- Thomas Rotherham
Thomas Rotherham, also known as Thomas (Scot) de Rotherham (August 24, 1423 - May 29, 1500), was an English cleric and statesman. Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Thomas was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Rotherham, of Brookgate in Rotherham, and his wife, Alice Scot. He was first educated as a young boy by a teacher of grammar, who came, according to Thomas, "I know not by what fate save it was the Grace of God".
- Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor is a footballer currently playing for Rotherham United. Ryan is a strong running young forward who had a brief taste of first team football last season. He is yet another player who has progressed through the junior ranks at Millmoor to earn his first professional contract. He found the net on several occasions in the pre-season friendly matches and would surely have been pushing for a first team place this season, …
- Paul Shane
Paul Shane (born June 19 1940) is a British actor, best known for his part in the sitcom, "Hi-de-Hi!". He was born in Rotherham, his real name being George Frederick Speight. He worked as a miner, but had an accident at Silverwood Colliery in 1967 by slipping in the pit-head baths on some soap, resulting in double herniated discs. Paul was pensioned off from the pit at the age of 27, but he knew exactly what he wanted to do - make people laugh.
- David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury. He was awarded the MBE in 1997 for services to the sport.
- Stephen Brogan
Stephen Brogan (born April 12, 1988 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Rotherham United. He is a product of the youth team at Millmoor, and has recently broken through to the first team at Rotherham, making his full debut on New Year's Eve 2006 against Leyton Orient. The youngster broke into the Rotherham squad towards the end of the 2006/07 season and became an automatic choice making 18 starts.
- William Hague
William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary. He was the first leader of the Conservative party not to have become Prime Minister since Austen Chamberlain in the early 1920s.
- Marc Newsham
Marc Newsham (born March 24 1987 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Rotherham United. He is a product of the Millers youth team and has recently broken through into the first team squad making an excellent start to his career - scoring three goals from three starts and 13 substitute appearances. Prior to this season he has made a handful of substitute appearances, …
- Liam King
Liam King December 31 1987 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Rotherham United in League Two. King can play in either central midfield or defencive roles, and was given squad number 19 at the start of the 2006-07 season.
- Peter Elliott
Peter Elliott (born October 9, 1962 in Rotherham, UK) is a former world class middle distance runner who won medals at the Commonwealth Games, the European Championships and World Championships and the Olympic Games between 1986 and 1990. Elliott was brought up in Rawmarsh, a small town near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He attended Rawmarsh Comprehensive School and later worked as a joiner at British Steel.
- Ian Breckin
Ian Breckin (born 24 February 1975 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer. He is 6 ft 2" and weighs 12 stone. He is a commanding central defender who plays for Nottingham Forest, and is the nephew of former Rotherham United defender, John Breckin. He started his career with his hometown club Rotherham United as a trainee before signing pro in 1993. He made over 130 appearances for them and scored 6 goals. He was the sold to Chesterfield for £100,000 in 1997.
- Ebenezer Elliott
Ebenezer Elliott (17 March 1781 - 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the "Corn Law rhymer".
- Lucy Clarkson
Lucy Clarkson (born July 6, 1983, Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is an English model. She is best known as being the fourth official Lara Croft model from the Tomb Raider series of video games, a role she carried since May 2000 at the age of 16. As well as the Lara Croft work, she has done lingerie modelling for Vivienne Westwood. Lucy also has a semi famous sister, part time model Gemma Clarkson. She was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive school.
- Lynne Perrie
Lynne Perrie (7 April 1931 - 24 March 2006) was an English actress. She was born Jean Dudley in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and was the sister of comedian Duggie Brown.
- Colin Walker
Colin Walker (born May 1, 1958 in Rotherham, England) is a former New Zealand footballer, and is currently assistant manager at York City. Despite being born in Yorkshire, Walker joined his first English professional football club Barnsley from New Zealand side Gisborne City, with whom he won caps for the New Zealand national side. He had previously played non-league football in England for Retford Town and Matlock Town. He scored 12 times in 24 games for Barnsley, …
- Barry Chuckle
Barry Chuckle (Birthname: Barry Elliot b. December 24th, 1944 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England) is an English actor and comic relief of the double act, Chuckle Brothers. He is the brother of Paul Chuckle, as well as Brian and Jimmy Patton, the comedy act 'The Patton Brothers'.
