List of people from Gateshead

Famous residents (past and present) of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

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• Eliezer Adler – Founder of Jewish Community
• Marcus Bentley – Narrator of Big Brother
• Thomas Bewick – Engraver
• William Booth – Founder of the Salvation Army
• Catherine Booth – William's daughter. Known as 'La Marechale' she founded the Salvation Army in continental Europe
• Mary Bowes – 'The Unhappy Countess' Author and celebrity
• Ian Branfoot – Football manager
• Frank Clark – Footballer and Manager
• Harry Clasper – Oarsman
• David Clelland – Labour politician and MP
• Joseph Cowen – Radical politician
• Steve Cram – Athlete Middle distance runner
• Emily Davies – Educational reformer and feminist. Founder of Girton College Cambridge
• Daniel Defoe – Writer and government agent
• Madeleine Hope Dodds – Historian, co-founder of Progressive Players - Little Theatre Gateshead
• Jonathan Edwards – Athlete and television presenter
• Sir George Elliot – Industrialist and MP
• Paul Gascoigne – Footballer
• Robert Gilchrist (Poet) – Poet/Songwriter
• Alex Glasgow – Singer/Songwriter
• Leib Gurwicz – Rabbi, former Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
• Jill Halfpenny – Actress
• Michelle Heaton – Member of Liberty X
• David Hodgson – Football manager
• Sharon Hodgson – Member of Parliament
• Norman Hunter – Footballer, member of 1966 World Cup winning England squad
• Don Hutchison – Footballer
• Brian Johnson – Current lead singer with rock band AC/DC
• Tommy Johnson – Footballer, ex Celtic
• Howard Kendall – Footballer and football manager
• Gibson Kyle - 19th century architect
• John Thomas Looney – Shakespeare scholar
• Justin McDonald – Actor
• Lawrie McMenemy – Soccer manager and pundit
• Robert Stirling Newall – Industrialist
• Albert Oxley – footballer
• Sebastian Payne – Political journalist
• Lord Plender – Chartered accountant and public servant
• Bezalel Rakow – Communal rabbi
• James Renforth – Oarsman
• Geordie Ridley – Composer of 'Blaydon Races'
• Chris Ryan – SAS Soldier, holder of the longest escape and evasion record in British military history
• William Shield – Composer, and Master of the King's Musick
• Githa Sowerby – English playwright
• Christina Stead – Australian novelist
• John Steel – Drummer, The Animals
• Steve Stone – Footballer
• Sir Joseph Swan – Inventor of the electric light bulb
• Chris Waddle – Footballer
• William Wailes – Stained glass maker
• Taylor Wane – Porn star
• Robert Spence Watson – Public benefactor
• Sylvia Waugh – Author of the 'Mennyms' series for children
• John Wilson – Conductor, and founder of the John Wilson Orchestra
• Thomas Wilson – Poet, school founder
• (William) Robert Wood – Activist and Senator (migrated to Australia 1963)