Famous Folk with North-East Connections
The only existing online list seems to be here, though any internet search will bring up plenty of information on any prominent name. But here are some sites to get you started. And do let me know of any others...
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If you're a member of a British public library - which will be most of us - then you can also gain full access to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The way to do this is to go to your library's website and find the section which tells you what online resources they subscribe to - then they should tell you how you can use your library membership number to access the ODNB (and a whole load of other excellent resources) over the internet. The ODNB site has a section that tells you which databases your library subscribes to. This is a truly astonishing online resource.
ABEL, Rudolf (1903-1971) Site1 Site2 wiki
ADAMS, Gladstone (1880-1966) Site1 wiki
ADDISON, Thomas (1793/4/5? - 1860) Site1 Site2 wiki
St.AIDAN (died 651AD) Site1 Site2 wiki
AIRY, George Biddell, (1801-1892) Site1 Site2 wiki
AKENSIDE, Mark (1721-1770) Site1 wiki
ALLEN, William Wilson (1844-1890) Site1 wiki
ALLISON, George (1883-1957) Site1 Site2 wiki
ANNAND, Richard (1914-2004) Site1 Site2 wiki
ARMSTRONG, Thomas (1848-1919) Site1
ARMSTRONG, Lord William George (1810-1900) Site1 Site2 Site3 wiki
ARROWSMITH, Aaron (1750-1823) Site1 wiki
ARUP, Sir Ove Nyquist (1895-1988) Site1 wiki
AVISON, Charles (1709-1770) Site1 Site2 wiki
BACON, Francis Thomas (1904-1992) Site1 wiki
BAINBRIDGE, Emerson Muschamp (1817-1892) Site1
BAINBRIDGE, Francis Arthur (1874-1921) Site1 wiki
BAINTON, Edgar Leslie (1880-1956) Site1 wiki
BEDE, Venerable (c.673-735AD) Site1 Site2 wiki
BEILBY, Ralph (1743-1817) wiki
BELL, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (1868-1926) Site1 Site2 wiki
BELL, Sir Isaac Lowthian (1815/6-1904) Site1 wiki
BELL, Thomas (died 1925) wiki
BEVERIDGE, Lord William Henry (1879-1963) wiki
BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828) Site1 Site2 wiki
BIRD, John (1709-1776) wiki
BIRLEY, Eric (1906-1995) Site1 wiki
BISCOP, St. Benedict (c.628-c.690AD) Site1 Site2 wiki
BLACKETT family Site1 wiki1 wiki2
BLAKISTON, John (1603-1649) Site1 wiki
BLOODAXE, Eric (died 954AD) Site1 wiki
BOLCKOW, Henry William Ferdinand (1806-1878) Site1 wiki
BONDFIELD, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) wiki
BONOMI, Ignatius (1787-1870) wiki
BORUWLASKI, ‘Count’ Joseph (1739-1837) Site1 Site2
BOURNE, Rev.Henry (1694-1733) wiki
BOWES, John (1811-1885) wiki
BRACKENBURY, Robert (d. 1485) wiki
BRADFORD, Roland Boys (1892–1917) Site1 wiki
BRAND, John (1744-1806) wiki
BRANNIGAN, Owen (1908-1973) wiki
BRENT-DYER, Elinor (1894-1969) Site1 Site2 wiki
BRODIE, Sir Israel (1895-1979) Site1 Site2 wiki
