Notable People
- Darren Bett, BBC Weather presenter
- Ian Collins, talkSPORT radio presenter was born in the town
- Howard Devoto, singer of the Buzzcocks and Magazine
- Tony Jacklin, golfer
- Reece Mastin, born in Scunthorpe, singer & winner of 2011 X-Factor Australia
- Iain Matthews, singer
- Rob McElnea, 500cc grand prix rider and now team manager of the Virgin Mobile Yamaha team in the British Superbike Championship
- Nina Nannar, ITN Entertainment correspondent
- Peter D. Robinson, Archbishop in the United Episcopal Church of North America was born in Scunthorpe and grew up in nearby Barton-upon-Humber
- Martin Simpson, guitarist, born in Scunthorpe
- Liz Smith, actress, born in Scunthorpe
- Graham Taylor (footballer), former England football manager
- Alan Walker, musicologist and biographer of Franz Liszt, born in Scunthorpe
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