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List of people from Wolverhampton, England
This is a list of notable people born in or associated with the city of
Wolverhampton in England.
A
Antonio Aakeel – (born ca.1985) English actor
[1]
Sir James Adams (1932–2020) – diplomat; ambassador to
Egypt and
Tunisia
[2]
Jack Addenbrooke (1865–1922) – football player and manager; his 37-year term as manager of Wolves remains the longest in club history
[3]
George Africanus (c. 1763–1834) – baptised George John Scipio Africanus; West African former
slave ; became a successful entrepreneur in
Nottingham
[4]
Aisha (born 1962) – real name Pamela Ross,
roots reggae singer
[5]
Reg Allen (1917–1989) – Academy Award-nominated set decorator
Frederick W. Allsopp (1867–1946) – newspaperman, author, book collector, co-founder of bookshop; eponym of
Allsopp Park, Little Rock, Arkansas
[6]
George Armstrong (1822–1901) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1864–1897
[7]
Joseph Armstrong (1816–1877) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1854–1864
[8]
Rod Arnold – (born 1952), football goalkeeper, spent the most of his career at
Mansfield Town ; with 513 first-team appearances, (440 in the
league ),
[9] he is the holder of the club's all-time appearance record.
Arthur Arrowsmith (1880–1954) – footballer, inside right
[10]
Lindsay Ashford – (born 1959) crime novelist; first woman to graduate from both Queens' College, Cambridge and Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology
[11]
Tom Aspaul – (born ca.1980) singer/songwriter and producer
[12]
Bill Asprey (born 1936) – footballer (defender) and coach
[13]
Len Astill (1916–1990) – footballer,
left wing
[14]
Rebecca Atkinson-Lord – (born ca.1985) – theatre director and writer
[15]
Richard Attwood (born 1940) – winner of 1970
24 Hours of Le Mans ; former
Formula One driver
[16]
B
Keedie Babb (born 1982) – classical crossover soprano
[17]
Babylon Zoo (formed in 1992) – British electro rock band of the mid-1990s
[18]
Jono Bacon (born 1979) – software developer; community manager for
GitHub
[19]
Ruth Badger (born 1978) – business consultant, runner-up of the 2nd series of
The Apprentice
[20]
Diane Bailey (born 1943) – golfer; represented Great Britain and Ireland in
Curtis Cup fixtures in 1962 and 1972; captained the team in 1984, 1986 and 1988
[21]
Prof.
Chris Baines (born 1947) – environmentalist, gardener, naturalist and TV presenter
Peter Baker (born 1967) – golfer
[22]
Jack Bannister (1930–2016) – cricketer and commentator
[23]
Frances Barber (born 1958) – actress
Steve Barnett (born 1952) – chairman and CEO of
Capitol Music Group
[24]
George Barney (1792–1862) –
Royal Engineer officer who became
Lieutenant Governor of the
Colony of North Australia , son of
Joseph Barney
[25]
Joseph Barney (1753–1832) – artist and engraver
[26]
Dr
George Barnsby (1919–2010) – author and
socialist scholar
Tom Barrett (1891–1924) –
motor-racing
riding mechanic ; his death in the 1924
San Sebastian Grand Prix ended the practice of riding mechanics in two-seat
racing cars
[27]
Al Barrow (born 1968) – bassist of the British band
Magnum
[28]
Dickie Baugh (1864–1929) –
footballer , right back who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals
[29]
Stuart Baxter (born 1953) – 226 caps as a footballer; current manager of
South Africa national football team
[30]
Edwin Butler Bayliss (1874–1950) – artist, known for his realistic and unsentimental paintings of industrial sites in the
Black Country
[31]
Sir
William Maddock Bayliss (1860–1924) – physiologist; co-discoverer of peristalsis of the intestines and the peptide hormone secretin, the first discovered hormone
[32]
