- Coleen Nolan
Coleen Nolan (born 12 March 1965, in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and former singer. She was the youngest member of the band, The Nolans in which she sang alongside her sisters. She has presented such shows as "This Morning", alongside Twiggy. She has also been a panellist on "The Wright Stuff", as well as a regular on "Loose Women" and has taken part in the reality TV programmes, … - Joan Humble
Jovanka Humble, known as Joan Humble (born March 3, 1951, Skipton, Yorkshire as Jovanka Piplikova), is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, and first won the seat in 1997. - Shelly Woods
Shelly Woods (born 4 June 1986) is an elite British Paralympic athlete from the town of Blackpool, Lancashire. Shelly started using a wheelchair at the age of 11 after a heavy fall which injured her spinal cord. As a wheelchair athlete, she has achieved considerable success having won the Great North Run in 2005, setting a new British record for the half-marathon in the process. - Frank Carson
Frank Carson (born November 6, 1926) is a comedian and actor. - John Hills
John David Hills is an English footballer. Signed by Everton manager Joe Royle for £90,000 as a schoolboy from Blackpool in 1995, his only full appearance was at home to Chelsea on 11 May 1997. He had two loan spells at Swansea City, making eighteen appearances and scoring once, before returning to his hometown club for £60,000 in 1998. He made almost two hundred appearances over five years, … - David Thewlis
David Thewlis (born March 20, 1963) is an English film, television and stage actor. - Chris Lowe
Christopher Sean Lowe (born on October 4, 1959 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the successful pop duo, Pet Shop Boys. - Robert Smith
Robert James Smith, is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and has been the lead singer of British post-punk band The Cure since its founding in 1976. NY Rock calls him "pop culture’s unkempt poster child of doom and gloom", and describes his songs as "somber introspection over lush, brooding guitars" Smith is a multi-instrumentalist and can play 6- and 12-string guitars; 4- and 6-string bass guitars; double bass; keyboards; and violins. - Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter (born May 2, 1961 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action. Originally from Church in Lancashire, he currently resides in Swindon, Wiltshire. - John Robb
John Robb (born 4th May 1961 in Blackpool, England) is vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade. Based in Manchester, he frequently appears as a journalist/commentator on documentary/light entertainment music shows. Robb was inspired by the DIY ethic of punk to form the critically acclaimed Membranes who released several albums in the 1980s. - Daniel Whiston
Daniel John Whiston (born November 21, 1976 in Blackpool) is a British ice skater. Most recently (as of March 2007) he appeared in the ITV show "Dancing on Ice" with his partner and "Emmerdale" actress Emily Symons. He won the first series of the show in 2006 with partner, actress Gaynor Faye. He started ice skating at the age of seven - Ricky Tomlinson
Ricky Tomlinson (born September 26 1939) is an English actor. - Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born February 2, 1942) is an English-born singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and songwriting contributions in pop group The Hollies and folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a photography collector and photographer. - Ian Levine
Ian Levine is an English songwriter, producer, and DJ. He is also a well-known (and sometimes controversial) fan of the long-running television show "Doctor Who". He was born on 22 June 1953 in Blackpool, Lancashire. - Ciaran Donnelly
Ciaran Donnelly (born 2 April 1984 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who is currently without a club after being released by Blackpool on May 31 2007. He has played for England Under-19s. Donnelly signed for his hometown club from Blackburn Rovers in March 2005, having played eight games for the Seasiders while on loan the previous year. On November 24, 2006, he went on loan to Southport until January 1, 2007. - William Lyons
Sir William Lyons (1901-1985) was, with fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became Jaguar Cars Limited after the Second World War. He was born in Blackpool on 4 September 1901 son of William Lyons from Ireland, who ran a music shop, and Minnie Lyons (maiden name Barcroft) daughter of a mill owner. - Matthew Blinkhorn
Matthew David Blinkhorn (born 2 March 1985 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Morecambe. On November 22, 2006, when he was at Blackpool, he was loaned to Bury, but Blackpool manager Simon Grayson included a 24-hour recall clause in the contract, which began 28 days into the loan period. The loan period was due to end on February 22, 2007, … - Gavin McCann
Gavin Peter McCann (born January 10, 1978 in Blackpool, England) is a combative midfielder playing for Bolton Wanderers who signed him from Aston Villa. He has one England cap to his name, playing against Spain at Villa Park in 2001. He signed for Aston Villa from Sunderland in 2003, who in turn signed him from Everton in 1998, where he was a product of their academy. - Frank Swift
Frank Swift (December 26, 1913 - February 6, 1958), was a football goalkeeper for Manchester City and England, born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Swift made his Manchester City debut in 1933, and was a virtual ever-present from then until football was suspended due to World War II. War denied Swift of several years of playing in his prime, as demonstrated by his 14 wartime appearances for England. 19 full England appearances followed after the war, … - David Ball
David Ball (born 3 May 1959 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English producer and electronic musician, who has played in bands such as Soft Cell and The Grid, and collaborated with producers such as Ingo Vauk and Chris Braide. He is usually referred to as 'Dave Ball' on record sleeves. - Michael Smith
Michael Smith, CC, OBC (April 26, 1932 - October 4, 2000) was a British-born Canadian biochemist who was the 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Smith received the Prize for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies. Born in Blackpool, England, he received his PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester. - Chevron
Chevron is Blackpool, UK based breakcore artist Jonathan Valentine. - Jamie Burns
