BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sorts of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.
This is the 20th part of a regular series with the latest five inductees into the Telegraph & Argus's Bradford Hall of Fame.
They can be people who were either born in the Bradford district, or made a huge name through an association to the city.
BOBBY HAM
The Bradford-born player, now 78, made an impact at City in his two spells at the club, scoring 64 goals in 188 appearances between 1968 and 1970 and then 1973 to 1975.
He also played for Bradford (Park Avenue), where he started his career, scoring six goals in 25 matches between 1961 and 1963.
Ham was the promoter of the Bradford Dukes motorcycle speedway team with his brother Alan.
Bobby also had a spell as manager of Guiseley.
SIMON BEAUFOY
The Glusburn, Keighley-born screenwriter has enjoyed a hugely successful career in film.
In 1997, he earned an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay for The Full Monty, and in 2009, he won an Oscar for the best adapted screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire.
He even brought his Oscar to the then named National Media Museum in Bradford in March 2009 when he appeared at Bradford’s 15th International Film Festival.
Beaufoy also attended the now closed Malsis Preparatory School, and Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, as a student.
RICKY WILSON
Keighley-born Wilson is the lead singer of indie band, The Kaiser Chiefs, who rose to fame in the early 2000s with hits ‘I Predict A Riot’ and ‘Ruby’.
According to the Official Charts, the band have had nine UK top 40s and have won three Brit Awards for their contribution to rock music.
He attended Ghyll Royd School in Ilkley and taught at Leeds College of Art before the band’s successful career really kicked off.
Away from performing, Wilson has also been a judge on ITV show The Voice.
Rickey and the Kaiser Chiefs made a return to the district in 2017 when they performed at Bingley Music Live.
NATALIE ANDERSON
The former Emmerdale actress, who played Alicia Metcalfe in the soap between 2010 and 2015, has swapped since swapped the small screen for an online business.
She has set up The Capsule, an online community for women to share their thoughts and recommendations on fashion, beauty and lifestyle.
The accompanying podcast she presents sees Natalie tackle a host of subjects on wellbeing, positive mental health and self care.
The former Woodside Middle School student, who was born at St Luke's Hospital, says her business education was born during her time at the Bradford Bulls, where she started out as a team cheerleader and worked a number of roles including assistant hospitality manager.
JULIAN SANDS
The Otley-born actor, 63, who was brought up in Glusburn and Skipton, has enjoyed a rich and varied career on stage and screen.
His film credits include parts in Naked Lunch (1991), Arachnophobia (1990), Boxing Helena (1993) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
His TV roles include playing Vladimir Bierko in 24, Jor-El in Smallville, and as Yulish Rabitov in Banshee.
In 2012, Sands voiced the character of DeFalco in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 video game.
Those already inducted are: Sargeant Michael Hawcroft, Pat Paterson, Claire King, Fabian Delph, Jonny Bairstow, Brian Close, Jill Atkins, John Bateman, Bryan Mosley, Jayne Tunnicliffe, Melody Ludi, Rodney Bewes, Harvey Smith, Julia Varley, Smokie, Richard Dunn, Ian Beesley, Sir Edward Appleton, James Mason, Yvonne McGregor, Greg Abbott, Ian Ormondroyd, Paul Jewell, Terry Dolan, John Hendrie, Billy Pearce, Joe Johnson, Len Shackleton, Joolz Denby, Steve Abbott, Anita Rani, Dennis Mitchell, David Wilson, Mary Tamm, Bruce Bannister, Harry Gration, Richard Whiteley, Billie Whitelaw, Mollie Sugden, Kimberley Walsh, Bobby Campbell, Jimmy Speirs, Julian Rhodes and Family, Phil Parkinson, Stephen Darby, James Lowes, Robbie Hunter-Paul, Leon Pryce, Amy Hardcastle, Ellery Hanley, Harry Corbett, Professor Ajay Mahajan, Professor David Sharpe, Frederick Delius, Dave Whelan, Gareth Gates, Andrea Dunbar, Steve Abbott, Duncan Preston, Tim Booth, Ces Podd, Jim Laker, Gary Havelock, Dean Harrison, Bobby Vanzie, Dean Richards, Rudi Leavor, Kiki Dee, Professor Mahendra Patel, John Wood, Marsha Singh, Chris Kamara, Trevor Foster, Barbara Castle, Tino Valdi, Adrian Moorhouse, Tasmin Archer, Dynamo, Timothy West, Javed Bashir, Fattorini Family, Ade Edmondson, Sir Ken Morrison, Ruby Bhatti, Adil Rashid, JB Priestley, Zayn Malik, Sarah Khan Bashir, Captain Sir Tom Moore, Margaret McMillan, Stuart McCall, David Hockney, Brian Noble, Sharon Beshenivsky, Jack Tordoff.
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