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BOLTON
Most Famous People Born in Bolton, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 359
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1948
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 4.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bolton during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bolton Is Known For
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Football is Bolton's biggest profession — 39% of all notables (139).
Bolton over-indexes on cricket — 4.4× the global rate.
Bolton under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bolton's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Music
- Writing
- Other
Thomas Cole
1801 - 1848
Norman Davies
Born 1939
Thomas Moran
1837 - 1926
Badly Drawn Boy
Born 1969
Samuel Crompton
1753 - 1827
Wallace Ford
1898 - 1966
Jason Kenny
Born 1988
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
1851 - 1925
William Lassell
1799 - 1880
Amir Khan (boxer)
Born 1986
Skye Sweetnam
Born 1988
Charles Holden
1875 - 1960
Arthur Rostron
1869 - 1940
Robert Whitehead
1823 - 1905
Paul Nicholls (actor)
Born 1979
Annie Haslam
Born 1947
Amy Nuttall
Born 1982
Danny Jones
Born 1986
Jack Hylton
1892 - 1965
Tommy Lawton
1919 - 1996
Planningtorock
Born 2006
Shirley Anne Field
Born 1938
Nat Lofthouse
1925 - 2011
Stanley Lord
1877 - 1962
Carlo Nash
Born 1973
Edward Moran
1829 - 1901
Thomas Kirkman
1806 - 1895
Philip Craven
Born 1950
Fred Dibnah
1938 - 2004
Dale Stephens (footballer)
Born 1989
Luke Daniels
Born 1988
David Jack
1899 - 1958
Sara Cox
Born 1974
Richard Arkwright junior
1755 - 1843
Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)
Born 1958
Glen Duncan
Born 1965
J. R. Partington
1886 - 1965
Leslie Halliwell
1929 - 1989
Jay Fulton
Born 1994
Jason Wilcox
Born 1971
Eric Bentley
1916 - 2020
William Brodrick (writer)
Born 1960
Shaun Greenhalgh
Born 1961
Anna Dawson
Born 1937
Joyce Tyldesley
Born 1960
Ann Macbeth
1875 - 1948
Virginia Henley
Born 1935
Ernest Mangnall
1866 - 1932
Stephen Billington
Born 1969
Tony Knowles (snooker player)
Born 1955
Sam Hewson
Born 1988
Josh Thompson (footballer)
Born 1991
Simon Holt
Born 1958
Thomas Pitfield
1903 - 1999
Paul Pritchard
Born 1967
Marshall Claxton
1813 - 1881
Thomas Lancashire
Born 1985
Lilian Greenwood
Born 1966
Jimmy Aubrey
1887 - 1983
Nicky Adams
Born 1986
Harry Bolton Seed
1922 - 1989
Tom Parker (singer)
Born 1988
Liam Boyle (actor)
Born 1985
John Grant (novelist)
Born 1933
Keith Hill (footballer)
Born 1969
Christopher Latham
Born 1994
Mick Weaver
Born 1944
Tom Aldred
Born 1990
William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme
1888 - 1949
Thomas Ainsworth
1795 - 1841
Martin Stopford
Born 1947
Alyn Ainsworth
1924 - 1990
Sajid Mahmood
Born 1981
Chris Bryant (writer)
1936 - 2008
David Childs (academic)
Born 1933
Laurence Robertson
Born 1958
Sammy Winward
Born 1985
Harold Hassall
1929 - 2015
Craig Allardyce
Born 1975
Greg Strong
Born 1975
Andy Kellett
Born 1993
Norman Walker (director)
1892 - 1963
Haseeb Hameed
Born 1997
Andy Knowles
Born 1981
Joel Coleman
Born 1995
