Whitby Personalities
Below are listed some of the notable personalities who lived in or have been associated with Whitby.
Artists and 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
- William Scoresby Snr 1760 – 1829
- Henry Freeman 1835 – 1904
- Dora Walker 1890 – 1980
Scientists / Surveyors
- William Scoresby Jnr 1789 – 1857
- Martin Simpson 1800 – 1892
Others
- St Hilda 614 – 680 AD
- Rev. Dr.George Young 1777 – 1848
- Robert Elliott Pannett 1834 – 1920
- Caedmon
