- Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor OBE (born September 15 1944, Worksop, Nottinghamshire) is a football manager and a former player. Taylor grew up in the industrial steel town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, a town with which he still has many connections and regards as his hometown. The son of a sports journalist with The "Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph", Graham found his love of the beautiful game in the stands of the "Old Showground" watching Scunthorpe United, …
- Bas Savage
Basir "Bas" Savage (born 7 January 1982 in London) is a professional footballer. He is currently at Football League One side Brighton & Hove Albion and is known for his trademark moonwalk goal celebration, which has gained cult fame on TV's "Soccer AM".
- Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson (born February 9, 1979) is an English professional football (soccer) football midfielder, who currently plays for Doncaster Rovers in England. He has represented England at Under-21 level. Wilson was born in Scunthorpe and began his career as a trainee with Manchester United, turning professional in August 1997. He joined Wrexham on loan in February 1998 until the end of that season and made his league debut for Wrexham on February 24, …
- Elliot Morley
Elliot Anthony Morley PC (born 6 July 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and is MP for Scunthorpe since 1997.
- Michael Rose
Michael Rose (born July 28, 1982 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is an English football player. He is currently a defender for Stockport County. He began his career as a trainee at Man Utd where he was released before making an appearance. He soon joined Chester, moving on to Hereford and then to Yeovil, where he spent spells on loan at Cheltenham and Scunthorpe. In the summer of 2006 he agreed to join Stockport on a two-year deal.
- John Gregory
John Charles Gregory (born May 11 1954 in Scunthorpe) is a former football player and the current manager of Queens Park Rangers. He has previously managed Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth F.C., Wycombe Wanderers, Aston Villa and Derby County. As a player he was an adaptable midfielder who started his career at Northampton Town and later played for Brighton and Hove Albion, Queens Park Rangers, Derby County and Aston Villa. He won six caps for England.
- Gary Mulligan
Gary Mulligan (born 23 April 1985 in Dublin) is an Irish U21 international footballer currently playing for Gillingham. He plays predominantly as a striker. Mulligan started his career at Wolves for whom he made only one appearance as an 82nd minute substitute in the 1-1 draw with Burnley at Turf Moor. Whilst at Wolves, Mulligan was loaned out to Rushden & Diamonds. Mulligan made his debut for Diamonds, again as a substitute, in the 1-0 home defeat to Chester City.
- Wayne Corden
Wayne Corden (born 1 November 1975 in Leek, Staffordshire) is a professional footballer for Leyton Orient. A skilful winger, Wayne can play on either flank although he is predominantly right-footed. Wayne came through the ranks at local side Port Vale and made his debut as a subsititute against Notts County in May 1995. He remained at Vale until the end of the 1999/2000 season when he was given a free transfer.
- Paul Harsley
Paul Harsley (b. 29 May 1978, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire) is a Midfielder currently playing for Port Vale in the English League One. He is best suited to a Defensive Midfield role where he is known for his ability to read the game and break up the opposition's attacks. He is also able to play on the right of midfield and at right back.
- David Lucas
David Anthony Lucas (born 23 November 1977) is an English footballer, currently playing for Barnsley.
- Paul Ellender
Paul Ellender is an English professional footballer currently playing Central Defender for Boston. He is Boston's Club Skipper and joined Boston in 2001 from Scarborough for £80,000, a Club Record fee. He joined Scunthorpe from school in 1993 but never made a first team appearance so joined Gainsborough in 1994. He joined Altrincham in 1998 and then joined Scarborough in 1999.
- Neil Cox
Neil Cox (born October 8, 1971 in Scunthorpe) is a professional footballer and plays as a central defender for Crewe Alexandra. Cox signed for Crewe in June 2006 after being released by Cardiff City. Cox has also played for Scunthorpe United, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Watford, Bolton and Cardiff City. He has also been capped at Under-21 level by England.
- Matt Sparrow
Matthew Ronald Sparrow (born 3 October, 1983 in Scunthorpe, England) is an English footballer, currently playing in midfield for Scunthorpe United. He lives in neighbouring town Brigg.
- Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (born 10 December 1974 in Stockport) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Left Back for Darlington. He joined Darlington in January 2007 signing from Boston United. Tim has also played for Doncaster, Southport and Scunthorpe and Boston United. Tim Ryan is also a former England semi-professional international.