David Flitcroft
Born 1974
Neil Eckersley
Born 1964
Pauline Ladiges
Born 1948
Paul Slabolepszy
Born 1948
George Morgan (tennis)
Born 1993
Diane Morgan
Born 1976
Garry Flitcroft
Born 1972
Jimmy Meadows
1931 - 1994
Michael Parsons (composer)
Born 1938
Robert Haslam (industrialist)
1923 - 2002
Harry Nuttall (footballer)
1897 - 1969
George Miller (footballer, born 1998)
Born 1998
Edward Cooper (actor)
1883 - 1956
Glyn Owen
1928 - 2004
Harry Whittle
1922 - 1990
Ephraim Longworth
1887 - 1968
Barry Reynolds
-
Andrew Oldcorn
Born 1960
Albert Shepherd
1885 - 1929
Phil Stant
Born 1962
Jenny Wallwork
Born 1987
David Ruffley
Born 1962
Al Weaver
Born 1981
Frank Willett
1925 - 2006
Kristian Ayre
Born 1977
Susan Jebb
Born 1964
Jamil Adam
Born 1991
Vernon Kay
Born 1974
Dick Barlow
1851 - 1919
Nicholas Gleaves
Born 1969
Lee Roche
Born 1980
Kenny Davenport
1862 - 1908
Luke Ashworth
Born 1989
Chris Hunt (badminton)
Born 1968
Ken Dagnall
1921 - 1995
Aaron Grundy
Born 1988
Eric Grove
Born 1948
Oscar Threlkeld
Born 1994
Sean McAllister
Born 1987
Haroon Khan
Born 1991
Luke Joyce
Born 1987
Bernard Kay
1928 - 2014
Sam Ashton
Born 1986
Cyril Holmes
1915 - 1996
Roger W. Smith
Born 1970
Ian Aspinall
Born 1961
Colin Morris (Methodist minister)
1929 - 2018
Julie Westwood
Born 1952
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
1816 - 1878
Andy Kilner
Born 1966
Stuart Stokes
Born 1976
Stephen Cartwright
1947 - 2004
Roy Tattersall
1922 - 2011
Jimmy Phillips (footballer, born 1966)
Born 1966
Walter Brearley
1876 - 1937
Alf Hall
1896 - 1964
Michael Armstrong (filmmaker)
Born 1944
Mark Charnock
Born 1968
Ronald Pickvance
1930 - 2017
Chris Howarth
Born 1986
Sufyan Ismail
Born 1975
Lorne Duguid
1910 - 1981
Paul Fletcher (footballer)
Born 1951
Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet
1821 - 1902
Paul Sixsmith
Born 1971
Mark Addis
Born 1959
David Brown (footballer, born 1978)
Born 1978
Lee Mason
Born 1971
John Cunliffe (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Clare Pollard
Born 1978
Lisa Ashton
Born 1970
Peter Markland
Born 1951
John Hick (politician)
1815 - 1894
Arthur Catherall
1906 - 1980
John Henry Robinson
1796 - 1871
Dorothy Seacombe
1905 - 1994
Connor Hughes (footballer)
Born 1993
Elisabeth Kirkby
Born 1921
Mary Bousted
Born 1959
Tony Lewis (mathematician)
1942 - 2020
Alan Ashworth
Born 1960
Graham Allen (footballer)
Born 1977
Hilary Devey
Born 1957
Alan Ainscow
Born 1953
Gordon Hill (referee)
1928 - 2019
Brian Smith (footballer, born 1955)
1955 - 2013
Andy Mason
Born 1974
Mark Cocker (wrestler)
Born 1982
Paul Bradshaw (journalist)
-
Paul Greenhalgh
Born 1955
John Longworth (businessman)
Born 1958
Nellie Briercliffe
1889 - 1966
Brian Hardman
Born 1940
Harold Dearden
1888 - 1962
Phil Nurse
Born 1963
Matt Parkinson (cricketer)
Born 1996
John Wright (Archbishop of Sydney)
1861 - 1933
Elizabeth Sharman
Born 1957
Richard De Vere
1967 - 2014
Jennifer Taylor (volleyball)
Born 1980
Clive Myrie
Born 1964
Oliver Norburn
Born 1992
Leslie Spriggs
1910 - 1990
Ken Taylor (scriptwriter)
1922 - 2011
Charles Harrison Blackley
1820 - 1900
Andy Parrish
Born 1988
William Wain
1819 - 1882
