Notable Residents
- Sir Rhodes Boyson, former Conservative Minister in Mrs Thatcher's government, former Councillor on Haslingden Borough Council, and former Head Teacher of Lea Bank County Secondary Modern School, Rawtenstall.
- John Cockerill, industrialist
- Michael Davitt - in 2006 a revamped memorial to Davitt was unveiled by the Irish President Mary McAleese in Wilkinson Street as part of the Davitt centenary celebrations.
- Beryl Ingham, wife and manager of George Formby
- The Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad played for the town's Lancashire League cricket team.
- Dave Pearson, painter.
- Alan Rawsthorne
- West Indies and Lancashire C.C.C. cricketer Clive Lloyd also played for Haslingden in the early days of his career.
- Robert Scott (VC)
- Choppy Warburton (1845–1897) born in Coal Hey, just off Lower Deardengate, was a record-breaking runner and a cycling coach. There are frequent claims that he drugged riders to make them ride faster.
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