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Sir Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as t ...

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

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*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 ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

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Stephen Barton Stephen Barton (born 17 September 1982) is a British composer who has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2001. He has composed the music for dozens of major film, television and video game projects. Early life As a child, Barton became a cat ...

(born 1982) — composer for film, television, and video games *

Leo Baxendale Joseph Leo Baxendale (27 October 1930 – 23 April 2017) was an English cartoonist and publisher. Baxendale wrote and drew several titles. Among his best-known creations are the ''The Beano, Beano'' comic strip, strips ''Little Plum'', ''Minnie ...

(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 Stuart Alexander Bennett (born 10 August 1980) is an English-American professional wrestling commentator, actor, and former professional wrestler who holds both British and American citizenship. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a colo ...

(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 Angela Brazil (pronounced "brazzle") (30 November 186813 March 1947) was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral ins ...

— writer of schoolgirls' stories *

Hannah Britland Hannah Britland (born 2 February 1990) is a British actress and model. Career In 2013, Britland played Charlie, the girlfriend of a drug dealer who ends up having a brief relationship with James Cook ( Jack O'Connell) in two episodes of '' Skin ...

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Jim Burns Jim Burns (born 10 April 1948) is a Welsh artist born in Cardiff, Wales. He has been called one of the Grand Masters of the science fiction art world. In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at the Ne ...

(born 1936) — poet, writer and magazine editor

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Eddie Calvert Albert Edward "Eddie" Calvert (15 March 1922 – 7 August 1978) was an English trumpeter, who enjoyed his greatest success in the 1950s. Between 1953 and 1958, Calvert achieved seven instrumental hits on the UK Singles Chart, including two ch ...

(1922–1978) — trumpeter, "The Man With the Golden Horn" *

Chris Canavan George Christopher Canavan (6 June 1928 – 1 March 2013) was a British television and stage actor. On television, Canavan was known for his recurring roles as an extra on the British soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', for more than fifty years, ...

(1929–2013) — television and theatre actor, extra on ''

'' from 1962 to 2013 * Clarke Carlisle - Footballer * Hugh Carthy (born 1994) - Pro Cyclist *

Arthur Catterall Arthur Catterall (25 May 1883 – 28 November 1943) was an English concert violinist, orchestral leader and conductor, one of the best-known English classical violinists of the first half of the twentieth century. photo of Wills's cigarette card ...

(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

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* Joseph Delaney (born 1945) — author of science fiction and fantasy books, born in Preston *

Anthony Devis Anthony Devis (18 March 1729 – 26 April 1816) was an English landscape painter, working especially in watercolor and oils and active in London.Waterhouse, E., ''Dictionary of British 18th century painters'', 1981, p. 108 Anthony Devis was bor ...

(1729–1816) Half-brother of the artist Arthur Devis. *

Arthur Devis Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist, half-brother of the painter Anthony Devis (1729–1816), and father of painters Thomas Anthony Devis (1757–1810) and Arthur William Devis (1762–1822). His place in ...

(1712–1728) Portrait artist, born and lived in Preston. * Gregory Doran (born 1958) — Associate Director,

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

Tupele Dorgu Tupele Dorgu (born 13 December 1977 in Preston, Lancashire) is an English actress and voice over artist. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Crabtree in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' from 2004 to 2010. Education Dorgu ...

(born 1977) — actress, known for role of

Kelly Crabtree : ''For the ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' character, see Kelly Crabtree'' Kelly Crabtree is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Tupele Dorgu, the character first appeared ...

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'' * Joseph Dunn (1746–1827) — owner of the coal-gas lighting company, the Preston Gaslight Company *

Anulka Dziubinska Anulka Maria Dziubinska (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and model. She was featured as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1973. After her Playmate appearance, Dziubinska became an actress of film and television, p ...

(born 1950) — actress and model

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

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* Tim Farron (born 1970) — Leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for

Westmorland and Lonsdale Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

Sir Tom Finney Sir Thomas Finney (5 April 1922 – 14 February 2014) was an English international footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as a winger or centre forward for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of the sp ...

(1922–2014) —

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...

- Boxer, commonwealth gold medallist and WBA International super welterweight title holder * Andrew Flintoff (born 1977) —

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er * Dick Forshaw - Footballer, won League title with both Liverpool F.C. and

Everton F.C. Everton Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and has compe ...

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Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath Donald Michael Ellison Foster, Baron Foster of Bath (born 31 March 1947), is a British politician and life peer who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Comptroller of the Household from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats ...

(born 1947) — Liberal Democrat politician

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Zara Glover Zara Glover (born 24 January 1982 in Preston, Lancashire), is a ten-pin bowler. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe. Achievements *2007 World Ranking Masters runner-up - Florid ...

(born 1982) — international ten-pin bowler

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* Susan Hanson (born 1943) —actress, ''Crossroads'' *

A.J. Hartley Andrew James Hartley (born 1964) is a British-born American novelist, who writes bestselling and award-winning fiction for children and adults. He also writes thrillers as Andrew Hart. Works The first of three middle grades and young adult advent ...

