Famous People from Sheffield (person)

Sheffield is generally renowned for three types of celebrity: politicians, sportsmen and musicians. Here's a list of the glitterati from the Steel City:

• Jarvis Cocker and Pulp
• Def Leppard
• Moloko
• ABC
• The Human League
• Heaven 17
• Supersister
• The Longpigs
• Paul Carrack and Mike & The Mechanics
• Joe Cocker
• Elliot Kennedy (Songwriter for The Spice Girls)
• The Thompson Twins
• Gomez

• former Labour Party deputy leader Roy Hattersley
• Home secretary David Blunkett
• Miner's leader Arthur Scargill
• Former Tory leader William Hague (well, Rotherham)

• Boxers 'Prince' Naseem Hamed and Herol 'Bomber' Graham
• Athletics legends Sebastian Coe and Peter Elliott
• Cricketer Michael Vaughan
• Footballers Derek Dooley, Emelyn Hughes and David Hirst
• Football managers Howard Wilkinson and Jim Smith

• Former Monty Python legend Michael Palin
• Hi-De-Hi star Paul Shane
• Actor Sean Bean
• Actress and star of The Avengers Diana Rigg
• Club impressario Peter Stringfellow
• Astronaut Helen Sharman
• Actor Donald Pleasance
• Comedienne Marti Caine
• Actor Brian Blessed
• Judge Justice Pickles
• Actor Brian Glover
• Sky TV Presenter Anna Walker
• Actress and celebrity Leslie Ash
• Gorgeous and talented Watchdog presenter Charlotte Hudson