BROWN, Lancelot ‘Capability’ (1716-1783) Site1 Site2 wiki
BROWN, Sir George Malcolm (1925-1997) Site1 wiki
BUCHAN, Charles Murray (‘Charlie’) (1891-1960) Site1 wiki
BUDDLE, John (1773-1843) Site1 wiki
BUNTING, Basil Cheesman (1900-1985) Site1 Site2 wiki
BURT, Thomas (1837-1922) Site1 Site2
BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth (1828-1906) Site1 Site2 Site3 wiki
CAMSELL, George (1902-1966) Site1 Site2
CARMICHAEL, John Wilson (1799-1868) Site1
CARSE, Adam (1878-1958) Site1
CARTER, Horatio Stratton (‘Raich’) (1913-1994) Site1 Site2 wiki
CHAPLIN, Sid (1916-1986) Site1 wiki
CHAPMAN, Abel (1851-1929) wiki
CHAPMAN, Edward Arnold (‘Eddie’) (1914-1997) Site1 Site2 wiki
CLANNY, William Reid (1776-1850) wiki
CLARK, Edward (1888-1962) Site1
CLASPER, Harry (1812-1870) Site1 wiki
CLAYTON, John (1792-1890) wiki
CLOSE, Ivy Lilian (1890-1968) Site1 Site2
CLOUGH, Brian Howard (1935-2004) Site1 Site2 wiki
COLLINGWOOD, Admiral Lord Cuthbert (1748-1810) Site1 Site2 wiki
COMMON, John William (“Jack”) (1903-1968) Site1 wiki
COOK, Ida (1904-1986) Site1 wiki
COOK, Captain James (1728-1779) Site1 Site2 Site3 wiki
COOKSON, Dame Catherine Ann (1906-1998) Site1 Site2 wiki
CORVAN, Edward (‘Ned’) (1830-1865) wiki
COTTON, Mary Ann (1832-1873) Site1 Site2 Site3 Site4 wiki
COWEN, Joseph (1829-1900) Site1 Site2 wiki
CRAWFORD, Jack (1775-1831) Site1 wiki
CROSBY, Brass (1725-1793) Site1
CROWLEY, Sir Ambrose (1658-1713) Site1 wiki
CUMBY, William Price (1771-1837) Site1 wiki
St.CUTHBERT (c.637-687AD) Site1 Site2 wiki
Lord DACRE of Glanton (Hugh TREVOR-ROPER) (1914-2003) Site1 wiki
DARLING, Grace Horsley (1815-1842) Site1 Site2 wiki
DAVISON, Alexander (1750-1829) Site1 wiki
DAVISON, Emily Wilding (1872-1913) Site1 Site2 wiki
DESMONDE, Jerry (1908-1967) wiki
DIXON, Jeremiah (1733-1779) Site1 Site2 wiki
DOBSON, John (1787-1865) wiki
DOIG, John Edward (“Ned”) (1866-1919) Site1 wiki
DONNINI, Dennis (1925-1945) Site1 wiki
DOUGLAS, Jack (Jack ROBERTON) (1927-2008) Site1 Site2 wiki
DOWNEY, William (1829-1915) Site1 Site2
EASTON, Florence (1882-1955) Site1 Site2 wiki
EDEN, Sir Anthony (1897-1977) Site1 Site2 wiki
Lord ELDON (1751-1838) (John SCOTT) Site1 Site2 wiki
ELLIOT, Sir George (1814-1893) Site1 wiki
EMERSON, William (1701-1782) Site1 wiki
ERICKSON, Prof. John (1929-2002) Site1 Site2
FENWICK, George (c.1603-1657) Site1
St.FINAN (d.661AD) Site1
FOSTER, Myles Birket (1825-1899) Site1 wiki
FOSTER, Muriel (1877-1937) wiki
FOX, Sir William (1812-1893) Site1 wiki
GALLACHER, Hugh Kilpatrick (“Hughie”) (1903-1957) Site1 wiki
GIBSON, Wilfred Wilson (1878-1962) wiki
GILPIN, Bernard (1517-1583) Site1 wiki
GILROY, John Thomas Young (1898-1985) Site1 Site2
GLASGOW, Alex (1935-2001) Site1 wiki
GOOCH, Sir Daniel (1816-1889) Site1 wiki
GRAINGER, Richard (1797-1861) Site1 wiki
GRAY, Sir William (1823-1898) Site1
