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PRESTON
Most Famous People Born in Preston, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 347
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1947
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 5.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Preston during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Preston Is Known For
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Football is Preston's biggest profession — 40% of all notables (138).
Preston over-indexes on cricket — 5.0× the global rate.
Preston under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Preston's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Other
Richard Arkwright
1732 - 1792
Kathleen Ferrier
1912 - 1953
Tim Farron
Born 1970
Joseph Delaney
Born 1945
Robert W. Service
1874 - 1958
Wade Barrett
Born 1980
Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)
Born 1992
Francis Thompson
1859 - 1907
Tom Finney
1922 - 2014
Andrew Flintoff
Born 1977
Kevin Kilbane
Born 1977
Sam Johnstone
Born 1993
Holly Bradshaw
Born 1991
John Inman
1935 - 2007
William Shirley
1694 - 1771
Charles Dawson
1864 - 1916
Penny Jordan
1946 - 2011
Keef Hartley
1944 - 2011
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
1752 - 1834
Clarke Carlisle
Born 1979
Bill Beaumont
Born 1952
Angela Brazil
1868 - 1947
Andy Lonergan
Born 1983
Gordon Milne
Born 1937
Mike Summerbee
Born 1942
Mary Anne Hobbs
Born 1964
Steve Sumner
1955 - 2017
Eddie Calvert
1922 - 1978
Henry Foster (scientist)
1797 - 1831
Mark Lawrenson
Born 1957
Stephen Barton
Born 1982
Alan Kelly Jr.
Born 1968
Peter Purves
Born 1939
James Weir (footballer)
Born 1995
Jared Hess
Born 1979
John Holmes (British diplomat)
Born 1951
Adrian Alston
Born 1949
Helen Clitheroe
Born 1974
Charles Holmes
1868 - 1936
Dick Wilson
1916 - 2007
Samantha Murray
Born 1989
Roy Barraclough
1935 - 2017
Hugh Carthy
Born 1994
Arthur Devis
1712 - 1787
James Edgar Dandy
1903 - 1976
Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath
Born 1947
John Eldon Gorst
1835 - 1916
Jarryd Dunn
Born 1992
John Myres
1869 - 1954
Samuel Ryder
1858 - 1936
Josh Morris (footballer)
Born 1991
William Clayton (Mormon)
1814 - 1879
Edith Rigby
1872 - 1948
Hannah Britland
Born 1987
Edmund Hirst
1898 - 1975
Ian Burns (snooker player)
Born 1985
Steve Walsh (footballer)
Born 1964
Teresa Billington-Greig
1877 - 1964
James N. Goodier
1905 - 1969
David Lucas (footballer)
Born 1977
Ian Berry (photojournalist)
Born 1934
Stacey Kemp
Born 1988
Andrew Sznajder
Born 1967
Philip Bretherton
Born 1955
John Wall (priest and martyr)
1620 - 1679
Ronnie Clayton (footballer)
1934 - 2010
Ian Kirkham
Born 1963
Ian Bibby
Born 1986
Frederick Newton Gisborne
1824 - 1892
Arthur Catterall
1883 - 1943
Lee Ashcroft
Born 1972
A. J. Hartley
Born 1964
Stanley Bennett Hough
1917 - 1998
Luke Mulholland
Born 1988
John Hopkins (conductor)
1927 - 2013
Nathan Pond
Born 1985
Edgar Johnson Allen
1866 - 1942
George Grenfell-Baines
1908 - 2003
Charles Hugh Alison
1882 - 1952
Andrew Michael Hurley
Born 1975
Jenn Ashworth
Born 1982
Guy Flanagan
Born 1980
Franz Carr
Born 1966
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway
1854 - 1933
Ashley Eastham
Born 1991
Helen Lemmens-Sherrington
1834 - 1906
Ben Hinchliffe
