This is a list of notable people with a Wikipedia page associated with York, a city in North Yorkshire, England.
Actors and performers
Mark Addy (born 1964) Taj Atwal (born 1987) Rob Auton (living) David Bradley (born 1942) Michael Burns (born 1952) Judi Dench (born 1934) Keith Drinkel (born 1944) Dustin Gee (1942–1986) Frankie Howerd (1917–1992) Ian Kelsey (born 1966) Janet McTeer (born 1961) Eille Norwood (1861–1948) Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004)
Arts
Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), painter
Nathan Drake (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
William Etty (1787–1849), painter. John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and draughtsman. Patrick Hall (1906–1992), artist Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), painter. Francis Place (1647–1728), artist Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929), painter
Confectioners
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), chocolatier and reformer
Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolatier and philanthropist
Joseph Terry (1828–1898), confectioner
Musicians
Joseph Barnby (1838–1896) composer and conductor. John Barry (1933–2011) Findlay Brown (born 1975) Syd Dale (1924–1994) Iestyn Davies (born 1979) Troy Donockley (born 1964) Helen Grime (born 1981) Beaumont Hannant (born 1970) Låpsley (born 1996) Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 1989) Rusko (born 1985) The Thrillseekers (born 1973) Trevor Watts (born 1939) Trevor Wishart (born 1946)
Groups
Asking Alexandria
The Batfish Boys
Glamour of the Kill
Elliot Minor
Mostly Autumn
The Redskins
Rick Witter & The Dukes
RSJ
The Seahorses
Shed Seven
The Smoke
St. Christopher
With One Last Breath
Historians
Francis Drake (1696–1771), historian of York, Eboracum 1736
William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian
Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), traveller, historian and writer. John Edward Christopher Hill (1912–2003), Marxist historian William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar.
Politicians and rulers
John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician. Vincent Cable (born 1943) Nicholas Clarevaux (late 13th c.) Constantine the Great (AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in Eboracum (York) David Davis (born 1948) Frank Dobson (1940–2019) Richard Hotham (1722–1799) George Hudson (1800–1871) railway financier and politician. Septimius Severus (193–211 in York), Roman Emperor.
Religion
Aaron of York (c. 1190 – c. 1253), financier and Chief Rabbi of England
Alcuin (c. 735–804), Christian scholar. John Ball (c. 1338–1381), Lollard priest and rebel. Margaret Clitherow (died 1586), Catholic saint and martyr John Earle (c.1601–1665), bishop and writer on social customs. Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Roman Catholic revolutionary. Josce of York (died 1190), Jewish martyr Francis Mason (1799–1874), American missionary. Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop. Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian. Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London. Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), Archbishop of York (1664–83), revised the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. William of York (1110–1154), archbishop, patron saint of York
Sciences and architecture
Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
William Etty (c. 1675–1734), architect
John Goodricke (1764–86), astronomer
Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), architect and inventor. Peter Harrison (1716–1775), architect George Hennet (1799–1857), railway contractor and entrepreneur Ivar the Boneless (794–872), Viking chieftain. Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian of 17th-century England and Master of Balliol College, Oxford John Middleton (1820–1885), architect William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), astronomer. Martin Rees (born 1942), Lord Rees of Ludlow, current Astronomer Royal George Russell (1857–1951), horticulturalist who developed Russell hybrid lupins John Snow (1813–1858), physician