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List of people from the City of Wakefield

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This is a list of people from the City of Wakefield, a local government district in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes notable people from Wakefield, and the wider district, and so includes people from Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley and other areas. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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  • Harry Earnshaw (1915–1985), racing cyclist
  • Monica Edwards, children's novelist
  • Mick Exley, rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, and Wakefield Trinity[5]

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  • Bill Nelson, founder, lead guitarist and singer of 1970s progressive rock band Be-Bop Deluxe (founded in Wakefield) and of the New Wave and synthpop group Red Noise; solo music artist
  • Ian Nelson, musician and member of synthpop band Fiat Lux; member of 1970s progressive rock band Be-Bop Deluxe; younger brother of Bill
  • Paul Newlove, former professional rugby league footballer; current school teacher

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  • Alan M. Taylor, economist
  • Jane Tomlinson, athlete and cancer charity fundraiser (from Rothwell in Leeds, on Wakefield border)
  • Anne Treisman, specialist in cognitive psychology
  • Derek Turner, 1960 Rugby League World Cup winning rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, for Great Britain, England, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity[20]

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  1. ^ Celebrating Baines, London: wildyorkshire, 6 November 2007, retrieved 11 November 2013
  2. ^ Family detective: Geoffrey Boycott, Telegraph, 16 June 2007, retrieved 11 November 2013
  3. ^ "Wingers Ryan Hall and Tom Briscoe give England speed and strength", The Guardian, London, 11 November 2011, retrieved 11 November 2013
  4. ^ Calls grow to honour hero, Pontefract and Castleford Express, 6 May 2012, retrieved 11 November 2013
  5. ^ Mick Exley, freebmd, retrieved 13 November 2013
  6. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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  8. ^ Pocklington, Rebecca (5 April 2015). "Pictured: Emmerdale actress Michelle Hardwick marries partner Rosie Nicholl". The Mirror. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
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  11. ^ cyril knowles - fact file, mehstg, retrieved 13 November 2013
  12. ^ Peter Knowles, football-england, retrieved 13 November 2013
  13. ^ Shrimsley, Bernard (23 September 2004). "Albert Lamb". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74156. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ^ Ledgard James A. Saxton, 2.freebmd, retrieved 13 November 2013
  15. ^ L Marson, rugbyleagueproject, retrieved 13 November 2013
  16. ^ Trevor Royle (2009), The Cameronians: A Concise History, Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 9781780572468, retrieved 13 November 2013
  17. ^ David Peace, author of Red Riding and The Damned United: profile, Daily Telegraph, retrieved 13 November 2013
  18. ^ Harold Poynton Trinity Great, superleaguefans, 1 March 2011, retrieved 13 November 2013
  19. ^ Robinson Donald Elliott, 2.freebmd, retrieved 13 November 2013
  20. ^ Derek Turner, rugbyleagueproject, retrieved 13 November 2013
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