Was wondering who was famous from my area, so I looked it up.
This is just Sheffield / Entrtainment
Entertainment
* Owen Aaronovitch, actor
* Leslie Ash, actress
* Ray Ashcroft, actor
* Derek Bailey, musician, writer[14]
* Nick Banks, musician, drummer for Pulp
* Matthew Bannister, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter
* Carol Barnes, newsreader [2]
* Keith Barron, actor
* Josephine Barstow, opera singer
* Arthur Baynes, aka Stainless Stephen, Music hall comedian[15]
* Dave Berry, musician
* Sean Bean, actor
* J. Stuart Blackton, film producer
* Gavin Bryars, musician
* Alastair Burnet, news reader
* Marti Caine, comedienne
* Tony Capstick, comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster
* Paul Carrack, musician, formerly of Ace and Squeeze
* Joanne Catherall, musician, singer in The Human League
* Steve Clark, musician, late Def Leppard guitarist
* Jessica-Jane Clement, actor, model
* Jarvis Cocker, musician, lead singer of Pulp
* Joe Cocker, singer
* Maurice Colbourne, actor
* Christopher Colquhoun, actor
* Jamie Cook, musician, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys
* Henry Coward, choral conductor
* Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
* Thomas Craig, actor
* Stephen Daldry, film director
* Bruce Dickinson, musician, lead singer of Iron Maiden
* Candida Doyle, keyboard player with Pulp
* Steve Edwards, singer.
* Joe Elliott, musician, lead singer of Def Leppard
* Graham Fellows, comedian, actor, best known as "John Shuttleworth"
* Martin Fry, pop singer with ABC
* Mark Gasser, Concert Pianist
* Peter Glossop, opera singer
* Brian Glover, actor & wrestler
* Michael Grandage, Theatre director
* Richard Hawley, musician, formerly of The Longpigs
* Paul Heaton, musician, formerly of The Beautiful South
* Matthew Helders, musician, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
* Steven Houghton, actor & singer
* Charlotte Hudson, television presenter
* Robert Hudson, actor
* Jayne Irving, television presenter
* Eddie Izzard, comedian [3]
* Stephen Jones, musician and novelist, formerly of Babybird
* Bobby Knutt, actor & comedian
* Tim Lever, music producer
* James Lomas, Olivier award winning actor
* Steve Mackey, bass player with Pulp
* Patricia Maynard, actor
* Jonny Maudling, composer
* James McCourt, television presenter
* Richard McCourt, television presenter
* Patrick McGoohan, actor
* Róisín Murphy, musician, formerly lead singer of Moloko
* Philip Oakey, musician, lead singer of The Human League
* Tony Oxley, musician
* Judy Parfitt, actor
* Michael Palin, comedian, actor and travel presenter
* Nick Park, Animator & Film Director [4]
* Mike Percy, music producer
* Angela Pleasence, actor
* Donald Pleasence, actor
* Martin Powell, former keyboardist of heavy metal band Cradle of Filth
* Ian Reddington, actor
* Rony Robinson, broadcaster and writer
* Kate Rusby, folk singer
* Rick Savage, musician, bassist of Def Leppard
* Russell Senior, musician, former guitarist for Pulp
* David Slade, film director
* Linda Smith (comedian)
* Susan Ann Sulley, musician, singer in The Human League
* Oliver Sykes, musician, vocalist in Bring Me The Horizon
* Alex Turner, musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys
* Anna Walker, television presenter
* Martyn Ware, musician Heaven 17
* Mark Webber (guitarist), guitarist with Pulp
* Dominic West, actor
* Frank White, musician
* Mark White, musician with ABC