Editing Chorley (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) - Sir Henry Tate - N03517 - National Gallery.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Henry Tate]]
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*[[Loui Batley]] (born 1987), actress and dancer
*[[Bill Beaumont]] (born 1952), former England [[rugby union]] captain
*[[Walter Berg (astrologer)|Walter Berg]] (born 1947), astrologer
*[[Blackhaine]], experimental rapper
*[[Leonora Carrington]] (1917–2011), painter
*[[Jack Catterall]] (born 1993), professional boxer
*[[Phil Cool]] (born 1948), comedian
*[[C. D. Darlington]] (1903–1981), biologist
*[[Derek Draper]] (1967–2024), political lobbyist and psychotherapist
*[[Simon Farnworth]] (born 1963), footballer, later physiotherapist
*[[John Foxx]] (born 1948), musician
*[[Joseph Gilgun]] (born 1984), actor
*[[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Paul Grayson]] (born 1971), England rugby union player
*[[Rick Guard]], jazz singer and songwriter
*[[James Hatton Hall]] (1866–1945), English [[Planter (plantation owner)|planter]] and soldier
*[[Sir Walter Haworth]] (1883–1950), Nobel Prize winner
*[[Trevor Hemmings]] (1935-2021), businessman
*[[Adam Henley]] (born 1994), footballer, formerly of  [[Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Real Salt Lake]], now playing for [[Chorley F.C.|Chorley]])
*[[Teddy Hodgson]] (1885–1919), from Chorley, played for Burnley F.C., F.A. Cup Winners against Liverpool in 1914
*[[Anna Hopkin]] (born 1996), swimmer and Olympic gold medallist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Hopkin {{!}} Team England {{!}} Birmingham 2022 |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/anna-hopkin |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=teamengland.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lindsay Hoyle]] (born 1957), MP
*[[Conrad Hunte]] (1932–1999), former West Indian Test cricketer, lived in Chorley before the 1957 Test Series against England
*[[Charles Lightoller]] (1874–1952), highest-ranking crew member to survive the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']])
*[[Paul McKenna (footballer)|Paul McKenna]] (born 1977), footballer
*[[Paul Mariner]] (1953–2021), England international footballer
*Rifleman [[William Mariner (VC)|William Mariner]]  (1882–1916), soldier awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] at [[Cambrin]] in 1915<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krrcassociation.com/archives/home_town_recognition_for_rfn_w_mariner_vc.pdf|title=Home Town Recognition for William Mariner VC|website=krrcassociation.com|access-date=17 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008041108/http://krrcassociation.com/archives/home_town_recognition_for_rfn_w_mariner_vc.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[Barry Mason]] (1935–2021), songwriter
*[[Ken Morley]] (born 1943), actor
*[[Sheila Parker]] (born 1947), former captain of the [[England women's national football team]]
*[[Phil Parkinson]] (born 1967), footballer, later football manager
*[[Steve Pemberton]] (born 1967), actor
*[[Adam Nagaitis]] (born 1985), actor
*[[Jason Queally]] (born 1970), cyclist
*[[Thomas Rawlinson (industrialist)|Thomas Rawlinson]], 18th-century industrialist, believed to have been born in Chorley
*[[Kevin Simm]] (born 1980), musician of [[Liberty X]] and [[Wet Wet Wet]], also winner of [[The Voice UK (series 5)|the fifth season of ''The Voice UK'']]
*[[Tom Smith (cricketer born 1985)|Tom Smith]] (born 1985), cricketer
*[[Myles Standish]] (c. 1584 – 1656), founder of the [[Pilgrim Fathers]]
*[[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]] pop group
*[[Tom Stephenson (activist)|Tom Criddle Stephenson]] (1893–1987), journalist and champion of walkers' rights
*[[Sir Henry Tate]] (1819–1899), sugar magnate and founder of the [[Tate Gallery]], London
*[[Josh Charnley]] (born 1991), rugby league footballer
*[[David Unsworth]] (born 1973), Everton footballer, later Everton U-23 manager
*[[Mickey Walsh]] (born 1954), former Irish international footballer
*Sir [[Holburt Jacob Waring]] (1866–1953), [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of London]] from 1922 to 1924
*[[Rosemarie Wright]] (1931–2020), pianist