Ann Beach (born 1938) – actress
Miles Beevor (1900–1994) – solicitor, pilot and businessman
Clinton Bennett (born 1955) – British American scholar of religions and participant in interfaith dialogue, specializing in the study of
Islam and Muslim-non-Muslim encounter
Nigel Bennett (born 1949) – an Anglo-Canadian actor, director and writer
Kenneth Benton (1909–1999) –
MI6 officer and diplomat 1937–68;
[33] after retirement, began a second career as writer of
spy and
crime thrillers
Charles Albert Berry (1852–1899) –
nonconformist
divine
[34]
Gwen Berryman (1906–1983) – played Doris Archer in the BBC radio soap opera
The Archers from the first episode in 1951 until 1980
Dick Betteley (1880–1942) – footballer, defender
[35]
Bibio (born 1978) – professional name of British music producer Stephen Wilkinson
[36]
William Bidlake (1861–1938) – architect; a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham; Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art
[37]
Edward Bird (1772–1819) – artist, early member of the
Bristol School
[38]
John Blackburn (1933–1994) –
Conservative MP for
Dudley West from 1979 to 1994
[39]
Joan Blackham (1946–2020) – actress,
Bridget Jones's Diary
Sue Blane (born 1949) – theatrical costume designer
Billy Blunt (1886–1962) –
footballer who played in the
Football League for
Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Bristol Rovers ; became the first Wolves player to score two hat-tricks during a season; twice he scored 4 in games
[3]
George Bradburn (1894–1975) – footballer, played as a
centre-half for
Southampton and
Walsall in the years after
World War I
[40]
Henry Brinton (1901–1977) – politician, astronomer and author of 1962 Cold War novel Purple-6
[41]
Peter Broadbent (1933–2013) –
England international footballer,
midfielder ; won major domestic honours with Wolverhampton Wanderers; appeared in the
1958 World Cup ; scored the club's first ever goal in European competition when he netted against
Schalke in a
European Cup tie in November 1958
[42]
Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich (1875–1929) – mathematician, Fellow of the
Royal Society
[43]
Norman Brook (1902–1967) –
Cabinet Secretary (1947–1962)
[44]
Rt Rev
James Brown (1812–1881) – RC Bishop of Shrewsbury (1851–1881)
[45]
Nicholas Budgen (1937–1998) – barrister and politician
[46]
Steve Bull (born 1965) – footballer, striker; holds the club goal-scoring record for
Wolves and has a stand named after him at their
Molineux Stadium
[47]
Evaline Hilda Burkitt (1876–1955) – first British suffragette to be force-fed
[48]
[49]
Tony Butler (1935–2023) – radio presenter and self-styled inventor of the
football phone-in.
[50]
Stephen Byers (born 1953) – cabinet minister and Labour Party politician
[51]
C
Bill Caddick (1944–2018) –
folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, member of the group
Home Service
[52]
Eddie Chambers (born 1960) – artist, writer, curator and academic
[53]
William Chappell (1907–1994) – dancer, ballet designer, director
[54]
Radzi Chinyanganya (born 1986) – co-presenter of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter
[55]
Ben Christophers (born 1969) – singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
[56]
Charles Chubb (1779–1845) and
Jeremiah Chubb – lock and safe manufacturers
[57]
Eddie Clamp (1934–1995) – footballer, right half, nicknamed 'Chopper Eddie'
[58]
Wayne Clarke (born 1961) – footballer, striker
[59]
Nick Clewley (born 1983) – cricketer
[60]
Louis Coatalen (1879–1962) – automobile engineer
[61]
B. L. Coombes (1893–1974) – writer, spent most of his working life in the
coal mines of the
South Wales coalfield , which provided the subject matter for much of his writing.
