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*[[Alyn Ainsworth]] (1924–1990) – [[band leader]], orchestra conductor, and musical director.<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/112059 Alyn Ainsworth] at the [[British Film Institute]]. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>{{imdb name|id=1140677|name=Alyn Ainsworth}}. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
*[[Alyn Ainsworth]] (1924–1990) – [[band leader]], orchestra conductor, and musical director.<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/112059 Alyn Ainsworth] at the [[British Film Institute]]. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>{{imdb name|id=1140677|name=Alyn Ainsworth}}. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
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*[[Monica Ali]] (born 1967) – author, born in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]), but settled and grew up in Bolton – former pupil of [[Bolton School]].<ref>[http://www.authortrek.com/monica_ali_page.html Monica Ali - biography, interviews, articles] (authortrek.com). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.boltonwomen.org.uk/achievement.htm Bolton Women of Achievement], including Monica Ali. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
*[[Monica Ali]] (born 1967) – author, born in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]), but settled and grew up in Bolton – former pupil of [[Bolton School]].<ref>[http://www.authortrek.com/monica_ali_page.html Monica Ali - biography, interviews, articles] (authortrek.com). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.boltonwomen.org.uk/achievement.htm Bolton Women of Achievement], including Monica Ali. URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
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* Sir [[Richard Arkwright]] (1732-1792) - Inventor of Water Frame - Born in Preston <ref> [[http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=604&language=eng Richard Arkwright 1732-1792 Inventor of the Water Frame]</ref> |
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*[[Ian Aspinall]] (born 1961) – actor, played roles in ''[[Holby City]]'' and ''[[East is East (film)|East is East]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/actors/biogs/index.shtml?content/_ianaspinall/page1 Actor: Ian Aspinall] (bbc.co.uk - Holby City). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,21,0,0,1,0 Actor: Ian Aspinall] (Holby.tv). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
*[[Ian Aspinall]] (born 1961) – actor, played roles in ''[[Holby City]]'' and ''[[East is East (film)|East is East]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/actors/biogs/index.shtml?content/_ianaspinall/page1 Actor: Ian Aspinall] (bbc.co.uk - Holby City). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,21,0,0,1,0 Actor: Ian Aspinall] (Holby.tv). URL accessed 4 October 2007.</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:30, 28 February 2010
This is a list of people from Bolton in the north west of England. The demonym of Bolton is Boltonian. This list also includes people from the towns of Farnworth, Horwich, Westhoughton, Kearsley, Little Lever, Blackrod, and other smaller places within the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:
| 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
- Alan Ainscow (born 1953) – a former professional footballer.[1]
- Alyn Ainsworth (1924–1990) – band leader, orchestra conductor, and musical director.[2][3]
- Monica Ali (born 1967) – author, born in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), but settled and grew up in Bolton – former pupil of Bolton School.[4][5]
- Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) - Inventor of Water Frame - Born in Preston [6]
- Ian Aspinall (born 1961) – actor, played roles in Holby City and East is East.[7][8]
B
- Hylda Baker (1905–1986) – actress, comedienne, and music hall star – born in Farnworth.[9][10]
- Alan Ball (1945–2007) – professional footballer, member of the 1966 Football World Cup winning side – born in Farnworth.[11][12]
- Johnny Ball (born 1938) – a children's TV presenter, and the father of former BBC Radio 1 DJ and TV host, Zoë Ball.[13][14]
- Tommy Banks (footballer) (born 1929) - Bolton Wanderers and England footballer.[15]
- Danny Boyle (born 1956) – film director, born in Radcliffe but educated in Bolton.[16][17]
- Andrew Buchan (born 1979) - TV and stage actor - born in Stockport and brought up in Lostock.[18][19][20]
