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{{short description|List of people from Wolverhampton, England}}
{{See also|Category:People from Wolverhampton}}
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This is a list of people born in or associated with the city of [[Wolverhampton]] in England.
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==A==
* [[Antonio Aakeel]] – (born ca.1985) English actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolverhampton actor secures feature-length international film role |url=http://nativemonster.com/film-and-theatre/film/wolverhampton-actor-secures-feature-length-international-film-role |access-date=30 July 2018 |publisher=NativeMonster|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221021720/http://nativemonster.com/film-and-theatre/film/wolverhampton-actor-secures-feature-length-international-film-role|archive-date=21 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[James Adams (diplomat)|Sir James Adams]]  (1932–2020) – diplomat; ambassador to [[Egypt]] and [[Tunisia]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in the Arab World, 1997–1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WtmAAAAMAAJ&q=Sir+James+Adams |edition=13th |year=1997 |publisher=Gale/Cengage Learning |isbn=978-2-903188-13-9 |oclc=37362961 |page=58}}</ref>
* [[Jack Addenbrooke]] (1865–1922) – football player and manager; his 37-year term as manager of Wolves remains the longest in club history<ref name="Matthews, Tony 2008">{{cite book |author=Matthews, Tony |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record |year=2008 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-632-3}}</ref>
* [[George Africanus]] (c. 1763–1834) – baptised George John Scipio Africanus; West African former [[slavery|slave]]; became a successful entrepreneur in [[Nottingham]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/migration/slavery |title=Slavery, George John Scipio Africanus |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Aisha (reggae singer)|Aisha]] (born 1962) – real name Pamela Ross, [[roots reggae]] singer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snwmf.com/aisha.html |title=SNWMF '06 Performers: Aisha |publisher=Sierra Nevada World Music Festival |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Reg Allen (set decorator)|Reg Allen]] (1917–1989) – Academy Award-nominated set decorator
* [[Frederick W. Allsopp]] (1867–1946) – newspaperman, author, book collector, co-founder of bookshop; eponym of [[Little Rock, Arkansas#The Heights and Hillcrest|Allsopp Park, Little Rock, Arkansas]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2481 |title=Fred Allsopp (1867–1946) |publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net |access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[George Armstrong (engineer)|George Armstrong]] (1822–1901) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1864–1897<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Trains/George.htm |title=Locomotive Building in Wolverhampton, The Armstrong Family, George Armstrong |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Armstrong (engineer)|Joseph Armstrong]] (1816–1877) – Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, Great Western Railway, 1854–1864<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Trains/Joseph.htm |title=Locomotive Building in Wolverhampton, The Armstrong Family, Joseph Armstrong |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website  |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rod Arnold]] – (born 1952), football goalkeeper, spent the most of his career at [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]; with 513 first-team appearances, (440 in the [[The Football League|league]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/mansfield/mansfield.html |title=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=1 September 2009}}</ref> he is the holder of the club's all-time appearance record.
* [[Arthur Arrowsmith]] (1880–1954) – footballer, inside right<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City |year=1994 |publisher=Lion Press |isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>
* [[Lindsay Ashford]] – (born 1959) crime novelist; first woman to graduate from both Queens' College, Cambridge and Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/arts/lindsey_ashford.shtml |title=Lindsey Ashford |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 March 2013 |archive-date=25 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225005349/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/arts/lindsey_ashford.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Tom Aspaul]] – (born ca.1980) singer/songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cragg |first1=Michael |title='You associate it with metal, not flares': will the West Midlands embrace disco-pop? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/06/you-associate-it-with-metal-not-flares-will-the-west-midlands-embrace-disco-pop |website=The Guardian |date=6 December 2019 |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[Bill Asprey]] (born 1936) – footballer (defender) and coach<ref>{{cite book |title=Stoke City 101 Golden Greats |year=2002 |publisher=Desert Islands Books |pages=139–41 |isbn=1-874287-55-4}}</ref>
* [[Len Astill]] (1916–1990) – footballer, [[Forward (association football)|left wing]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club |url=http://www.tmwmtt.com/sql/players/profile.phtml?&last=Astill&first=Len |publisher=Pride of Anglia |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rebecca Atkinson-Lord (theater director)|Rebecca Atkinson-Lord]] – (born ca.1985) – theatre director and writer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://everything-theatre.co.uk/2014/04/rebecca-atkinson-lord-woman-of-great-direction.html |title=Rebecca Atkinson-Lord: Woman of great direction – Everything Theatre |website=everything-theatre.co.uk |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[Richard Attwood]] (born 1940) – winner of 1970 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]; former [[Formula One]] driver<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= DRIVERS: RICHARD ATTWOOD |url= http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-attric.html |encyclopedia= Grandprix.com GP Encyclopedia |access-date= 4 April 2007 }}</ref>

==B==
* [[Keedie Babb]] (born 1982) – classical crossover soprano<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tonyclayman.com/keedie.htm |title=Keedie Babb |publisher=Tony Clayman Promotions Limited |access-date=10 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105223130/http://www.tonyclayman.com/keedie.htm |archive-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Babylon Zoo]] (formed in 1992) – British electro rock band of the mid-1990s<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=38}}</ref> 
* [[Jono Bacon]] (born 1979) – software developer; community manager for [[GitHub]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jonobacon.org/about/ |title=Annnbout |publisher=jonobacon.org |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Badger]] (born 1978) – business consultant, runner-up of the 2nd series of ''[[The Apprentice (British TV series)|The Apprentice]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolvcoll.ac.uk/soya/guests.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419142931/http://www.wolvcoll.ac.uk/soya/guests.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Guest Speaker, Ruth Badger |publisher=City of Wolverhampton College |access-date=10 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Diane Bailey]]  (born 1943) – golfer; represented Great Britain and Ireland in [[Curtis Cup]] fixtures in 1962 and 1972; captained the team in 1984, 1986 and 1988<ref name="Wolverhampton City Council">{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/council/news/2012/september/100912a.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006031153/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/council/news/2012/september/100912a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2012 |title=More sporting heroes prepare to enter city's Hall of Fame |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* Prof. [[Chris Baines]] (born 1947) – environmentalist, gardener, naturalist and TV presenter
* [[Peter Baker (golfer)|Peter Baker]] (born 1967) – golfer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=2660/bio/index.html |title=Peter Baker – Biography |publisher=The PGA European Tour |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jack Bannister]] (1930–2016) – cricketer and commentator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11527/11527.html |title=Jack Bannister |publisher=cricketarchive.com |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Frances Barber]] (born 1958) – actress
* [[Steve Barnett (music executive)|Steve Barnett]] (born 1952) – chairman and CEO of [[Capitol Music Group]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-steve-barnett-capitol-music-group-20121126,0,2641587.story |title=Steve Barnett to lead Capitol Music Group |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=13 September 2013 |first=August |last=Brown}}</ref>
* [[George Barney]] (1792–1862) – [[Royal Engineer]] officer who became [[Lieutenant Governor]] of the [[North Australia|Colony of North Australia]], son of [[Joseph Barney]]<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barney-george-1744 |title=George Barney (1792–1862) |chapter=Barney, George (1792–1862) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=22 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Barney]] (1753–1832) – artist and engraver<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Barney/Joseph.htm |title=Joseph Barney of Wolverhampton |publisher=historywebsite.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* Dr [[George Barnsby]] (1919–2010) – author and [[Socialism|socialist]] scholar
* [[Tom Barrett (riding mechanic)|Tom Barrett]] (1891–1924) – [[motor-racing]] [[riding mechanic]]; his death in the 1924 [[San Sebastian Grand Prix]] ended the practice of riding mechanics in two-seat [[racing cars]]<ref name="Wolverhampton Museum of Industry, Tom Barrett">{{cite web |title=Tom Barrett |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Sunbeam/TomBarrett.htm |publisher=Wolverhampton Museum of Industry |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>
* [[Al Barrow]] (born 1968) – bassist of the British band [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/05/09/magnum-deliver-the-goods/ |title=Magnum deliver the goods |last=Harvey |first=Ian |date=9 May 2008 |work=Express & Star |access-date=31 July 2011 |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511104457/https://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/05/09/magnum-deliver-the-goods/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Dickie Baugh]] (1864–1929) – [[Association football|footballer]], right back who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he played in three FA Cup finals<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=88 |title=Richard Baugh
|publisher=englandstats.com |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Stuart Baxter]] (born 1953) – 226 caps as a footballer; current manager of [[South Africa national football team]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/bafana/stuart-baxter-has-been-named-as-the-new-head-coach-of-bafana-bafana/261271?page=13|title=Stuart Baxter Has Been Named as the New Head Coach of Bafana Bafana|date=4 May 2017}}</ref>
* [[Edwin Butler Bayliss]] (1874–1950) – artist, known for his realistic and unsentimental paintings of industrial sites in the [[Black Country]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Edwin Butler Bayliss |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/bayliss/bayliss.htm |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=11 April 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[William Maddock Bayliss]] (1860–1924) – physiologist; co-discoverer of peristalsis of the intestines and the peptide hormone secretin, the first discovered hormone<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/bayliss%20w/wbayliss.htm |title=Sir William Bayliss |publisher=historywebsite.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ann Beach]] (born 1938) – actress
* [[Miles Beevor]] (1900–1994) – solicitor, pilot and businessman
* [[Clinton Bennett]] (born 1955) – British American scholar of religions and participant in interfaith dialogue, specializing in the study of [[Islam]] and Muslim-non-Muslim encounter
* [[Nigel Bennett]] (born 1949) – an Anglo-Canadian actor, director and writer
* [[Kenneth Benton]] (1909–1999) – [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] officer and diplomat 1937–68;<ref>{{cite book |editor=Andrew, Christopher |title=The Role of the Intelligence Services in the Second World War |year=2003 |publisher=Institute of Contemporary British History |location=London |isbn=1-871348-84-6 |page=39|display-editors=etal}}</ref> after retirement, began a second career as writer of [[Spy fiction|spy]] and [[Crime fiction|crime thrillers]]
* [[Charles Albert Berry]] (1852–1899) – [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] [[Anglicanism#Anglican divines|divine]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Berry, Charles Albert |volume=3 |page=808 |first=Dugald |last=Macfadyen}}</ref>
* [[Gwen Berryman]] (1906–1983) – played Doris Archer in the BBC radio soap opera ''[[The Archers]]'' from the first episode in 1951 until 1980
* [[Dick Betteley]] (1880–1942) – footballer, defender<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion |publisher=Breedon Books |year=2005 |page=31 |isbn = 1-85983-474-4}}</ref>
* [[Bibio]] (born 1978) – professional name of British music producer Stephen Wilkinson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qb6 |title=Bibio Mind Bokeh Review |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[William Bidlake]] (1861–1938) – architect; a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham; Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1207061277 |title=William Henry Bidlake MA, FRIBA |publisher=University of Glasgow |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Edward Bird]] (1772–1819) – artist, early member of the [[Bristol School]]<ref>Francis Greenacre, "Bird, Edward (1772–1819)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2443 accessed 1 July 2007]
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* [[John Blackburn (politician)|John Blackburn]] (1933–1994) – [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP for [[Dudley West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley West]] from 1979 to 1994<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-blackburn-1442619.html |title=Obituary: John Blackburn |work=The Independent|access-date=22 April 2013 |location=London |first=Patrick |last=Cosgrave |date=13 October 1994}}</ref>
* [[Joan Blackham]] (1946–2020) – actress, ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]''
* [[Sue Blane]] (born 1949) – theatrical costume designer
* [[Billy Blunt]] (1886–1962) – [[Association football|footballer]] who played in the [[Football League]] for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] and [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]; became the first Wolves player to score two hat-tricks during a season; twice he scored 4 in games<ref name="Matthews, Tony 2008"/>
* [[George Bradburn (footballer)|George Bradburn]] (1894–1975) – footballer, played as a [[centre-half]] for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] and [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] in the years after [[World War I]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Alphabet of the Saints |last=Holley |first=Duncan |author2=Chalk, Gary |publisher=ACL & Polar Publishing |year=1992 |isbn=0-9514862-3-3 |pages=42–43}}</ref>
* [[Henry Brinton]] (1901–1977) – politician, astronomer and author of 1962 Cold War novel ''Purple-6''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L25ycEzuXxIC&q=Henry+Brinton%2Bwolverhampton&pg=PA831 |title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2 |author1=R. Reginald |author2=Douglas Menville |author3=Mary A. Burgess |publisher=Wildside Press LLC. |access-date=8 March 2013 |isbn=978-0-941028-77-6 |date=September 2010}}</ref>
* [[Peter Broadbent (footballer)|Peter Broadbent]] (1933–2013) – [[England national football team|England international]] footballer, [[midfielder]]; won major domestic honours with Wolverhampton Wanderers; appeared in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]]; scored the club's first ever goal in European competition when he netted against [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke]] in a [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] tie in November 1958<ref name="Matthews 2008">{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record |year=2008 |publisher=Breedon Books |isbn=978-1-85983-632-3}}</ref>
* [[Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich]] (1875–1929) – mathematician, Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hardy |first=G. H. |author-link=G. H. Hardy |title=Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich |journal=Journal of the London Mathematical Society |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=209–220 |year=1930 |doi=10.1112/jlms/s1-5.3.209}}</ref> 
* [[Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook|Norman Brook]] (1902–1967) – [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] (1947–1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openplaques.org/people/5184 |title=Sir Norman Craven Brook PC GCB KCB CB |publisher=Open Heritage |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
*Reverend [[James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury)|James Brown]] (1812–1881) – RC Bishop of Shrewsbury (1851–1881)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/about-us/bishop/previous-incubents |title=Bishop, Previous Incumbents |publisher= Diocese of Shrewsbury |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Nicholas Budgen]] (1937–1998) – barrister and politician<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-nicholas-budgen-1180887.html |title=Obituary: Nicholas Budgen |work=The Independent|access-date=17 March 2013 |location=London |first=Patrick |last=Cosgrave |date=27 October 1998}}</ref>
* [[Steve Bull]] (born 1965) – footballer, striker; holds the club goal-scoring record for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]] and has a stand named after him at their [[Molineux Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bullybully.net/biography.php |title=Bully's Biography |publisher=Official Website |access-date=11 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208101907/http://www.bullybully.net/biography.php |archive-date=8 February 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Evaline Hilda Burkitt]] (1876–1955) – first British suffragette to be force-fed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2018/11/15/three-black-country-suffragettes-feature-in-unique-birmingham-station-artwork/|title=Three Black Country suffragettes feature in unique Birmingham station artwork|first=Dayna|last=Farrington|website=Expressandstar.com|access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref><ref>Nicola Gauld, [https://historywm.com/file/historywm/e07-the-fight-for-the-vote-30607.pdf 'The Fight for the Vote'], Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham, pgs 13–14</ref>
* [[Tony Butler (broadcaster)|Tony Butler]] (1935–2023) – radio presenter and self-styled inventor of the [[association football|football]] phone-in.<ref>{{cite news|work=Birmingham Mail|title=BBC axes radio legend Tony Butler|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/04/27/bbc-axes-radio-legend-tony-butler-97319-23482106/|date=2 April 2009|access-date=1 May 2009|archive-date=4 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504200315/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/04/27/bbc-axes-radio-legend-tony-butler-97319-23482106/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Byers]] (born 1953) – cabinet minister and Labour Party politician<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1823345.stm |title=Profile: Stephen Byers |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 March 2013 |date=15 February 2002}}</ref>

