In alphabetical order:
Abraham Acton, VC (1893–1915), British Army recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
Kyle Amor (born 1987), Super League Grand Final and League Leader's Shield winner
John Beck (living), keyboard player for It Bites
John Benson (died 1798), clockmaker
Dame Edith Mary Brown (1864–1956), doctor who founded the first medical training facility for women in Asia
William Brownrigg M.D. F.R.S. (1711–1800), doctor and scientist
Scott Carson (born 1985), English footballer
Stuart Cummings (born 1960), rugby league referee
Shepherd Dawson FRSE (born 1985), author and psychologist
Malcolm Eccles (born 1969), businessman
Mildred Gale (1671–1701), paternal grandmother of George Washington, lived in Whitehaven and is buried in the graveyard of St Nicholas's Church.

Dean Henderson (born 1997), Premier League footballer with Sheffield United F.C.
Brian Higgins (born 1959), record producer
Dick Huddart, rugby league player (born 1936)
Milton Huddart, rugby league player (1960–2015)
John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy, began his career in Whitehaven and returned in 1778 aboard the Ranger.
He led a naval raid on the town in 1778 in the American War of Independence.

Brad Kavanagh (born 1992), actor
Jack Lawson (1881–1965), Lord Lawson of Beamish, British trade unionist and Labour politician
Guy Lovell (born 1969), cricketer
Gerard Richardson MBE (born 1962), founder of the International Maritime Festival, author and businessman
Sol Roper, John Roper (1936–2015), also known by the nickname "Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer in the 1950s and 1960s, who coached in the 1960s and 1970s.

Robert Salmon, (1775–1844)  maritime artist
Frank Schon, Baron Schon (1912–1995), co-founder of Marchon Chemicals
Miki Sekers (1910–1972), co-founder of Sekers Fabrics
Jackie Sewell (1927–2016), English footballer
Adam Summerfield (born 1990), professional ice hockey player for Manchester Phoenix
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) claimed an over-fond nurse kidnapped and brought him to Whitehaven for three years in his infancy.

William Thomson (1819–1890), Archbishop of York in 1862–1890
Charlie Woods (born 1941), English footballer, coach and scout
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) came to the town to visit his family.
In alphabetical order:
Abraham Acton, VC (1893–1915), British Army recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
Kyle Amor (born 1987), Super League Grand Final and League Leader's Shield winner
John Beck (living), keyboard player for It Bites
John Benson (died 1798), clockmaker
Dame Edith Mary Brown (1864–1956), doctor who founded the first medical training facility for women in Asia
William Brownrigg M.D. F.R.S. (1711–1800), doctor and scientist
Scott Carson (born 1985), English footballer
Stuart Cummings (born 1960), rugby league referee
Shepherd Dawson FRSE (born 1985), author and psychologist
Malcolm Eccles (born 1969), businessman
Mildred Gale (1671–1701), paternal grandmother of George Washington, lived in Whitehaven and is buried in the graveyard of St Nicholas's Church.
Dean Henderson (born 1997), Premier League footballer with Sheffield United F.C.
Brian Higgins (born 1959), record producer
Dick Huddart, rugby league player (born 1936)
Milton Huddart, rugby league player (1960–2015)
John Paul Jones (1747–1792), father of the American Navy, began his career in Whitehaven and returned in 1778 aboard the Ranger. He led a naval raid on the town in 1778 in the American War of Independence.
Brad Kavanagh (born 1992), actor
Jack Lawson (1881–1965), Lord Lawson of Beamish, British trade unionist and Labour politician
Guy Lovell (born 1969), cricketer
Gerard Richardson MBE (born 1962), founder of the International Maritime Festival, author and businessman
Sol Roper, John Roper (1936–2015), also known by the nickname "Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer in the 1950s and 1960s, who coached in the 1960s and 1970s.
Robert Salmon, (1775–1844)  maritime artist
Frank Schon, Baron Schon (1912–1995), co-founder of Marchon Chemicals
Miki Sekers (1910–1972), co-founder of Sekers Fabrics
Jackie Sewell (1927–2016), English footballer
Adam Summerfield (born 1990), professional ice hockey player for Manchester Phoenix
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) claimed an over-fond nurse kidnapped and brought him to Whitehaven for three years in his infancy.
William Thomson (1819–1890), Archbishop of York in 1862–1890
Charlie Woods (born 1941), English footballer, coach and scout
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) came to the town to visit his family.
Whitehaven