Politicians and Activists
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wilberforce | born Hull | 1759–1833 | social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery | |
| Guy Fawkes | York | 1570–1606 | traitor, Yorkshire born soldier and part of the Gunpowder Plot | |
| William Bradford | born in Austerfield | 1590–1657 | Plymouth governor, pilgrim father | |
| Harold Wilson | born in Huddersfield | 1916–1995 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964-70 and 1974–76 | |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | born in Morley | 1852–1928 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908-16 |
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“Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)