The Arctic Monkeys in 2005, only three years after they formed and a year before their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, was releasedThe Arctic Monkeys in 2005, only three years after they formed and a year before their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, was released
The Arctic Monkeys in 2005, only three years after they formed and a year before their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, was released

See how these famous Sheffield people have aged with these then and now pictures

Famous Sheffielders are like the rest of us – they get older!
By Julia Armstrong
Published 31st Mar 2021, 11:28 BST

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Here are some great pictures of some of the Steel City’s best-known sons and daughters then and now.

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Sean Bean arrives for the Game of Thrones eighth and final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 3, 2019 in New York

5. Global star

Sean Bean arrives for the Game of Thrones eighth and final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 3, 2019 in New York Photo: ANGELA WEISS

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Monty Python star, TV globetrotter, actor and director Michael Palin presents music magazine Melody Maker's Top Girl Singer award(!) to Kate Bush in November 1979

6. Musical Michael

Monty Python star, TV globetrotter, actor and director Michael Palin presents music magazine Melody Maker's Top Girl Singer award(!) to Kate Bush in November 1979 Photo: Keystone

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Michael Palin visiting Whirlow Hall Farm, where he is a patron, during their 40th anniversary year in 2019

7. Spring chickens

Michael Palin visiting Whirlow Hall Farm, where he is a patron, during their 40th anniversary year in 2019 Photo: Chris Etchells

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Sheffielder Helen Sharman became the first-ever British astronaut when she went on a mission to the Mir space station in May 1991. Aged 27, she was also the first woman on board the Mir

8. Space face

Sheffielder Helen Sharman became the first-ever British astronaut when she went on a mission to the Mir space station in May 1991. Aged 27, she was also the first woman on board the Mir Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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