Writers
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcuin of York | born near York | 732-804 | an Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher | |
| Alan Bennett | 1934- | playwright and actor | , | |
| Anne Brontë | born Thornton | 1820-49 | writer, author of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" | |
| Branwell Brontë | born Thornton | 1817-48 | writer and artist | |
| Charlotte Brontë | born Thornton | 1816-55 | writer, author of "Jane Eyre" | |
| Emily Brontë | born Thornton | 1818-48 | writer, author of "Wuthering Heights" | |
| Ted Hughes | 1930-98 | poet laureate of United Kingdom | ||
| Andrew Marvell | 1621-78 | poet | ||
| J. B. Priestley | 1894–1984 | writer, novelist and broadcaster |
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