[62]
John Cooper (born 1958) –
barrister specialising in human rights and
criminal law ; broadcaster and politician
[63]
Leonard Cottrell (1913–1974) – author and journalist
[64]
Ernest Frank Guelph Cox (1883–1959) – electrical and mechanical engineer; marine salvage expert
[65]
Charlotte Craddock (born ca.1988) –
field hockey player, youngest member of the British hockey squad for the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
[66]
Garry Crawford (born 1972) –
sociologist whose research focuses primarily on
audiences and consumer patterns, in particular,
sports fans
[67] and
video gamers
[68]
Steve Cross (born 1959) – footballer,
defender /
midfielder ; played for
Shrewsbury Town ,
Derby County and
Bristol Rovers ; commentator on
BBC Radio
Shropshire
[69]
[70]
Geoff Crudgington (born 1952) – footballer, goalkeeper
[71]
Stan Cullis (1916–2001) – footballer (defender) and football manager with
Wolves ; namesake of a stand at their
Molineux Stadium
[72]
Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick (1859–1945) – pioneer of electromagnetism and atomic particles. Director of Electrical Engineering for the
Royal Canadian Navy and Director of the Electrical Research
Defense Research Board of Canada .
[73]
D
Claire Darke (born ca.1965) – from
Stratford-upon-Avon ; 161th
Mayor of Wolverhampton
Paul Darke (born 1962) – leading disability rights activist and academic, husband of
Claire Darke , lives in
Wolverhampton
Kevin Darley (born 1960) – jockey,
British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2000 (155 wins); co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain
[74]
Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903) – stage actress in England and the US
[75]
Howard R. Davies (1895–1973) – motorcycle racing champion and motorcycle designer
[76]
Mark Davies (born 1988) – footballer currently playing for
Bolton Wanderers
[77]
Kirk Dawes (born ca.1957) –
Detective Constable with
West Midlands Police , founded the Centre For Conflict Transformation, a company trying to reduce gun and gang violence
[78]
Group Captain
Montagu Ellis Hawkins "Monty" Dawson (1919–2003) – bombardier and navigator
[79]
Christopher Hugh Dearnley (1930–2000) –
cathedral organist , director of music, served in
Salisbury Cathedral and
St Paul's Cathedral
[80]
Narinder Dhami (born 1958) – children's author
[81]
Michael Dibdin (1947–2007) – crime writer
[82]
Liam Dixon (born ca.1994) - Local business tycoon heavily involved in kitchen furniture manufacturing. Philanthropist, keen supporter of "badger-patch" protection. Dixon is also known for his interest in sports - he is a part-referee and soccer pundit.
Derek Dougan (1938–2007) –
Northern Ireland international
footballer , played for Wolverhampton Wanderers;
defender /
midfielder /
forward ; chief executive and later chairman of Wolves, as part of a consortium that saved the club from liquidation
[83]
Rebecca Downes – blues rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and vocal coach
[84]
Spencer Dunkley (born 1969) – basketball player,
pivot ; coaches in
Appoquinimink High School ,
Odessa, Delaware
[85]
Sheila Dunn (1940–2004) – actress
[86]
E
Catherine Eddowes (1842–1888) – victim of the
Whitechapel murders attributed to
Jack the Ripper
[87]
Dean Edwards (born 1962) – footballer (forward), football manager
[88]
Major
Roland Elcock (1899–1944) – as corporal he was the recipient of the
Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and
Commonwealth forces
[89]
Verona Elder (born 1953) – British, Commonwealth and European medal-winning English
400 metres runner;
[90] manager of the British
athletics team for people with
learning disability
Edward Elgar (1857–1934) – despite living in
Worcester , he was an ardent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and may have travelled to home games on his bicycle.
[91]
Billy Ellis (1895–1939) –
footballer , played in
the Football League for
Sunderland ,
Birmingham ,
Lincoln City and
York City as a
winger
[92]
Georgia Elwiss (born 1991) – international cricketer, right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman
[93]
Simon Emmerson (born 1950) –
electroacoustic music composer working mostly with live electronics
[94]
Bernard Walter Evans (1843–1922) –
landscape painter and
watercolourist .