- Matt Hamshaw
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Hamshaw (born 1 January 1982 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Mansfield Town. He usually plays on the right side of midfield. Hamshaw, a former England Youth and Under-20 international, began his career at Sheffield Wednesday. He made his first-team debut for the Owls in August 2000, and played 88 matches for the team, scoring six goals. He was released at the end of the 2004-05 season, …
- Simon Guy
Simon Mark Guy (born November 17, 1978 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) is an English cricket player who plays for Yorkshire cricket team. He has played 33 first class matches as a wicketkeeper, taking 86 catches and 12 stumpings, and right handed batsman averaging 16.22. He has attracted media attention for pioneering a new form of protective face-gear, dubbed the "Hannibal mask", after Hannibal Lecter.
- Gervase Phinn
Gervase Phinn (born 27 December 1946 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside. He has published four volumes of autobiography, collections of poetry and a number of books about education. He has a particular interest in children's literature and literacy and is widely known as a lively and entertaining speaker.
- Paul Chuckle
Paul Chuckle (birthname: Paul Elliot October 18, 1947, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England) is one-half, and comic foil, of the Chuckle Brothers from England. He is the brother of Barry Chuckle, as well as Brian and Jimmy Patton, the comedy act 'The Patton Brothers'.
- Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson (born 31 July, 1978, Sheffield, England) is a British racing driver from England. In 2006 he competed in the Champ Car series. He competed in Formula One in the 2003 season and was the winner of the 2001 Formula 3000 championship.
- Donald Bailey
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey (b. 15 September 1901 in Rotherham, Yorkshire - d. 5 May 1985 in Bournemouth, Dorset) was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge.
- Robert Sanderson
Robert Sanderson (1587 - January 29, 1663), theologian and casuist, born of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. Entering the Church he rose to be Bishop of Lincoln. His work on logic, "Logicae Artis Compendium" (1615), was long a standard treatise on the subject. His sermons also were admired; but he is perhaps best remembered for his "Nine Cases of Conscience Resolved" (1678), …
- Frederick Brian Pickering
Professor Frederick Brian Pickering is a leading British metallurgist. His research and development activities contributed significantly to the creation of the stronger and lighter steels. His notable research and development work in the field of physical metallurgy throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s laid the foundations for much of the physical metallurgy of high strength, low alloy steels.
- Charles Sydney Gibbes
Charles Sydney Gibbes (19 January 1876 - 24 March 1963) was the English tutor of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia. Later in his life he became an Orthodox monk, adopting the name of "Nicholas" after Saint Nicholas The Passion Bearer. After his return to Britain he became a prominent figure in Orthodoxy in Britain. His body lies in Headington cemetery.
- Jo Callis
Jo Callis (born 2 May 1951, Rotherham, Yorkshire) is a musician who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band, The Rezillos. In 1981, he joined The Human League where he would play both keyboards as well as lead guitar. He also made contributions as a vocalist. Callis co-wrote many tracks and following his departure from the band in 1986, he has returned several times either to play keyboard, or to offer help with songwriting.
- Frank Brown
Frank Brown (born Autumn, 1890 in Rotherham) was an English footballer and manager. Brown began his football career with Barnsley in 1910, moving to Rotherham County in 1914 and then to Huddersfield Town in 1915. In August 1919 he joined Blackpool, but struggled to break into the first team and left to join Exeter City in May 1921. He stayed only one season at St. James' Park, moving to Pontypridd in June 1922 before returning to Devon and joining Torquay United in 1923.
- Raymond Unwin
Sir Raymond Unwin (1863 - 1940) was a prominent and influential English urban planner. Born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, Unwin grew up in Oxford after his father sold up his business and moved there to study. His education was at Magdelen College School. In 1884 he returned to the North to become an apprentice engineer for Stavely Iron and Coal Company near Chesterfield.