Born 1988
Rhys Turner
Born 1995
Clifford Heatherley
1888 - 1937
Bob Wren
Born 1974
George Dewhurst (director)
1889 - 1968
Jonathan Smith (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Stuart Pettman
Born 1975
John Horam
Born 1939
Joseph Ward (tenor)
1942 - 2019
Chloe Birch
Born 1995
Alfred Hind
1878 - 1947
Sophie McDonnell
Born 1976
Harrison McGahey
Born 1995
Scott Barron
Born 1985
Ann Baynard
1672 - 1697
Paul Englishby
Born 1970
Joseph P. Newsham
1837 - 1919
Matthew Lister
Born 1992
Adam Nowland
Born 1981
Michael Ingham (footballer)
Born 1980
Frank Hayes (cricketer)
Born 1946
Nick Fenton
Born 1979
Gareth Stewart
Born 1980
Jamie Proctor
Born 1992
Ann Osgerby
Born 1963
Steve Williams (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
George Haslam
Born 1939
David Cook (writer)
1940 - 2015
Percy Lake
1855 - 1940
Graeme Thomas
Born 1988
Stuart Parker (footballer)
Born 1954
Richard Stuart Lake
1860 - 1950
Frank Becton
1873 - 1909
Charlie Ashcroft
1926 - 2010
Stephen Rowlings
Born 1976
Chris Brand
1943 - 2017
Miles Briggs
Born 1983
Marcus Morris (publisher)
1915 - 1989
Graham Mather
Born 1954
Karen Pierce
Born 1959
Fiona Armstrong
Born 1956
Stewart Drummond
Born 1975
John Nuttall (athlete)
Born 1967
James Craigen (footballer)
Born 1991
Robert Cornthwaite (bishop)
1818 - 1890
Emily Underdown
1863 - 1947
Michael Potts (footballer)
Born 1991
Michael Jennings (boxer)
Born 1977
Susan Hanson
Born 1943
Nigel Jemson
Born 1969
Ranvir Singh
Born 1977
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Born 1949
Simon Kerrigan
Born 1989
Craig Dootson
Born 1979
Paul F. Bradshaw
Born 1945
Anthony Devis
1729 - 1816
Elliot Hilton
Born 1989
Michael Hoey (linguist)
Born 1948
Alan Robertson (geneticist)
1920 - 1989
Christopher Vose
1887 - 1970
Derek Fazackerley
Born 1951
Kieran Charnock
Born 1984
James Billington (executioner)
1847 - 1901
John Ainsworth Horrocks
1818 - 1846
Fred Dewhurst
1863 - 1895
Simon Travis
Born 1977
Ashley Hodson
Born 1995
Chris Ward (footballer)
Born 1981
Andrew Teague
Born 1986
Peter Wright (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Helen Southworth
Born 1956
Jim Burns (poet)
Born 1936
Dion Charles
Born 1995
Tim Brown (Designer)
Born 1962
Nick Adams (rugby union)
Born 1977
Louisa Porogovska
Born 1987
Zig Byfield
1943 - 2017
Sydney Knowles
1921 - 2012
Michael Platt (financier)
Born 1968
Nick Anderton
Born 1996
Anulka Dziubinska
Born 1950
Jessica Taylor
Born 1980
Linda Gornall
Born 1964
Cornelius Coward
1838 - 1903
Reginald Aspinwall
1855 - 1921
Milne Cheetham
1869 - 1938
Louise Walden
Born 1983
Neil Swarbrick
Born 1965
Michael Carr (Liberal Democrat politician)
Born 1946
Mick Docherty
Born 1950
Conal Platt
Born 1986
Tyler Hornby-Forbes
Born 1996
Thomas Jackson (Bishop-designate of Lyttelton)
1812 - 1886
Lenny Johnrose
Born 1969
Liz Gordon
Born 1955
Stephanie Slater
Born 1991
Ryan Brierley
Born 1992
Tupele Dorgu
Born 1977
Eddy Brown
1926 - 2012
Simon Wiles
Born 1985
Albert Calvert
1887 - 1919
Gary Kelly (footballer, born 1966)
Born 1966
Charles Hardwick (antiquary)
1817 - 1889
Paul Lloyd (footballer)
Born 1987
Tony Heaton
Born 1954
Thomas Walker (Australian politician)
1858 - 1932
I. R. Christie
1919 - 1998
Tom Bailey (cricketer)
Born 1991
Gustaaf Lauwereins
Born 1941
Jack Sowerby
Born 1995
