List of people from Preston

A

• Sir Richard Arkwright — inventor of the water frame which revolutionised the cotton making industry in the late 18th century
• Fiona Armstrong — journalist, newsreader

B

• Professor Sir George Grenfell Baines — architect, pioneer of multi-disciplinary design, and founder of the Building Design Partnership
• Heather Baron-Gracie — singer, songwriter, and musician in the band Pale Waves
• Roy Barraclough — actor from Coronation Street
• Stephen Barton — composer for film, television, and video games
• Leo Baxendale — cartoonist, ex-PCC and creator of Beano strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids
• Stu Bennett — 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 — poet, writer and magazine editor

C

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

D

• Joseph Delaney — author of science fiction and fantasy books, born in Preston
• Anthony Devis Half-brother of the artist Arthur Devis.
• Arthur Devis Portrait artist, born and lived in Preston.
• Gregory Doran — Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
• Tupele Dorgu — actress, known for role of Kelly Crabtree in Coronation Street
• Joseph Dunn — owner of the coal-gas lighting company, the Preston Gaslight Company
• Anulka Dziubinska — actress and model

E

• Paul Englishby — film and theatre composer

F

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

G

• Zara Glover — international ten-pin bowler

H

• Susan Hanson —actress, Crossroads
• A.J. Hartley — novelist
• George Haydock — Catholic priest, martyr
• James Hebblethwaite — poet
• Ben Hinchliffe 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 — Member of Parliament for Preston
• Henry Hunt — politician, noted for his campaigns that drastically improved the lives of working-class people

I

• John Inman — 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 — footballer turned football pundit
• Joseph Livesey — 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 — footballer at Bolton Wanderers, ex-Preston North End
• Bhavna Limbachia — English actress famous for playing Alia in Citizen Khan and Rana Habeeb in Coronation Street

M

• James Mawdsley, English trade unionist
• Ian McCulloch — 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 — musician and guitarist in British folk rock band Steeleye Span
• John Nuttall — British long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country.

P

• Nick Park — animator famous known for Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run claymation
• Stuart Pettman — 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 — suffragette

S

• Robert W. Service —poet, known for his writings about the Yukon and the Klondike
• Ranvir Singh —BBC news presenter and journalist
• J. Keighley Snowden, — journalist and novelist
• Johnny Sullivan — British boxer and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion
• Andrew Sznajder —English-born Canadian tennis player

T

• Jessica Taylor —singer with Liberty X
• Francis Thompson — poet
• John Thomson — actor and comedian

W

• John Wall — martyr and saint
• Dick Wilson — actor