(born 1964) — novelist *

George Haydock George Haydock (born 1556; executed at Tyburn, 12 February 1584) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He is not to be confused with his relative, also a priest, George Leo Haydock (1774–1849). L ...

(1556–1584) — Catholic priest, martyr * James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921) — poet *

Ben Hinchliffe Ben Hinchliffe (born 9 October 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Stockport County. Early life Hinchliffe was born in Preston, Lancashire. Career Preston North End In April 2006, Hinchliffe was g ...

(born 9 October 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Stockport County. *

Mary Ann Hobbs Mary Anne Hobbs (born 16 May 1964) is an English DJ and music journalist from Lancashire, England. She currently hosts the BBC Radio 6 Music weekday mid-morning show, Monday to Friday, 10:30am1pm, and her ''6 Music Recommends'' show, Wednesda ...

- 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

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

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* Phil Jones, footballer

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* Alan Kelly Jr - former professional footballer and Irish international *

Kevin Kilbane Kevin Daniel Kilbane (; born 1 February 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or full back. Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O' ...

- professional footballer and Irish international *

Ian Kirkham Ian Kirkham (born 9 March 1963 in Preston, Lancashire''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll'' - 3rd Edition) is an English saxophonist, best known for his playing with Simply Red from 1986 until the band retired in 2010. He reprised h ...

— saxophone player, Simply Red

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* 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 Joseph William Livesey (5 March 1794 – 2 September 1884) was an English temperance campaigner, social reformer, local politician, writer, publisher, newspaper proprietor and philanthropist. Early life Livesey was born on 5 March 1794 at Wal ...

(1794–1884) — social reformer and pioneer of the temperance movement in the 19th century * Sir John Francis Lockwood — Master of

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal Universit ...

, London, 1951–1965, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 1955-1958 *

Andy Lonergan Andrew Michael Lonergan (born 19 October 1983) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton F.C., Everton. Lonergan is a former England ...

(born 1983) — footballer at

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

, ex-

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

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James Mawdsley James Rupert Russell Mawdsley is a traditionalist Catholic priest who before seminary was a prisoner of conscience in Burma. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Australia. Early life Mawdsley was born in 1973. His parents are David a ...

(1848–1902), English trade unionist * Ian McCulloch (born 1971) —

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ...

player who reached career highest ranking of #16 *

Gordon Milne Gordon Milne (born 29 March 1937) is an English former association football, football player and manager. Personal life Gordon Milne was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and is the son of the Scottish former Preston player Jimmy Milne (foot ...

: Footballer. *

Nazia Mogra Nazia Mogra is a British children's TV presenter and senior television journalist for BBC's ''Newsround'' and ''North West Tonight'', on BBC One and BBC Sport. Life Nazia grew up in Preston and attended Hutton Grammar School and Edge Hill Unive ...

, Children's TV presenter and senior television journalist for BBC Newsround and BBC North West Tonight News on BBC One and BBC Sport.

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* Ken Nicol (born 1951) — musician and guitarist in British folk rock band

Steeleye Span Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band were part of the 1970s British folk revival, and we ...

* John Nuttall (born 1967) — British long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country.

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* Nick Park (born 1958) —

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

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

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* Malcolm Rae, British senior registered specialist in mental nursing/forensic psychiatry, mental health consultant, nursing educator and civil servant *

Edith Rigby Edith Rigby ( Rayner) (18 October 1872 – 23 July 1950) was an English suffragette who used arson as a way to further the cause of women’s suffrage. She founded a night school in Preston called St Peter's School, aimed at educating women an ...

(1872–1950) —

suffragette A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...

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* Robert W. Service (1874–1958) — poet, known for his writings about the Yukon and the Klondike *

Ranvir Singh Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is the political editor and newsreader/deputy presenter for '' Good Morning Britain''. Early life Singh was born in 1977 in Preston, Lancashire, into a Si ...

— BBC news presenter and journalist *

J. Keighley Snowden James Keighley Snowden (23 June 1860 – 17 January 1947) was the author of about fourteen volumes of fiction from 1893 to 1937 in addition to several works of non-fiction. Writing also as Keighley Snowden, today his writings are largely forgo ...

(1860–1947), — journalist and novelistSandra Kemp, Charlotte Mitchell, and David Trotter, ''The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction'', Oxford University Press (1997) *

Johnny Sullivan Johnny Sullivan (19 December 1932 – 4 February 2003) was an English professional middle/ light heavyweight boxer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title, and British Empi ...

(1932–2003) — British boxer and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion *

Andrew Sznajder Andrew Sznajder (pronounced: shnigh-der) (born 25 May 1967) is a Canadian former professional tour tennis player. Sznajder achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 46 in September 1989. This was the highest any Canadian male was rank ...

(born 1967) —English-born Canadian tennis player

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Jessica Taylor Jessica Pietersen (; born 23 June 1980) is a British singer, television personality and dancer who was a member of the pop group Liberty X. Personal life As a teenager she was a member of the Preston Musical Comedy Society and played the title ...

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

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

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* John Wall (1620–1679) — martyr and

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

* Dick Wilson (1916–2007) — actor

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