Stuart Westley
Born 1947
Kevin Baron (footballer)
1926 - 1971
Chris Watmough
Born 1947
Tony Swift
Born 1959
Gregory Mairs
Born 1994
Emma Hindle
Born 1975
James Hebblethwaite
1857 - 1921
Thomas Armstrong (footballer)
1898 - 1967
Steve Wilkes
Born 1967
Ronald Hambleton
1917 - 2015
Peter Hodgkinson
-
Melissa-Jane Daniel
Born 1988
Gwenda Hawkes
1894 - 1990
Jamie Squires
Born 1975
Angela Johnson (basketball)
Born 1953
Jack Atherton
1917 - 1961
John Garner (golfer)
Born 1947
Elizabeth Slater
1946 - 2014
Ben Wright (cricketer)
Born 1987
John Hardiker
Born 1982
Micky Burns
Born 1946
Matthew Critchley
Born 1996
Chris McGrail
Born 1989
Julie Atherton
Born 1978
Dan Parkinson (footballer)
Born 1992
Bob Holmes (footballer)
1867 - 1955
Ken Worden
Born 1943
Dick Forshaw
1895 - 1963
Michael Haley (rugby union)
Born 1994
John Clayton (Geistlicher)
1657 - 1725
Sarah Davies (weightlifter)
Born 1992
Glennis Lorimer
1913 - 1968
Shadab Iftikhar
Born 1989
Andrew Miller (cricketer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Bob Parkinson
1873 - 1901
Bob Howarth
1865 - 1938
William Sudell
1851 - 1911
Eddie Wolstenholme
Born 1954
Ken Nicol (musician)
Born 1951
Paul Barnett (video game designer)
Born 1970
John H. E. Hull
1935 - 1977
Scott Fitzgerald (boxer)
Born 1991
David Schofield (footballer)
Born 1981
Matthäus von Rosthorn der Ältere
1721 - 1805
Nat Walton
1866 - 1930
Sophie Carrigill
Born 1994
Tomás Lawson
1884 - 1951
Elizabeth Wallwork
1883 - 1969
Rod Fletcher
Born 1945
Ben Eaves (basketball)
Born 1987
Elliot Watt
Born 2000
Thomas Myres
1842 - 1926
Ernie Bond (footballer)
Born 1929
Andy Murphy
Born 1966
Harry Abbott (footballer, born 1895)
1895 - 1968
Eric Arthur Tomlinson
1931 - 2015
Stan Fazackerley
1891 - 1946
Tom Nolan (footballer, born 1909)
1909 - 1969
Jonny Walker (rugby league, born 1988)
Born 1988
Paul Varley
1949 - 2008
Michael Brown (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Liam Hurt
Born 1994
Katharine Jewitt
Born 1977
Rachel McCarthy
Born 1984
Rob Ellis (DJ)
-
Alfred Teggin
1860 - 1941
William Kirby (footballer, born 1883)
1882 - 1917
Gordon Ashcroft
1902 - 1930
Nigel Greenwood (footballer)
Born 1966
Margaret Cross
1866 - 1962
Bert Crossthwaite
1887 - 1944
Joan Whalley (footballer)
1921 - 1998
Charles Crook
1862 - 1926
Jordanna Bartlett
Born 1994
Glenn Johnstone
-
Jonathan Bateson
Born 1989
Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1877)
1877 - 1940
Roger Westley
1947 - 1982
Moses Sanders
1873 - 1941
Bruce Crawford (footballer)
Born 1938
Frederick Baines
Born 1941
Katie Anderton
Born 1983
Danny Lamb
Born 1995
James Bell (town clerk)
1866 - 1937
James Towers
1897 - 1977
Sam Sweeney (cricketer)
Born 1990
Steve Parr (footballer)
1926 - 2019
Mike Bamber (footballer)
Born 1980
Edmund Baldwin
1902 - 1968
Andrew Procter (cricketer)
Born 1968
Jon DaSilva
-
James Hall (Irish cricketer)
Born 1988
Steve Galliers
Born 1957
Stuart John Parker
Born 1954
Albert Fish (politician)
1922 - 2006
Thomas Adamson (priest)
1901 - 1991
Tony Bond (footballer, born 1888)
Born 1888
Ian Ward (Leichtathlet)
Born 1929
Albert Freeman (footballer)
Born 1899
Harry Houghton (athlete)
1901 - 1986
Andy McAteer
Born 1961
Ryan Woods (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
George Vokins
1896 - 1985
Kevin Noteman
Born 1969