# List of people from Preston

    This is a list of the famous and notable people from Preston, Lancashire, England. For other Prestons see Preston.
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## A

* Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) — inventor of the water frame which revolutionised the cotton making industry in the late 18th century
* Fiona Armstrong (born 1956) — journalist, newsreader

## B

* Professor Sir George Grenfell Baines (1908–2003) — architect, pioneer of multi-disciplinary design, and founder of the Building Design Partnership
* Roy Barraclough (1935–2017) — actor from Coronation Street
* Stephen Barton (born 1982) — composer for film, television, and video games
* Leo Baxendale (born 1930 in Preston) — cartoonist, ex-PCC and creator of Beano strips Little Plum (1953), Minnie the Minx (1953), The Bash Street Kids
* Stu Bennett (born 1980) — wrestler also known by his ring name, Wade Barrett
* Tom Benson — marathon walker who held six world records
* Ian Bibby - Pro cyclist
* Holly Bradshaw - Pole vaulter
* Angela Brazil — writer of schoolgirls' stories
* Hannah Britland, actress.
* Jim Burns (born 1936) — poet, writer and magazine editor

## C

* Eddie Calvert (1922–1978) — trumpeter, "The Man With the Golden Horn"
* Chris Canavan (1929–2013) — television and theatre actor, extra on Coronation Street from 1962 to 2013
* Clarke Carlisle - Footballer
* Hugh Carthy (born 1994) - Pro Cyclist
* Arthur Catterall (1883–1943) — concert violinist and conductor
* Belle Chrystall (1910–2003) — actress, born in Preston
* Helen Clitheroe (born 1974) — athlete, 1500m and 3000m steeplechase, went to Broughton High School

## D

* Joseph Delaney (born 1945) — author of science fiction and fantasy books, born in Preston
* Anthony Devis (1729–1816) Half-brother of the artist Arthur Devis.
* Arthur Devis (1712–1728) Portrait artist, born and lived in Preston.
* Gregory Doran (born 1958) — Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
* Tupele Dorgu (born 1977) — actress, known for role of Kelly Crabtree in Coronation Street
* Joseph Dunn (1746–1827) — owner of the coal-gas lighting company, the Preston Gaslight Company
* Anulka Dziubinska (born 1950) — actress and model

## E

* Paul Englishby (born 1970) — film and theatre composer

## F

* Tim Farron (born 1970) — Leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
* Sir Tom Finney (1922–2014) — footballer
* Scott Fitzgerald - Boxer, commonwealth gold medallist and WBA International super welterweight title holder
* Andrew Flintoff (born 1977) — cricketer
* Dick Forshaw - Footballer, won League title with both Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C..
* Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath (born 1947) — Liberal Democrat politician

## G

* Zara Glover (born 1982) — international ten-pin bowler

## H

* Susan Hanson (born 1943) —actress, Crossroads
* A.J. Hartley (born 1964) — novelist
* George Haydock (1556–1584) — Catholic priest, martyr
* James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921) — poet
* Ben Hinchliffe (born 9 October 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Stockport County.
* Mary Ann Hobbs - BBC radio DJ
* John Horrocks (1768–1804) — Member of Parliament for Preston
* Henry Hunt (1773–1835) — politician, noted for his campaigns that drastically improved the lives of working-class people

## I

* John Inman (1935–2007) — comedy actor and pantomime artist

## J

* Phil Jones, footballer

## K

* Alan Kelly Jr - former professional footballer and Irish international
* Kevin Kilbane - professional footballer and Irish international
* Ian Kirkham — saxophone player, Simply Red

## L

* General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake — first Chief of the Canadian General Staff, commander of the 7th Indian Division and Chief of the Indian General Staff
* Mark Lawrenson (born 1957) — footballer turned football pundit
* Joseph Livesey (1794–1884) — social reformer and pioneer of the temperance movement in the 19th century
* Sir John Francis Lockwood — Master of Birkbeck College, London, 1951–1965, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 1955-1958
* Andy Lonergan (born 1983) — footballer at Bolton Wanderers, ex-Preston North End
* Bhavna Limbachia (born 1984) — English actress famous for playing Alia in Citizen Khan and Rana Habeeb in Coronation Street

## M

* James Mawdsley (1848–1902), English trade unionist
* Ian McCulloch (born 1971) — snooker player who reached career highest ranking of #16
* Gordon Milne: Footballer.
* Nazia Mogra, Children's TV presenter and senior television journalist for BBC Newsround and BBC North West Tonight News on BBC One and BBC Sport.

## N

* Ken Nicol (born 1951) — musician and guitarist in British folk rock band Steeleye Span
* John Nuttall (born 1967) — British long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country.

## P

* Nick Park (born 1958) — animator famous known for Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run claymation
* Stuart Pettman (born 1975) — snooker player
* Peter Purves — Blue Peter presenter

## R

* Malcolm Rae, British senior registered specialist in mental nursing/forensic psychiatry, mental health consultant, nursing educator and civil servant
* Edith Rigby (1872–1950) — suffragette

## S

* Robert W. Service (1874–1958) —poet, known for his writings about the Yukon and the Klondike
* Ranvir Singh —BBC news presenter and journalist
* J. Keighley Snowden (1860–1947), — journalist and novelist
* Johnny Sullivan (1932–2003) — British boxer and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion
* Andrew Sznajder (born 1967) —English-born Canadian tennis player

## T

* Jessica Taylor (born 1980) —singer with Liberty X
* Francis Thompson (1859–1907) — poet
* John Thomson — actor and comedian

## W

* John Wall (1620–1679) — martyr and saint
* Dick Wilson (1916–2007) — actor