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This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The demonym of Barrow is Barrovian.

Entertainment

Music

Aim – musician, DJ and record producer^[1]
Grian Chatten - musician, lead singer of post-punk band Fontaines D.C. was born in Barrow-in-Furness
Glenn Cornick – ex first bass player in the rock band Jethro Tull^[2]
Stephen Fitzpatrick – lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Her's^[3]
Ken Lemon - country musician
Thomas Round – retired singer and actor^[4]
Chris While – award winning songwriter, singer and musician
Kellie While – singer songwriter
The Yage Letters – band based in Barrow

Arts

Allan Campbell McLean - writer and political activist
James Cranke - portrait painter
John Duffy - medical historian and writer
A. Harry Griffin - journalist and mountaineer
Richard Gross - sculptor
Henry Robinson Hall - landscape painter
Clifford Last – sculptor. son of Nella Last
Richard Howard Penton - marine and landscape painter
George Romney – painter and early member of the famed Romney family, was born in Dalton and raised in Ormsgill
Constance Spry – author and florist^[5]
Keith Tyson – artist and Turner Prize winner, was born in Ulverston and educated in Dalton and Barrow^[6]

Television

Blake Butler - television actor
Steve Dixon – presenter for GB News
Nigel Kneale – film and television scriptwriter^[7]
Dave Myers – biker turned TV chef^[8]
Jeffrey Perry – television actor
Peter Purves – actor and television presenter who lived and worked in Barrow when he began his acting career^[9]
Karen Taylor – television comedian^[10]

Sport

Football

Wayne Curtis – Barrow AFC striker^[11]
Ben Davies – Preston North End, Liverpool F.C. and Rangers F.C. defender
Neil Doherty – Watford, Birmingham City, Northampton Town and Kidderminster Harriers winger^[12]
Keith Eddy – Watford, Sheffield United and New York Cosmos player^[13]
Harry Hadley – professional footballer and football manager^[14]
Emlyn Hughes – England defender, England Captain and Liverpool captain^[15]
Doug MacFarlane – Tottenham Hotspur forward
Billy McAdams – Manchester City and Barrow A.F.C. striker
Ian McDonald – midfielder for seven English teams between 1971 and 1988^[16]
Frank McPherson – Barrow A.F.C., Manchester United and Watford F.C forward^[17]
Vic Metcalfe – Sunderland A.F.C. centre back^[18]
Jim Parker – Burnley and Bradford Park Avenue defender
Jack Pelter – Huddersfield Town and Hull City midfielder^[19]
Harry Roberts – England forward
Gary Stevens – England and Everton defender^[20]
Ron Suart – former English football player and manager (most notably of Chelsea)
George Thomason - midfielder for Bolton Wanderers
Albert Tomkin – former outside left player for Tottenham Hotspur
David Walders – former defender for Barrow, Burnley and Oldham Athletic
Jack Walders – former winger for Barrow, Burnley and Oldham Athletic
Fred Walker – footballer and former manager of Huddersfield Town
Jason Walker – current York striker; former player for Dundee, Greenock Morton and Morecambe
Ron Staniforth – footballer for England, Sheffield Wednesday and Barrow.
Georgia Stanway - footballer for England and Bayern Munich

Rugby league

Paul Crarey – former Barrow Raiders and Whitehaven coach
Ade Gardner – Barrow Raiders and St. Helens winger^[21]
Mat Gardner – rugby league player, who currently plays for the Huddersfield Giants^[22] Matt has now moved to Salford Giants
Ben Harrison – Warrington Wolves player and Ireland international
Liam Harrison – Barrow Raiders player and Ireland international
Willie Horne – Great Britain stand-off and Barrow Raiders rugby football captain^[23]
Phil Jackson – Canadian former professional rugby league footballer^[24]
Jimmy Lewthwaite – rugby league winger for Barrow and Great Britain, inducted in Barrow Hall of fame alongside Willie Horn and Phil Jackson^[25]
Jacques O'Neill - rugby league player for Castleford Tigers, also known for participating in TV series Love Island

Motor Sport

Adam Roynon – motorcyclist – speedway rider^[26]