C
- Mark Charnock (born 1968) – actor, currently plays as Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale.[21][22]
- Phil Clarke – Blackrod-born ex-Rugby League international player and presently Sky Sports pundit.[23]
- Sir Daniel Cooper (1821–1902) – first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales.[24][25]
- Thomas Cole (1801–1848) – American landscape painter.[26]
- Sara Cox (born 1974) – Radio 1 DJ. and TV presenter.[27][28]
- Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) – inventor of the Spinning Mule.[29]
- John Cunliffe (born 1984) – Soccer player for Major League Soccer side Chivas USA - born in Bolton, and grew-up in nearby Edgworth.[30]
D
- Julian Darby (born 1967) - ex. footballer, now first team coach at Nottingham Forest.[31]
- Norman Davies (born 1939) – historian.[32]
- Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) – steeplejack, engineer, and TV presenter.[33][34]
F
- Shirley Anne Field (born 1938) – stage, film and television actress.[35][36]
- Frank Finlay (born 1926) – Farnworth-born stage, film and television actor.[37][38]
- Garry Flitcroft (born 1972) – professional footballer – Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United and England U21's.[39]
- Stu Francis (born 1951) – comedian, Crackerjack presenter.[40][41][42]
G
- Damon Gough, known as Badly Drawn Boy (born 1969) – indie singer-songwriter.[43]
- Ashley Grimes - former professional footballer, whose clubs included Manchester United and Spanish club CA Osasuna - born in Dublin[44]
- Aaron Grundy (born 1988) – professional footballer, currently goalkeeper for Cambridge United.[45]
H
- Leslie Halliwell (1929–1989) – British movie historian and encyclopaediast of Halliwell's Film Guide fame.[46][47]
- Mark Halsey (born 1961) – English Premier League Referee - lives in Little Lever.[48]
- Annie Haslam (born 1944) – lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance.[49]
- Sam Hewson (born 1988) - professional footballer with Manchester United
- Gordon Hill (born 1928) - former League football referee in the 1960s and 1970s.[50][51]
- Keith Hill (born 1969) – former professional footballer, Blackburn Rovers – born in Bolton, current manager at Rochdale A.F.C.
- Charles Holden (1875–1960) – architect, known for his designs of stations on the London Underground railway system.[52]
- Simon Holt (born 1958) – composer.
- Nicky Hunt (born 1983) – professional footballer, Bolton Wanderers – born in Westhoughton.[53]
- Jack Hylton (1892–1965) – band leader.[54]
I
- Susan Sutherland Isaacs (1885–1948) – educational psychologist and Psychoanalyst.[55][56]
J
- Danny Jones (born 1986) – guitarist and vocalist in the british pop-rock band McFly.[57]
K
- Peter Kay (born 1973) – comedian, actor, writer and producer.[58][59]
- Vernon Kay (born 1974) – TV presenter and DJ.[60][61]
- Jason Kenny (born 1988) – 2008 Summer Olympics Track cycling gold medalist.[62][63]
- Amir Khan (born 1986) – boxer.[64]
- Andy Knowles (born 1981) – musician and artist.[65]
- Tony Knowles (born 1955) – snooker player.[66]
- Sir Harold Kroto (born 1939) – chemist; Nobel Prize winner in 1996 for his work on Buckminsterfullerene.[67]
L
- William Lassell (1799–1880) – astronomer, discoverer of the moons Ariel and Triton.[68]
- Ralf Little (born 1980) – actor, star of The Royle Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Children's Ward. Born in Oldham, educated at Bolton School.[69][70]
- Tommy Lawton (1919–1996) – professional footballer, Burnley, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea and England – born in Farnworth.[71][72]
- Francis Lee (born 1944) - Footballer. Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Derby County. England (27 caps).[73]
- William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925) – founder of Unilever.[74]
- Nat Lofthouse (born 1925) – footballer, played for Bolton Wanderers and England.[75][76]
- Peter Lown (born 1947) – born in Bolton, became a Canadian field hockey player, competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[77]
- Captain Stanley Lord (1877–1962) – Captain of the SS Californian, the ship closest to RMS Titanic as she sank.[78]
M
- Sajid Mahmood (born 1981) – Lancashire and England cricketer.[79]
- Paul Mariner (born 1953) - former professional footballer with Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Arsenal and Portsmouth, currently back with old club Plymouth as Assistant Manager - born in Farnworth.
