page_title: Huddersfield
section_title: Notable people born in and near to Huddersfield
hierarchical_section_title: Huddersfield / Notable people / Notable people born in and near to Huddersfield
caption_attribution_description: Cropped screenshot of Cary Grant, James Mason and Martin Landau from the trailer for the film North by Northwest
context_page_description: Huddersfield is a large market town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It had 162,949 residents at the 2011 census. It sits close to the Pennines, 14 miles southwest of Leeds, 12 miles west of Wakefield, 23 miles northwest of Sheffield and 24 miles northeast of Manchester. It hosts the administrative centre of its borough.
  The south of the town has the discharge of the Holme into the similar-size River Colne, West Yorkshire. These were tapped for steam turbines and textile treatment in the large weaving sheds which are associated with an economic boom in the early part of the Industrial Revolution. The town is the birth place of rugby league, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and film star James Mason. The current Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, was born in Skelmanthorpe.
  The town is home to: in rugby league Huddersfield Giants, who play in the Super League; and in football Huddersfield Town who usually play in the Championship. It further hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College.
context_section_description: Simon Armitage, Marsden-born poet, playwright and novelist.
  Chris Balderstone, first-class cricketer and professional footballer.
  Lawrence Batley, entrepreneur and philanthropist. The Lawrence Batley Theatre on Queen Street is named after him.
  Ephraim Beaumont, American politician; Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
  Richard Beaumont, actor.
  Ian Berry, artist who uses denim as his medium.
  Andy Booth, former professional footballer for Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday.
  David Borrow, Labour politician and Member of Parliament.
  Tim Bricheno, English guitarist and songwriter.
  Sir William Broadbent, neurologist and Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
  Sir David Brown, managing director of David Brown Ltd.
  Keith Buckley, Actor who co-starred with fellow Huddersfield born actor James Mason in the film Spring and Port Wine and played Sir Henry Morton Stanley in the Emmy Award-winning The Search for the Nile.
  Charles Clough, geologist and cartographer.
  Fraizer Campbell, professional footballer who has played for several teams including Huddersfield Town.
  Joanna Christie, actress who appeared in the Netflix original series "Narcos".
  Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Irish republican and Sinn Féin senator for Galway West.
  Eorl Crabtree, former professional rugby league footballer and television pundit.
  Richard Earnshaw, first-class cricketer
  James Hanson (Baron Hanson), Conservative life-peer and industrialist (co-founder of Hanson plc).
  Benjamin Hick, civil and mechanical engineer, art collector and patron.
  Sir Harold Percival Himsworth, scientist.
  George Hirst, test and first-class cricketer for England and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
  Shakespeare Hirst, actor, art collector and Shakespearean scholar.
  Nina Hossain, journalist and ITN television presenter 
  Derek Ibbotson, Olympic athlete.
  Francis Ernest Jackson, painter, draughtsman, poster designer and lithographer.
  Cameron Jerome, professional footballer for Derby County.
  Gorden Kaye, BAFTA-nominated comic actor.
  Zöe Lucker, actress.
  James Mason, actor who gained international fame in Hollywood.
  Jermaine McGillvary, rugby league player for Huddersfield Giants and England.
  Vivek Murthy. 19th Surgeon General of the United States.
  Sir Walter Parratt, composer and organist.
  DJ Q, disk jockey, radio presenter and producer.
  Wilfred Rhodes, test and first-class cricketer for England and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
  Brian Shaw, ballet dancer.
  Rod Smallwood, music manager.
  Jon Stead, professional footballer.
  Sir Patrick Stewart, actor known for Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Shakespearean stage.
  Tom Sykes, World Superbike Champion.
  D. R. Thorpe, political biographer.
  Sally Wainwright, English television writer, producer, and director.
  John Whitaker, equestrian and former Olympian.
  Jodie Whittaker, actress.
  Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, Labour politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  Haydn Wood, composer and violinist.
caption: Film actor James Mason
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