List of people from Poulton-le-Fylde

This is a list of people from Poulton-le-Fylde, a market town in Lancashire, in the North West of England.

Academia

• George Long (1800–1879), classical scholar^[1]

Politics

• Robert Parkinson Tomlinson (1881-1943), Liberal politician

Arts and entertainment

• Larry Cassidy (1952-2010), Jenny Ross (1962-2004), Vincent Cassidy, Paul Wiggin and Angela Cassidy, musicians in Section 25
• Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957–1993), punk rock musician and frontman of Skrewdriver^[2]
• Keith Harris (born 1947), ventriloquist, lived in Poulton-le-Fylde^[3]
• Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995), actress and music hall entertainer, lived in "Mulberry Cottage" on Breck Road for many years
• Andy Summers (born 1942), rock musician, guitarist with The Police^[4]

Sports

• John Curtis (born 1954), former professional footballer^[5]
• Georgie Mee (1900–1978), former professional footballer
• Fred Pagnam (1891–1962), former professional footballer
• Paul Stewart (born 1964), former professional footballer
• Tony Green (born 1946) former professional footballer who played for Scotland now a teacher in Poulton-le-Fylde

References

1. "Long, George (LN818G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Ware, Vron; Back, Les (2002), Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture, University of Chicago Press, p. 106, ISBN 0-226-87342-0
3. Ross, Deborah (18 March 2002), "At Home With Orville (and Keith)", The Independent (Independent Print Limited), retrieved 27 October 2010
4. Huey, Steve, "Andy Summers > Biography", Allmusic (Rovi Corporation), retrieved 27 October 2010
5. Brown, Neil, "John Curtis", Post War English & Scottish Football League A — Z Player's Database, retrieved 29 April 2011