Mark Westaby (born 17 April 1965), British strongman competitor - born in the village
Brooksbank baronets, of Healaugh Manor in the County of York, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
The only dating evidence recovered from Maiden Castle is the a "post-and-panel building" which is typologically similar to a structure discovered in Healaugh that has been dated to the late Iron Age or Romano-British periods.