 Wrose was home to the Yorkshire sporting family the Jowets, of which the last and most notable member was Dawson Jowet, founder of the Airedale beagles hunting pack in 1891, and its Master until his death in 1933.His monument remains on Ilkley Moor.Adrian Edmondson comic actor, writer, musician and director, was born in Wrose but grew up in nearby Idle.