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Here are some famous, and some not so well-known, figures from the Wakefield District.

Robin Hood
The legendary medieval outlaw and archer ... fact or fiction?
Sir Martin Frobisher
The famous Elizabethan seaman.
Colonel John Morris
The Civil War story of a soldier from South Elmsall
John Nevison
Gentleman highwayman and inspiration for legends
John Harrison
Inventor of the marine chronometer
John Carr
Celebrated architect from Horbury
'Prophet' John Wroe
Founder of the Society of Christian Israelites; charismatic and eccentric religious leader
Charles Waterton
Naturalist and eccentric.
Ben Thompson
Wild west legend from Knottingley
Henry Clarke
Wakefield Prison Surgeon and artist
George Gissing
The Wakefield born Victorian novelist.
Walter Hampson
The life and work of the Normanton author
Barbara Hepworth
The Wakefield born sculptor
Henry Moore
The Castleford born sculptor.
Geoffrey Lofthouse
From slums to the House of Lords
Stan Barstow
Ossett born novelist and script-writer. Famous for novels and films such as 'Joby' and 'A Kind of Loving'.
David Topliss
Popular rugby league player and coach