Editing Redcar (section)

== Notable people ==

{{see also|Category:People from Redcar}}

* [[Gertrude Bell]], colonial administrator and contemporary of [[Lawrence of Arabia]] spent her youthful years at Red Barns House in [[Coatham]],<ref name="TPS:QitD">{{Cite web |last=Proud |first=Keith |date=6 April 2005 |title=Queen of the desert |url=http://www.thepubspy.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/teesside/205/060405.html |access-date=16 March 2009 |website=The Northern Echo's History Pages}}{{Dead link |date=September 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref> which became, for a time, the Red Barns Hotel and a listed building.<ref name="Yale">{{Cite news |last=Yale |first=Pat |date=9 August 2016 |title=Gertrude of Arabia: the great adventurer may finally get her museum |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/aug/09/gertrude-of-arabia-gertrude-bell-home-museum-redcar |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408211651/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/aug/09/gertrude-of-arabia-gertrude-bell-home-museum-redcar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BLB:RBH">{{Cite web |title=Red Barns House and Red Barns Hotel, Redcar |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60338-red-barns-house-and-red-barns-hotel-redca |access-date=17 June 2012 |website=British Listed Buildings}}</ref>
* The surviving negatives of Redcar photographer Alfred Edward Graham (1882–1945) were acquired by Redcar Urban District Council's Library and Museum Committee and are now held by the Redcar and Cleveland Museum Service.<ref name="RC:HP">{{Cite web |title=Historical Photos |url=http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/photos.nsf/searchresults/DE2FC5360B61586880256BB80048E17A?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124109/http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/photos.nsf/searchresults/DE2FC5360B61586880256BB80048E17A?OpenDocument |archive-date=12 June 2011 |access-date=15 October 2008 |website=Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Rex Hunt (governor)|Rex Hunt]], governor of the [[Falkland Islands]] during the 1982 [[Falklands War|invasion by Argentina]], attended Coatham School.
* The former [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]], [[Mo Mowlam]], represented [[Redcar (UK Parliament constituency)|Redcar parliamentary constituency]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]].<ref name="G:MoMow">{{Cite web |last=Langdon |first=Julia |date=19 August 2005 |title=Obituary: Marjorie Mowlam |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/19/obituaries.northernireland |access-date=9 September 2008 |website=Guardian |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212150217/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/19/obituaries.northernireland |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Film and television actors [[Pip Donaghy]],<ref name="IMDb">{{Cite web |title=Pip Donaghy |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231904/bio |access-date=4 August 2017 |website=IMDb.com |archive-date=5 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805140714/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231904/bio |url-status=live }}</ref> [[June Laverick]], and Wendy Hall, and actor/director/producer Robert Porter were all born in Redcar.<ref name="IMDbS">{{Cite web |title=Place of Birth Search |url=https://us.imdb.com/BornWhere?for=redcar |access-date=27 May 2008 |website=Internet Movie Database}}{{Dead link |date=July 2012}}</ref>
* Actor and radio actor [[Felicity Finch]], famous for her part in [[the Archers]] BBC Radio 4 drama series, playing [[Ruth Archer]], was  born and grew up in Redcar.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robson |first=Dave |date=29 June 2017 |title=Award for Teesside actress 4m people a week listen to |work=Gazette Live |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/four-million-people-listen-every-13258875 |access-date=3 December 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202854/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/four-million-people-listen-every-13258875 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Actor [[Anne Reid]] lived in Redcar as a child and attended John Emmerson Batty School and the White House School.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/22/anne-reid-interview|title=Q&A: Anne Reid|first=Rosanna|last=Greenstreet|date=22 November 2014|accessdate=8 July 2024|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
* Singer [[David Coverdale]], lead singer with [[Deep Purple]] and [[Whitesnake]] lived in Redcar as a youth and worked in the Gentry clothes shop on Coatham Road.<ref name="Wearside">{{Cite web |title=David Coverdale |url=http://www.wearsideonline.com/music16.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127080422/http://www.wearsideonline.com/music16.html |archive-date=27 January 2007 |access-date=27 May 2008 |website=Wearsideonline.com}}</ref>
* [[Roy Chubby Brown]], Stand up comedian. In his youth he became homeless and for some time slept in a fishing boat in Redcar.
* [[Chris Norman]], founder member and former lead singer of [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]] was born in Redcar.<ref name="IMDb:NN">{{Cite web |title=Chris Norman (I) |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635463/ |access-date=10 August 2008 |website=IMDb.com |archive-date=13 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313014015/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635463/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Pete York]], drummer with the [[Spencer Davis Group]] and session drummer was born in Redcar.<ref name="peteYork">{{Cite web |title=The Spencer Davis Group |url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Villa/9500/davis.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804154807/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Villa/9500/davis.htm |archive-date=4 August 2009 |access-date=20 September 2008 |website=geocities.com}}</ref>
* Paralympian, Baroness [[Tanni Grey-Thompson]], originally from Wales, lived in Redcar for a number of years with her husband and daughter.<ref name="CEx">{{Cite web |title=Dame Tanni Grey Thompson DBE |url=http://www.creatingexcellence.co.uk/is/tanni.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016055227/http://www.creatingexcellence.co.uk/is/tanni.htm |archive-date=16 October 2008 |access-date=9 August 2008 |website=Creating Excellence}}</ref>
* 2011 and 2016 [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|UCI Downhill]] World Champion [[Danny Hart (cyclist)|Danny Hart]] was born in and currently lives in Redcar, he is frequently nicknamed "The Redcar Rocket" by commentators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCI MTB World Championship {{!}} UCI MTB World Championship 2016 {{!}} Val di Sole, Italy |url=http://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1KRDTX1YN2111/uci-mtb-world-championship |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915011943/http://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1KRDTX1YN2111/uci-mtb-world-championship |archive-date=15 September 2016 |access-date=14 September 2016 |website=Red Bull TV}}</ref>
* [[David Wheater]], former footballer who played as a defender, grew up in Redcar.<ref name="Guard:DWheater">{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Louise |date=21 March 2008 |title=Wheater swaps nights at the bingo for the bright lights of England |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/mar/21/newsstory.sport5 |access-date=20 September 2008 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007002617/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/mar/21/newsstory.sport5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Snooker player [[Mike Dunn (snooker player)|Mike Dunn]] was born in Middlesbrough but lives in Redcar.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
* [[Jordan Jones (footballer, born 1994)|Jordan Jones]], [[Rangers FC]] and [[Northern Ireland national football team]] midfielder was born in Redcar.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
* [[Hayden Hackney]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.]] midfielder was born in Redcar
* [[Dylan Cartlidge]], singer and multi-instrumentalist grew up in Redcar