- Nathan Jarman
Nathan Jarman born 19 September 1986 in Scunthorpe is a professional footballer who currently plays as a Striker for Barnsley. Nathan has come through the youth ranks with Barnsley, he made his debut on the 20 November 2004 against Oldham Athletic. In 2006 he played 2 games on loan with Bury getting sent off on his debut. Jarman went on loan to Conference North side Worksop Town in February 2007. He played 13 times for the Tigers, scoring four goals.
- Steve Torpey
Stephen Torpey is an English football player, currently playing for Lincoln City. Torpey had played for a number of clubs, before signing for Scunthorpe United from Bristol City in February 2000. He was Scunthorpe's record transfer signing, costing £175,000. Torpey broke the ten goal barrier in each of his first five seasons at Scunthorpe and represented the club over 250 times. He was released at the end of the 2006-07 season, …
- Lee Ridley
Lee Ridley (born 5 December 1981 in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire) is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town. Lee started his career with Scunthorpe United as a young child and went on to make 117 appearances in all competitions scoring three goals between 2000 and 2007. Despite being offered a new 2 year contract by Scunthorpe after their promotion to the Championship in 2007, …
- Chris Hope
Christopher Jonathan "Chris" Hope (born 14 November 1972 in Sheffield) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rushden & Diamonds. Chris Hope began his career as a trainee with Darlington. However, before he had even made a first team appearance, he joined Nottingham Forest at the beginning of the 1990/91 season and spent two seasons at the City Ground. Again, Hope did not make a first team for Nottingham Forest, …
- Paul Dalglish
Paul Dalglish (born 18 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo. Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, started his career as a youth player with Celtic before joining Liverpool, but made no appearances for either of his father's former clubs. Dalglish was then signed by his father for Newcastle United, he made 14 appearances, scoring one goal.
- Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh, born 5 August 1977 in Rotherham, is a professional footballer who until recently played as a defender for Port Vale. Michael started his professional career at Scunthorpe making 104 league appearances scoring once before signing for Port Vale in 1998, making over 150 appearances for Vale. Vale kept faith with Walsh despite a number of serious and long term injuries, as he was considered to be highly rated when fit.
- Richie Ryan
Richie Ryan (born 6 January 1985 in Kilkenny) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently without a club. Ryan started his professional career at Sunderland making two substitute appearances in the Premiership in 2003. He signed for Scunthorpe in 2005 before signing for Boston United in 2006. He left the club a year later after their double relegation, returning to his native Ireland
- Stephen Fretwell
Stephen Fretwell (born November 10, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Stephen attended St. Augustine Webster Primary School in Scunthorpe and St. Bede's Catholic School in Ashby before furthering his study at John Leggott College - It was here that he started his first band 'Label'. Fretwell is a keen fan of bands of the Brit-pop era, such as Oasis, Blur, The Bluetones, Radiohead, and Suede.
- David Eyres
David Eyres is an English footballer. A relative latecomer to the professional game, Eyres began his career at Welsh non-league side Rhyl before signing, in 1989 at the age of 25, professional terms with Blackpool for a fee of £10,000. He spent four seasons with the Seasiders, two of which ended with appearances at Wembley in the play-off finals (achieving promotion in 1992/93).
- Phil Gulliver
Phil Gulliver (born 12 September 1982 in Barnard Castle, County Durham) is an English footballer who plays in the position of central defender for Rushden & Diamonds. He was a trainee at Middlesbrough where he was a key member of their reserve side but never made a first team appearance. He made his league debut while on loan at Blackpool during the 2002-03 season and he also spent a month at Carlisle.
- Gareth Sheldon
Gareth Richard Sheldon (born January 31, 1980 in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he plays as a striker.
- Neale Barry
Neale S. Barry is a retired English football referee, and current FA "Head of Senior Referee Development". He was born on 4 June 1958, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, which is where he still lives.
- Martin Simpson
Martin Simpson (b 1953) is an English guitarist. He was born on 5 May 1953 in Scunthorpe, England. By the age of 12 he was playing guitar and banjo. The British folk singer, Access campaigner and radio presenter Mike Harding tells a story that when he was performing at a folk club in the Scunthorpe area in 1960s he was persuaded to let a "local kid" stand up and play the banjo, essentially humouring the boy, thinking he would be pretty useless.
