Anne Lister

Anne Lister

female, deceased (1840)
battles of Lexington and Concord, 10th Regiment of Foot, halifax, From Yorkshire, Halifax, WestYorkshire, fred
Anne Lister, called Fred by her lover and "Gentleman Jack" by Halifax residents, was a well-off Yorkshire landowner and self-conscious lesbian. She...

Edward Akroyd

male, deceased (1887)
From Halifax, West Yorkshire, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Business Person, Ackroyden, Copley, West Yorkshire, Halifax Building Society…4th Yorkshire Halifax Rifle Volunteer, Halifax, WestYorkshire, halifax
Edward Akroyd (1810-1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he still owned the...
Titus Salt

Titus Salt

male, deceased (1876)
Salts Mill, From Bradford, Batley Grammar School, Crofton, West Yorkshire, wool-stapler, congregational…Morley, West Yorkshire, halifax, west yorkshire, Halifax, WestYorkshire
Sir Titus Salt (20 September 1803 - 29 December 1876), born in Morley, was a manufacturer and benefactor in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His...
Barrie Rutter

Barrie Rutter

male, 62 years old
stage actor, East Riding of Yorkshire, National Youth Theatre, Fat Friends, Saltaire, The Apprentices…Halifax, WestYorkshire, halifax, born in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Barrie Rutter founded the Northern Broadsides theatre company in 1992. He is its Artistic Director and acts in many of its productions. He was born...

Brian Turner

male, 63 years old
West Riding of Yorkshire, Halifax, WestYorkshire, halifax, Morley, West Yorkshire, television chef, From Leeds
Brian Turner (born 7 May 1946 in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British celebrity chef, based in London. He is a cook on BBC2's "Ready...

Tom Clarke

male, 21 years old
From Halifax, West Yorkshire, Football League One, English, soccer defender, Carlisle United, Halifax, WestYorkshire…halifax
Tom Clarke, (born 21 December 1987 in Halifax), is a professional footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One....
Aaron Stainthorpe

Aaron Stainthorpe

male, 41 years old
doom metal, atheist, British, my dying bride, singer, depeche mode…Halifax, WestYorkshire
Aaron Stainthorpe (born November 12, 1968) is doom metal band My Dying Bride's vocalist. He was born in England but moved to Germany when six...

Percy Shaw

male, deceased (1976)
From Halifax, West Yorkshire, English, halifax, west yorkshire, inventor, From West Yorkshire…Halifax, WestYorkshire
Percy Shaw was born in Halifax in West Yorkshire in 1890, the son of Jimmy Shaw, a dyer’s labourer, who worked at a local mill. When he was 14, he...

Phyllis Bentley

female, deceased (1977)
Gold Pieces, Cragg Coiners, The World's Bane, Alumnae of Cheltenham Ladies' College, Cheltenham Ladies' College, English…Halifax, WestYorkshire, halifax
Phyllis Bentley, OBE (1894-1977), was an English novelist. Born in 1894 Phyllis Bentley was the youngest child of a mill owner. The family lived in...
Eric Portman

Eric Portman

male, deceased (1969)
From Halifax, West Yorkshire, St Veep, English, actor, michael powell, television actor…From Halifax, Halifax, WestYorkshire, born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Eric Portman (born Halifax, West Yorkshire on 13 July, 1901 and died St Veep, Cornwall on 7 December, 1969) was a distinguished English stage and...