from the Spice Girls Rampage Brown - British professional wrestler Alistair Brownlee MBE - triathlon world champion and Olympic gold medalist Jonathan Brownlee - triathlon world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Beryl Burton OBE - record-breaking cyclist William Boynton Butler VC - recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1917 Stan Stevenson-Byrne - Going by the alias Fox Stevenson, Stan is a DJ most known for his debut album, Dreamland. C Laurence Calvert VC, MM - recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1918 Danny Care - Harlequins and England rugby union scrum-half Sean Carr - singer; husband of Yevhenia Carr (daughter of Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko) Phil Carrick - cricketer who captained Yorkshire Thomas Chippendale - furniture maker, from Farnley, Otley Dave Clark - Sky Sports presenter Howard Clark - Walker Cup and Ryder Cup golfer Chris Clarkson - rugby league footballer who plays for the Leeds Rhinos Jon Clay - Olympic bronze medalist Brian Close - cricketer who captained Yorkshire, youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England Sean Conlon - singer best known as a member of boy band Five Jackson Conway - footballer for Atlanta United Christian Cooke - actor John Craven OBE - presenter of John Craven's Newsround (now known as Newsround) Paul Crowther - philosopher, university lecturer and author Barry Cryer - comedian D Ellen Wordsworth Darwin (1856-1903), academic and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge Rowan Deacon - director and filmmaker Brian Deane - former Leeds United centre forward (retired) Lizzie Deignan - (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988); professional world champion track and road racing cyclist. Silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics road race. Emmanuel Dieseruvwe - footballer who plays for Salford City David Doherty - rugby union player Jeremy Dyson - writer and member of The League of Gentlemen E E. R. Eddison CB, CMG - fantasy writer, The Worm Ouroboros Andrew Edge (b. David Andrew Edge) - drummer for the Thompson Twins, Uropa Lula, Savage Progress, singer with Yoyo, and currently working in Austria with Drumsing Tom Elliott - footballer, currently playing for Salford City F Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron - general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War Gaynor Faye - known for her characters in Coronation Street and Fat Friends and winning the first series of Dancing on Ice Arthur Foxton Ferguson - baritone, lecturer, and German translator, founded the Folk-Song Quartet John Fieldhouse, Baron