==C==
* [[Bill Caddick]] (1944–2018) – [[folk music|folk]] singer-songwriter and guitarist, member of the group [[Home Service]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin | editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734 |access-date=24 April 2013 |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001 }}</ref>
* [[Eddie Chambers (writer and artist)|Eddie Chambers]] (born 1960) – artist, writer, curator and academic<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.axisweb.org/dlAUTH.aspx?AUTHORID=18 |title=Eddie Chambers – Art Historian |publisher=axisweb.org |access-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225202008/http://www.axisweb.org/dlAUTH.aspx?AUTHORID=18 |archive-date=25 December 2010 }}</ref>
* [[William Chappell (dancer)|William Chappell]] (1907–1994) – dancer, ballet designer, director<ref>{{cite book| editor=Jordan, Stephanie |editor2=Allen, Dave |title=Parallel Lines: Media Representations of Dance (Arts Council Series), Chapter 5 Ballet and Contemporary Dance on British Television |author= Penman, Robert |page=105 |isbn=0-86196-371-7 |publisher=John Libbey & Company Ltd |location=London |year=1993}}</ref>
* [[Radzi Chinyanganya]] (born 1986) – co-presenter of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2018/05/04/radzi-thrilled-to-see-mum-elected/ |title=Blue Peter's Radzi thrilled to see mum elected in Wolverhampton |work=Express & Star |access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ben Christophers]] (born 1969) – singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1a5b4ad0-593a-4069-a77d-dae722a5f0ac|title=Ben Christophers |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Charles Chubb (businessman)|Charles Chubb]] (1779–1845) and [[Jeremiah Chubb]] – lock and safe manufacturers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/chubb |title=Charles and Jeremiah Chubb |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Clamp]] (1934–1995) – footballer, right half, nicknamed 'Chopper Eddie'<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-eddie-clamp-1526491.html |title=OBITUARY: Eddie Clamp|work=The Independent|access-date=19 March 2013 |location=London |first=Ivan |last=Ponting |date=19 December 1995}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Clarke (footballer)|Wayne Clarke]] (born 1961) – footballer, striker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/wayne-clarke-11111/1977-78-1983-84-1991-92_a13602/ |title=Wayne Clarke |publisher=sporting-heroes.net |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Nick Clewley]] (born 1983) – cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/64/64090/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Nick Clewley|publisher=Cricketarchive.com|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[Louis Coatalen]] (1879–1962) – automobile engineer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunbeam.org.au/?page_id=748 |title=A History of Sunbeam |website=Sunbeam.org.au |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[B. L. Coombes]] (1893–1974) – writer, spent most of his working life in the [[coal mining|coal mines]] of the [[South Wales coalfield]], which provided the subject matter for much of his writing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhwydwaitharchifaucymru.info/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=11814&inst_id=35&term= |title=Swansea University, B L Coombes |publisher=Archives Wales |access-date=18 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927231932/http://www.rhwydwaitharchifaucymru.info/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=11814&inst_id=35&term= |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[John Cooper (lawyer)|John Cooper]]  (born 1958) – [[barrister]] specialising in human rights and [[criminal law]]; broadcaster and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/17141/John%20Gordon+COOPER.aspx |title=John Cooper, Esq |work=Debrett's People of Today |publisher=[[Debrett's]] |access-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908182134/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/17141/John%20Gordon+COOPER.aspx |archive-date=8 September 2012 }}</ref> 
* [[Leonard Cottrell]] (1913–1974) – author and journalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/Cottrell/cottrell01.htm |title=Leonard Cottrell |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Cox|Ernest Frank Guelph Cox]] (1883–1959) – electrical and mechanical engineer; marine salvage expert<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/plaques/DudleyRd2.htm |title=Wolverhampton's Blue Plaques, Ernest F. G. Cox |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Charlotte Craddock]] (born ca.1988) – [[field hockey]] player, youngest member of the British hockey squad for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/charlotte-craddock |title=Charlotte Craddock, Biography |publisher=British Olympic Association |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Garry Crawford]] (born 1972) – [[sociologist]] whose research focuses primarily on [[audiences]] and consumer patterns, in particular, [[sports fan]]s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsforum.org/2009-sessions/session-6-the-importance-of-sports-fans.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803101055/http://www.globalsportsforum.org/2009-sessions/session-6-the-importance-of-sports-fans.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=Session 6, The importance of sports fans |publisher=Global sports forum barcelona |access-date=24 April 2013 }}</ref> and [[video gamer]]s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://underthemask.wikidot.com/key-note |title=Key Note Speakers 2009 – Garry Crawford |publisher=Under the Mask 2014 |access-date=24 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Steve Cross (footballer)|Steve Cross]] (born 1959) – footballer, [[Defender (football)|defender]] / [[midfielder]]; played for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] and [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]; commentator on [[BBC]] Radio [[Shropshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/derby-county-fc/steve-cross-10551/1986-87-1991-92_a13822/ |title=Steve Cross |publisher=sporting-heroes.net |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/local_radio/presenters/presenter_diaries_index.shtml |title=Shrewsbury Town match diary, former Shrewsbury player Steve Cross keeps a careful eye on Town's season from the commentary box |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Geoff Crudgington]] (born 1952) – footballer, goalkeeper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/geoff-crudgington-39105/|title=Geoff Crudgington |publisher=11v11.com |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Stan Cullis]] (1916–2001) – footballer (defender) and football manager with [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]]; namesake of a stand at their [[Molineux Stadium]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1324533/Stan-Cullis.html |title=Stan Cullis |work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 March 2013 |location=London |date=1 March 2001}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick]]  (1859–1945) – pioneer of electromagnetism and atomic particles. Director of Electrical Engineering for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] and Director of the Electrical Research [[Defence Research and Development Canada|Defense Research Board of Canada]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf] </ref>

