Editing Bacup (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Beatrice Webb, c1875.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Beatrice Webb]], ca.1875]]
* [[Lawrence Heyworth (MP)|Lawrence Heyworth]] (1786–1872), Member of Parliament and [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]] activist
* [[Isaac Hoyle]] (1828–1911), British mill-owner and Liberal politician
* [[Emily Sarah Holt]] (1836–1893), English children's novelist
* [[John B. Sutcliffe]] (1853–1913), English-American architect
* [[Beatrice Webb]] (1858–1943), English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Webb, Sydney | volume= 28 | page = 455; see last sentence |short= 1}}</ref> She lived amongst textile factory workers in Bacup in the 1880s.<ref>Webb, Beatrice (1926, reprinted 1979), ''My Apprenticeship'', Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-521-29731-8}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Maden]] (1862–1920), Liberal Party politician, [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rossendale]], 1892–1900  
* [[Herbert Bolton (palaeontologist)|Herbert Bolton]] (1863–1936), palaeontologist and director of the [[Bristol Museum and Art Gallery]]
* [[Betty Jackson]] (born 1949), fashion designer; her father owned a shoe factory in town.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/lifestyle/2003/09/03/betty_jackson.shtml|publisher=bbc.co.uk|date=3 September 2003|access-date=28 October 2009|title=Betty Jackson – the Bacup girl done good|first=Katie|last=Grimshaw}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Twenty-five years on, is Betty Jackson still a cut above?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/twentyfive-years-on-is-betty-jackson-still-a-cut-above-464871.html|work=independent|access-date=28 October 2009|date=9 June 2007|first=Susannah|last=Frankel}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Clegg]] (1953–2019), South African musician from the bands [[Juluka]] and [[Savuka]]
* [[Paul Stephenson (police officer)|Paul Stephenson]] (born 1953), [[Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis|Metropolitan Police Commissioner]], 2009 to 2011
* [[Jennie McAlpine]] (born 1984), actress, plays [[Fiz Stape]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]''<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/tv/news/3828726.East_Lancashire_actors_star_in_Coronation_Street___s_special_DVD/ |work=[[Lancashire Telegraph]]|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk |title=East Lancashire actors star in Coronation Street's special DVD |date=7 November 2008 |access-date=28 October 2009  |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325223051/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/tv/news/3828726.East_Lancashire_actors_star_in_Coronation_Street___s_special_DVD/ |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Murder of Sophie Lancaster|Sophie Lancaster]] (1986–2007), murder victim
* [[Sam Aston]] (born 1993), actor who plays [[Chesney Brown]] in ''Coronation Street''

=== Sport ===
* [[Eddie Cooper (cricketer)|Eddie Cooper]] (1915–1968), cricketer, right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
* [[Everton Weekes]] (1925–2020), cricketer, lived in Bacup and played for Bacup Cricket club between 1949 and 1958
* [[Marc Pugh]] (born 1987), [[association football]]er with over 470 club caps<ref>{{Citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobserver/news/s/1137845_hereford_united_2_accrington_stanley_0|work=Accrington Observer|publisher=M.E.N. Media|title=Hereford United 2 Accrington Stanley 0|date=24 September 2009|access-date=28 October 2009|archive-date=5 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505045358/http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobserver/news/s/1137845_hereford_united_2_accrington_stanley_0|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/rossendalefreepress/news/s/1151573_pughs_claret_dream|title=Pugh's Claret dream|work=Rossendale Free Press|publisher=M.E.N. Media|date=2 October 2009|access-date=28 October 2009|archive-date=5 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505053743/http://menmedia.co.uk/rossendalefreepress/news/s/1151573_pughs_claret_dream|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Matty James]] (born 1991), footballer for [[Wrexham A.F.C.]] with over 180 domestic league caps
* [[Reece James (footballer, born 1993)|Reece James]] (born 1993), footballer for [[Rotherham United F.C.]] with over 208 domestic league caps