[95]
Sir Walter Evans, 1st Baronet (1872–1954) –
hydraulic engineer , politician and public servant; was created a
baronet of Wightwick near Wolverhampton
[96]
F
Craig Fallon (1982–2019) –
judoka ; second male British judoka to simultaneously hold both a World and European title
Dr Robert William Felkin (1853–1926) – explorer, anthropologist, medical missionary, ceremonial magician, and founder of the
Whare Ra lodge
[97]
Ron Flowers (born 1934) – footballer,
midfielder ; member of
England 's victorious
1966 World Cup squad; playing at
Wolves he won three league championships and an
FA Cup ; made 515 appearances for the club, scoring 37 times
[98]
sisters
Edith Henrietta Fowler (1865–1944)
[99] and
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929)
[100] – authors
Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830–1911) – solicitor and politician
Henry Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton (1870–1943) – peer in the
peerage of the United Kingdom ; the title became extinct on his death, without issue.
[101]
Richard Fryer (1770–1846) – local banker, landowner and British
Whig politician; MP 1832–1835, for
Wolverhampton
G
Trevor Gadd (born 1952) –
track cycling champion, competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics , the
Commonwealth Games and World Championships
[102]
[103]
Alan Garner (1929–1996) –
British Labour party activist and trade unionist
[104]
Rex Garner (1921–2015) – actor and director
Arthur Gaskin (1862–1928) – illustrator, painter, teacher and designer of jewellery and
enamelwork ; he and his wife
Georgie Gaskin were members of the
Birmingham Group
[105]
Dr
Helen Geake (born 1967) – archaeologist and Anglo-Saxon specialist on archaeological television programme
Time Team
Frank
Noel George (1897–1929) –
footballer ,
goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers;
[106] made 242 senior competitive appearances for Wolves
[107]
John Lloyd Gibbons (1837–1919) – engineering surveyor;
Justice of the Peace ;
county councillor for
Bilston ;
Liberal Unionist Party MP for
Wolverhampton South , 1898–1900
Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734) –
Roman Catholic bishop ;
Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England, 1687–1703;
Vicar Apostolic of the London District of England, 1703–1734
Christopher Gill (born 1936) – family meat processing business; politician (
MP ) both
Conservative and
UKIP
[108]
John Wayne Glover (1932–2005) – British-born Australian
serial killer convicted for the murders of six elderly women on
Sydney 's
North Shore ; over a 14-month period in 1989–1990, he killed six elderly women, dubbed the "granny killer"
[109]
Karthi Gnanasegaram (born ca.1980) – sports presenter with the BBC; formerly with Sky News, ITN and Al Jazeera's International News Channel in Doha
[110]
Richard Green (born 1967) – footballer, defender
[111]
Mathew Guest (born 1975) - Professor of Sociology of Religion at Durham University
Button Gwinnett (1735–1777) – signatory of the US
Declaration of Independence [
citation needed ]
H
Sir
Geoff Hampton (born 1952) – head teacher who transformed the fortunes of the first school in Britain which had been deemed by OFSTED inspectors as "failing".
[112]
Johnny Hancocks (1919–1994) – footballer, right wing
[113]
Gilbert Harding (1907–1960) – journalist and radio and television personality
[114]
Neil Harrison (born 1962) – top ranking
cricket
umpire based in Japan
[115] umpired four matches at the
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup
[116]
Billy 'Artillery' Hartill (1905–1980) – footballer, forward;
Wolves ' top goal scorer for 45 years until the feat was broken by
John Richards shortly before Hartill's death
[117]
Jack Hayes (1887–1941) – police officer, trade unionist and politician; served in the
Metropolitan Police , general secretary of the
National Union of Police and Prison Officers
[118]
Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman (born 1949) – first
Lord Speaker
[119]
Sir
Charles William Hayward (1892–1983) – entrepreneur and philanthropist
[120]
Henry John Hayward (1865–1945) – Wolverhampton-born New Zealand theatrical company manager and cinema chain proprietor
[121]
Sir
Jack Hayward , (1923–2015) – son of Wolverhampton factory owners; self-made millionaire; benefactor of many charities; fighter pilot in the Second World War; President of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
[122]
Rudall Hayward (1900–1974) – filmmaker
[123]
Norman Heath (1924–1983) – footballer, goalkeeper
[124]
Karl Henry (born 1982) – footballer,
defensive midfielder and former Wolves captain.
