Wetherby - Notable People

Notable People

See also: List of people from Leeds
  • Flight Lieutenant 'Ginger' Lacey, a Battle of Britain flying ace, was born in Wetherby. Lacey Grove is named after him.
  • Hayton Drive is named after schoolboy David John Hayton, who drowned in the River Wharfe while trying to save a friend.
  • 'The Beer Hunter', Michael Jackson was born in Wetherby. Jackson wrote several popular books about beer and whiskey and hosted Channel 4 documentary The Beer Hunter. Jackson was also widely known in rugby league circles.
  • Former goalkeeper Stuart Naylor was born in Wetherby in 1962. He was capped three times for the England B team in the 1980s
  • Yorkshire Cricketer Charles Midgley was born in Wetherby in 1877.
  • Karen Drury, best known for her role as Susannah Morrisey (previously Susannah Farnham) in former Channel 4 soap, Brookside was brought up in the Micklethwaite area of Wetherby
  • Former Conservative MP and MEP Robert Sturdy was born in Wetherby. He has never represented Yorkshire constituencies, contending seats in the Tory heartlands of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.
  • Essex Cricketer Fred Cooper was born in Wetherby in 1888
  • Middlesbrough F.C. footballer, Seb Hines is from the Hallfields Estate in Wetherby.
  • Skins Actor Sam Jackson also comes from Wetherby, and was born in October 1993.

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