Whether it’s cricket legend Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, MasterChef judge Marcus Wareing, or acting royalty Sir Ian McKellen, Lancashire’s famous sons and daughters have made their mark far and wide.
And it’s not just household names – our list includes soap stars like Coronation Street and Hollyoaks actress Nikki Sanderson, plus a few you may have forgotten started out right here in the Red Rose county.
Take a look at 100 of Lancashire’s most famous celebrities – how many do you recognise?
93. Sir Peter J Radcliffe
Sir Peter John Ratcliffe, born in Morecambe on May 14 1954, is a British Nobel Laureate physician-scientist who is trained as a nephrologist (doctor in renal medicine). He attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School from 1965 to 1972. He won an open scholarship to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1972 to study medicine at the University of Cambridge. Ratcliffe is best known for his work on cellular reactions to hypoxia, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William Kaelin Jr and Gregg L Semenza. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
94. John Robb
Author and journalist and singer of Goldblade John Robb, 63, from Fleetwood is an English musician and journalist best known as the bassist and singer for the mid-1980s post-punk band the Membranes. He writes for and runs the Louder Than War website and a monthly music magazine of the same name. Photo: Matthew Lewis
95. Natalie Casey
Natalie Casey, 44, is a British actress, presenter, narrator and singer from Rawtenstall. She portrayed Carol Groves in the television show Hollyoaks and Donna Henshaw in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and has also starred in Hollyoaks. Photo: Dave Benett/Hoda Davaine/Getty Images
96. Josh Charnley
Joshua Charnley, 32, is an English international professional rugby league footballer from Chorley who plays on the wing for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. Photo: Getty