This is a list of people from Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire, England. They include actors, comedians, artists, television presenters, footballers and rugby players. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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A Abbey Altson, artist Matty Appleby, (born 1972) footballer, played for Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic, and Darlington F.C. Fred Appleyard, visual artist James Arthur, musician John Archer, magician/comedian Ron Aspery, (1946–2003) musician Bill Athey, cricketer

B Roland Carl Backhouse, computer scientist Jack Bandeira, actor Andrew Baggett, rugby union player Ian Bailey, retired football player John Baines, Olympic bobsledder Pat Barker's debut novel Union Street was set on the thoroughfare of the same name in the town Thelma Barlow, (born 1929) actress, starred in Coronation Street as Mavis Wilton from 1971 to 1997 Peter Beagrie, footballer Florence Bell, (1851–1930) writer of the classic study, At The Works (1907), gives a picture of the area at the turn of the 20th century. She also edited the letters of her stepdaughter Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), which has been continuously in print since 1927 Stephen Bell, footballer Adrian Bevington, The Football Association's former Director of Communications Sean Blowers, actor Henry Bolckow, industrialist Roy Chubby Brown, comedian Ali Brownlee, (1959–2016) radio presenter

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Elizabeth Carling, actress Jacky Carr, footballer Maud Chadburn was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley Alethea Charlton, actress Brian Clough, (1935–2004) footballer and manager, Played for Middlesbrough F.C. from 1955 to 1961 and managed Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest Kevin Connelly, comedian Geoff Cook, cricketer Captain James Cook (1728–1779) the world-famous explorer, navigator, and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb of Middlesbrough Chris Corner, musician Mark Clemmit BBC Sport reporter

D Caroline Dale, classical and pop cellist Wally K Daly, writer David Daniell, former junior World and European track cycling champion Martin Daniels, magician Paul Daniels, born Newton Edward Daniels (1938–2016) magician, presenter and entertainer Billy Day, (1936–2018) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C during the 1950s and 60s Preeti Desai, actress and model, former Miss Great Britain (2007) Jerry Desmonde, (1908–1967) actor, who starred in The Early Bird with Norman Wisdom Paul C. Doherty, author, educator, historian and lecturer Monica Dolan, actress Liam Donaldson, (b 1949) Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Dooks, visual artist Stewart Downing, footballer Tom Dresser, (1892–1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War Paul Drinkhall, Olympic table tennis player Glen Durrant, darts player

E Joan Eadington, writer of The Jonny Briggs series of books, later to become a BBC Children's TV series of the same name, was also based in the town Florence Easton, soprano at the New York Met Alfred Edwards, (1888–1958) Member of Parliament Frank Elgee, (1880-1944) archaeologist, geologist and naturalist

F Craig Farrell, (born 1982) footballer Graham Farrow, playwright, screenwriter Pete Firman, magician Ford Madox Ford, (1873–1939) was billeted in Eston during the Great War (1914–18), and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Little Busby, near Carlton-in-Cleveland Dael Fry, footballer

G Vin Garbutt, folk musician Ben Gibson, footballer Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough F.C. born in the Park End area Gary Gill, footballer Neil Grainger, actor Alistair Griffin, musician Peter Gilchrist, billiards athlete player

H Marion Coates Hansen, was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party (ILP). She was a feminist and women's suffrage campaigner, an early member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a founder member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL) David Harper, antiques expert Emily Hesse, visual artist Jack Hatfield, (1893–1965) swimmer, known as one of the greatest British swimmers of all time after winning 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze at Stockholm 1912 Jonathan Hogg, (born 1988) footballer Stanley Hollis, (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles Keith Houchen, footballer Jordan Hugill, footballer

J Naomi Jacob, novelist Matt Jarvis, footballer Ann Jellicoe, writer Alyson Jones, Commonwealth Games swimmer Jade Jones, paralympic athlete

K Chris Kamara, (born 1957) ex-footballer, manager, presenter and analyst on Sky Sports Lila Kaye, actress Anna Kennedy, disability campaigner Richard Kilty, Olympic Athlete (1989–Present)

L Graeme Lee, footballer

M Wilf Mannion, (1918–2000) footballer Faye Marsay, actress Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher Steph McGovern, (born 1982) presenter and journalist Richard Milward, writer Jade McSorley, model Nicky Mohan, footballer Glenn Moody, darts player Micky Moody, musician Dave Morris, comedian Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

N Sir Martin Narey, (1955–present), former Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service and the chief executive of Barnardo's Chris Newton, Olympic cyclist Robert Nixon (artist), (1939–2002) artist, who worked on several British comics

O Kirsten O'Brien, TV presenter Michael O'Hare (chef), chef Alan Old, rugby union player Chris Old, cricketer Richard Old, (1856–1932) model maker resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street Colin Osborne, darts player

P Jamie Parker, actor Alan Peacock, footballer Steve Peters (psychiatrist), psychiatrist Dave Pennington world powerlifting champion Liam Plunkett, cricketer Mark Proctor, footballer

Q Bertha Quinn, (1873 -1951) suffragette, Labour Councillor and recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal Christopher Quinten, actor

R Richard Piers Rayner, visual artist Chris Rea, (1951–2025) musician Matt Renshaw, cricketer Don Revie, (1927–1989) footballer and manager, managed Leeds United and England in the 1970s Wendy Richard, (1943–2009) actress, starred in Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army & EastEnders. Stuart Ripley, (born 1967) footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C, Blackburn Rovers + Southampton Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949) singer with Free and Bad Company Mike Russell, billiards player Marion Ryan, singer Jack Rees, professional cyclist and manager Anna Raeburn, broadcaster, author and journalist Cole Robinson, documentary filmmaker

S David Shayler, the ex-spy, journalist and conspiracy theorist, was born in Middlesbrough Harold Shepherdson, footballer, played for Middlesbrough. Rob Smedley, head of vehicle performance WilliamsF1 Cyril Smith, (1909–1974) concert pianist. Graham Smith, photographer Paul Smith (rock vocalist), musician James Smurthwaite, (1916–1989) cricketer, played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939 Phil Stamp (born 1975), footballer, played for Middlesbrough F.C from 1993 to 2002, retired at Darlington F.C in 2007

T John Telfer, actor Bruce Thomas, musician William Tillyer, visual artist Chris Tomlinson, three times Olympian and former British long jump record holding athlete Mackenzie Thorpe, painter Pete Trewavas, musician Paul Truscott, boxer

U Rory Underwood, rugby union player

V Simon Vallily, Commonwealth gold medal champion boxer John Vaughan, industrialist

W Adrian Warburton, air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in Malta Story Frank and Edgar Watts, opened the English Hotel in the Cumberland Gap which gave their hometown's name to Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the United States Ellen Wilkinson, was a Member of parliament for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel Clash (1929) which paints a positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough) Tim Williamson, (1894–1943) footballer, made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C. and 7 appearances for England Aimee Willmott, Olympic swimmer Dean John-Wilson, theatre actor Jeff Winter, (born 1955) football referee, he took charge of the F.A Cup Final of 2004 Jonathan Woodgate, (born 1980) footballer + manager Charlie Wyke, Footballer born South Bank

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