[125]
Rachael Heyhoe Flint (1939–2017) – captain of the
England
Women's Cricket World Cup team in 1973
[126]
Kenny Hibbitt (born 1951) – footballer,
midfielder ; during his time at
Molineux he won 2 League Cups (1974 and 1980, scoring in the 1974 final) and played in the
1972 UEFA Cup Final ; played 544 games for Wolves, scoring 114 goals, the second most appearances a player has made in Wolves history
[127]
Benjamin Hicklin (1816–1909) – solicitor and Borough Magistrate; the
Hicklin test is a
legal test for
obscenity established by the
English case Regina v. Hicklin
[128]
Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet (1830–1910) – industrialist and Conservative MP 1885–1906
[129]
Barbara Hicks (1924–2013) – actress
James Higginson (1885–1940) – cricketer who played one first-class game, scored no runs in his only innings (but maintained an infinite batting average on account of remaining not out), and took no wickets or catches
[130]
Alexander Staveley Hill (1825–1905) – barrister and KC, politician (MP); eponym of
Stavely , Alberta
[131]
Dave Hill (born 1946) – lead guitarist for the band
Slade
[132]
Edward Hill (1843–1923) – prolific artist, poet, songwriter and newspaper correspondent
[133]
Matthew Hislop (born 1990) – footballer, defender
[134]
Noddy Holder (born 1946) – from Walsall, singer/rhythm guitarist for Slade
[135]
Rear Admiral
John Holford (1909–1997) – medical officer in the
Royal Navy ; worked for the
Ministry of Health , 1965–1974; later senior principal medical officer
[136]
Dave Holland (born 1946) – jazz bassist
[137]
Dave Holland (1948–2018) – drummer with
Judas Priest
[138]
Don Howe (born 1935) – football player, coach and manager
[139]
Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 1994) – track and field sprinter,
4×400 metres relay gold medallist at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
[140]
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Stuart Lampitt (born 1966) – cricketer, right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county
[163]
Michael Langdon (1920–1991) – bass opera singer
James Langley (1916–1983) – Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards,
MI9
[164]
Joanne Latham (born 1961) – English former
glamour model
[165]
Margery Lawrence (1889–1969) – pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur E. Towle ; fantasy, horror and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories
[166]
Winifred Lawson (1892–1961) – opera and concert singer
[167]
Jim Lea (born 1949) – musician, member of
Slade
[168]
Margaret Lee (born 1943) – actress
Joleon Lescott (born 1982) – footballer; graduate of the Wolves Academy, the Wolves' supporters Player of the Year (born in Birmingham)
[169]
Sir Richard Leveson (1570–1605) –
Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life , hero of the Battle of
Cadiz , 1596
[170]
Denise Lewis – Olympic gold medallist, born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton
[171]
Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994) – soul/neo-soul and R & B singer and songwriter
[172]
[173]
Bob Lilley (1914–1981) – founding member of the British
Special Air Service ; member of the
Coldstream Guards ; one of the first four men selected by
Colonel David Stirling to be a founder member of L Detachment 1st SAS in Middle East HQ Cairo 1940; took part in many special forces operations and missions behind enemy lines in Libya against Italian and German forces during World War II.
