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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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

Professor Sir George Grenfell Baines, OBE (1908–2003) — architect, pioneer of multi-disciplinary design, and founder of the Building Design Partnership
Roy Barraclough (1935–2017) — actor from Coronation Street
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
Heather Baron-Gracie — vocalist for Pale Waves
Stu Bennett (born 1980) — wrestler also known by his ring name, Wade Barrett
Tom Benson — marathon walker who held six world records[1]
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

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[2]
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[3]

Joseph Delaney (born 1945) — author of science fiction and fantasy books, born in Preston
Michael Dempsey (born 1945) — Lancashire dialect monologue writer[4][5][6][7]
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

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
Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath (born 1947) — Liberal Democrat politician

Susan Hanson (born 1943) —actress, Crossroads
A.J. Hartley (born 1964) — novelist
George Haydock (1556–1584) — Catholic priest, martyr
James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921) — poet
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

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[8]
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

James Mawdsley (1848–1902), English trade unionist[9]
Ian McCulloch (born 1971) — snooker player who reached career highest ranking of #16[10]
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.

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

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

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[11]
Mark Strange —martial arts expert and film producer
Johnny Sullivan (1932–2003) — British boxer and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion[12]
Andrew Sznajder (born 1967) —English-born Canadian tennis player

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