GREATHEAD, Henry Francis (1757-1818) Site1 Site2 wiki
GREEN, John (1787-1852) & Benjamin (1813-1858) wiki
GREY, Viscount Edward, of Fallodon (1862-1933) wiki
GREY, Earl Charles, of Howick (1764-1845) Site1 wiki
GURNEY, Robert (“Bobby”) (1907-1994) wiki
HACKWORTH, Timothy (1786-1850) Site1 Site2 Site3 wiki
Emperor HADRIAN (76-138AD) Site1 Site2 wiki
HANCOCK, Albany (1806-1873) & John (1808-1890) wiki1 wiki2
HARBUTT, William (1844-1921) wiki
HARDWICK, George (1920-2004) Site1 Site2
HARRISON, Thomas Elliot (1808-1888) Site1 wiki
HAVELOCK, General Sir Henry (1795-1857) Site1 Site2 wiki
HAWTHORN, Robert (1796-1867) wiki
HAY, William Thomson “Will” (1888-1949) Site1 wiki
HEDLEY, Ralph (1848-1913) wiki
HEDLEY, William (1779-1843) Site1 Site2 wiki
HEPBURN, Thomas (1796-1864) Site1 wiki
HEPPLEWHITE, George (c.1727-1786) Site1 wiki
HERRIOT, James (James Alfred WIGHT) (1916-1995) Site1 Site2 wiki
St.HILDA (614-680AD) Site1 wiki
HODGSON, Rev.John (1779-1845) Site1 Site2
HOLMES, Arthur (1890-1965) Site1 wiki
HORSLEY, Rev.John (1684/85-1732) Site1
HULL, James Alan (1945-1995) wiki
HUME, Cardinal George Basil (1923-1999) Site1 Site2 wiki
HUNTER, Sir George Burton (1845-1937) Site1 Site2
HUTTON, Charles (1737-1823) Site1 wiki
JAMES, Jimmy (1892-1965) wiki
JOSEPHS, Wilfred (1927-1997) Site1 wiki
KEMBLE, Stephen (1758-1822) Site1 wiki
KIRKPATRICK, John Simpson (1892-1915) Site1 Site2 wiki
LAMBTON, John George (“Radical Jack”) (1792-1840) wiki
LAUREL, Stan (1890-1965) (Arthur Stanley JEFFERSON) Site1 Site2 wiki
LEWYN, John (fl.1364-1398) Site1
LEYBOURNE, George (Joe SANDERS) (1842-1884) wiki
LILBURNE, John (c.1614-1657) Site1 wiki
LOUGH, John Graham (1798-1876) Site1 (near bottom) wiki
LOWRY, Lawrence Stephen (1887-1976) Site1 Site2 wiki
MANNION, Wilf(red) (1918-2000) Site1 Site2 wiki
MARTIN, John (1789-1854) Site1 wiki
MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-1876) wiki
MELLANBY, Sir Edward (1884-1955) Site1 Site2
MERZ, Charles Hesterman (1874-1940) wiki
MILBURN, Colin (1941-1990) Site1 Site2 wiki
MILBURN, John Edward Thompson (“Jackie”) (1924-1988) Site1 Site2 wiki
MILLS, Sir William (1856-1932) Site1 wiki
MITCHELL, Charles (1820-1895) Site1 wiki
MORTENSEN, Stanley Harding (1921-1991) Site1 wiki
NEWTON, William (1730-1798) wiki
NOBLE, Sir Andrew (1831-1915) Site1 wiki
OSWALD, King & Saint (c.604-642AD) Site1 wiki
PAISLEY, Robert (“Bob”) (1919-1996) Site1 wiki
PALMER, Sir Charles Mark (1822-1907) Site1 wiki
PARSONS, Charles Algernon (1854-1931) Site1 Site2 wiki
PEACOCK, George (1791-1858) Site1 Site2
PEASE, Edward (1767-1858) Site1
PEASE, Joseph (1799-1872) Site1 wiki
PERCY, Sir Henry (“Harry Hotspur”) (1364-1403) Site1 Site2 wiki
RAINBIRD, Victor Noble (1888-1936) wiki
REDHEAD, Brian (1929-1994) Site1 wiki
REVIE, Don(ald) George (1927-1989) Site1 wiki
