950), footballer with Stoke City and Everton[30]
- Ian Moores (1954–1998) footballer with Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur[31]
- Robbie Earle (born 1965), footballer with Port Vale and Wimbledon[32]
- Graham Shaw (born 1967) footballer with Stoke City[33]
- Dominic Cork, (born 1971) cricketer[34]
- Simon Wakefield (born 1974), professional golfer
- Lizzie Neave (born 1987), slalom canoeist in women's kayak, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Oliver Sadler (born 1987), first-class cricketer
- Peter Wilshaw (born 1987), cricketer[35]
- Eddie Hall (born 1988), professional strongman[36]
- Danielle Wyatt (born 1991), professional England cricketer
- Curtis Nelson (born 1993), footballer for Plymouth Argyle F.C.[37]
- Aaron Ramsdale (born 1998), footballer[38]
Notable politicians
- Sir John Merrick (1584–1659), politician and Newcastle-under-Lyme MP[39]
- Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (1587/88–1653), supporter of Charles I; MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Addled Parliament in 1614.[40]
- Sir Richard Leveson (1598–1661), MP for Newcastle in the Long Parliament[41]
- Samuel Terrick (1602–1675), local politician.[42] In 1658 he went bankrupt for £20,000.
- Major-General Thomas Harrison (1606–1660) sided with Parliament in the English Civil War. In 1649 he signed the death warrant of Charles I and in 1660, after the Restoration, was found guilty of regicide and hanged, drawn and quartered.
- Sir Richard Lloyd (1606–1676), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1676. In April 1640, Lloyd was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Short Parliament.[43]
- Sir Alfred Seale Haslam (1844–1927) engineer, three times Mayor of Newcastle, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1900–1906[44]
- Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), Josiah Wedgwood IV, great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1906-1919, then its Labour MP 1919-1942[45]
- Sir Oswald Mosley (1896–1980), founder of British Union of Fascists lived in Apedale Hall in early 1900s
- John David Mack (c. 1899–1957), Labour Party MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1942–1951.[citation needed]
- Stephen Swingler (1915–1969) Labour MP for Stafford, 1945–1950, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1951–1969[46]
- John Golding (1931–1999), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1969-1986[47]
- Llin Golding, Baroness Golding (born 1933), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1986-2001[48]
- Jeremy Lefroy (born 1959) Westlands councillor, MP for Stafford since 2010[49]
- Paul Farrelly (born 1962), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and journalist[50]
- Karen Bradley (born 1970), MP for Staffordshire Moorlands and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport[51]
- Aaron Bell (born 1980) politician, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2019[52]
- Gareth Snell (born 1986), graduate of Keele University 2008, leader of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 2012–2014 and MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central since 2017[53]