| |  | George Stephenson was an English mechanical engineer who designed the famous and historically important steam locomotive named "Rocket" and is... |  | Thomas Bewick was an English wood engraver and ornithologist. |  | Lancelot Brown, more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape gardener. He is remembered as "the last of the great English... |  | John 'Jack' Charlton OBE (born Ashington, Northumberland, May 8, 1935) was a footballer who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s,... |  | Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era feminist who was especially concerned with the welfare of prostitutes. She led the long campaign for... |  | Nicholas Ridley (died October 16, 1555) was an English clergyman. He came from a prominent family in Tynedale, Northumberland, and was born early... |  | Ross Markham Noble, born 5 June 1976 an English stand-up comedian, raised in Cramlington, Northumberland. He currently lives in Melbourne,... |  | Robert Morrison (Traditional Chinese: 馬禮遜; Simplified Chinese: 马礼逊; born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth, Northumberla... |  | Benedict Biscop (c. 628 - 690) (also known as Biscop Baducing) was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory. |  | Kate Adie OBE (born September 19 1945) is a British journalist. Her most high-profile role was that of chief news reporter for BBC News during... | |
