List of people from Barrow-in-Furness explained

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
• Dee Bateman - professional darts player
• 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
• Paul R. Spiring - scientist and author
• 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 (2023) CEO of GlaxoSmithKline

Fictional characters

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

Notes and References

1. News: Sue . David . 23 June 2006 . Superstar DJ continues to Aim high . . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165611/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/216/216434_superstar_dj_continues_to_aim_high.html . 30 September 2007.
2. Web site: Glenn Cornick . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070815135747/http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/pastmembers/glenncornick.html . 15 August 2007 . 7 August 2007 . The Official Jethro Tull Website.
3. Web site: Ajaibhandari . 2019-04-04 . Jam #15: For Her's . 2022-06-26 . the MAZE - A Music Review . en.
4. Web site: Thomas Round . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060903104943/http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/R/RoundThomas.htm . 3 September 2006 . 7 August 2007 . Boise State University.
5. Web site: Constance Spry / Florist, Author + Social Reformer (1886–1960) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070806082527/http://www.designmuseum.org/design/constance-spry . 6 August 2007 . 4 August 2007 . Design Museum.
6. Web site: Keith Tyson Biography . dead . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080912212531/http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/artist/artist.aspx?id=19092 . 12 September 2008 . 4 August 2007 . British Council.
7. News: Bremner . Charles . 2 November 2006 . Nigel Kneale . 71 . . London . 8 February 2007.
8. News: Greenstreet . Rosanna . 10 May 2006 . My Home: Dave Myers of the Hairy Bikers . . . London . dead . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927211243/http://money.independent.co.uk/property/homes/article363011.ece . 27 September 2007.
9. Web site: Peter Purves in the Theatre . 4 August 2007 . peterpurves.com.
10. News: 11 June 2007 . Karen's sketch show opens . . . 25 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212137/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=508863 . 26 September 2007.
11. News: 21 May 2007 . Wayne makes Wembley History . . . 7 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926211331/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=500925 . 26 September 2007.
12. https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2097 https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2097
13. Web site: Keith Eddy Watford . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100908060105/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/keithedd.htm . 8 September 2010 . 28 February 2010.
14. Web site: Player Report – Harry Hadley . 21 July 2007.
15. News: 11 November 2004 . Emlyn Hughes Obituary . The Daily Telegraph . London . dead . 8 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116122612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/10/db1001.xml . 16 January 2008.
16. Web site: IAN McDONALD.
17. Web site: Frank McPherson . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124328/http://www.btinternet.com/~keano16/manupag/legends/mcphersonpag/mcpherson.html . 29 September 2007 . 21 July 2007.
18. Web site: englandstats.com 659 Neil Franklin (1946 - 1950).
19. Web site: North West Evening Mail | AFC | Jack's the lad for Keano . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812093533/http://beta.nwemail.co.uk/afc/1.151828 . 12 August 2011 . 28 February 2010.
20. Web site: Pike . Richard . Poutianinen, Marko . 1999 . Stevens, Gary 1981–88 . 8 July 2007 . Hall of Fame . ToffeeWeb.
21. News: 27 April 2007 . Gardner out for indefinite period . BBC News . 21 July 2007.
22. News: Burke . David . 11 March 2006 . A Welcome MAT For My Mate ADE; HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS V ST HELENS, TOMORROW, KICK-OFF 3 pm . 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. Web site: 26 January 2006 . Vickerstown Cricket Club, Walney . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926211104/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/goingout/viewarticle.aspx?id=326017 . 26 September 2007 . 21 June 2007 . North West Evening Mail.
24. Web site: Fagan . Sean . Rugby League History – Interview with Phil Jackson . 4 August 2007 . RL1908.com . 11 May 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060511184546/http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/jackson.htm . dead .
25. News: Hadfield . Dave . 15 January 2007 . Jim Lewthwaite – Independent Online Edition > Obituaries . . London . dead . 4 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192315/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2154842.ece . 30 September 2007.
26. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.
27. News: Hodgson . Derek . 1 October 2002 . OBITUARY: LEN WILKINSON; STAR PRE-WAR LEG-SPINNER . 20 . . . London, UK . 1 October 2002.
28. News: 1 July 2011 . Chris Blackhurst appointed Editor of, The Independent . The Independent . London .
29. News: 31 March 2007 . Maurice Flitcroft – Obituary . . London . 7 August 2007.
30. Web site: 1 July 2001 . BBC – History – War Diary of Nella Last . 4 August 2007 . BBC.
31. News: 17 October 2006 . The Rev Sir Derek Pattinson . The Independent . London . dead . 8 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071123110436/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1879386.ece . 23 November 2007.
32. News: Sale . Johnathon . 7 September 2006 . Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Dame Stella Rimington, former MI5 boss . . . London . dead . 4 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060925214837/http://education.independent.co.uk/careers_advice/article1367628.ece . 25 September 2006.