[174]
Adrian Littlejohn (born 1970) – footballer,
midfielder /
forward
[175]
Anita Lonsbrough (born 1941) – gold medallist in swimming at the
1960 Summer Olympics , now lives in Tettenhall
[176]
Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940) – mathematician worked on the theory of
elasticity and mathematical known as
Love waves
[177]
Des Lyttle (born 1971) – footballer (defender), football manager and coach
[178]
M
Macka B – (born 1966) as Christopher MacFarlane , reggae artist, performer and
Rastafari
[179]
Alan Lindsay Mackay (born 1926) – crystallographer; made scientific contributions related to the structure of materials; predicted
quasicrystals in 1981
[180]
John Malam (born 1957) – historian, archaeologist and author of
children's non-fiction informational books[
citation needed ]
Sir
Charles Arthur Mander , 2nd Baronet
JP ,
DL ,
TD (1884–1951) – public servant, philanthropist, manufacturer; managing director of
Mander Brothers , the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1773
[181]
Sir
Charles Marcus Mander , 3rd Baronet (1921–2006) – industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer; known as Marcus Mander
[182]
Sir
Charles Tertius Mander (1852–1929) – manufacturer, philanthropist and public servant
[183]
Sir
Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882–1962) – chairman of Mander Brothers; Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East; donor of
Wightwick Manor to the National Trust
[184]
Miles Mander (1888–1946) – early Hollywood film actor, director and novelist
Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet (born 1950) – British baronet; Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries
Rob Marris (born 1955) – solicitor, politician and MP
[185]
John Marston (1836–1914) – founder of the
Sunbeam company, in Upper Villiers Street
[186]
Scott Matthews (born 1976) – singer-songwriter
[187]
John McHugh (1912–2002) – operatic
tenor known for ballads and
romantic tunes and lyrics
[188]
Pat McFadden (born 1965) –
MP for
Wolverhampton South East
Maria Miller (born 1964) – politician, MP and marketing consultant
[189]
Mil Millington – journalist and novelist
[190]
Caitlin Moran (born 1975) – broadcaster and columnist, grew up in Wolverhampton
[191]
Geoffrey Moreland (1914–1996) – footballer, centre forward
[192]
John Morton (1925-2021) - head of the
Musicians Union in London (1971-1990) and president of Federation of International Musicians (1973-2004)
Jimmy Mullen (1923–1987) – spent his whole career, 1938–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.; also played for England 12 times
[193]
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Sara Page (1855–1943) – artist, portrait and figurative painter
[200]
Dee Palmer (born 1937) – formerly David Palmer;
[201] composer, arranger,
[202] and keyboardist; known for having been a member of the
rock group
Jethro Tull
[203]
The Right Reverend
Philip Pargeter (born 1933) –
Titular Bishop of Valentiniana; retired
Auxiliary Bishop of the
Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Birmingham
[204]
Phil Parkes (born 1947) –
football
goalkeeper ;
Wolverhampton Wanderers ' first-choice keeper for much of late 1960s and early 1970s; appeared in 127 consecutive league matches, breaking
Noel George 's club record.
[205]
Derek Parkin (born 1948) – football player,
full back ; made 609 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers (a record); in 1968, became the most expensive
full back in Britain when he joined Wolves for
£ 80,000
[42]
Florence Paton (1891–1976) –
Labour Party politician;
MP from
1945 to
1950
[206]
Suzanne Paul (born 1957) – winner of New Zealand's Dancing with the Stars 2007
[207]
Liam Payne (born 1993) – contestant on
The X Factor in 2010; singer-songwriter and former member of boy-band
One Direction
[208]
Mike Perkins (born 1969) – comic book artist
Andrew Pelling (born 1959) – politician;
Conservative then independent MP
[209]
Brian Pendleton (1944–2001) – rhythm guitarist with
The Pretty Things in the sixties
Jonn Penney (born 1968) – singer of
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Dora Penny (1874–1964) – daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton; a good friend of
Edward Elgar and his family; immortalised as Dorabella in the
Enigma Variations
[210]
Fred Pentland (1883–1962) – footballer (
forward ) and football manager (including
Germany (Olympic team) ,
France ,
Athletic Bilbao ,
Atlético Madrid ,
Real Oviedo )
[211]
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (born 1931) – educationalist; Conservative politician; Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England
Shaun Perry (born 1978) – rugby union footballer, played scrum half
[212]
Suzi Perry (born 1970) – television presenter
[213]
Tom Phillips (born 1937) – artist, painter,
printmaker ,
collagist
[214]
Tom Phillipson (1898–1965) – footballer, several goal-scoring records for Wolverhampton Wanderers; became a businessman in Wolverhampton and town mayor.
