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List of people from Leeds

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List of people from Leeds is a list of notable people from the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people from the historic settlement, and the wider metropolitan borough, and thus may include people from Horsforth, Morley, Pudsey, Otley and Wetherby and other areas of the city. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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  • Michael Jackson – writer and journalist, particularly on beer and whisky
  • Carl Johanneson – Super-Featherweight boxer and ranked number 2 in Europe in his weight class
  • Charles Jones – cricketer and field hockey player
  • Jamie Jones-Buchanan – rugby league footballer who plays for the Leeds Rhinos, and has represented both England and Great Britain

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  • Bertha Quinn – suffragette, socialist, Labour councillor 1929–1943, recipient of Papal Bene Merenti Medal 1946

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  • Harry Ramsden – founder of Harry Ramsden's Fish and Chips chain
  • Arthur Ransome – journalist and children's author (most notably Swallows and Amazons)
  • Francis Rattenbury – architect who designed several well-known Canadian buildings
  • Paul Reaney – footballer who played for Leeds United and England between 1962 and 1978; born in Fulham but grew up in Leeds
  • Mike Redway – singer-songwriter, record producer, musician
  • Andrew J. Richards astronomy professor and scientist
  • Micah Richards – Former England footballer, now acting as a TV pundit. He played for Manchester City for 10 years coming through the youth ranks. He has won the Premiership, FA Cup and Carling Cup trophies. He attended Wetherby High School, Leeds but was born in Birmingham (when his mother was visiting relatives)
  • Jason Robinson – rugby league player for Hunslet, Wigan and Great Britain; switched codes and played in 2003 World Cup for England; has since captained England Rugby Union
  • Peter Robinson – crime novelist best known for his novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks
  • Stella Rotenberg – poet and Shoah victim
  • Katie Rushworth – television gardener on ITV's Love Your Garden
  • Paul & Barry Ryan – pop-singing duo; Barry had a solo career after Paul withdrew to songwriting
  • Sue Ryder – British peeress who worked with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War and afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the Sue Ryder charity

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  • Tom Taiwo – footballer
  • Barry Tebb (born 1942) – poet, novelist, editor, publisher and mental health campaigner
  • Joshua Tetley (1778–1859) founder of the Tetley's Brewery in Leeds
  • Charles Thackrah – pioneering surgeon in occupational medicine, a founder member of the Leeds School of Medicine; died of tuberculosis in 1833, at the age of 38
  • Charles Thackray – pioneer of medical devices and instruments that led to modern hip replacement surgery
  • Emma-Jean Thackray – jazz trumpeter, DJ, singer, composer and producer
  • Jake Thackray – folk singer
  • Jamie Thackray – rugby league player formerly of Leeds Rhinos
  • Ralph Thoresby (1658–1724) – first historian of Leeds
  • Sally Timms – singer with the band The Mekons
  • Mike Tindall – England and Gloucester rugby union outside centre, from Otley
  • Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020) – born in Leeds, the third son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), and the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work.
  • Jane Tomlinson – raised £1.75million for cancer charities through endurance sports events after diagnosis of terminal breast cancer; died 3 September 2007
  • Liz Truss – former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, grew up in Leeds and attended Roundhay School.

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  • Fred Verity – (1847–1897), engineer, inventor, iron founder, brass-founder, manufacturer and retailer of ironmongery
  • Hedley Verity – England cricketer; playing for Yorkshire he took all 10 Nottinghamshire wickets for 10 runs on 12 July 1932
  • Phil Venables – British computer scientist and security specialist
  • Vesta Victoria – music-hall star

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