==D==
* [[Claire Darke]] (born ca.1965) – from [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]; 161th [[Mayor of Wolverhampton]]
* [[Paul Darke]] (born 1962) – leading disability rights activist and academic, husband of [[Claire Darke]], lives in [[Wolverhampton]] 
* [[Kevin Darley]] (born 1960) – jockey, [[British flat racing Champion Jockey]] in 2000 (155 wins); co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jockeysroom.com/itm00155.htm |title=Kevin Darley |publisher=The Directory of the Turf |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214051850/http://www.jockeysroom.com/itm00155.htm |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jean Margaret Davenport]] (1829–1903) – stage actress in England and the US<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/38803 |title=Lander, Jean Margaret Davenport |publisher=hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Howard R. Davies]] (1895–1973) – motorcycle racing champion and motorcycle designer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Motorcycles/HowardDavies.htm |title=Howard Davies|publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mark Davies (footballer, born 1988)|Mark Davies]] (born 1988) – footballer currently playing for [[Bolton Wanderers]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,,11672_290306,00.html |title=Mark Davies |publisher=skysports.com |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kirk Dawes]]  (born ca.1957) – [[Detective Constable]] with [[West Midlands Police]], founded the Centre For Conflict Transformation, a company trying to reduce gun and gang violence<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Arnot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/sep/10/mediation.gangculture |title=Interview:Kirk Dawes – The players' player |work=[[The Guardian]], Society section |date=10 September 2008 |access-date=19 March 2013 |location=London}}</ref>
* [[Group Captain]] [[Montagu Dawson|Montagu Ellis Hawkins "Monty" Dawson]] (1919–2003) – bombardier and navigator<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1420978/Group-Captain-Monty-Dawson.html |title=Group Captain Monty Dawson |work=The telegraph|access-date=18 March 2013 |location=London |date=4 February 2003}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Hugh Dearnley]] (1930–2000) – [[Organist#Classical and church organists|cathedral organist]], director of music, served in [[Salisbury Cathedral]] and [[St Paul's Cathedral]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/24/guardianobituaries1|title=Christopher Dearnley. He rebuilt the great organ of St Paul's cathedral and brought its majesty to millions |work=The Guardian|date=24 January 2001 |access-date=15 March 2013 |location=London |first=Anthony |last=Harvey}}</ref>
* [[Narinder Dhami]] (born 1958) – children's author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/narinder-dhami |title=Narinder Dhami |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Michael Dibdin]] (1947–2007) – crime writer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/michael-dibdin |title=Michael Dibdin, estate |publisher=United Agents |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Liam Dixon]] (born ca.1994) - Local business tycoon heavily involved in kitchen furniture manufacturing. Philanthropist, keen supporter of "badger-patch" protection. Dixon is also known for his interest in sports - he is a part-referee and soccer pundit. 
* [[Derek Dougan]] (1938–2007) – [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] international [[Association football|footballer]], played for Wolverhampton Wanderers; [[defender (football)|defender]] / [[midfielder]] / [[Striker (association football)|forward]]; chief executive and later chairman of Wolves, as part of a consortium that saved the club from liquidation<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11838276 |title=Derek Dougan to enter Wolves hall of fame |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 March 2013 |date=25 November 2010}}</ref>
* [[Rebecca Downes]] – blues rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and vocal coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicglue.com/rebecca-downes/biography|title=Rebecca Downes - Biography|website=Musicglue.com|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Spencer Dunkley]] (born 1969) – basketball player, [[Center (basketball)|pivot]]; coaches in [[Appoquinimink School District#High schools|Appoquinimink High School]], [[Odessa, Delaware]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Spencer-Dunkley/Summary/1585 |title=Spencer Dunkley |publisher=basketball.realgm.com |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sheila Dunn]] (1940–2004) – actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2004/03/sheila-dunn/ |title=Sheila Dunn |work=The Stage |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>

==E==
* [[Catherine Eddowes]] (1842–1888) – victim of the [[Whitechapel murders]] attributed to [[Jack the Ripper]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/jack-the-rippers-west-midlands-victim-280034 |title=Revealed: The Wolverhampton victim of Jack the Ripper |work=Birmingham Mail|date=1 November 2012 |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dean Edwards (footballer)|Dean Edwards]] (born 1962) – footballer (forward), football manager<ref>{{cite book |author=Matthews, Tony |title=The Wolves Who's Who |year=2001 |publisher=Britespot |page=47 |location=West Midlands |isbn=1-904103-01-4}}</ref>
* Major [[Roland Elcock]] (1899–1944) – as corporal he was the recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/at_war/ww1/recruitment2/elcock |title=Roland Edward Elcock V.C. |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Verona Elder]]  (born 1953) – British, Commonwealth and European medal-winning English [[400 metres]] runner;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/verona-bernard-elder-1.html Sports Reference.com]. Retrieved 22 June 2013</ref> manager of the British [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] team for people with [[learning disability]]
* [[Edward Elgar]] (1857–1934) – despite living in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], he was an ardent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and may have travelled to home games on his bicycle.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11411360 |title=Elgar's Wolverhampton Wanderers striker anthem sung |publisher=BBC |date=25 September 2010 |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Billy Ellis]] (1895–1939) – [[association football|footballer]], played in [[the Football League]] for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham]], [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] and [[York City F.C.|York City]] as a [[Outside forward|winger]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=84 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>
* [[Georgia Elwiss]] (born 1991) – international cricketer, right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman<ref>{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Ryan |title=In the Spotlight – Georgia Elwiss |publisher=The Sporting Opinion |date=20 July 2011 |url=http://thesportingopinion.weebly.com/7/post/2011/07/in-the-spotlight-georgia-elwiss.html |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Simon Emmerson (composer)|Simon Emmerson]] (born 1950) – [[electroacoustic music]] composer working mostly with live electronics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sara.uea.ac.uk/?artist&id=42 |title=Simon Emmerson |publisher=Sonic Arts Research Archive |access-date=11 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104155110/http://www.sara.uea.ac.uk/?artist&id=42 |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Bernard Walter Evans]] (1843–1922) – [[Landscape painting|landscape painter]] and [[Watercolor painting|watercolourist]].<ref name="British Museum information" >{{cite web |title=Bernard Walter Evans, biography |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG26643 |website=britishmuseum.org |publisher=British Museum |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[Sir Walter Evans, 1st Baronet]] (1872–1954) – [[hydraulic engineer]], politician and public servant; was created a [[baronet]] of Wightwick near Wolverhampton<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref>

==F==
* [[Craig Fallon]] (1982–2019) – [[Judo#Judoka (practitioner)|judoka]]; second male British judoka to simultaneously hold both a World and European title
* [[Robert Felkin|Dr Robert William Felkin]] (1853–1926) – explorer, anthropologist, medical missionary, ceremonial magician, and founder of the [[Whare Ra]] lodge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/1906812 |title=The extraordinary life and work of Robert Felkin – Baha'i Mage |publisher=academia.edu |access-date=11 March 2013|last1=Osborn |first1=Lil L. C. }}</ref>
* [[Ron Flowers]] (born 1934) – footballer, [[midfielder]]; member of [[England national football team|England]]'s victorious [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] squad; playing at [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]] he won three league championships and an [[FA Cup]]; made 515 appearances for the club, scoring 37 times<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-ron-flowers-2009-421269.aspx |title=Ron Flowers |publisher=wolves.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906161729/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-ron-flowers-2009-421269.aspx |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* sisters [[Edith Henrietta Fowler]] (1865–1944)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/fowler2.htm |title=Edith Henrietta Fowler |publisher=Shropshire Council |access-date=11 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204063747/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/fowler2.htm |archive-date=4 February 2012 }}</ref> and [[Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler]] (1860–1929)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/fowler1.htm |title=Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler |publisher=Shropshire Council |access-date=11 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012356/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/fowler1.htm |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}</ref> – authors
* [[Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton]] (1830–1911) – solicitor and politician
* [[Henry Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton]] (1870–1943) – peer in the [[peerage of the United Kingdom]]; the title became extinct on his death, without issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I71347&tree=Nixon |title=Henry Ernest Fowler Viscount Wolverhampton |publisher=familysearch.org |access-date=29 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035056/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I71347&tree=Nixon |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Richard Fryer (politician)|Richard Fryer]] (1770–1846) – local banker, landowner and British [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] politician; MP 1832–1835, for [[Wolverhampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton]]

