Accrington, England
1. Vicky Entwistle (1968)
British Actor
Coronation street veteran played Janice Battersby for over 600 episodes until leaving the series in 2011.
2. Ron Hill (1938)
British Athlete
World record setting runner who was the second man to ever break the 2:10 in a marathon. He ran in two Olympic marathons, won the 74th Boston Marathon, and won...
3. Julie Hesmondhalgh (1970)
British Actor
Portrayed the character of Hayley Crooper on Coronation Street. He role marked the first transsexual character on a British series.
4. Jon Anderson (1944)
Progressive Rock Musician Singer
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was the vocalist of the band Yes and who also created the Opio Foundation for UNICEF.
5. John Tomlinson (1946)
Actor
Acclaimed English bass singer who has performed with the likes of the Royal Opera and English National Opera.
6. Mike Pickering (Unknow)
British Musician
Michael Pickering has DJed at The Haçienda's infamous Nude and Hot nights and later Shine. He worked for Factory Records where he signed Happy Mondays To Hell With Burgundy and...
7. Harrison Birtwistle (1934)
British Composer
Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle is a British composer.
8. Mike Duxbury (1959)
English Footballer
Michael Mike Duxbury is a former footballer who won 10 caps for England. At club level he played in the Football League for Manchester United Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City...
9. Dominic Knowles (1992)
Footballer
Dominic Thomas Knowles is an English footballer who plays for Burton Albion as a striker.
10. Ged Lynch (1968)
Percussionist
Ged Lynch is an English percussionist and composer. Lynch had early commercial success drumming with the Ruthless Rap Assassins which included Kermit. In 1989 he joined The Icicle Works. He...
11. Ashley Hoskin (1968)
English Footballer
James Ashley Hoskin is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Hoskin scored in the 1987–88 Football League Trophy Northern Area final second leg against Preston North...
12. Graeme Fowler (1957)
English Test And County Crickete
Graeme Foxy Fowler is a former English professional cricketer who played for Lancashire England and later for Durham. He appeared in twenty one Test matches and twenty six ODIs for...
13. Graham Lloyd (1969)
English Cricketer
Graham David Lloyd is a former attacking right-handed batsman and sprightly all-round fielder for Lancashire who played six One Day Internationals for England. His final List A appearance was for...
14. Barry Shuttleworth (1977)
English Footballer
Barry Shuttleworth is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool and Macclesfield Town.
15. Shokat Ali (1970)
British Snooker Player
Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Ali turned professional in 1991 but his best performance in professional competition came ten...
16. Anthony Rushton (1971)
Entrepreneur
Anthony Rushton is a British tech entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Telemetry a digital media auditing company.
17. Joel Pilkington (1984)
English Footballer
Joel Thomas Pilkington is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ramsbottom United. He made two substitute appearances in the Football League whilst playing for Burnley.
18. Chris Norbury (1986)
English Snooker Player
Christopher Chris Norbury is an English professional snooker player. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003 at the time the second-level professional tour. Norbury first entered...
19. Richard Chaplow (1985)
Footballer
Richard David Chaplow is an English professional footballer currently playing for Championship side Millwall.
20. Nicky Hill (1981)
English Footballer
Nicky Hill in Accrington England is a retired English professional footballer who played as a defender for Bury in the Football League.
