Notable People
Bolton has produced actors, comedians, musicians, sports personalities, engineers, inventors, politicians, authors and other notable people who made a mark in different periods of time, whether at local, national or international level. Among them were Protestant martyr George Marsh, Samuel Crompton, 1753–1827, the inventor of the spinning mule that revolutionised the textile industry, and industrialist William Hesketh Lever, 1851–1925, Lord Leverhulme of Bolton-le-Moors.
Playwright and author Bill Naughton was born in Ireland but brought up in Bolton from an early age. Fred Dibnah, a Lancastrian steeplejack who became a much-loved television historian of Britain's industrial past, was born and lived in Bolton. More recently Bolton is known for world champion boxer, Amir Khan, Peter Kay, comedian, actor, writer and producer, and Philip Craven, International Paralympic Committee President.
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