- George Marsh (1515–1555) – born in Deane, he was a Protestant Martyr who was burnt at the stake for his faith at Boughton, Chester.[80][81]
- Lee Mason (born 1971) - English Premier League Referee - educated at Thornleigh Salesian College in Bolton.[82][83]
- Patrick McGuinness (born 1973) – stand-up comedian and comedy actor.[84][85]
- Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939) – stage and screen actor; born in Burnley and educated at Bolton School.[86][87]
- Thomas Moran (1837–1926) – American landscape painter.[88]
- Geoffrey Moorhouse (born 1931) – travel writer, novelist and poet.[89][90]
N
- Carlo Nash (born 1973) - Footballer with Everton [91]
- Bill Naughton (1910–1992) – author and playwright – born Ireland but educated in Bolton and his work was often set in the town in which he grew up.[92][93]
- Paul Nicholls (born 1979) – TV and screen actor, played roles in EastEnders and City Central.[94][95]
- Amy Nuttall (born 1982) – actress and singer, played as Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale from 2000 to 2005.[96][97]
O
- Andrew Oldcorn (born 1960) – professional golfer, born in Bolton and raised in Edinburgh.[98]
- Glyn Owen (1928–2004) – stage and television actor.[99][100]
P
- J. R. Partington, chemist and historian of chemistry
- Maxine Peake (born 1974) – actress, played in Shameless - born in Westhoughton.[101][102]
- Michael Pollitt (born 1972) – Premiership goalkeeper – born in Farnworth.[103]
- David Potts (born 1970) – musician and songwriter – born in Farnworth.[104]
- David Andrew Phoenix (born 1966) - Biochemist and Educationalist.[105]
- Hovis Presley, real name: Richard Henry McFarlane (1960–2005) – poet and stand-up comedian.[106]
R
- Mark Radcliffe (born 1958) – Radio 1 DJ, TV presenter and writer.[107]
- Dorning Rasbotham (c. 1730 – 1791) – writer, antiquarian and artist, also was High Sheriff of Lancashire.[108]
- Sir Arthur Rostron (1869–1940) – Captain of the RMS Carpathia, first ship to aid the RMS Titanic.[109]
- David Ruffley (born 1962) – politician, Conservative MP for Bury St Edmunds, educated at Bolton School.[110]
S
- Robert Shaw (1927–1978) – actor and writer – born in Westhoughton, moved to Scotland as a child.[111][112][113]
- James Slade (1783-1860) - Vicar of Bolton - born in Daventry.
- Dave Spikey (born 1951) – actor, comedian, writer and film producer.[114][115]
T
- Thomas Thomasson (1808–1876) - cotton spinner, political economist and benefactor.[116]
- John Pennington Thomasson (1841–1904) - cotton spinner, MP and benefactor.[116]
W
- Mike Watkinson (born 1961) – ex-England cricketer, now coach of Lancashire – born in Westhoughton.[117]
- Simon Whaley (born 1985) – professional footballer, Bury F.C., Preston North End, currently Norwich City.[118]
- Robert Whitehead (1823–1905) – developed the first self-propelled torpedo and great-grandfather of the Von Trapp children (Sound of Music).[119]
- Jason Wilcox (born 1971) – professional footballer, Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and England.[120]
- Sammy Winward (born 1985) – actress, singer and model, currently plays as Katie Sugden in Emmerdale.[121][122]
- Bernard Wrigley (born 1948) – comedian, actor, playwright and musician.[123][124]
List of people without biographies
- Simon Aldred - lead singer of Cherry Ghost.[125][126]
- Dominic Holmes (born 1994) - Actor best known for playing Daniel Osbourne in Coronation Street.[127][128]
- William Haslam (1850-1898) - gave his name to the town of Haslam, South Australia.[129]
See also
- List of Mayors of Bolton
- List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. managers
- List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- List of people from Greater Manchester
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- ^ Monica Ali - biography, interviews, articles (authortrek.com). URL accessed 4 October 2007.
- ^ Bolton Women of Achievement, including Monica Ali. URL accessed 4 October 2007.
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