(July 17, 1745January 29, 1829) the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.

(March 15, 1798 – April 22, 1873) an English-born American politician who served as the fifth governor of Washington territory, from 1862 to 1866.

(7 November 1944 – 30 May 2001) an English professional footballer who played as a central defender.

an 18th-century poet and songwriter, born in Simonburn.

Three lines of singly ionized helium found, usually in absorption, in the spectra of hot stars, produced by transitions of an electron with principal quantum number n=4 state from a higher energy level.

Astronomer, pioneer in stellar classification.