==G==
* [[Trevor Gadd]] (born 1952) – [[track cycling]] champion, competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], the [[Commonwealth Games]] and World Championships<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/trevor-gadd-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/trevor-gadd-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Trevor Gadd |publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/cycling.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists – Cycling |publisher=gbrathletics.com |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Alan Garner (politician)|Alan Garner]] (1929–1996) – [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour party]] activist and trade unionist<ref name=Barnsby>{{cite web |last=Garner |first=Mary |title=Biography of Ray Garner |url=http://www.gbpeopleslibrary.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:biography-of-ray-garner&catid=9:biographies-of-some-black-country-communists&Itemid=9 |work=George Barnsby's page on GB Peoples Library |publisher=Terran Tribune Inc |access-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410212101/http://www.gbpeopleslibrary.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:biography-of-ray-garner&catid=9:biographies-of-some-black-country-communists&Itemid=9 |archive-date=10 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Rex Garner]] (1921–2015) – actor and director
* [[Arthur Gaskin]] (1862–1928) – illustrator, painter, teacher and designer of jewellery and [[enamelwork]]; he and his wife [[Georgie Gaskin]] were members of the [[Birmingham Group (artists)|Birmingham Group]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fineart.ac.uk/artists.php?idartlist=27 |title=Arthur J Gaskin (1862–1928) |publisher=fineart.ac.uk |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* Dr [[Helen Geake]] (born 1967) – archaeologist and Anglo-Saxon specialist on archaeological television programme ''[[Time Team]]''
* Frank [[Noel George]] (1897–1929) – [[association football|footballer]], [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for Wolverhampton Wanderers;<ref>{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }}</ref> made 242 senior competitive appearances for Wolves<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=The Wolves Who's Who|year=2001 |publisher=Britespot |isbn=1-904103-01-4}}</ref>
* [[John Lloyd Gibbons]] (1837–1919) – engineering surveyor; [[Justice of the Peace]]; [[county council]]lor for [[Bilston]]; [[Liberal Unionist Party]] MP for [[Wolverhampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South]], 1898–1900
* [[Bonaventure Giffard]] (1642–1734) – [[Bishop (Catholicism)|Roman Catholic bishop]]; [[Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District]] of England, 1687–1703; [[Vicar Apostolic of the London District]] of England, 1703–1734
* [[Christopher Gill]] (born 1936) – family meat processing business; politician ([[Member of Parliament|MP]]) both [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/18360/Christopher%20J%20F+GILL.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410175336/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/18360/Christopher%20J%20F+GILL.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2013 |title=Christopher Gill, Esq, RD |publisher=debretts.com |access-date=18 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[John Wayne Glover]] (1932–2005) – British-born Australian [[serial killer]] convicted for the murders of six elderly women on [[Sydney]]'s [[North Shore (Sydney)|North Shore]]; over a 14-month period in 1989–1990, he killed six elderly women, dubbed the "granny killer"<ref>{{cite book |last=Kidd |first=Paul B. |title=Never To Be Released (Australia's most vicious murderers) |url=http://books.boomerangbooks.com/featuredbook1.asp?StoreURL=boomerang&bookid=9780330362931 |publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd Limited |orig-year=1993 |year=2001 |location=St Martins Tower, 31 Market St Sydney | pages =216 to 244 | isbn =978-0-330-36293-1 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}; [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/granny-killer-found-dead-in-cell/2005/09/09/1125772681493.html Sydney Morning Herald]; [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mystery-woman-pays-for-killers-funeral/2005/09/17/1126750168519.html Sydney Morning Herald].</ref>
* [[Karthi Gnanasegaram]] (born ca.1980) – sports presenter with the BBC; formerly with Sky News, ITN and Al Jazeera's International News Channel in Doha<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/qa-with-karthi-260813-1010391.aspx |title=Q&A With Karthi |publisher=wolves.co.uk |date=26 August 2013 |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827082226/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/qa-with-karthi-260813-1010391.aspx |archive-date=27 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Richard Green (footballer)|Richard Green]] (born 1967) – footballer, defender<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3066 |title=Richard Green |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mathew Guest]] (born 1975) - Professor of Sociology of Religion at Durham University
* [[Button Gwinnett]] (1735–1777) – signatory of the US [[Declaration of Independence (United States)|Declaration of Independence]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==H==
* Sir [[Geoff Hampton]] (born 1952) – head teacher who transformed the fortunes of the first school in Britain which had been deemed by OFSTED inspectors as "failing".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=9050 |title=Professor Sir Geoff Hampton |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120044313/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=9050 |archive-date=20 January 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Johnny Hancocks]] (1919–1994) – footballer, right wing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WOLhancocks.htm |title=John Hancocks |publisher=Spartacus Educational |access-date=11 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411022738/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WOLhancocks.htm |archive-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Gilbert Harding]] (1907–1960) – journalist and radio and television personality<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/gilbert-harding/profile-105987.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034432/http://www.in.com/gilbert-harding/profile-105987.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Gilbert Harding |publisher=in.com |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Neil Harrison (umpire)|Neil Harrison]] (born 1962) – top ranking [[cricket]] [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] based in Japan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/the-icc/icc_members/eap/umpires_panel.php |title=2012 EAP Elite Umpires Panel |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123170414/http://www.icc-cricket.com/the-icc/icc_members/eap/umpires_panel.php |archive-date=23 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> umpired four matches at the [[2009 Women's Cricket World Cup]]<ref name="cricketarchive1">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/134/134414/statistics_lists.html |title=Lists of matches and detailed statistics for Neil Harrison |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Billy Hartill|Billy 'Artillery' Hartill]] (1905–1980) – footballer, forward; [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]]' top goal scorer for 45 years until the feat was broken by [[John Richards (footballer)|John Richards]] shortly before Hartill's death<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WOLVhartill.htm |title=Billy Hartill |publisher=Spartacus Educational |access-date=11 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530224736/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WOLVhartill.htm |archive-date=30 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jack Hayes (politician)|Jack Hayes]] (1887–1941) – police officer, trade unionist and politician; served in the [[Metropolitan Police]], general secretary of the [[POA (trade union)|National Union of Police and Prison Officers]]<ref>{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/65935 |title=Hayes, John Henry &#91;Jack&#93; (1887–1941) |last=Davies |first=Sam|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65935|access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman]] (born 1949) – first [[Lord Speaker]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themediabriefing.com/people/helene-hayman-baroness-hayman |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411234146/http://www.themediabriefing.com/people/helene-hayman-baroness-hayman |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman |publisher=themediabriefing.com |access-date=11 March 2013 }}</ref>
* Sir [[Charles William Hayward]] (1892–1983) – entrepreneur and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Motorcycles/ajs3.htm |title=Sidecars and C. W. Hayward |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Henry John Hayward]] (1865–1945) – Wolverhampton-born New Zealand theatrical company manager and cinema chain proprietor<ref>{{DNZB |title=Henry John Hayward |first=Clive |last=Sowry |id=3h11 |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[Jack Hayward]], (1923–2015) – son of Wolverhampton factory owners; self-made millionaire; benefactor of many charities; fighter pilot in the Second World War; President of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/hayward_j |title=Sir Jack Hayward |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rudall Hayward]] (1900–1974) – filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4h22/hayward-rudall-charles-victor |title=Rudall Hayward |publisher=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Norman Heath]] (1924–1983) – footballer, goalkeeper<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon Books |year=2007 |pages=116–117 |isbn=978-1-85983-565-4}}</ref>
* [[Karl Henry]] (born 1982) – footballer, [[Midfielder|defensive midfielder]] and former Wolves captain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=24062 |title=Karl Henry |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>  
* [[Rachael Heyhoe Flint]] (1939–2017) – captain of the [[English women's cricket team|England]] [[Women's Cricket World Cup]] team in 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/53887.html |title=Rachael Heyhoe-Flint |publisher=ESPN |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Hibbitt]] (born 1951) – footballer, [[midfielder]]; during his time at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]] he won 2 League Cups (1974 and 1980, scoring in the 1974 final) and played in the [[1972 UEFA Cup Final]]; played 544 games for Wolves, scoring 114 goals, the second most appearances a player has made in Wolves history<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/kenny-hibbitt-8039/biography-of-his-career_a11574/ |title=Kenny Hibbitt |publisher=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Hicklin]] (1816–1909) – solicitor and Borough Magistrate; the [[Hicklin test]] is a [[legal test]] for [[obscenity]] established by the [[English common law|English case]] ''Regina v. Hicklin''<ref name="Bremmer1971">{{cite book |author=Robert H. E. Bremmer |title=Children and youth in America: a documentary history. 1866–1932 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5yHCLQQ_OmkC&pg=PA231 |access-date=30 September 2011 |date=1 January 1971 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-11612-2   |page=231}}</ref> 
* [[Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet]] (1830–1910) – industrialist and Conservative MP 1885–1906<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/hickman |title=Alfred Hickman |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Hicks]] (1924–2013) – actress
*[[James Higginson (cricketer)|James Higginson]] (1885–1940) – cricketer who played one first-class game, scored no runs in his only innings (but maintained an infinite batting average on account of remaining not out), and took no wickets or catches<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30218/30218.html |title=James Higginson |publisher=cricketarchive.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Staveley Hill]] (1825–1905) – barrister and KC, politician (MP); eponym of [[Stavely]], Alberta<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/HorseRacing/chapter2.htm |title=Horse Racing at Wolverhampton |publisher=Wolvewrhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dave Hill (guitarist)|Dave Hill]] (born 1946) – lead guitarist for the band [[Slade]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9563138/Slades-Dave-Hill-Most-of-our-earnings-went-on-tax.html |title=Slade's Dave Hill: 'Most of our earnings went on tax'
|work=The Telegraph|date=24 September 2012 |access-date=12 March 2013 |location=London |first=Richard |last=Webber}}</ref>
* [[Edward Hill (painter)|Edward Hill]] (1843–1923) – prolific artist, poet, songwriter and newspaper correspondent<ref>''Nature's Nobleman, Edward Hill and His Art'', ''Historical New Hampshire'', Vol. 44, Nos. 1 and 2, Spring/Summer, 1989
</ref>
* [[Matthew Hislop]] (born 1990) – footballer, defender<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40970 |title=Matthew Hislop |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Noddy Holder]] (born 1946) – from Walsall, singer/rhythm guitarist for Slade<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/504412/its-your-birthday-slades-noddy-holder.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419105010/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/504412/its-your-birthday-slades-noddy-holder.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Say It's Your Birthday: Slade's Noddy Holder |publisher=MTV |date=15 June 1995 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
*  [[Rear Admiral]] [[John Holford]] (1909–1997) – medical officer in the [[Royal Navy]]; worked for the [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Health]], 1965–1974; later senior principal medical officer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2233 |title=John Morley Holford |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |access-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822182250/http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2233 |archive-date=22 August 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]] (born 1946) – jazz bassist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/dave_holland.shtml|title=Dave Holland, 1946 – present|publisher=BBC |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dave Holland (drummer)|Dave Holland]] (1948–2018) – drummer with [[Judas Priest]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f6aa5c4a-38d8-4967-b983-52bd039bce33 |title=David Holland |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925104106/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f6aa5c4a-38d8-4967-b983-52bd039bce33 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Don Howe]] (born 1935) – football player, coach and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=511 |title=Donald Howe |publisher=englandstats.com |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Matthew Hudson-Smith]] (born 1994) – track and field sprinter, [[4×400 metres relay]] gold medallist at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2016/06/04/wolves-rejection-put-matthew-hudson-smith-on-olympic-road-to-rio/ |title=Wolves rejection put Matthew Hudson-Smith on Olympic road to Rio |work=Express & Star|date=4 June 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>

