List of people from Blackpool
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This is a list of people from Blackpool. Blackpool is a seaside town and unitary authority in Lancashire, in the North West England.
- Valerie Austin (born 1948), hypnotherapist and writer[1]
- Dame Janet "Jinty" Nelson (1941–2024), medieval historian[2]
Arts, literature and entertainment
- Bill Ashton (1936-2025), jazz saxophonist and composer[3]
- David Atherton (born 1944), conductor[4]
- David Ball (born 1959), music producer and musician[5]
- Zoë Ball (born 1970), television and radio presenter[6]
- Steve Barker (born 1971), film director and screenwriter[7]
- Lennie Bennett (1938–2009), comedian and television presenter[8]
- Stephen Booth (born 1952), crime writer
- Charlie Cairoli (1910–1980), Italian-born clown based in Blackpool
- Roy Calley, journalist
- Frank Carson (1926–2012), Northern Irish comedian based in Blackpool
- Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 1986), actress
- Robert Crampton (born 1964), journalist
- Lucy Fallon (born 1995), actress
- Karima Francis (born 1987), singer-songwriter
- Errol Fuller (born 1947), author and painter
- Tom Gregory (born 1995), singer
- Aiden Grimshaw (born 1991), singer
- Hamish Hamilton (born 1966), concert and award ceremony director
- Jeffrey Hammond (born 1946), musician
- Roy Harper (born 1941), musician
- Barney Harwood (born 1979), television presenter
- Emilios Hatjoullis (born 1939), cartoonist and graphic designer
- Tony Husband (1950–2023), cartoonist
- John Inman (1935–2007), actor known for Are You Being Served?
- Curtis Jobling (born 1972), illustrator and animator
- Patrick Keiller (born 1950), film director
- Jacqueline Leonard (born 1965), actress
- Little Boots (Victoria Hesketh, born 1984), singer-songwriter
- Syd Little (born 1942), comedian
- Chris Lowe (born 1959), musician
- John Mahoney (1940-2018), US actor (born in Bispham)
- Nicholas McCarthy (born 1974), musician
- Tania Mallet (born 1941), model and actress
- Keith Marsh (1926–2013), actor
- Gary Miller (1924–1968), singer and actor
- Pauline Moran, (born 1947), actress
- Rae Morris (born 1992), singer-songwriter
- David Morley (born 1964), poet
- Janet Munro (1934–1972), actress
- Sarah Myerscough, sculptor
- Graham Nash (1942), singer-songwriter
- Bernadette Nolan (1960–2013), Irish-born singer and actress
- Coleen Nolan (born 1965), singer and television presenter
- Craig Parkinson (born 1976), actor
- Russell Payne (born 1971), writer
- Joe-Warren Plant (born 2002), actor
- Jodie Prenger (born 1979), singer and actress
- Maddy Prior (born 1947), singer
- John Robb (born 1961), musician, TV presenter, author
- Ted Rhodes, (1934-2003), script editor
- Barbara Robotham (1936–2013), opera singer and distinguished voice teacher
- Jake Roche (born 1992), singer
- Carol Royle (born 1954), actress
- Nikki Sanderson (born 1984), actress and model
- Robert Smith (born 1959), musician
- Hayley Tamaddon, actress
- David Thewlis (born 1963), actor
- Nicola Thorp (born 1988), actress and broadcaster
- Ricky Tomlinson (born 1939), actor
- Vicki-Lee Walberg, (born 1975), model
- John Watson, comic book artist
- Chris Wiggins (1931-2017), actor
- Tony Williams (born 1947), musician
- Tim Woolcock (born 1952), painter
- Molly Wright (born 1996), actress
Business
- Mike Bateson, former football club chairman
- William Lyons (1901–1985), co-founder of the Swallow Sidecar Company
Military
- John Schofield (1892–1918), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
Politics, government and legal
- George Carman (1929–2001), barrister
- Neil Fletcher (born 1944), politician
- Tom McNally (born 1943), politician
Science and health
- Sheila Quinn (1920-2016), nurse
- Michael Smith (1932–2000), biochemist