[215]
George Phoenix (1863–1935) – Victorian/Edwardian landscape, figurative, and portrait artist and sculptor
[216]
Bob Plant (1915–2011) – soldier, recipient of MC
[217]
Robert Plant (born 1948) – singer in Led Zeppelin, born in
West Bromwich
Clive Platt (born 1977) – footballer, striker
[218]
Hugh Porter (born 1940) – Olympic cyclist, broadcaster and media personality
[219]
Lisa Potts – teacher and
George Medal holder
[220]
Don Powell (born 1946) – born in Bilston, drummer for Slade
[221]
Enoch Powell (1912–1998) – politician (Member of Parliament for
Wolverhampton South West
1950 –
Feb 1974 ), poet, scholar and soldier
[222]
Hayley Price (born 1966) – gymnast, competed in the
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
[223]
Ken Purchase (1939–2016) – politician, local MP
[224]
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Paul Raven (1961–2007) – musician and bass player
[225]
William Regal (born 1968) – WWE/WCW/ECW wrestler and commentator; member of
The Blue Bloods
Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813–1875) – set up as a portraitist in Wolverhampton, around 1846; "father of art photography"
[226]
Emma Reynolds (born 1977) – politician (MP)
[227]
John Rhodes (born 1927) – racing driver
[228]
Mark Rhodes (born 1981) – singer and television presenter; known for
TMi ,
Copycats and
Pop Idol 2
[229]
John Richards (born 1950) –
international
footballer ,
striker for
Wolverhampton Wanderers , where he broke the club's goal-scoring record ending with 194 goals; later returned to Wolves as managing director from 1994 to 2000.
[230]
Barry Rogerson (born 1936) – first
Bishop of Wolverhampton , 1979–1985; formerly vicar of
St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield
[231]
Carina Round (born 1979) – singer-songwriter
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Kevin Rowland (born 1953) – singer in
Dexys Midnight Runners
Arthur Rowley (1926–2002) – footballer,
inside left and football manager
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Jack Rowley (1920–1998) – footballer,
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Sir
Merton Russell-Cotes (1835–1921) – Mayor of Bournemouth, 1894–1895, the only mayor of Bournemouth who was not also a member of the council
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Wendy Sadler (born 1974) –
science communicator and lecturer; founded Science Made Simple , which engageds audiences with the physical sciences.
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Tessa Sanderson (born 1956) – gold medallist in the
javelin throw ,
1984 Summer Olympics
[237]
Sathnam Sanghera (born 1976) – journalist and author
[238]
Scarlxrd (born 1994) – rap artist, rock/metal artist
Keith Short (1941–2020)– sculptor, worked in the UK feature film industry
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Bill Shorthouse (1922–2008) – professional football player and coach; spent his playing career with
Wolverhampton Wanderers
[240]
George Showell (1934–2012) – footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers,
Bristol City and
Wrexham ;
[241] mainly with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the
1960 FA Cup Final .
Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1212) –
Bishop of Bangor from 1197 to his death
[242]
Jarnail Singh (born 1962) – football referee who officiated in the Football League
[243]
Bill Slater (1927–2018)–
international footballer ,
inside forward /
defender mainly for
Wolverhampton Wanderers ; in the same year was voted
Footballer of the Year ; in 1982, he was awarded an
OBE for services to sport; a CBE followed in 1998.
[244]
Nigel Slater (born 1956) – food writer and journalist
John Sleeuwenhoek (1944–1989) – footballer,
centre-half ; made 226 appearances in
the Football League for
Aston Villa ;
capped twice for
England at under-23 level
[245]
Dean Smith (born 1988) – racing driver; 2009 champion of the
British Formula Renault Championship ; winner of that year's
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
[246]
Eleanor Smith (born 1957) – the
Labour
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Wolverhampton South West from
2017 to
2019 .
