Sport
- Nick Barmby, former Hull City A.F.C. winger and manager
- Luke Campbell, Olympic champion who earned a gold medal in boxing at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
- Stanley Gene, rugby league player (retired 2008) who has made East Hull his home for many years.
- Lewis Harris, rugby league player
- Damian Johnson BBC Sports broadcaster and journalist
- Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831 – 1924), sportsman regarded as the father of The Football Association and modern Football.
- Katie O'Brien, professional tennis player currently seeded second in the UK and in the top 100 in the world
- Clive Sullivan, rugby league player, played for both of Hull's rugby league teams. The main road into the city from the Humber Bridge is named after him (Clive Sullivan Way).
- Dean Windass, who had two spells with Hull City and scored the goal which helped the club to promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in the club's history.
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