==I==
* [[Eric Idle]] (born 1943) – actor and comedian, attended the [[The Royal School, Wolverhampton|Royal Wolverhampton School]]
* [[David Inshaw]] (born 1943) – artist, founder member of the [[Brotherhood of Ruralists]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collection.britishcouncil.org/collection/artist/5/17679 |title=David Inshaw (1943 − ) |publisher=British Council |access-date=21 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505200735/http://collection.britishcouncil.org/collection/artist/5/17679 |archive-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==J==
* [[Howard Jacobson]] (born 1942) – [[List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction|Booker Prize for Fiction]]-winning author and journalist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booker-prize/8060132/Man-Booker-Prize-Howard-Jacobson-is-surprise-winner.html |title=Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson is surprise winner
|work=The telegraph|date=12 October 2010 |access-date=12 March 2013 |location=London |first=Anita |last=Singh}}</ref>
* [[Jamelia]] (born 1981) – musician, originally from Birmingham, now living in Wolverhampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3449300024.html |title=Jamelia|publisher=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[Stephen Jenyns]] ({{Circa|1450}}–1523) – wool merchant; Master of the [[Merchant Taylors' Company]]; [[Mayor of London]]; founder of [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wgs.org.uk/home/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Wolverhampton Grammar School |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327020515/http://www.wgs.org.uk/home/our-history/ |archive-date=27 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Charles Jones (photographer)|Charles Jones]] (1866–1959) – gardener and photographer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/09/charles-jones-gardener-photographer/ |title=Charles Jones, Gardener & Photographer |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Francis Jones (physicist)|Francis Jones]]  (1914–1988) – physicist who co-developed the [[Oboe (navigation)|OBOE]] blind bombing system<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=MacFarlane |first1=G. G. |author-link1=George G. Macfarlane |last2=Hilsum |first2=C. |author-link2=Cyril Hilsum |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1990.0008 |title=Francis Edgar Jones, 16 January 1914 – 10 April 1988 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=35 |pages=180 |year=1990 |s2cid=71700550 }}</ref>
* [[Jackery Jones]] (1877–1945) – [[Association football|footballer]], [[Defender (association football)#Full back|full back]]; played over 300 games in the [[Football League]] for Wolverhampton Wanderers; member of the club's Hall of Fame; made his team debut in 1901, the first of 111 consecutive appearances; as full-back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-jackery-jones-2009-421279.aspx |title=Jackery Jones |publisher=wolves.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906192544/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-jackery-jones-2009-421279.aspx |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jenny Jones (Labour politician)|Jenny Jones]] (born 1948) – [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54761 |date=9 May 1997 |page=5511}}</ref>
* [[Mandy Jones (politician)|Mandy Jones]] (born ca.1975) – [[Brexit Party]] politician<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-47711622/north-wales-am-s-nightly-beatings-by-adoptive-mother |title=AM's "nightly beatings" by adoptive mother |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Jones (darts player)|Wayne 'The Wanderer' Jones]] (born 1965) – darts player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=25 |title=Wayne Jones |publisher=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[William Highfield Jones]]  (1829–1903) – industrialist, local politician, author and [[benefactor (law)|benefactor]]; built Jones Brothers & Co.; became an alderman and the 25th mayor of Wolverhampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/jones |publisher=wolverhamptonhistory.org |title=William Highfield Jones |access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/jonesbros/jonesbros01.html |publisher=localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk |title=Jones Brothers & Co |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029041951/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/jonesbros/jonesbros01.htm|archive-date=29 October 2011}}</ref>
* [[Alfred John Jukes-Browne]]  (1851–1914) – British invertebrate [[palaeontologist]] and stratigrapher<ref>{{cite journal |year=1914 |title=Alfred John Jukes-Browne, F.R.S |journal=Nature |volume=93 |issue= 2339|pages=667–668 |doi=10.1038/093667b0 |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v93/n2339/pdf/093667b0.pdf |access-date=27 April 2013 |last1=j. |first1=J. W. |bibcode=1914Natur..93..667J |s2cid=3984584 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Jake Jervis]] (born 1991) – professional footballer

==K==
* [[Lisa Kehler]] (born 1967) – race walker, competed for Britain at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] & [[2000 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/lisa-langford-kehler-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/lisa-langford-kehler-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Lisa Langford-Kehler |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Chris Kelly (British politician)|Chris Kelly]] (born 1978) – [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Kelly_Chris.aspx |publisher=Conservative Party |title=Chris Kelly, Member of Parliament for Dudley South |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103051638/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Kelly_Chris.aspx |archive-date=3 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Kemp]] (born 1981) – professional squash player, represented England<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~199,00.html |title=Jonathan Kemp, Player Profile |publisher=psaworldtour.com |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327103054/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~199,00.html |archive-date=27 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Judith Keppel]] (born 1942)<ref>Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (London: Burke's Peerage, 1999)</ref> – quiz show contestant who was the first person to win one million pounds on the British television game show ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''
* [[Karl Keska]] (born 1972) – 10,000m runner, 8th at [[2000 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/karl-keska-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/karl-keska-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Karl Keska |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[Rupert Alfred Kettle]] (1817–1894) – barrister, county court judge and arbitrator<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/kettle/SirRupert.htm |title=Sir Rupert Kettle, prince of arbitrators |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Syma Khalid]], Professor of Computational Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syma Khalid|url=https://www.biophysics.org/profiles/syma-khalid|access-date=8 March 2021|website=The Biophysical Society|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Razzak Khan]], stage and movie actor and comedian.
* [[Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury]] (born 1948) – Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/business/2010/10/20/bank-of-england-governor-mervyn-king-banks-on-black-country-sense/ |title=Bank of England governor Mervyn King banks on Black Country sense |work=Express & Star |date=20 October 2010 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Beverley Knight]] (born 1973) – soul singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/features/2002/12/beverley_knight/beverley_knight_biography.shtml |title=Beverley Knight is 'Moving on Up' |publisher=BBC |date=September 2003 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>

==L==
* [[Stuart Lampitt]] (born 1966) – cricketer, right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16182.html |title=Stuart Lampitt |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Michael Langdon]] (1920–1991) – bass opera singer
* [[James Langley]]  (1916–1983) – Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards, [[MI9]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsle.com/person/jameslangley/7935639 |title=James Langley |publisher=newsle.com |access-date=12 March 2013 }}{{Dead link |date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[Joanne Latham]] (born 1961) – English former [[glamour model]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves-beat.co.uk/html/wolves_beat_l-z.html |title=Wolves Beat, L-Z: Joanne Latham |publisher=Wolves Beat |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201212908/http://wolves-beat.co.uk/html/wolves_beat__l-z.html |archive-date=1 February 2015 }} Website for notable people born in or associated with [[Wolverhampton]].</ref>
* [[Margery Lawrence]] (1889–1969) – pseudonym of ''Mrs. Arthur E. Towle''; fantasy, horror and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?15077 |title=Margery Lawrence – Summary Bibliography |publisher=isfdb.org |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Winifred Lawson]] (1892–1961) – opera and concert singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gsarchive.net/whowaswho/L/LawsonWinifred.htm |title=Winifred Lawson |publisher=math.boisestate.edu |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jim Lea (musician)|Jim Lea]] (born 1949) – musician, member of [[Slade]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brumbeat.net/nbtwns.htm |title=The 'N Betweens |publisher=brumbeat.net |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Lee (British actress)|Margaret Lee]] (born 1943) – actress
* [[Joleon Lescott]] (born 1982) – footballer; graduate of the Wolves Academy, the Wolves' supporters ''Player of the Year'' (born in Birmingham)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/5036292.stm |title=Lescott completes Everton switch
|publisher=BBC |access-date=27 March 2013 |date=14 June 2006}}</ref>
* [[Richard Leveson (admiral)|Sir Richard Leveson]] (1570–1605) – [[Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom|Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life]], hero of the Battle of [[Cadiz]], 1596<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/names.htm |title=Some Famous Wolverhampton Names |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Denise Lewis]] – Olympic gold medallist, born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/denise-lewis/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423185002/http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/denise-lewis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2013 |title=Denise Lewis |publisher=britishathletics.org.uk |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ephraim Lewis]] (1968–1994) – soul/neo-soul and R & B singer and songwriter<ref>"Genius Plus Soul: Ephraim Lewis"</ref><ref>''[[Spin magazine|SPIN]]'', August 2009, p. 75.</ref>
* [[Bob Lilley (British Army soldier)|Bob Lilley]]  (1914–1981) – founding member of the British [[Special Air Service]]; member of the [[Coldstream Guards]]; one of the first four men selected by [[Colonel David Stirling]] to be a founder member of L Detachment 1st SAS in Middle East HQ Cairo 1940; took part in many special forces operations and missions behind enemy lines in Libya against Italian and German forces during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/how-wwii-sas-hero-single-handedly-fought-his-way-out-of-german-base-in-middle-of-desert-his-medals-go-to-auction.html |title=How WWII SAS hero single-handedly fought his way out of German base in middle of desert. His medals go to auction |publisher=warhistoryonline.com |access-date=28 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703232133/http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/how-wwii-sas-hero-single-handedly-fought-his-way-out-of-german-base-in-middle-of-desert-his-medals-go-to-auction.html |archive-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Adrian Littlejohn]] (born 1970) – footballer, [[midfielder]]/[[Forward (association football)|forward]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4556 |title=Adrian Littlejohn |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Anita Lonsbrough]] (born 1941) – gold medallist in swimming at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], now lives in Tettenhall<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/08/27/golden-girl-anita-lonsbrough-celebrates-gold-50-years-on/ |title=Golden girl Anita Lonsbrough celebrates gold 50 years on |work=Express & Star |date=27 August 2010 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Augustus Edward Hough Love]] (1863–1940) – mathematician worked on the theory of [[Elasticity (physics)|elasticity]] and mathematical known as [[Love wave]]s<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Milne |first1=E. A. |author-link=Edward Arthur Milne |title=Augustus Edward Hough Love. 1863–1940 |doi= 10.1098/rsbm.1941.0015 |journal=[[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=3 |issue=9 |page= 466 |year=1941 |title-link=Augustus Edward Hough Love |s2cid=176875084 }}</ref>
* [[Des Lyttle]] (born 1971) – footballer (defender), football manager and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4669 |title=Des Lyttle |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>

