List of people from Preston

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

List of famous people from Preston

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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
Kenny Baker (born 1934) — actor who played R2D2 in Star Wars
Roy Barraclough (born 1935) — 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
Stu Bennett (born 1980) — wrestler signed to WWE under the name Wade Barrett
Tom Benson — marathon walker who held six world records.^[1]
Angela Brazil — writer of schoolgirls' stories
Jim Burns (poet) (born 1936) – poet, writer and magazine editor

Eddie Calvert (1922–1978) — Trumpeter, "The Man With the Golden Horn"
Chris Canavan (1929-2013) — British television and theatre actor, extra on Coronation Street from 1962 to 2013^[2]
Arthur Catterall (1883-1943) — Concert Violinist and Conductor
Belle Chrystall (1910-2003) — British 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, was 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) English actress and model.

Susan Hanson (born 1943) English actress,Crossroads
A.J. Hartley (1964) — Popular novelist
George Haydock (1556–1584) — Catholic priest, martyr
James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921) — poet
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
Sir John Francis Lockwood Master of Birkbeck College, London, 1951-1965, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 1955-1958
Joseph Livesey (1794–1884) — Social reformer and pioneer of the Temperance movement in the 19th century^[8]
Andy Lonergan (born 1983) — Footballer at Bolton Wanderers, ex-Preston North End.

Ian McCulloch (born 1971) — snooker player who reached career highest ranking of #16.^[9]
James Mawdsley (1848–1902), English trade unionist^[10]
David Moyes (born 25 April 1963) Former footballer and the former manager of English Premier League club Manchester United.(lives in preston)

Ken Nicol (born 1951) — musician and guitarist in electric folk band Steeleye Span.

Nick Park (born 1958) — animator famous mainly for the Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run claymation animation classics.
Stuart Pettman (born 1975) — Snooker player
Peter Purves — Blue Peter presenter

Robert W. Service (1874–1958) famous poet, known for his writings about the Yukon and the Klondike
Ranvir Singh BBC news presenter and journalist
Mark Strange martial arts expert and film producer
Johnny Sullivan (1932–2003) - Boxer British and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion^[11]