Notable People
Blackpool has been the birthplace and home to a number of notable people, including:
- Ian Anderson – lead singer and flautist of the rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson lived in Blackpool during his youth, attending Blackpool Grammar School and Blackpool College of Art.
- Jo Appleby – soprano singer with Amici Forever
- David Atherton – conductor
- Hylda Baker – comedienne
- Zoë Ball – English TV and radio presenter
- Ronnie Baxter – darts player
- Lennie Bennett – comedian
- Charlie Cairoli – famous clown, born in Milan but became famous in Blackpool where he lived from 1939 to his death in 1980. He is buried at Carleton Cemetery.
- George Carman – barrister
- Frank Carson – comedian
- David Hoyle – performance artist
- Violet Carson – Coronation Street actress who played the part of Ena Sharples. She lived in Bispham until her death.
- Tony Melody – Actor. Lived in Greenlands area until his death in 2008.
- Ronnie Clayton – British Featherweight Boxing Champion 1947–54, twice Lonsdale Belt winner
- Jimmy Clitheroe – British comedy actor, lived most of his life in the Greenlands area on Bispham Road, Blackpool, where he died in 1973
- Jenna-Louise Coleman – actress (Emmerdale, Waterloo Road, Titanic, Doctor Who)
- Alistair Cooke – journalist and commentator
- Robert Crampton – The Times journalist, born and spent the first six years of his life in the town.
- Steven Croft – cricketer
- Karl Crompton, winner of £10.9 million in The National Lottery in 1996
- Raine Davison – actress
- John Evan – musician Jethro Tull
- Dan Forshaw – Jazz musician
- Aiden Grimshaw – X Factor Series 7 contestant
- Jeffrey Hammond – musician Jethro Tull
- Roy Harper – musician
- Barney Harwood – TV presenter
- Victoria Christina Hesketh (Little Boots) – musician, born in Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Edwin Hughes – ("Balaclava Ned") (1830–1927), the last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in the Crimea lived in Blackpool and is buried in Layton cemetery.
- John Inman – actor, lived in the Warbreck area near to Holy Family Primary School.
- Matty Kay – footballer
- Augustus Kenderdine – landscape and portrait painter
- Cynthia Lennon – first wife of John Lennon
- Jacqueline Leonard – actress
- Ian Levine – songwriter
- Syd Little – comedian, Little and Large
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- Brian London – boxer
- Joe Longthorne – singer
- Chris Lowe – musician – (Pet Shop Boys)
- Dave Ball – musician (Soft Cell)
- Andrew Lyons – footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic)
- Gavin McCann – footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
- Nick McCarthy – musician (Franz Ferdinand)
- Stacey McClean – singer (S Club 8)
- Vic McGlynn – radio presenter
- John Mahoney – actor (Frasier), born in Bispham.
- Victoria Monks – Music Hall artiste (1884–1927)
- Pauline Moran – actress
- David Morley – poet, professor
- Janet Munro – actress
- Graham Nash – (The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young))
- Bernadette Nolan – singer and actress
- Coleen Nolan – singer and TV presenter
- Chris Patten – politician and former Hong Kong governor
- Daryl Peach – World Pool Champion
- Jodie Prenger – singer and actress
- Maddy Prior – singer (Steeleye Span)
- Peter Purves – TV presenter
- John Robb – musician, author and TV presenter
- William Regal – WWE wrestler
- Nikki Sanderson – actress (Coronation Street)
- Michael Smith – Nobel Prize-winning chemist
- Robert Smith – musician (The Cure)
- Frank Swift – footballer (Manchester City and England)
- Layla Subritzky – (Big Brother 9 (Australia) Housemate)
- Hayley Tamaddon – actress (Emmerdale)
- David Thewlis – actor (Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series)
- Ricky Tomlinson – actor (Jim Royle in The Royle Family), born in Bispham.
- Ross Money Mitchell – boxer ('Up and coming Boxer of The Year 2008' in The Ring magazine)
- Roger Uttley – rugby union player
- William Watt – journalist for the Blackpool Gazette
- Daniel Whiston – ice skater (Dancing on Ice)
- Tony Williams – musician (Stealers Wheel and Jethro Tull)
- Sara Wilson – Fashion stylist and winner of New Look's Style The Nation
- Shelly Woods – elite wheelchair athlete
- Scott Wright – actor (Coronation Street)
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