==M==
* [[Macka B]] – (born 1966) as ''Christopher MacFarlane'', reggae artist, performer and [[Rastafari]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/macka-b/7274300 |title=Macka B |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Alan Lindsay Mackay]] (1926–2025) – crystallographer; made scientific contributions related to the structure of materials; predicted [[quasicrystals]] in 1981<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hargittai |first1=István|year=2002 |title=Alan L. Mackay – Crystallographer, Universalist, Humanist |journal=Structural Chemistry |volume=13 |issue=314 |pages=213 |publisher=Plenum Publishing Corporation |doi= 10.1023/A:1015899107760|s2cid=171402825}}</ref> 
* [[John Malam]] (born 1957) – historian, archaeologist and author of [[Children's non-fiction literature|children's non-fiction]] informational books{{cn|date=August 2022}}
* Sir [[Charles Arthur Mander]], 2nd Baronet [[Justice of the Peace|JP]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (1884–1951) – public servant, philanthropist, manufacturer; managing director of [[Mander Brothers]], the family paint, varnish and inks business established in 1773<ref>C. Nicholas Mander, ''Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander Family of Wolverhampton, 1750–1950'' (Owlpen Press, 2004)</ref>
* Sir [[Charles Marcus Mander]], 3rd Baronet (1921–2006) – industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer; known as Marcus Mander<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527156/Sir-Charles-Mander-Bt.html |title=Sir Charles Mander, Bt |work=The Telegraph|date=25 August 2006 |access-date=30 April 2013 |location=London}}</ref>
* Sir [[Charles Tertius Mander]] (1852–1929) – manufacturer, philanthropist and public servant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/mander |title=Charles Tertius Mander |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224133752/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/mander |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Sir [[Geoffrey Mander|Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander]] (1882–1962) – chairman of Mander Brothers; Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East; donor of [[Wightwick Manor]] to the National Trust<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/SirGeoffreyMander/Mander.htm |title=Sir Geoffrey Mander: The Last of the Midland Radicals |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Miles Mander]] (1888–1946) – early Hollywood film actor, director and novelist
* [[Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet]] (born 1950) – British baronet; Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]]
* [[Rob Marris]] (born 1955) – solicitor, politician and MP<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/rob-marris/profile-235599.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050118/http://www.in.com/rob-marris/profile-235599.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Rob Marris |publisher=in.com |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[John Marston (Industrialist)|John Marston]] (1836–1914) – founder of the [[Sunbeam Motor Car Company|Sunbeam]] company, in Upper Villiers Street<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/marston_j |title=John Marston |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Scott Matthews]] (born 1976) – singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2006/11/08/scott_matthews_story_feature.shtml |title=Scott Matthews |publisher=BBC |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[John McHugh (tenor)|John McHugh]] (1912–2002) – operatic [[tenor]] known for ballads and [[romanticism|romantic]] tunes and lyrics<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/The-John-McHugh-Story-A-Tribute-to-the-Late-Singer-2.htm?id=72812 |title=The John McHugh Story: A Tribute to the Late Singer |publisher=Black Country Bugle |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721202954/http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/The-John-McHugh-Story-A-Tribute-to-the-Late-Singer-2.htm?id=72812 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Pat McFadden]] (born 1965) – [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Wolverhampton South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South East]]
* [[Maria Miller]] (born 1964) – politician, MP and marketing consultant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Miller_Maria.aspx |title=Maria Miller |publisher=conservatives.com |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306103248/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Miller_Maria.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Mil Millington]] – journalist and novelist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2008/07/17/mil_millington_new_book_feature.shtml |title=Mil's new book |publisher=BBC |date=6 August 2008 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Caitlin Moran]] (born 1975) – broadcaster and columnist, grew up in Wolverhampton<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview--atrocious-mess-precocious-mind-meet-caitlin-moran-newspaper-columnist-television-presenter-novelist-screenwriter-pop-music-pundit----and-typical-teenage-slob-1436595.html |title=INTERVIEW/Atrocious mess, precocious mind: Meet Caitlin Moran, newspaper columnist, television presenter, novelist, screenwriter, pop music pundit&nbsp;... and typical teenage slob |work=The Independent|date=17 May 1994 |access-date=13 March 2013 |location=London |first=Hunter |last=Davies}}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Moreland]] (1914–1996) – footballer, centre forward<ref>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=189 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>
*[[John Morton (trade unionist)|John Morton]] (1925-2021) -  head of the [[Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)|Musicians Union]] in London (1971-1990) and president of Federation of International Musicians (1973-2004) 
* [[Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1923)|Jimmy Mullen]] (1923–1987) – spent his whole career, 1938–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.; also played for England 12 times<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/old_gen.htm |title=Old Gold |publisher=thewolvessite.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924143800/http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/old_gen.htm |archive-date=24 September 2008 }}</ref>

==N==
* [[Laura Newton]] (born 1977) – international [[cricket]]er; played for [[Wolverhampton]] and [[Staffordshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53702.html |title=Laura Newton |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Nicholls]] (1931–1995) – footballer, [[Forward (association football)|inside forward]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=704 |title=John Nicholls |publisher=englandstats.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Alfred Noyes]] (1880–1958) – poet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/674 |title=Alfred Noyes |publisher=poets.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>

==O==
* [[Jacqui Oatley]]  (born 1975) – sports broadcaster
* [[Sean O'Connor (footballer)|Sean O'Connor]] (1981) – professional footballer, 2008 [[Scottish Cup]] finalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/sean_o_connor_64193.shtml |title=Sean O'Connor |publisher=football.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sean O'Driscoll]] (born 1957) – footballer, midfielder, and football manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2011/01/07/odriscoll-clan-backing-wolves/ |title=O'Driscoll clan backing Wolves |work=Express & Star |date=7 January 2011 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)|Mark O'Shea]] (born 1956) – [[herpetologist]], photographer, author, lecturer and TV personality<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=33938 |title=Graduate Feature: Mark O'Shea |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=30 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617183706/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=33938 |archive-date=17 June 2013 }}</ref>

==P==
* [[Sara Page]] (1855–1943) – artist, portrait and figurative painter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/Page/Sara.htm |title=Sara Wells Page (1855–1943) A Parisian artist from Wolverhampton |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dee Palmer]] (born 1937) – formerly David Palmer;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484568/lollapalooza-return-this-summer.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517052648/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484568/lollapalooza-return-this-summer.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2013 |title=For The Record: Quick News |date=23 January 2004 |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> composer, arranger,<ref>{{cite book |last=Nollen |first=Scott Allen |title=Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsvpFwKVCN4C&pg=PA185 |access-date=27 April 2012 |year=2002 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1101-6 |pages=185–}}</ref> and keyboardist; known for having been a member of the [[rock and roll|rock]] group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Buckley |first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT551 |access-date=27 April 2012|date=1 November 2003|publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |pages=551–}}</ref>
* Reverend [[Philip Pargeter]] (born 1933) – [[Titular Bishop]] of Valentiniana; retired [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Archdiocese of Birmingham]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Right Reverend Philip Pargeter |url=http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Catholic-Church/The-Church-in-England-and-Wales/Bishops/Retired-Bishops/pargeter_philip |publisher=Catholic Church in England and Wales |access-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219112819/http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Catholic-Church/The-Church-in-England-and-Wales/Bishops/Retired-Bishops/pargeter_philip |archive-date=19 February 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Phil Parkes (footballer, born 1947)|Phil Parkes]] (born 1947) – [[association football|football]] [[goalkeeper (football)|goalkeeper]]; [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]' first-choice keeper for much of late 1960s and early 1970s; appeared in 127 consecutive league matches, breaking [[Noel George]]'s club record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/old_gen2.htm |title=Phil 'Lofty' Parkes |publisher="The Wolves" Site |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614004851/http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/old_gen2.htm |archive-date=14 June 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Derek Parkin]] (born 1948) – football player, [[Defender (association football)|full back]]; made 609 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers (a record); in 1968, became the most expensive [[Defender (association football)|full back]] in Britain when he joined Wolves for [[Pound sterling|£]]80,000<ref name="Matthews 2008"/>
*[[Florence Paton]] (1891–1976) – [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician; [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|MP]] from [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] to [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UK%20bios/UK_bios_40s.htm#fpaton |title=Women MPs Elected 1940s, Florence Paton |publisher=Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Paul]] (born 1957) – winner of New Zealand's ''Dancing with the Stars'' 2007<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/news/article.cfm?c_id=350&objectid=3561091 |title=Steak, chips and Maorioke with Suzanne Paul |work=The New Zealand Herald|date=17 April 2004 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Liam Payne]] (1993–2024) – contestant on ''[[The X Factor]]'' in 2010; singer-songwriter and former member of boy-band [[One Direction]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/liam-payne/articles/153829/title/all-about-liam-payne-3333 |title=All about Liam Payne |publisher=fanpop |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* General [[Thomas Hooke Pearson]] CB (1806 Tettenhall – 1892), a senior British Army general.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Pearson, Thomas Hooke |volume= 44 |last= Lloyd |first= Ernest Marsh |author-link= Ernest Marsh Lloyd |page= 176 |year= 1895 | short=1}}</ref>
* [[Mike Perkins]] (born 1969) – comic book artist
* [[Andrew Pelling]] (born 1959) – politician; [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] then independent MP<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/30/andrew-pelling-croyden-central-stand-independent |title=Tories dealt blow as MP Andrew Pelling announces he will stand as independent |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |date=30 March 2010 |access-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403000703/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/30/andrew-pelling-croyden-central-stand-independent |archive-date=3 April 2010 | url-status=live |location=London}}</ref>
* [[Brian Pendleton]] (1944–2001) – rhythm guitarist with [[The Pretty Things]] in the sixties
* [[Jonn Penney]] (born 1968) – singer of [[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]]
* [[Dora Penny]] (1874–1964) – daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton; a good friend of [[Edward Elgar]] and his family; immortalised as Dorabella in the ''[[Enigma Variations]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/25/5702.htm |title=POWELL, Dora Mary (1874–1964), Identity Statement |publisher=Royal College of Music |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Fred Pentland]] (1883–1962) – footballer ([[Forward (association football)|forward]]) and football manager (including [[Germany national football team|Germany (Olympic team)]], [[France national football team|France]], [[Athletic Bilbao]], [[Atlético Madrid]], [[Real Oviedo]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPentlandFB.html |title=Fred Pentland Profile |publisher=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark]] (born 1931) – educationalist; Conservative politician; Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England
* [[Shaun Perry]] (born 1978) – rugby union footballer, played scrum half<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/9400556.stm |title=Shaun Perry to leave Brive this summer for Worcester |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 March 2013 |date=17 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Suzi Perry]] (born 1970) – television presenter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=21352 |title=Suzi Perry – School of Applied Sciences; Honorary Fellowship |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=13 March 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915005759/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=21352 |archive-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Tom Phillips (artist)|Tom Phillips]]  (born 1937) – artist, painter, [[Printmaking|printmaker]], [[Collage|collagist]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/engravers-printmakers-and-draughtsmen/tom-phillips-ra,430,AR.html |title=Tom Phillips RA |publisher=Royal Academy of Arts |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Tom Phillipson]] (1898–1965) –  footballer, several goal-scoring records for Wolverhampton Wanderers; became a businessman in Wolverhampton and town mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2017/11/06/feature-the-post-war-wolves-club-record-leo-bonatini-is-closing-on/ |title=The post-war Wolves club record Leo Bonatini is closing on |work=Express & Star |date=6 November 2017 |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[George Phoenix]] (1863–1935) – Victorian/Edwardian landscape, figurative, and portrait artist and sculptor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw05327/Sir-William-Blake-Richmond |title=Sir William Blake Richmond, by George Phoenix |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bob Plant (soldier)|Bob Plant]] (1915–2011) – soldier, recipient of MC<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8515230/Captain-Bob-Plant.html |title=Captain Bob Plant |work=The telegraph|date=15 May 2011 |access-date=13 March 2013 |location=London}}</ref>
* [[Robert Plant]] (born 1948) – singer in Led Zeppelin, born in [[West Bromwich]]
* [[Clive Platt]] (born 1977) – footballer, striker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9302 |title=Clive Platt, Player Profile |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Hugh Porter]] (born 1940) – Olympic cyclist, broadcaster and media personality<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/hugh-porter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/hugh-porter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hugh Porter |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Lisa Potts]] – teacher and [[George Medal]] holder<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=19824 |title=For the children – Interview with Lisa Potts |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Don Powell]] (born 1946) – born in Bilston, drummer for Slade<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-news/slade-drummer-don-powell-prepares-121309 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222162744/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-news/slade-drummer-don-powell-prepares-121309 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2013 |title=Slade drummer Don Powell prepares to publish his autobiography |publisher=birminghammail.net |access-date=18 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Enoch Powell]] (1912–1998) – politician (Member of Parliament for [[Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]] [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] – [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]]), poet, scholar and soldier<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biographyonline.net/politicians/uk/enoch-powell.html |title=Enoch Powell Biography |publisher=biographyonline.net |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Hayley Price]] (born 1966) – gymnast, competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/hayley-price-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041346/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/hayley-price-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Hayley Price |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ken Purchase]] (1939–2016) – politician, local MP<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2177198.stm |title=Ken Purchase |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 March 2013 |first=Labour |last=Mp |date=16 October 2002}}</ref>