- Tony Jacklin
Tony Jacklin (born July 7, 1944) is an English golfer, who was the most successful UK player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever. He was born in Scunthorpe, England. Jacklin won two majors. In 1969, he became the first British player to win The Open Championship for 18 years. The following season he won the U.S. Open. It was the first victory by a British player in that tournament since 1920, and as of 2007, …
- Shaun Vipond
Shaun Vipond (born December 25 1988 in Hexham), is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Carlisle United in League One. Vipond was given the squad number 24 afeter being named on the substitutes bench in the 5-0 defeat against Swansea City, Vipond played his Football League debut in the 2-0 defeat at The New Den, South London, against Millwall as a stoppage time substitute.
- Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews (known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, and from the late 1960s until 1989 as Ian Matthews) is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, 16 June 1946, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Influenced by both rock and roll and folk music, he has performed mainly as a solo act, although he was a member of Fairport Convention during the early period when they were heavily influenced by American West Coast folk rock.
- Richard Alexander
Richard Thain Alexander (born 29 June 1934) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Newark-on-Trent until losing his seat in the landslide of the 1997 general election. Alexander was born in Aberdeen, although his father was an architect from Lincoln. He went to Logie Coldstone prep school in Eastbourne and Dewsbury Grammar School and the Wheelwright School in Dewsbury, …
- Carmel
Carmel (born Carmel McCourt, 24 November 1958 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England) is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.
- Matty Kay
Matthew "Matty" Kay (born October 12, 1989 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Blackpool. He made his first appearance for the Seasiders against Scunthorpe on November 13, 2005, in front of the Sky Sports cameras, setting a new club record as the youngest player (at 16 years, 32 days) ever to make the Blackpool first team. Trevor Sinclair, now at Manchester City, previously held the record after his debut in 1989, …
- Peter Fox
Peter Fox (born July 5, 1957, in Scunthorpe) is an English former footballer, now working as a coach. Fox played as a goalkeeper, and began his career with Sheffield Wednesday, making his debut aged just 15 years 8 months, a club record. He stayed at Wednesday until 1978, playing 49 league games, plus 1 appearance on loan at Barnsley, before moving to Stoke City, the club with which he is most associated. He played over 400 league games for the club, …
- Joe Ross
Joe Ross is a referee in the Football League who has also officiated in the Premiership as an assistant referee. Before the 2001–02 season, Ross was named as an official Football League referee, to become the first black referee from London. However, in his first season as referee, he was involved in a dispute with former Liverpool player, then Oxford United manager, Mark Wright, …
- Ian Collins
Ian Collins (born 25 October 1966 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England) is a British radio and television presenter and journalist. He is currently presenting The Ultimate Late Show on talkSPORT. Ian is currently talkSPORT's longest serving presenter. Ian Collins started his radio career on Invicta FM in Kent. He initially presented "Ian Collins And The Creatures Of The Night", In May 2002, …
- Jeff Hall
Jeffrey James "Jeff" Hall (born September 7, 1929 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, died April 4, 1959 in Birmingham) was an English footballer, who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England. It was the death of Jeff Hall - a young, fit, international footballer - from polio which helped to kickstart widespread public acceptance in Britain of the need for vaccination. Though the disease was generally feared and the Salk vaccine was available, takeup had been slow.
- Matthew Couch
Matthew Couch (born 30 June 1974) is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A pro since 1992, Couch has struggled to win many ranking events, although he reached the last eight of the UK Championship in 1998, and achieved a high break of 141 in 2002. Matthew is ranked 70th in the world. Couch is also an official World Snooker coach.
- Phil Neale
Phillip Anthony Neale OBE, born at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on June 5, 1954, was a cricketer who played for Worcestershire and captained the team to success in the County Championship in 1988 and 1989. He also played football for Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United. Phil Neale was a right-handed middle order batsman who scored more than 900 runs in his first full season of first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1976, …
- Samantha Cameron
Samantha Gwendoline Cameron (born 18 April, 1971) is an English business executive and wife of the Conservative Party leader David Cameron. Born Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield, she is the eldest daughter of Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, 8th Baronet, three times a descendant from King Charles II of England, by his first marriage to Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones (now the Viscountess Astor).