Notable People
- Michael Bridges - Professional footballer
- Paul Cannell - Former Newcastle United footballer and philanthropist
- Brendan Carr - actor
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda - Physician and president of Malawi
- Thomas Burt - Miner and Member of Parliament
- John Chambers - Artist
- Myles Birket Foster - Artist
- William Harbutt - Inventor of plasticine
- John Herbert Hedley - WW1 flying ace
- Stan Laurel - Film comedian
- T G Purvis - Marine artist
- Victor Noble Rainbird - Watercolour artist
- Robert Reid
- Ridley Scott - Film director (Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner)
- Tony Scott - Film director (Top Gun, The Last Boy Scout)
- George and Robert Stephenson (father and son) - pioneering engineers
- Neil Tennant - Musician, main vocalist for Pet Shop Boys
- Henry Treece - Poet, novelist and teacher
- Hilton Valentine - Musician
- Ian Watson - Science fiction author
- Steve Watson - Premiership footballer
- Robert Westall - Children's author
- Alan Young - Actor
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