- Laurie Millsom
Laurie Millsom (1901-1959) was an English professional football goalkeeper. Laurie Millsom was born in Rotherham and began his professional career with Rotherham County, playing 5 league games in 1924. He subsequently moved to Rotherham Amateurs, joining Torquay United in 1927 prior to their first season in the Football League. After regular keeper Archie Bayes was injured in training, Millsom played in goal in Torquay's first game in the football league, …
- Ian Baird
Ian Baird (born 1 April 1964 in Rotherham) is an ex-professional footballer whose most notable spell was as a player for Leeds United. He had two spells at the club with his first spell having a season as captain and his second spell including a player of the year award and, ironically just after he left, he got a second division championship medal with the club. He played as a striker.
- Glynn Snodin
Glynn Snodin (born Rotherham 14 February 1960) is a former professional footballer who is currently first-team coach at West Ham United and a coach with Northern Ireland.
- Nigel Pepper
Colin Nigel Pepper (born April 25 1968 in Rotherham, England), more commonly known as Nigel Pepper, is an English footballer, who has played for Barrow, currently in the "Nationwide" Football Conference North, since 2002. Pepper played for York when they beat Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford in the League Cup in 1995. He also had a spell at Aberdeen in 1998-99 in which he was sent off just 17 seconds after coming on as a substitute.
- Albert Nightingale
Albert Nightingale was a professional footballer who played as a forward for Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United. After retiring through injury in 1957, he became a professional golfer, he won the PGA Championship. He died in 2006, aged 82.
- Ian Helliwell
Ian Helliwell (born November 7 1962 in Rotherham, England) is a former English footballer.
- Isaac Ironside
Isaac Ironside (17 September 1808 - 20 August 1870) was a British Chartist and socialist politician. Born near Masbrough, Rotherham, Ironside grew up in Sheffield, the son of Samuel Ironside, a Wesleyan lay preacher, and Mary Bradbury. On both sides of the family there were roots in the Independent Church in Masbrough - Mary's grandfather Isaac Bradbury was well known as an "Old Jacobin". Isaac's younger brother Samuel Ironside became a Methodist missionary in New Zealand, …
- Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall (born October 25 1968 in Rotherham, England) also known by his nickname "Ginner" is a former footballer. He played much of his career at York City as left-sided defender and is known for his shaved headed image.
- Harold Mosby
Harold Mosby (born June 26, 1926, died June 15, 2007) was an English footballer who is best remembered for his football at Rotherham United & Scunthorpe United. He also played 3 games for Huddersfield Town, just before the end of World War II, but these aren't classified as actual matches.
- Dave Merris
David Andrew "Dave" Merris is an English footballer, currently playing for Harrogate Town. Merris won York City's Clubman of the Year award for the 2004–05. Merris signed a new deal wit York City at the end of the 2004–05 season. Merris was released by York City at the end of the 2005–06 and subsequently signed for Harrogate Town. His name is synonymous with the popular chant "David Merris, David Merris, …
- Jack Lambert
John "Jack" Lambert (May 2, 1902 - 1940) was an English footballer. A large and robust centre forward from Greasborough near Rotherham, Yorkshire, Lambert was turned down by Sheffield Wednesday after a trial, so started his career playing for Rotherham County in 1922. He soon made a move to Leeds United, but spent three years there with little success. He finally came to prominence after becoming a regular goalscorer for Doncaster Rovers, joining the side in January 1925.
- Tom Fenoughty
Thomas Fenoughty (b. 7 June 1941 in Rotherham) was a professional footballer with Sheffield United and Chesterfield from 1964 to 1973, before returning to his career as a pharmaceutical chemist. Tom Fenoughty was signed by Sheffield United from non-league Sheffield F.C. in 1964. He made 49 appearances, scoring 4 goals, before moving to Chesterfield F.C. in 1969. He made 101 appearances (15 goals) for Chesterfield mostly in midfield.
- John Dungworth
John Dungworth is a football coach and former professional footballer, currently the assistant manager of Coca-Cola League One side Huddersfield Town. He began his playing career at Huddersfield Town, when he signed schoolboy forms in 1969, and scored on his first-team début against Middlesbrough in 1972. He was then transferred to Oldham Athletic in 1975 followed by a successful spell at Aldershot, where he scored 58 goals in 105 games.