Cricket

George Bigg – cricketer
Stuart Horne – cricketer
Liam Livingstone – cricketer, England white ball cricket international and captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club
John Iberson – cricketer
Mike Burns – cricketer, captain of Somerset County Cricket Club
Len Wilkinson – cricketer^[27]

Other sports

Caroline Alexander – cross country mountain biker, road cyclist and two time Olympian
Kenneth A. Bray – sports teacher and member of the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame
Liam Conroy – Light-heavyweight boxer

Academia

William Eccles – physicist and a pioneer in the development of radio communication
Brian Fender – academic executive
Thomas Fresh – pioneer of environmental health and Liverpool's first public health officer
Pat Hudson – Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cardiff
Kenneth L. Johnson - engineering professor
Norman H. Joy - ornithologist and coleopterist
Winifred Pennington - limnologist and biologist
John Strong - educationalist
Rick Turner- archaeologist
Kathryn Warner - historian and author

Miscellaneous

William Black, Baron Black - chair of various coach building companies
Chris Blackhurst – editor of The Independent^[28]
Elsie Blundell - Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton North
Ernest Radcliffe Bond - soldier and Metropolitan Police officer
George Glover Campbell - Australian politician
Victor Chavez – current (2020) Chief Executive of Thales UK
Gordon Fallows – Church of England bishop
Maurice Flitcroft – amateur golfer and a hoaxer^[29]
William Thomas Forshaw – British Army officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Tom Hollywood - trade unionist
Nella Last – published wartime diarist^[30]
Rosalind Mitchell - politician
Stuart McMillan - Scottish politician
Hazel Newberry - professional dancer
Charles Oldham - Australian politician
Brian Orrell - trade unionist
Derek Pattinson – Secretary General of the General Synod of the Church of England^[31]
James Ramsden - industrialist and key figure in founding of Barrow
Nikhil Rathi – chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority
Sir Leonard Redshaw – shipbuilder
Dame Stella Rimington – Director-General (DG) of MI5 from 1992 to 1996^[32]
Henry Schneider - industrialist and key figure in founding of Barrow
Cat Smith - Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood
William Sykes – clergyman
Frank Taylor - sports journalist
John Tovey - restaurateur
Dame Emma Walmsley – current (2024) CEO of GSK plc

Fictional characters

Álvaro de Campos – heteronym created by Fernando Pessoa
Charles Parker – detective in the Lord Peter Wimsey stories by Dorothy L. Sayers

References

^ Sue, David (23 June 2006). "Superstar DJ continues to Aim high". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ "Glenn Cornick". The Official Jethro Tull Website. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ Ajaibhandari (4 April 2019). "Jam #15: For Her's". the MAZE - A Music Review. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "Thomas Round". Boise State University. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ "Constance Spry / Florist, Author + Social Reformer (1886–1960)". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ "Keith Tyson Biography". British Council. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ Bremner, Charles (2 November 2006). "Nigel Kneale". The Times. London. p. 71. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
^ Greenstreet, Rosanna (10 May 2006). "My Home: Dave Myers of the Hairy Bikers". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ "Peter Purves in the Theatre". peterpurves.com. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ "Karen's sketch show opens". North West Evening Mail. CN Group. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
^ "Wayne makes Wembley History". North West Evening Mail. CN Group. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2097
^ "Keith Eddy Watford". Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
^ "Player Report – Harry Hadley". Retrieved 21 July 2007.
^ "Emlyn Hughes Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 November 2004. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
^ "IAN McDONALD".
^ "Frank McPherson". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
^ "englandstats.com | 659 Neil Franklin (1946 - 1950)".
^ "North West Evening Mail | AFC | Jack's the lad for Keano". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
^ Pike, Richard; Poutianinen, Marko (1999). "Stevens, Gary 1981–88". Hall of Fame. ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
^ "Gardner out for indefinite period". BBC News. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
^ Burke, David (11 March 2006). "A Welcome MAT For My Mate ADE; HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS V ST HELENS, TOMORROW, KICK-OFF 3 pm". Daily Mirror. Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 57. Mat, brought up in Barrow with Ade, said:"It's always been a dream of mine to play against my elder brother and this could be the time it becomes a reality. There's also a big chance we could be meeting head-on on the wing and that would be fantastic. I was pleased with my performance at Wakefield, I just hope Jon Sharp was pleased too – that's obviously the key to me playing against Saints."
^ "Vickerstown Cricket Club, Walney". North West Evening Mail. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
^ Fagan, Sean. "Rugby League History – Interview with Phil Jackson". RL1908.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ Hadfield, Dave (15 January 2007). "Jim Lewthwaite – Independent Online Edition > Obituaries". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
^ Hodgson, Derek (1 October 2002). "OBITUARY: LEN WILKINSON; STAR PRE-WAR LEG-SPINNER". The Independent. London, UK: Independent News & Media. p. 20.
^ "Chris Blackhurst appointed Editor of, The Independent". The Independent. London. 1 July 2011.
^ "Maurice Flitcroft – Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "BBC – History – War Diary of Nella Last". BBC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
^ "The Rev Sir Derek Pattinson". The Independent. London. 17 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
^ Sale, Johnathon (7 September 2006). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Dame Stella Rimington, former MI5 boss". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[1] Sue, David (23 June 2006). "Superstar DJ continues to Aim high". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[2] "Glenn Cornick". The Official Jethro Tull Website. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[3] Ajaibhandari (4 April 2019). "Jam #15: For Her's". the MAZE - A Music Review. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[4] "Thomas Round". Boise State University. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[5] "Constance Spry / Florist, Author + Social Reformer (1886–1960)". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[6] "Keith Tyson Biography". British Council. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[7] Bremner, Charles (2 November 2006). "Nigel Kneale". The Times. London. p. 71. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.

