Whitby Personalities
Below are listed some of the notable personalities who lived in or have been associated with Whitby. In order to give a more rounded picture of Whitby short biographical information is being added to this website. Entries in black await the information whilst entries in blue link to the biographical information. If any members of the Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society wish to submit entries for those persons still awaiting a write-up on these pages please let Graham Pickles know. All such contributions will be welcome.
| AUTHORS | BIOGRAPHIES IN PROGRESS | ||
| Caedmon | |||
| Elizabeth Gaskill | 1810 - 1865 | ||
| Lewis Carroll | 1832 - 1898 | ||
| Mary Linskill | 1840 - 1891 | ||
| Bram Stoker | 1847 - 1912 | ||
| Storm Jameson | 1891 - 1986 | ||
| Leo Walmsley | 1892 - 1966 | ||
| ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS | |||
| George Chambers | 1803 - 1840 | ||
| George Weatherill | 1810 - 1890 | ||
| John Francis Branegan | 1843 - 1909 | ||
| Albert T Pile | 1882 - 1981 | ||
| Frank Meadow Sutcliffe | 1853 - 1941 | ||
| Tom Watson of Lythe | 1863 - 1957 | ||
| Hugh Lambert-Smith | 1900 - 1981 | ||
| The Doran Brothers | 1900 - retired 1987 | ||
| John Tindale | 1921 - 2001 | ||
| Des Sythes | 1929 - 2008 | ||
| SEA-GOING | |||
| Capt. Luke Foxe | 1586 - 1635 | (RB has offered) | |
| Browne Bushell | 1609 - 1651 | (RB has offered) | |
| James Cook | 1728 - 1779 | ||
| William Scoresby Snr | 1760 - 1829 | ||
| Robert Moorsom | 1760 - 1835 | ||
| Henry Freeman | 1835 - 1904 | ||
| Dora Walker | ???? - ???? | ||
| SCIENTISTS / SURVEYORS | |||
| Sir Hugh Cholmely 2 | 1632 - 1689 | ||
| Lionel Charlton | ?1722 - ???? | ||
| Frances Gibson | 1753 - 1805 | ||
| William Scoresby Jnr | 1789 - 1857 | ||
| Johnathan Pickernell | ?1797 - 1871 | ||
| Martin Simpson | 1800 - 1892 | ||
| Jonathan Hawnby | ???? - ???? | ||
| SLAVERY | |||
| John Beecroft | 1790 - 1854 | ||
| James Wilson | 1853 - ???? | ||
| Jonas Brown(e) | ???? - ???? | (RB has offered) | |
| OTHERS | |||
| St Hilda | 614 - 680 AD | ||
| Sir Hugh Cholmley 1 | 1600 - 1657 | ||
| Rev. Dr.George Young | 1777 - 1848 | ||
| Robert Elliott Pannett | 1834 - 1920 |
