This is a list of people from Kingston upon Hull in the north-east of England with a Wikipedia page. Groups and sub-groups are in alphabetical order; persons likewise.
James Evans, Hull-born missionary and amateur linguist; best remembered for his creation of the "syllabic" writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut[4]
Peter Martin, best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in ITV's Emmerdale[citation needed]
Jordan Metcalfe, actor, known as Adil the Genie in Nickelodeon's Genie in the House and Brian in Misfits[citation needed]
Liam Mower, dancer and actor, famous for originating the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical and being the youngest person ever to win an Olivier Award for Best Actor for the role[20]
Alfred Hollins, composer and international concert organist, born in Hull in 1865.[52]
Rob Hubbard, composer, known for computer game theme music, especially for 1980s microcomputers such as the Commodore 64, which showcased the potential of the Commodore 64's sound hardware and gave examples of how music can improve a gaming experience.[53][54]
Kingmaker, Indie band formed by three Hull-born musicians including John Andrew, had UK Top 40 singles in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, but split in 1995.[56][57]
David Whitfield, 1950s male tenor vocalist, the UK's most successful male singer in the US in the pre-rock years, still one of only six artists to spend ten or more consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart[67][68]
Scarlet, 1990s female duo of Cheryl Parker and Jo Youle, formed in Hull, with UK hits in 1995 with "Independent Love Song" (No. 12) and with "I Wanna Be Free To Be With Him" (No. 21). "Love Hangover" and "Bad Girl" both peaked at No. 54. They released two albums, Naked and Chemistry.[citation needed]
Infant Annihilator, a technical deathcore band formed in 2012, known for their extreme musical style and controversial lyrical themes.
George William Gray, Hull University professor who first discovered cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals (which had correct stability and temperature properties for application in liquid crystal display technology[76]
George S. Whitby (1887–1972[77]) was the head of the University of Akron rubber laboratory and for many years was the only person in the United States who taught rubber chemistry.
Katie O'Brien, born in Beverley, 5 miles (8 km) from Hull, tennis player,[94]
Clive Sullivan, rugby league player, played for both of Hull's rugby league teams.[95] The main road into Hull from the Humber Bridge is named Clive Sullivan Way after him.
Dean Windass, had two spells with Hull City and scored the goal that helped the club to promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in its history.[97]
James Hall (unknown, Hull – 1612, Greenland), explorer in the service of the Danish King
Amy Johnson, aviator; born on St Georges Road in West Hull, attended Kingston High School[106]
Zachariah Pearson (1821–1891), shipowner, today known for his gift of land to Hull, which was used to establish the City's first public park, later known as Pearson Park[107]
Jim Radford (born 1928), folk singer, shantyman, peace campaigner, former housing activist, youngest known participant in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944[108][better source needed]
Henry Brarens Sloman (1848–1931), English-German entrepreneur who emigrated first to Hamburg, Germany, and then to Chile, where he established a saltpetre business. He was listed as Hamburg's richest man in 1912.[112][113][114]
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^Martin, Rudolf, ed. (1912). Jahrbuch des Vermögens und Einkommens der Millionäre in den drei Hansastädten (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck) [Almanac of Assets and Income of the Millionaires in the three Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck)] (in German). Berlin. p. 1.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)