York County
- Terry Kirby (b. 1970) – professional football player for the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders
- Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738–1789) Signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Bryan Randall (b. 1983) – 2005 ACC Football Player of the Year
- Chris Slade (b. 1971) – professional football player for the New England Patriots
- Kyle Hines (b. 1993) – professional football player who was drafted in 2011 by the Miami Dolphins
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Famous quotes containing the words york and/or county:
“It is wrong to be harsh with the New York critics, unless one admits in the same breath that it is a condition of their existence that they should write entertainingly about something which is rarely worth writing about at all.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)