List of Famous people born in Bradford, United Kingdom
Vinette Robinson
Vinette Robinson is a British actress, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Her TV appearances include roles in Sherlock, Black Mirror, and as civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks in Doctor Who.
Gareth Gates
Gareth Paul Gates is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol in 2002. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly. Gates used the McGuire Programme to manage his stutter and is now a speech coach with the programme.
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Nous Klear
Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious. She is currently the lead vocalist of the band Cruel Youth, with the band also releasing music under the name The Powder Room.
Claire King
Jayne Claire King is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Karen Betts in Bad Girls. She has appeared in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, Safari School in 2007, and Celebrity Big Brother 14 in 2014. She also played Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street from 2014 until 2017.
Kwame Ampadu
Patrick Kwame Ampadu is an Irish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Ampadu featured for clubs Arsenal, Swansea City, Leyton Orient and Exeter City in his playing career. He is currently an assistant coach for CF Montreal under Thierry Henry. He previously was an assistant coach for Monaco. Ampadu also played for the Republic of Ireland's U21 team.
J. B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley, OM was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
Ken Morrison
Sir Kenneth Duncan Morrison CBE was an English businessman, who was the Life President and former chairman of Morrisons, the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom. He was the son of William Morrison, who founded the company.
Danny Ward
Daniel Carl Ward is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Shehzad Tanweer
Shehzad Tanweer was one of four Al Qaeda terrorists who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 52 people were killed and over 700 wounded in the attacks.