Lancashire, United Kingdom

1. James Hilton (1900)

Writer

English novelist most well known for his novels Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

2. Henry Cockburn (1921)

Soccer Player

Left half who played professionally from 1944-1961 for several clubs, including Manchester United, and he played internationally for England from 1946-1951.

3. Jackie Burroughs (1939)

Actress

Canadian actress who starred in numerous films including The Grey Fox and Fever Pitch.

4. Andrew Lancel (1970)

British Actor

English actor best known for his role as Frank Foster on the soap opera Coronation Street. He earned a British Soap Award for Villain of the Year.

5. Alan Kendall (1944)

British Musician

British guitarist who performed with the Bee Gees from 1971 to 1980 and again from 1987 to 2001.

6. Kathryn Stott (1958)

British Pianist

Chamber musician, concerto soloist, and recitalist. She specialized in English/French repertoire and tango.

7. David Macaulay (1946)

American Illustrator

British-American artist and writer who has released nonfiction children's books about architecture and engineering.

8. Richard Lumsden (1965)

British Actor

Played the role of the bumbling father Nathan in Channel 4's drama Sugar Rush. He was cast as the character Tony in series 2 of the CBBC children's sitcom Millie...

9. Adam Nagaitis (1985)

Tv Actor

Series regular in the AMC anthology series The Terror in the role of Cornelius Hickey who later starred in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl as Vasily Ignatenko.

10. Michael Hurst (1957)

New Zealand Actor

English character actor, best remembered as Lolaus in the television series, Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess.

11. Joanna Riding (1967)

British Actor

Famous for her Olivier Award-winning performances in London West End stage productions of the musicals Carousel and My Fair Lady, Riding is also known for her Olivier-nominated roles in The...

12. Mandy Sellars (1975)

British Woman With Genetic Mutat

Woman who made several television appearances discussing her rare genetic mutation. Her condition caused her legs to grow abnormally large in comparison to the rest of her body.

13. Sarah Stephens (1990)

Australian Model

Model most recognized for winning Girlfriend magazine's 2006 model search.

14. Joni Fuller (1991)

British Musician

Joni Amelia Fuller is an English singer songwriter pianist and violinist from Lancashire. Joni persuaded her parents to buy her a violin for her 5th birthday. Aged 8 she was...

15. James Simpson (1873)

Writer

16. Clare Rendlesham (1919)

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17. Brian Waites (1940)

Professional Golfer

Brian Waites is an English professional golfer. Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime...

18. Ivor Bolton (1958)

British Musician

Ivor Bolton is an English conductor and harpsichordist. He studied at Clare College and was conducting scholar at the Royal College of Music.

19. Richard Hornby (1922)

British Politician

Richard Phipps Hornby was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman. He was Member of Parliament for Tonbridge for over 17½ years from June 1956 to February 1974 holding a...

20. George Frederic Verdon (1834)

Australian Politician

Sir George Frederic Verdon was an English Australian politician and public figure. Verdon was a son of the Rev. Edward Verdon he was born at Bury Lancaster England. He was...

21. Graham Clark (1941)

Actor

22. Hugh Oldham (Unknow)

Bishop Of Exeter And A Patron Of

Hugh Oldham was a Bishop of Exeter and a notable patron of education. Born in Lancashire to a family of minor gentry he probably attended both Oxford and Cambridge universities...

23. George Calhoun Crowther (1849)

American Politician

George Calhoun Crowther was a U. S.

24. Samuel Bealey (Unknow)

New Zealand Politician

Samuel Bealey was a 19th-century politician in Canterbury New Zealand. Bealey came out to Canterbury in 1851 a pastoralist with capital to invest in farming. He married Rose Ann daughter...

25. Scott Quigg (1988)

British Boxer

Scott Quigg is an English professional boxer. He is the current WBA Super Bantamweight champion. He is currently undefeated and is promoted by Eddie Hearn at Matchroom Sport Promotions.

26. Aidan Nichols (1948)

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John Christopher Aidan Nichols OP is an English academic and Catholic priest. Nichols served as the first John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford for 2006...

27. Frank Dernie (1950)

British Auto Racing Engineer

Dernie is a veteran British engineer with extensive Formula One motorsport experience.

28. Anne Rafferty (1950)

British Jurist

Dame Anne Judith Rafferty DBE PC styled The Right Honourable Lady Justice Rafferty is an English jurist Lord Justice of Appeal since 2011.

29. Gerry Bates (1950)

Australian Politician

Gerard Maxwell Gerry Bates is an Australian environmental lawyer and academic and former politician.

30. Brian Cookson (1951)

English Racing Cyclist And Cycli

Michael Brian Cookson OBE is the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale having been elected to the post in September 2013. Cookson previously served as president of British Cycling from...

31. Simon Procter (1968)

Artist And Photographer

Simon Procter is an expatriate British artist and photographer who has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood and whose work includes Galliano Royal.

32. Elaine Kellett-Bowman (1923)

British Politician

Dame Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman DBE was a British Conservative politician. Born Mary Elaine Kay to Walter and Edith Kay she was educated at The Mount School York St Anne's College...

33. Ian Gorst (1969)

Jersey Politiican

Ian Gorst is the Chief Minister of Jersey and an elected member of States of Jersey since 5 December 2005. He previously worked as an accountant.

34. Joanne Colan (1980)

Internet And Television Personai

Joanne Colan is the former MTV Europe VJ and former anchor of the vlog Rocketboom. She is currently on Discovery's show Dean of Invention alongside Dean Kamen as a correspondent.

35. Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Unknow)

Irish Poet

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish poet. Born in Lancashire England in 1952 of Irish parents she moved to Ireland at the age of 5 and was brought up in...

36. John Weever (1576)

English Poet

John Weever was an English antiquary and poet. He is best known for his work Ancient Funerall Monuments the first full-length book to be dedicated to the topic of English...

37. Martin Booth (1944)

English Writer

Martin Booth was a prolific British novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher and screenwriter and was the founder of the Sceptre Press.

38. Ivan Bootham (1939)

New Zealand Musician And Writer

Ivan Bootham is a New Zealand novelist short story writer poet and composer. He was born in Farnworth Lancashire and migrated to New Zealand as a teenager.

39. Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy (Unknow)

British Activist

Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy was an English essayist and poet who also wrote under the pseudonyms E Ellis Ellis Ethelmer and Ignota. She was baptised on 15 December 1833 in...

40. Nick Preston (1972)

Cricketer

Nicholas William Preston is a former English cricketer. He played for Kent in 1996 and 1997.

41. John Southworth (musician) (1972)

Canadian Singer Sngwriter

John Southworth is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter. His style encompasses a range of popular song genres from oldies-radio to folk 80’s pop to cabaret.

42. Rosanna Lavelle (1979)

British Actor

Sally Rosanna Lavelle better known simply as Rosanna Lavelle is an English actress. She attended the National Student Theatre in 1997 and then studied at Cambridge University. Lavelle has won...

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