List of people from Rotherham

This is a list of people from Rotherham who have become known internationally in different roles and professions. Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, Rotherham is 6 miles (10 km) from Sheffield City Centre and is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, which together also form part of the Sheffield urban area.

Renowned people from Rotherham

• Baron Ahmed, politician
• Dean Andrews, actor
• David Artell, footballer
• Donald Bailey, civil engineer
• Gordon Banks, footballer
• Nick Banks, musician
• Ian Breckin, footballer
• Stephen Brogan, footballer
• Chuckle Brothers, comedians
• Frank Brown, footballer
• Jo Callis, musician
• Herbert Chapman, football manager
• Lucy Clarkson, model
• Dean Downing, cyclist
• Russell Downing, cyclist
• Ebenezer Elliott, poet
• Peter Elliott, athlete
• Scott Flinders, footballer
• Charles Sydney Gibbes, tutor and monk
• Dave Godin, anarchist and musicologist
• Paul Goodison, Olympic gold medal winning sailor
• Justine Greening, politician
• Simon Guy, cricketer
• William Hague, former leader of the Conservative Party
• Matt Hamshaw, footballer
• Paul Harrison, racing driver
• Edward Heppenstall, theologian
• Alan Hodgkinson, former England national football team goalkeeper
• Daniel Howell, research scientist
• Joe Hunter, cricketer
• Mark Labbett, TV personality
• Daisy Makeig-Jones, sculptor
• Spencer Matthews, reality TV personality
• Laurie Millsom, footballer
• Simon Mottram, entrepreneur
• Matt Nicholls, musician
• Lynne Perrie, actress
• Gervase Phinn, author
• Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
• Sandy Powell, comedian
• Chris Rawlinson, athlete
• Frazer Richardson, footballer
• Jon Rosling, screenwriter and film director
• Archbishop Thomas Rotherham, cleric and minister
• Ryan Sampson, actor
• Bishop Robert Sanderson, minister and logician
• David Seaman, former England national football team goalkeeper
• Jack P. Shepherd, Coronation Street actor
• Paul Shane, comedian
• Ernie Stevenson, footballer
• Ben Swift, cyclist
• Trevor Taylor, motor racing driver
• Raymond Unwin, town planner
• Colin Walker, footballer
• Michael Walsh, footballer
• Howard Webb, football referee
• Liz White, actress
• Chris Wolstenholme, musician