Art and Architecture
- John Chambers, artist
- Sheila Graber, animator, born South Shields, made an outstanding animation about the river Tyne.
- James Kirkup (born 1918), poet
- Robert Olley born South Shields, painter of the Westoe Netty
- Alison Smithson - co-founder with husband Peter Smithson of New Brutalism movement in architecture
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