Jenny Ryan
Born 1982
Simon Whaley
Born 1985
Phil Hayes
Born 1986
Callum Parkinson
Born 1996
Lee Costello
Born 1986
Danny Swailes
Born 1979
Kenneth Holding
1915 - 1997
Stan Lynn
1928 - 2002
Craig Pilling
Born 1986
Joseph William Foster
Born 1935
Donald Geoffrey Charlton
1925 - 1995
Terry Wharton
Born 1942
Neil Howarth
Born 1971
Paul Mason (sculptor)
1952 - 2006
Horace Fairhurst
1893 - 1921
James Carlton (actor)
Born 1977
Jersey Flegg
1878 - 1960
Sian Charlesworth
Born 1987
William Haslam
1850 - 1898
Karl Krikken
Born 1969
George Oliver (politician)
1888 - 1984
Dick Smith (footballer, died 1909)
Died 1909
Alex Danchev
1955 - 2016
Michael McGinlay
Born 1987
Paul O'Neill (footballer)
Born 1982
Arthur Holt (politician)
1914 - 1995
Wilfrid Sugden
1879 - 1960
Steve Coote
Born 1970
Anne Charnock
-
Danny Taberner
Born 1993
Ben Pollock
Born 1998
Robert Howarth
Born 1927
Sharu Naraji
Born 1984
Luke McCarthy
Born 1993
Dan Cunliffe
1875 - 1937
Helen Wood (television personality)
Born 1986
Bill Holden (footballer)
1928 - 2011
Norman Kirkman
1920 - 1995
Carrie Kabak
-
Gary Fox (badminton)
Born 1990
John Potts (British politician)
1861 - 1938
Anthony Howard (swimmer)
Born 1979
Christopher Barrow
Born 1982
Harry Mather
1921 - 1999
Josh Bohannon
Born 1997
Stephen Dixon (cricketer)
Born 1958
Bob Mortimer (footballer)
1908 - 1965
Roger Walker (footballer)
Born 1966
Carl Crook
Born 1963
Jolan (singer)
Born 1993
Alfred Booth
1893 - 1965
Harvey Goodman
Born 1967
John Davis (cricketer, born 1943)
1943 - 2000
Mark Rawlinson
Born 1975
Tom Barlow (footballer)
Born 1875
Alan Thomas (cricketer)
Born 1947
Ernest Hall (businessman)
Born 1930
Ross Harrison (rugby union)
Born 1992
Keith Welch
Born 1968
Jack Monk
1904 - 1976
Ron Barnes (footballer)
1936 - 1991
Joe Haines (speedway rider)
Born 1991
Doug Clarke
1934 - 2019
Jason Kerr (cricketer)
Born 1974
Sandra Birch
Born 1969
Tom Nuttall
1889 - 1963
Harry Williams (footballer, born 1883)
Born 1883
Paul Arkwright
Born 1962
Edward Hudson (footballer)
1887 - 1945
Joe Bootham
1911 - 1986
Josh Ritchie
-
Bob Foster (footballer)
Born 1911
Tommy Kemp
1915 - 2004
Duncan Aldred
Born 1970
Frank Marsh (footballer)
1916 - 1978
Sophie Willan
Born 1987
Tot Walsh
1900 - 1950
Sarah Cole
1805 - 1857
James Ball (footballer)
Born 1995
Fred Collinson
1874 - 1915
Thomas Billington (executioner)
1872 - 1902
Jackie Knight
1922 - 1996
Jill Duff
Born 1972
Paul Heathcote
Born 1961
Gilbert Richmond
1909 - 1958
Ralph Entwistle
1805 - 1830
Clifford Morris
Born 1942
Robert Davies (footballer, born 1876)
Born 1876
Majid Shafiq
Born 1973
Byron Vincent
Born 1975
Laurence Stark
1920 - 2004
Greg Pearce (footballer)
Born 1980
Joseph Whiteside
1906 - 1990
Richard Tranter
-
Ian Pendlebury
Born 1983
Victor Gilbert
1905 - 1978
Bill Myerscough
1930 - 1977
Tom Hamer
Born 1999
Stephen Finlay
1956 - 2004
Darryl Morris (presenter)
Born 1990
George Dobson (footballer, born 1862)
1862 - 1941
William Makin
1883 - 1962
Liam Watkinson
Born 1991
Lewis Hardcastle
Born 1998
Brian Riley (footballer)
1937 - 2017
Reg Lawson
Born 1880
Scott Taylor (darts player)
Born 1991
Barbara Ronson
1942 - 2018