The Hull History Centre collections include papers relating to many people with connections to the city and the local area. Follow the links below to read our guides to some of the most prominent.
George de Boer, geographer and expert on Spurn Head
Thomas Ferens, MP, businessman and philanthropist
John Godber, playwright
Professor George Gray, inventor of liquid crystal technology
Jack Harrison, sportsman and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Winifred Holtby, writer
Amy Johnson, aviator
Philip Larkin, poet and University of Hull Librarian
Andrew Marvell, poet
Anthony Minghella, writer and director
Ebenezer Cobb Morley, founder of the Football Association
Zachariah Pearson, mayor, philanthropist and blockade-runner
Alan Plater, playwright
Henry Roxby, pioneer in the welfare of the Deaf community
Stevie Smith, writer
Ann Watson, benefactor of Ann Watson's Charity
William Wilberforce, MP and abolitionist
Thomas Tindall Wildridge, librarian, antiquarian, artist and author