[247]
Harry Smith (born 1932) – footballer, left back
[248]
Jack Smith (1882–??) –
footballer ,
forward ; scored 39 goals in 110 appearances playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Birmingham
[249]
Vikram Solanki (born 1976) – England and Worcestershire cricketer
[250]
Philip Solomon (born 1951) –
spiritualist
medium , author, broadcaster and paranormal researcher
[251]
John Hanbury Angus Sparrow (1906–1992) – academic,
barrister ,
book-collector and Warden of
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[252]
Mark Speight (1965–2008) – television presenter
Roger Squires (born 1932) – world's most prolific crossword compiler
Percy Stallard (1909–2001) – racing cyclist; founder of the
British League of Racing Cyclists ; as organiser of the 1942 Wolverhampton-Llangollen race, the father of massed-start cycle racing on public roads in Britain
[253]
Derek Statham (born 1959) – footballer, full back
[254]
Josef Stawinoga (1920–2007) – local hermit
[255]
Richard Stearman (born 1987) – footballer, centre back, right back
[256]
Paul Sterling (born 1964) – English/Welsh
rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for
England and
Wales as a
Wing
[257]
Stevens family – Joe Stevens, father of Harry, George, Albert John ('Jack'), and Joe Stevens Junior; engineers, Stevens Screw Company Ltd and later A J Stevens & Co (
AJS ) motorcycles
[258]
Dave Swift (orn 1964) – bassist with
Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
[259]
Meera Syal (born 1961) – comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress
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Jane Stevenson , (born 1971) –
MP for
Wolverhampton North East since
2019
T
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Hugh Vallance (1905–1973) – footballer, centre forward; held a club record for goals scored in a season at Brighton and Hove Albion, the record eventually broken three years after his death.
[277]
Joseph Vickers de Ville (1856–1925) – painter of
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Sir
Charles Pelham Villiers (1802–1898) – member of Parliament for 63 years, holding the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history; a statue of him stands in West Park in Wolverhampton.
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W
George Wallis (1811–1891) – artist, museum curator and art educator, first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at South Kensington Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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David Watkins (born 1940) – designer of
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Stuart Watkiss (born 1966) – footballer (defender) and football manager
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Sir
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Fred White (1916–2007) – footballer,
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Jonathan Wild (1683–1725) – self-penned Chief Thieftaker General of Great Britain and Ireland
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Harry Wilding (1894–1958) – footballer, centre half; played for the Grenadier Guards,
Chelsea ,
Tottenham Hotspur and
Bristol Rovers
[288]
Ashley Williams (born 1984) – footballer, defender
[289]
Bert Williams (1920–2014) – spent his career, 1945–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; also played for England 24 times.
[290]
Charles Williams (1887–1971) –
Track and field athlete who competed in the
1908 Summer Olympics in London
[291]
Gary Williams (born 1960) – footballer, won European cup with Aston Villa; played for Leeds, Bradford and Watford
[292]
John Williams (born 1951) –
A&R executive, record producer, photographer, manager, recording artist, songwriter
[293]
Paul Willis (born 1945) – social scientist, major contemporary figure in sociology and cultural studies
[294]
Marty Wilson (1957–2019) – professional poker player; biggest win was $171,000
[295]
Tony Wilson (born 1964) – boxer, British light heavyweight champion, competed at the
1984 Summer Olympics
[296]
Pete Winkelman (born 1957) – chairman of
football club
Milton Keynes Dons , property developer and former
CBS Records executive
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[298]
Sam Winnall (born 1991) – footballer,
striker , joined Wolves Academy, plays for Sheffield Wednesday
[299]
William Wood (1671–1730) – lived at The Deanery, a large house in Wolverhampton; was given a contract as a
mintmaster to strike an issue of
Irish coinage , 1722–1724; this coinage was extremely unpopular as a result of the publication of
Jonathan Swift 's
Drapier's Letters and was recalled
[300]
Billy Wright (1924–1994) – captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers; for a long time, the most capped English football player; 490 caps for Wolves and 105 caps for
England
[301]
Billy Wright (1960–1997) – Wolverhampton-born prominent Ulster loyalist
[302]
David Wright (born 1944) – British diplomat, UK Ambassador to Japan 1996–1999.
[303]
Lady
Wulfrun (c. 935–1005) –
Anglo-Saxon
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