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

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• 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 1990's

D

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

• John Doyle (born 1979) Flugel Horn for the world Famous Black Dyke band, and widely regarded as the finest Flugel Horn Player in the world.

• Aaron Dore (born 1991) Proud Professional Signature & LP Designer, Tutorial & PSD Packs Creator Known Web-Wide.

E

• Paul Englishby — film and theater composer

F

• Sir Tom Finney (born 1922) — Footballer
• Andrew Flintoff (born 1977) — cricketer
• Jim Fry (born 1979) — Botanist and social commentator

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

J

• Andy Jones Radican parkour street jumper

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

N

• Marie Niven (b.1964) famous mainly for being a famous maths teacher at Hutton Grammar School.

O

• Aaron O'Brien - leader of Preston's emo revolution.

P

• Nick Park (born 1958) — animator famous mainly for the Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run claymation animation classics.

R

• Edith Rigby (1872–1948) — Suffragette
• Samuel Ryder (1858–1936) — founder of the Ryder Cup Golf Competition
• Michael Ryan (Economist)

S

• Dr Alison Shaw, Ph.D. (born 1975) — publisher of "A general approach for heterologous membrane protein expression in Escherichia coli: the uncoupling protein, UCP1, as an example", aka "the hedgehog protein one" ([1])
• Chris Scott (born 1991) Keyboard player with Odd Socks, Lancaster based fourth wave Ska band.
• Elliot Butler Smith - preston key to the city holder after saving a dog from a pond

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

Y

• Stanley Yates (born 1958) — classical guitarist and music scholar