[8] Greenstreet, Rosanna (10 May 2006). "My Home: Dave Myers of the Hairy Bikers". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[9] "Peter Purves in the Theatre". peterpurves.com. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[10] "Karen's sketch show opens". North West Evening Mail. CN Group. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.

[11] "Wayne makes Wembley History". North West Evening Mail. CN Group. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[12] ttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2097

[13] "Keith Eddy Watford". Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

[14] "Player Report – Harry Hadley". Retrieved 21 July 2007.

[15] "Emlyn Hughes Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 November 2004. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2007.

[16] "IAN McDONALD".

[17] "Frank McPherson". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

[18] "englandstats.com | 659 Neil Franklin (1946 - 1950)".

[19] "North West Evening Mail | AFC | Jack's the lad for Keano". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

[20] Pike, Richard; Poutianinen, Marko (1999). "Stevens, Gary 1981–88". Hall of Fame. ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 8 July 2007.

[21] "Gardner out for indefinite period". BBC News. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

[22] Burke, David (11 March 2006). "A Welcome MAT For My Mate ADE; HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS V ST HELENS, TOMORROW, KICK-OFF 3 pm". Daily Mirror. Mirror Group Newspapers. p. 57. Mat, brought up in Barrow with Ade, said:"It's always been a dream of mine to play against my elder brother and this could be the time it becomes a reality. There's also a big chance we could be meeting head-on on the wing and that would be fantastic. I was pleased with my performance at Wakefield, I just hope Jon Sharp was pleased too – that's obviously the key to me playing against Saints."

[23] "Vickerstown Cricket Club, Walney". North West Evening Mail. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.

[24] Fagan, Sean. "Rugby League History – Interview with Phil Jackson". RL1908.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[25] Hadfield, Dave (15 January 2007). "Jim Lewthwaite – Independent Online Edition > Obituaries". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[26] Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6

[27] Hodgson, Derek (1 October 2002). "OBITUARY: LEN WILKINSON; STAR PRE-WAR LEG-SPINNER". The Independent. London, UK: Independent News & Media. p. 20.

[28] "Chris Blackhurst appointed Editor of, The Independent". The Independent. London. 1 July 2011.

[29] "Maurice Flitcroft – Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.^{[dead link‍]}

[30] "BBC – History – War Diary of Nella Last". BBC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

[31] "The Rev Sir Derek Pattinson". The Independent. London. 17 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[32] Sale, Johnathon (7 September 2006). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Dame Stella Rimington, former MI5 boss". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2007.

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List of people from Barrow-in-Furness

Entertainment

Music

Arts

Television

Sport

Football

Rugby league

Motor Sport

Cricket

Other sports

Academia

Miscellaneous

Fictional characters

References

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