during the First World War Paul Drinkhall, Olympic table tennis player Glen Durrant, darts player E Joan Eadington, writer of The Jonny Briggs series of books, later to become a BBC Children's TV series of the same name, was also based in the town Florence Easton, soprano at the New York Met Alfred Edwards, (1888–1958) Member of Parliament Frank Elgee, (1880-1944) archaeologist, geologist and naturalist F Craig Farrell, (born 1982) footballer Graham Farrow, playwright, screenwriter Pete Firman, magician Ford Madox Ford, (1873–1939) was billeted in Eston during the Great War (1914–18), and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Little Busby, near Carlton-in-Cleveland Dael Fry, footballer G Vin Garbutt, folk musician Ben Gibson, footballer Steve Gibson, entrepreneur and owner of Middlesbrough F.C. born in the Park End area Gary Gill, footballer Neil Grainger, actor Alistair Griffin, musician H Marion Coates Hansen, was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party (ILP). She was a feminist and women's suffrage campaigner, an early member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a founder member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL) David Harper, antiques expert Jack Hatfield, Olympic swimmer Emily Hesse, visual artist Jack Hatfield, (1893–1965) swimmer, known as one of the greatest British swimmers of all time after winning 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze at Stockholm 1912 Jonathan Hogg, (born 1988) footballer Stanley Hollis, (1912–1972), Second World War Victoria Cross recipient E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles Keith Houchen, footballer Jordan Hugill, footballer J Naomi Jacob, novelist Matt Jarvis, footballer Ann Jellicoe, writer Ishy Din Alyson Jones, Commonwealth Games swimmer Jade Jones, paralympic athlete K Chris Kamara, (born 1957) ex footballer, manager, presenter and analyst on Sky Sports Lila Kaye, actress Richard Kilty, Olympic Athlete (1989 - Present) L Graeme Lee, footballer M Wilf Mannion, (1918–2000) footballer Faye Marsay, actress Herbert McCabe, Roman Catholic and Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher Steph McGovern, (born 1982) presenter and journalist Richard Milward, writer, Ishy Din Jade McSorley, model Nicky Mohan, footballer Glenn Moody, darts player Micky Moody, musician Dave Morris, comedian Bob Mortimer (born 1959), comedian from Acklam Peter Murray, founding director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park N Sir Martin Narey, (1955–present), former Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service and the chief executive of Barnardo's Chris Newton, Olympic cyclist Robert Nixon (artist), (1939–2002) artist, who worked on several British comics O Kirsten