Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 and the M62 motorway. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250, increasing to 30,881 at the 2011 Census.
People born in Pontefract (First 49 people) - Page 0
Helen Baxendale
Actress
Toby Kebbell
Film actor
Zak Hardaker
Rugby league centre
Michael Shenton
Joe Westerman
Harvey Proctor
Former Member of Parliament of Basildon
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Tim Bresnan
English cricketer
Christopher Paul Baker
Travel writer
Jane Collins
Member of the European Parliament
Philip Wilby
Composer
Michael Howe
Bushranger
Darren Appleton
Pool player
Ben Crooks
Rugby league centre
Craig Huby
Rugby league player
Paul Newlove
Jaz Martin
Actor
Tommy Saxton
Ben Cockayne
Rhys Oates
English football player
Danny Addy
Ben Reynolds
Rugby league, born 1994
Jamie McCombe
English football player
Andy Holdsworth
English football player
Conor Branson
Footballer
Ash Palmer
English footballer
John McCombe
English former football player
Richard Agar
English coach
Paul Crichton
English footballer
Allan Agar
Callum Field
Vic Darlison
John Bramhall
Theologian
Lee Briscoe
English football player
Jamie Davis
English actor
David Wainwright
English cricketer
Simon Middleton
Rugby league wing
Tom Platt
English football player
Callum McLelland
Arthur Maude
English actor
Dale Ferguson
Australian scenic designer
Charles Coleman
British painter
Matty Dawson-Jones
Rugby league player
Thomas Armitage
Writer
Paul Rickers
English footballer
Chris Silverwood
Cricketer
Ellis Longstaff
