List of people from South Yorkshire

The list of people from South Yorkshire, in northern England, is divided by metropolitan borough. South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county created in 1974 and so people from the area before this year were from the earlier West Riding of Yorkshire.

v t e Ceremonial county of South Yorkshire
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Metropolitan districts	Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley City of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham City of Sheffield
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Adwick le Street Askern Barnsley Bawtry Chapeltown Conisbrough Cudworth Dinnington Doncaster Edlington Hatfield Hoyland Maltby Mexborough Mosborough Penistone Rawmarsh Rossington Rotherham Royston Sheffield Stainforth Stocksbridge Swinton Thorne Tickhill Wath upon Dearne Wombwell See also: List of civil parishes in South Yorkshire
Rivers	Dearne Don Dove Idle Loxley Rivelin Rother Sheaf Torne
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