RICHARDSON, Thomas Miles (Snr) (1784-1848) Site1
RIDLEY, George (‘Geordie’) (1835-1864) Site1 Site2
RIDLEY, Nicholas (c.1500-1555) Site1 wiki
ROBSON, Dame Flora McKenzie (1902-1984) Site1 wiki
ROBSON, Sir Robert William (“Bobby”) (1933-2009) Site1 wiki
ROPNER, Sir Robert (1838-1924) wiki
ROTHERAM, Edward (1753-1830) wiki
RUNCIMAN, Lord Walter (1870-1949) Site1 (last entry) wiki
SALVIN, Anthony (1799-1881) Site1 wiki
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (AD 145-211AD) wiki
SHACKLETON, Leonard Francis (“Len”) (1922-2000) Site1 Site2 wiki
SHAFTO, Robert (“Bobby”) (1732-1797) wiki
SHECKMAN, Solomon (c.1889-1962) Site1
SHERATON, Thomas (1751-1806) Site1 wiki
SHIELD, William (1748-1829) Site1 wiki
SLAUGHTER, Norman Carter (“Tod”) (1885-1956) Site1 wiki
SMITH, Cyril James (1909-1974) wiki
SMITH, Thomas Daniel (“T.Dan”) (1915-1993) Site1 Site2 wiki
SMITH, Willie (1886-1982) Site1 Site2
SMYTHE, Reg (Reginald SMYTH) (1917-1998) Site1 wiki
SPAIN, Nancy (1917-1964) wiki
SPARKIE (WILLIAMS) (1954-1962) Site1 wiki
SPENCE, Thomas (1750-1814) Site1 Site2 wiki
STANFIELD, Clarkson Frederick (1793-1867) Site1 wiki
STEAD, William Thomas (1849-1912) Site1 wiki
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848) Site1 Site2 wiki
STEPHENSON, John Cecil (1889-1965) Site1 Site2
STEPHENSON, Robert (1803-1859) Site1 Site2 Site3 wiki
STODDART, Andrew Ernest (1863-1915) Site1 wiki
STOUT, George Frederick (1860-1944) wiki
Lord STOWELL (William SCOTT) (1745-1836) Site1 wiki
STUBBINS, Albert (1920-2002) Site1 wiki
SWAN, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828-1914) Site1 Site2 wiki
TAYLOR, Lord Peter, of Gosforth (1930-1997) Site1 Site2 wiki
TERTIS, Lionel (1876-1975) Site1 wiki
THOMPSON, Bobby (1911-1988) Site1 wiki
THORNTON, Roger (d.1429/30) wiki
TRAVERS, Bill (William LINDON-TRAVERS) (1922-1994) Site1 wiki
TRAVERS, Henry (Travers John HEAGERTY) (1874-1965) Site1 wiki
TRAVERS, Florence Linden (1913-2001) Site1 wiki
TRISTRAM, Henry Baker (1822-1906) Site1 wiki
TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Site1 wiki
VAUGHAN, John (1799-1868) Site1 wiki
VEITCH, Colin (1881-1938) Site1 wiki
WAILES, William (1808-1881) Site1 wiki
WAKENSHAW, Adam Herbert (1914-1942) Site1 Site2 wiki
WALKER, John (1781-1859) Site1
WARBURTON, Adrian (1918-1944) Site1 wiki
WATSON, Robert Spence (1837-1911) Site1 (and scroll down)
WESTALL, Robert (1929-1993) Site1 wiki
WHARTON, Arthur (1865-1930) Site1 wiki
WHITTAKER, William Gillies (1876-1944) Site1 Site2
WILD, Francis (1873-1939) Site1 wiki
St.WILFRID (634-709AD) Site1 wiki
WILKINSON, Ellen (1891-1947) Site1 Site2 wiki
WILSON, Joe (1841-1875) Site1
WILSON, Joseph Havelock (c.1858-1929) wiki
WOOD, Nicholas (1795-1865) Site1
WOULDHAVE, William (1751-1821) wiki
WRIGHT, Thomas (1711-1786) wiki
YOUNG, Muriel (1928-2001) Site1 wiki