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==Notable people== In alphabetical order: *[[Ella Blaylock Atherton]] (1860β1933), physician *[[Cuthbert Bardsley]] (1907β1991), Anglican bishop of Coventry, was born in Ulveston *[[Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]] (1831β1919), novelist, was born in Ulverston. *[[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet|Sir John Barrow]] (1764β1848), [[Public figure|statesman]], was born at Dragley Beck, he was the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]]'s Second Secretary. A monument to him; a replica of the third [[Eddystone Lighthouse]], stands on [[Hoad Monument|Hoad Hill]] overlooking the town. *[[Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett]] (1883β1962), judge, politician and preacher who served as alternate British judge in the [[Nuremberg Trials]], was born in Ulverston.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston |id={{ASIN|0140113452|country=uk}}}}</ref> *[[Norman Gifford]] (born 1940), international cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norman Gifford |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/13365.html |access-date=1 February 2008 |publisher=cricinfo.com}}</ref> *[[Jess Gillam]] (born 1998), saxophonist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ovens |first=Eleanor |date=2019-04-27 |title=Sax prodigy Jess Gillam returns to Ulverston to celebrate album launch |work=The Mail |location=Barrow-in-Furness |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17601581.sax-prodigy-jess-gillam-returns-to-ulverston-to-celebrate-album-launch/ |access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> *[[Francis Arthur Jefferson]] (1921β1982), a [[Victoria Cross]]-winning soldier born in Ulverston<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feature Page of Francis Arthur Jefferson VC |url=http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/feature/jefferson/Frankjeffersonvc.htm |access-date=1 February 2008 |publisher=Lancashire Fusiliers}}</ref> *[[Stan Laurel]] (1890β1965), actor born at 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stan Laure l |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491048/ |access-date=1 February 2008 |website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> the home of his grandparents, George and Sarah Metcalfe, who had previously lived at 32 Oxford Street in the town<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Owen-Pawson |first1=Jenny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hscdAAAAMAAJ&q=laurel+before+hardy+owen+pawson |title=Laurel Before Hardy |last2=Mouland |first2=Bill |date=1984 |publisher=Westmorland Gazette |isbn=978-0-902272-51-4 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Kate Lister (writer)|Kate Lister]] (born 1981), historian and blogger *[[Selina Martin]] (1882β1972), suffragette *[[Christine McVie]] (1943β2022), singer and songwriter born in the nearby village of [[Bouth]] *[[James Penny]] (1741β1799), slave-ship owner, who became a prominent anti-[[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] *[[Bob Shaw]] (1931β1996), science fiction writer, lived in Ulverston. *[[William Basil Weston]] (1924β1945), a [[Victoria Cross]]-winning [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], was born in Ulverston. There is a memorial to him in the town's Catholic Church.
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