Wigan (disambiguation)

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Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England.

Wigan may also refer to:

Places

• Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England
• Wigan (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Wigan Urban Area, an urbanised area containing Wigan in Greater Manchester and Skelmersdale in West Lancashire
• Wigan Rural District, a rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974
• County Borough of Wigan, a local government district from 1889 to 1974 centred on Wigan in the northwest of England

People

• Alfred Wigan (1814–1878), English actor-manager
• Horace Wigan (1815–1885), English actor and dramatist
• Hugh Wigan (fl. 1386–1407), English politician
• John Wigan, multiple people
• Neil Wigan, British diplomat
• Willard Wigan (born 1957), English sculptor of microscopic art
• William Wigan Harvey (1810–1883), English cleric and academic

Sport

• Wigan Warriors (previously known simply as Wigan), a rugby league football club
• Wigan Athletic F.C., an association football club
• Wigan R.U.F.C., a rugby union club
• Wigan St Patricks, an amateur rugby league club often used as a feeder team for the Wigan Warriors
• Wigan St Judes, an amateur rugby league club also used as a feeder team for the Wigan Warriors
• Wigan United A.F.C., a former association football club active in the 1890s
• Wigan County F.C, a former association football club active from 1897 to 1900
• Wigan Town A.F.C., a former association football club active from 1905 to 1908
• Wigan Borough F.C., a former association football club active from 1919 to 1931
• Wigan Robin Park F.C., a former association football club active from 2005 to 2015

Other uses

• A fabric called wigan (fabric) made by coating cotton cloth with latex rubber to make it waterproof
• According to Ifugao mythology, Wigan is the god of good harvest