List of people from Preston

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

People from Preston

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*Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) — inventor of the water frame that kick-started the textile industry in the late 18th century

B

*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) — an actor who plays R2D2 in Star Wars.
*Roy Barraclough (born 1935) — Actor from Coronation Street
*Stephen Barton (born 1982) — Noted film composer and protege of Harry Gregson-Williams

C

*Eddie Calvert (1922–1978) — Trumpeter, "The Man With the Golden Horn"
*Dave D Chambers (born 1969) — Original Drummer with indie Rock band Cornershop and DJ. Featured in NME book of Quotes in the 1990s

D

*Gregory Doran (born 1958) — Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.

F

*Sir Tom Finney (born 1922) — Footballer
*Andrew Flintoff (born 1977) — cricketer

G

*Zara Glover (born 1982) — International Ten-pin Bowler

H

*James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921) — poet

I

*John Inman (1935–2007) — Comedy actor and drag artiste

K

*Ian Kirkham — saxophone player, Simply Red.

L

*Mark Lawrenson (born 1957) — Footballer turned football pundit
*Joseph Livesey (1794–1884) — Social reformer and pioneer of the Temperance movement in the 19th century

M

*Ian McCulloch (born 1971) — snooker player currently in the top 16 of the world rankings"'

P

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

R

*Edith Rigby (1872–1948) — Suffragette
*Samuel Ryder (1858–1936) — founder of the Ryder Cup Golf Competition

T

*A.J.P. Taylor (1906–1990) — historian.
*Jessica Taylor (born 1980) singer with Liberty X
*Francis Thompson (1859–1907) — poet

W

*John Wall (1620–1679) — Martyr and Saint