==R==
* [[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]] (1961–2007) – musician and bass player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Raven/+wiki |title=Paul Raven Biography |publisher=last.fm |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[William Regal]] (born 1968) – WWE/WCW/ECW wrestler and commentator; member of [[The Blue Bloods]]
* [[Oscar Gustave Rejlander]] (1813–1875) – set up as a portraitist in Wolverhampton, around 1846; ''"father of art photography"''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/photos/Rejlander/Rejlander.htm |title=Oscar Rejlander Art Photographer |publisher=Wolverhampton History and Heritage website |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Emma Reynolds]] (born 1977) – politician (MP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/emma_reynolds/696/ |title=About Emma Reynolds |publisher=labour.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319043811/http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/emma_reynolds/696/ |archive-date=19 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[John Rhodes (racing driver)|John Rhodes]] (born 1927) – racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-rhojoh.html |title=Drivers: John Rhodes |publisher=grandprix.com |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mark Rhodes]] (born 1981) – singer and television presenter; known for ''[[TMi]]'', ''[[Copycats]]'' and ''[[Pop Idol 2]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/august-2010/mark-rhodes-bupa-great-north-run.aspx |title=Mark (of Sam & Mark) pounds the Rhodes in Bupa 30th Great North Run for Christian Aid |publisher=christianaid.org.uk |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164312/http://www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/august-2010/mark-rhodes-bupa-great-north-run.aspx |archive-date=28 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[John Richards (footballer)|John Richards]] (born 1950) – [[England national football team|international]] [[Association football|footballer]], [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], where he broke the club's goal-scoring record ending with 194 goals; later returned to Wolves as managing director from 1994 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-john-richards-2010-421637.aspx |title=John Richards |publisher=wolves.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131204143/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-john-richards-2010-421637.aspx |archive-date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Barry Rogerson]] (born 1936) – first [[Bishop of Wolverhampton]], 1979–1985; formerly vicar of [[St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/StThomas.htm |title=St Thomas' Church and the Bate Monument |publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>
* [[Carina Round]] (born 1979) – singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Carina-Round-Biography/5D708A2D39768E4C48257051000D2311 |title=Carina Round Biography |publisher=sing365.com |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328234928/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Carina-Round-Biography/5D708A2D39768E4C48257051000D2311 |archive-date=28 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kevin Rowland]] (born 1953) – singer in [[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
* [[Arthur Rowley]] (1926–2002) – footballer, [[Inside forward|inside left]] and football manager<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/23/db2303.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225152059/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/23/db2303.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 December 2007 |title=Arthur Rowley |access-date=6 October 2007 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=23 December 2002 |location=London}}</ref>
* [[Jack Rowley]] (1920–1998) – footballer, [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and football manager<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uptheposh.com/people/10532/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224911/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/10532/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 March 2016 |title=Jack Rowley  |access-date=17 March 2013 |publisher=uptheposh.com }}</ref>
* Sir [[Merton Russell-Cotes]] (1835–1921) – Mayor of Bournemouth, 1894–1895, the only mayor of Bournemouth who was not also a member of the council<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russellcotes.com/russell-cotes/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/The-Russell-Cotes-family1.pdf |title=The Family of Merton Russell-Cotes and Annie Nelson Clark |access-date=18 March 2013 |publisher=Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum }}</ref>

==S==
* [[Wendy Sadler]] (born 1974) – [[science communication|science communicator]] and lecturer; founded ''Science Made Simple'', which engageds audiences with the physical sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ounsdale.co.uk/2018/02/former-pupils-mbe/ |title=Former pupil's MBE |publisher=Ounsdale High School |access-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723093256/http://www.ounsdale.co.uk/2018/02/former-pupils-mbe/ |archive-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Tessa Sanderson]] (born 1956) – gold medallist in the [[javelin throw]], [[1984 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/tessa-sanderson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174923/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/tessa-sanderson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Tessa Sanderson |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sathnam Sanghera]] (born 1976) – journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2008/04/23/sathnam_sanghera_feature.shtml |title=Charles Simon |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Scarlxrd]] (born 1994) – rap artist, rock/metal artist
* [[Keith Short]] (1941–2020)– sculptor, worked in the UK feature film industry<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keithshortsculptor.com/biog.htm |title=Keith Short Sculptor |publisher=keithshortsculptor.com |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bill Shorthouse]] (1922–2008) – professional football player and coach; spent his playing career with [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bill-shorthouse-stalwart-of-the-finest-wolves-side-934143.html |title=Bill Shorthouse: Stalwart of the finest Wolves side |work=The Independent|access-date=27 March 2013 |location=London |date=18 September 2008}}</ref>
* [[George Showell]] (1934–2012) – footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] and [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]];<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/georgeshowell.html |title=George Showell |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref> mainly with Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in two league championship-winning seasons and in the [[1960 FA Cup Final]].
* [[Robert of Shrewsbury]] (died 1212) – [[Bishop of Bangor]] from 1197 to his death<ref>[[John Edward Lloyd|J. E. Lloyd]] (1911) ''The history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest'' (Longmans, Green & Co.)</ref>
* [[Jarnail Singh (referee)|Jarnail Singh]] (born 1962) – football referee who officiated in the Football League<ref>{{cite web |url=http://famoussikhs.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/jarnail-singh.html |title=Jarnail Singh |date=11 January 2009 |publisher=famoussikhs.blogspot.co.uk |access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bill Slater (footballer)|Bill Slater]]  (1927–2018)– [[Association football|international footballer]], [[Striker (association football)|inside forward]] / [[Defender (football)|defender]] mainly for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]; in the same year was voted [[Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]]; in 1982, he was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to sport; a CBE followed in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-bill-slater-2010-421622.aspx |title=Bill Slater |publisher=wolves.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131204152/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/hof-bill-slater-2010-421622.aspx |archive-date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Nigel Slater]] (born 1956) – food writer and journalist
* [[John Sleeuwenhoek]] (1944–1989) – footballer, [[defender (football)|centre-half]]; made 226 appearances in [[the Football League]] for [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]; [[cap (sport)|cap]]ped twice for [[England national football team|England]] at under-23 level<ref>{{cite web 
|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/johnsleeuwenhoek.html |title=John Sleeuwenhoek |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dean Smith (racing driver)|Dean Smith]] (born 1988) – racing driver; 2009 champion of the [[British Formula Renault Championship]]; winner of that year's [[McLaren Autosport BRDC Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deansmithproracing.co.uk/index.php/dean_smith/news/silverstone_gp3_podium_for_smith_on_british_grand_prix_weekend/ |title=Silverstone GP3 podium for Smith on British Grand Prix weekend |publisher=deansmithproracing.co.uk |access-date=21 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406144856/http://www.deansmithproracing.co.uk/index.php/dean_smith/news/silverstone_gp3_podium_for_smith_on_british_grand_prix_weekend/ |archive-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Eleanor Smith (politician)|Eleanor Smith]] (born 1957) – the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]] from [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14001051|title=Wolverhampton South West parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|access-date=23 December 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Harry Smith (footballer born 1932)|Harry Smith]] (born 1932) – footballer, left back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alibris.co.uk/search/books/isbn/9786137223598 |title=Harry Smith |publisher=alibris.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jack Smith (footballer born 1882)|Jack Smith]] (1882–??) – [[association football|footballer]], [[forward (association football)|forward]]; scored 39 goals in 110 appearances playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=243 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>
* [[Vikram Solanki]] (born 1976) – England and Worcestershire cricketer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20286.html |title=Vikram Solanki |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Philip Solomon (medium)|Philip Solomon]] (born 1951) – [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualist]] [[Mediumship|medium]], author, broadcaster and paranormal researcher<ref>{{cite news |title=Medium rare! |newspaper=[[Shields Gazette]] |date=30 January 2008 |url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/9807/Medium-rare.3727828.jp |access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[John Hanbury Angus Sparrow]] (1906–1992) – academic, [[barrister]], [[book collecting|book-collector]] and Warden of [[All Souls College, Oxford]], 1952–77<ref>{{Cite ODNB |id=51324 |title=Sparrow, John Hanbury Angus}}</ref>
* [[Mark Speight]] (1965–2008) – television presenter
* [[Roger Squires]] (born 1932) – world's most prolific crossword compiler
* [[Percy Stallard]] (1909–2001) – racing cyclist; founder of the [[British League of Racing Cyclists]]; as organiser of the 1942 Wolverhampton-Llangollen race, the father of massed-start cycle racing on public roads in Britain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/stallard_p |title=Percy Stallard |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114112725/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/stallard_p |archive-date=14 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Derek Statham]] (born 1959) – footballer, full back<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2008/04/02/statham-recalls-his-double-misery/ |title=Statham recalls his double misery |work=Express & Star |date= 2 April 2008 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Josef Stawinoga]] (1920–2007) – local hermit<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/03/22/homeless_polish_feature.shtml |title=The ring road hermit |publisher=BBC |date=29 October 2007 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Richard Stearman]] (born 1987) – footballer, centre back, right back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.football.co.uk/profiles/players/richard_stearman_108453.shtml |title=Richard Stearman |publisher=football.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> 
*[[Paul Sterling]] (born 1964) – English/Welsh [[rugby league]] footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for [[England national rugby league team|England]] and [[Wales national rugby league team|Wales]] as a {{rlp|WG}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/paul-sterling/summary.html |title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org |publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>
* [[AJS#History|Stevens family]] – Joe Stevens, father of Harry, George, Albert John ('Jack'), and Joe Stevens Junior; engineers, Stevens Screw Company Ltd and later A J Stevens & Co ([[AJS]]) motorcycles<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_2960/ |title=Motorcycles, A. J. Stevens & Company Ltd (AJS) |publisher=blackcountryhistory.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Dave Swift]] (orn 1964) – bassist with [[Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daveswiftbass.com/pages/bio.html |title=Dave Swift Biography |publisher=daveswiftbass.com |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901071854/http://daveswiftbass.com/pages/bio.html |archive-date=1 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Meera Syal]] (born 1961) – comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/questionsandanswers/meerasyal.htm |title=Meera Syal |publisher=londontheatre.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jane Stevenson (politician)|Jane Stevenson]], (born 1971) – [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East]] since [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]