Jamie Burns (born March 6, 1984 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who plays in midfield for Morecambe, whom he joined from Blackpool on January 30, 2007. He had been on loan from his hometown club since November 2006. - Syd Little
Syd Little (born Cyril Mead, 19th December 1942 in Blackpool, England) is an English comedian and straight man in the double act Little and Large, along with Eddie Large. After leaving Yew Tree Secondary Modern School, Wythenshawe and working as an interior decorator. He started as a singer and guitarist in Manchester pubs before teaming up with Eddie Large. - Richard Evans
Sir Richard Harry Evans, CBE, Hon DTech, Hon FRAeS (less formally known as Dick Evans before and after his knighthood) was born in Blackpool in 1942 and was formerly chairman of BAE Systems. In 2001 he became Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire. Evans was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 1987 for services to export and was knighted in the 1996 birthday honours. Evans was educated at the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, … - Andy Summers
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. Summers's primary guitars are the Fender Telecaster when playing rock, and Gibson electric guitars when playing jazz fusion and jazz. His playing has been influenced by years of jazz and classical music studies, as well as his work in new age, rock, and other musical genres. He was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. - John Evan
John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 28 March 1948, in Blackpool, Lancashire) played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April to December 1970, and then from January 1971 to June 1980. He changed his name when his first band, The Blades changed their name to The John Evan Band. Jeffrey Hammond apparently thought "The John Evan Band" sounded better than "The John Evans Band." Evan left Jethro Tull in 1980, … - Roy Harper
Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941), is an English rock singer-songwriter / guitarist who specialises in folk music. Harper is also known for his longtime associations with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both members of the 1970s band, Led Zeppelin. - John Mahoney
John Mahoney (born June 20, 1940) is an English actor known for playing the retired police officer father, Martin "Marty" Crane, of Kelsey Grammer's character, Dr. Frasier Crane, in the popular American TV series "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004). - Peter Purves
Peter Purves (born February 10, 1939) is an English actor and television presenter. Purves was born near Preston, Lancashire, England, went to Arnold School in Blackpool and originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began acting with the Barrow-in-Furness Repertory Company. He first became well-known to television audiences in the mid-1960s as Steven Taylor, … - Jeffrey Hammond
Jeffrey Hammond (born July 30, 1946, in Blackpool, sometimes credited as Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond) was a bass player for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. One of several band members from Blackpool, England, he met band leader Ian Anderson in school when he was 17 years old, eventually joining a band with Anderson and future Jethro Tull members John Evan and Barriemore Barlow. - Wes Newton
Wes Newton (born August 27, 1977 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He currently resides in Fleetwood and uses the nickname 'Av it for his matches. His younger brother Dale Newton is also a professional player. He made his PDC debut at the 2004 UK Open and his World Championship debut came in 2005 when he lost to Gerry Convery. - Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Ann Sanderson (born 28 March 1984 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English actress who is best known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera "Coronation Street". During her time at Coronation Street and since, she has also forged a career as a glamour model and television presenter on programmes such as SM:TV Live, CD:UK, Junior Eurovision and Ministry of Mayhem. - Charlie Cairoli
Charlie Cairoli (February 15, 1910 in Milan - February 17, 1980 in Blackpool) was a famous British clown, impressionist and musician. Born to a travelling circus family of French origin, he began his performing career at the age of seven, and, after visiting the Blackpool Tower Circus in 1939, chose to stay. He performed at the Blackpool Tower Circus every summer season for thirty-nine years, a world record for the most performances at a single venue. - Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer. - George Carman
George Alfred Carman, a leading barrister of the 1980s and 1990s, first came to the attention of the general public in 1979 when he successfully defended the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe when he was charged with conspiracy to murder, despite having been appointed as a QC (Queen's Counsel) eight years previously. Born in Blackpool, Lancashire on 6 October 1929, Carman attended a Roman Catholic boarding school and Balliol College, Oxford. - Jenna-Louise Coleman
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 26 July 1986 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English actress. Before getting her break on TV Jenna worked in a bar. She applied to seven drama schools but unfortunately did not get into one. Her big break came in the UK soap opera "Emmerdale" in which she is playing the slightly wild Jasmine Thomas, niece of the local vicar Ashley Thomas. Ironically on the day she got the part she was finally accepted into a drama school. - Zoë Ball
Zoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the prestigious BBC Radio 1 breakfast show. - George Eastham
George Edward Eastham OBE (born September 23, 1936 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English former footballer. Eastham first played for Northern Irish club Ards under his father George R. Eastham, before being signed by Newcastle United in 1956. A skilful midfielder/inside forward, he spent four seasons with the Magpies, but looking to go elsewhere, in December 1959 he refused to sign a new contract. Newcastle refused to let Eastham go, retaining his player registration. - Brian London
Brian London (real name Brian Sidney Harper, born 19 June, 1934) was a British boxer. He lives in Blackpool, England. London's nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock". London fought twice for the American heavyweight championship and was knocked out by Floyd Patterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966. London's record in the ring was 37-20-1.
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