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People

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