==T==
* [[Mandy Takhar]] (born ca.1988) – [[British Indian]] model and actress, predominantly appears in [[Punjabi culture|Punjabi]] films<ref>{{cite web |title=British Actress 'Mandy Takhar' Makes Her Bollywood Debut |date=27 March 2012 |url=http://bollynewsuk.com/2012/03/27/british-actress-mandy-takhar-makes-her-bollywood-debut/ |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kalbir Takher]] (born 1968) – [[field hockey]] player, participated for Great Britain in Field hockey at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/kalbir-singh-takher-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/kalbir-singh-takher-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Kalbir Singh Takher |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[James Tandy (cricketer)|James Tandy]] (born 1981) – former cricketer<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21648.html James Tandy] at [[Cricinfo]]</ref>
* [[James W. Tate]] (1875–1922) – songwriter, accompanist; composer and producer of revues and pantomimes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/wylietate.html |title=The impresarios Wylie – Tate |publisher=its-behind-you.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
*[[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]] (1930–2012) – referee, [[1974 FIFA World Cup]] final<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19184759 |title=Jack Taylor funeral held in Wolverhampton |publisher=BBC |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]] (born 1987) – professional track and road racing cyclist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/20 |title=Andy Tennant |publisher=britishcycling.org.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
*Dame [[Maggie Teyte]] (1888–1976) – soprano, creator of role of Melisande in [[Debussy]]'s ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]''; younger sister of [[James W. Tate]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/leisure/women/dame_maggie_teyte |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224095528/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/leisure/women/dame_maggie_teyte |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2012 |title=Dame Maggie Teyte |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=13 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Aaron Thiara]] (born 1993) – actor <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2023/06/08/everyone-loves-a-bad-boy-wolverhampton-actor-wins-villain-of-the-year-at-british-soap-awards/ |title= everyone loves a bad boy |last=Daniel |first=Walton |date=8 Jun 2023 |work=Express & Star |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[Kristian Thomas]] (born 1989) – British artistic gymnast; member of the Earls gymnastics club; educated at St Edmund's Catholic School, Wolverhampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/kristian-thomas-0 |title=Kristian Thomas |publisher=teamgb.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[George Rennie Thorne]] (1853–1934) – solicitor and politician<ref>''Who was Who'', OUP 2007</ref>
* [[Thomas Tomkis]] or Tomkys (c. 1580–1634) – playwright of the late [[English literature#Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] and the [[Literature in English#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] eras; one of the more cryptic figures of [[English Renaissance theatre]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.oxfordjournals.org/content/s5-XIII/3/175.extract|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415210126/http://library.oxfordjournals.org/content/s5-XIII/3/175.extract|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2013|title=Standing Type in Tomkis's ''Albumazar'' |publisher=Oxford – The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Tomkis, Thomas|short=x}}</ref>
* [[Billy Tuft]] (born 1874) – footballer, full back<ref name="Matthews">{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Matthews |title=Wolves The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon Books |year=1994 |isbn=1-85983-000-5}}</ref>
* Professor [[Herbert Turnbull]] (1885–1961) – mathematician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/610239/Herbert-Westren-Turnbull |title=Herbert Westren Turnbull |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Syd Tyler]] (1904–1971) – footballer, full back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/tyler_sidney.html |title=Sidney Tyler |publisher=mufcinfo.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>

==U==
* [[Evelyn Underhill]] (1875–1941) – [[Mysticism|mystic]] and [[Anglican]] writer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/underhill |title=Biography of Evelyn Underhill |publisher=Christian Classics Ethereal Library |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>

==V==
* [[Hugh Vallance]] (1905–1973) – footballer, centre forward; held a club record for goals scored in a season at Brighton and Hove Albion, the record eventually broken three years after his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/2001/12/08/The+Argus+Archive/6768864.Vallance_s_exit_still_a_mystery_to_this_day/ |title=Vallance's exit still a mystery to this day |publisher=theargus.co.uk|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Vickers de Ville]] (1856–1925) – painter of [[landscape]]s and rural subjects<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WAGMU_OP302/ |title=Coast Scene |publisher=Black Country History Website |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[Charles Pelham Villiers]] (1802–1898) – member of Parliament for 63 years, holding the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history; a statue of him stands in West Park in Wolverhampton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/villiers |title=Charles Pelham Villiers |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506102645/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/villiers |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==W==
* [[George Wallis]] (1811–1891) – artist, museum curator and art educator, first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at South Kensington Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/genealogy/wallis/wallis01.htm |title=George Wallis a pioneer of industrial art |publisher=historywebsite.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[David Watkins (designer)|David Watkins]] (born 1940) – designer of [[London 2012 Olympics]] medal; special effects maker for the film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=31868 |title=David Watkins |publisher=University of Wolverhampton |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617180920/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=31868 |archive-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Stuart Watkiss]] (born 1966) – footballer (defender) and football manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=8315 |title=Stuart Watkiss |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mickey Wernick]] (born 1944) – professional [[poker]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.happypunter.com/poker/mickey-wernick/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411030546/http://www.happypunter.com/poker/mickey-wernick/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Mickey Wernick |publisher=happypunter.com |access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref>
* Sir [[Charles Wheeler (sculptor)|Charles Wheeler]] (1892–1974) – sculptor, former president of the [[Royal Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WAGMU_Z272/ |title=High Relief: The Autobiography of Sir Charles Wheeler, Sculptor |publisher=blackcountryhistory.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Fred White (footballer born 1916)|Fred White]] (1916–2007) – footballer, [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/sheffutd/sheffutd.html |title=Sheffield United: 1946/47–2011/12 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Willard Wigan]] (born 1957) – sculptor, creates microscopic sculptures<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.willardwiganmbe.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422034115/http://www.willardwiganmbe.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 April 2017|title=Worlds Tiniest Masterpieces &#124; Willard Wigan &#124; Birmingham|website=Willardwiganmbe.com|access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Wild]] (1683–1725) – self-penned ''Chief Thieftaker General'' of Great Britain and Ireland<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WAGMU_W1178/ |title=Ticket for the execution of Jonathan Wild |website=Blackcountryhistory.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Harry Wilding]] (1894–1958) – footballer, centre half; played for the Grenadier Guards, [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |last=Joyce |first= Michael |year=2004 |publisher=soccerdata |isbn=1-899468-63-3 |page=280 }}</ref>
* [[Ashley Williams (footballer)|Ashley Williams]] (born 1984) – footballer, defender<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=37448 |title=Ashley Williams |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920)|Bert Williams]] (1920–2014) – spent his career, 1945–1959, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC; also played for England 24 times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1637 |title=Bert Williams |publisher= alzheimers.org.uk|access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Charles Williams (athlete)|Charles Williams]] (1887–1971) – [[Track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in London<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-williams-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042312/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/charles-williams-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Charles Williams |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Gary Williams (footballer born 1960)|Gary Williams]] (born 1960) – footballer, won European cup with Aston Villa; played for Leeds, Bradford and Watford<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/garywilliams.html |title=Gary Williams |website=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
* [[John Owen Williams (record producer)|John Williams]] (born 1951) – [[A&R]] executive, record producer, photographer, manager, recording artist, songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2004/May10_2_38_20.html |title=Interview with John Williams, A&R at Sanctuary Records |publisher=HitQuarters |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Paul Willis (cultural theorist)|Paul Willis]] (born 1945) – social scientist, major contemporary figure in sociology and cultural studies<ref>{{Cite journal |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6opAQAAIAAJ&q=%22paul+willis%22+wolverhampton+born |title=Youth Unemployment – A New Social State |last=Willis |first=Paul |year=1984 |journal=New Society |access-date=9 August 2015 |volume=67 |page= 475}}</ref>
* [[Marty Wilson (poker player)|Marty Wilson]] (1957–2019) – professional poker player; biggest win was $171,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/mad-marty-wilson-reveals-life-249925 |title="Mad Marty" Wilson reveals life as a poker legend |work=Birmingham Mail |date=30 October 2010 |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Tony Wilson (boxer)|Tony Wilson]] (born 1964) – boxer, British light heavyweight champion, competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Tony_Wilson |title=Tony Wilson |publisher=Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia |access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Pete Winkelman]] (born 1957) – chairman of [[association football|football]] club [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]], property developer and former [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]] executive<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2013/12/13/kenny-jackett-pays-a-tribute-to-pete-winkelmans-mk-dons-vision/ |work=Express & Star |title=Kenny Jackett pays a tribute to Pete Winkelman's MK Dons vision |access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2269375,00.html |work=The Guardian |title=From Wimbledon to Winkelman, a crazy new journey |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=13 December 2013 |location=London |first=Jamie |last=Jackson}}</ref>
* [[Sam Winnall]] (born 1991) – footballer, [[Forward (association football)|striker]], joined Wolves Academy, plays for Sheffield Wednesday<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnall completes Wednesday move |url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/winnall-completes-wednesday-move-3517832.aspx |website=Sheffield Wednesday Football Club |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[William Wood (Mintmaster)|William Wood]] (1671–1730) – lived at The Deanery, a large house in Wolverhampton; was given a contract as a [[Moneyer|mintmaster]] to strike an issue of [[Irish coinage]], 1722–1724; this coinage was extremely unpopular as a result of the publication of [[Jonathan Swift]]'s ''[[Drapier's Letters]]'' and was recalled<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/5642 |title=William Wood |publisher=openplaques.org |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)|Billy Wright]] (1924–1994) – captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers; for a long time, the most capped English football player; 490 caps for Wolves and 105 caps for [[England national football team|England]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wright_b |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423203718/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wright_b |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2013 |title=Billy Wright |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=14 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]] (1960–1997) – Wolverhampton-born prominent Ulster loyalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/who%2Bwas%2Bloyalist%2Bbilly%2Bwright/3766582.html |title=Who was loyalist Billy Wright? |publisher=Channel 4 |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[David Wright (diplomat)|David Wright]] (born 1944) – British diplomat, UK Ambassador to Japan 1996–1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Barclays+Capital+lands+top+diplomat+for+key+role+Monk+Dunstone+in+MBO...-a090816134 |title=Barclays Capital lands top diplomat for key role |publisher=thefreelibrary.com |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
* Lady [[Wulfrun]] (c. 935–1005) – [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] [[nobility|noble]] woman and landowner, established a [[landed estate]] at [[Wolverhampton]] in 985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna |title=Lady Wulfruna c. 935–1005, Founder of the City |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=27 March 2013 |archive-date=23 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423210451/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Y==
* [[Alison Young (sailor)|Alison Young]] (born 1987) – sailor;<ref>{{cite web |title=Alison Young |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/young-alison-1085489/ |publisher=London 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826055433/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/young-alison-1085489/ |archive-date=26 August 2012 }}</ref> competed in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Laser Radial class|Laser Radial class]] event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Laser Radial: Event Standings |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-radial-women/phase=saw103101/doc=summary.html |publisher=London 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406091327/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-radial-women/phase=saw103101/doc=summary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Percy M. Young]] (1912–2004) – musicologist, writer and composer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/21/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries1 |title=Percy M. Young |work=The Guardian|date=21 May 2004 |access-date=14 March 2013 |location=London |first=Nigel |last=Fortune}}</ref>

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