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- Tom Parker, (born 4 August 1988) - Member of pop boyband The Wanted.
- Maxine Peake (born 1974) – actress, played in Shameless - born in Westhoughton.
- Dick Pollard (1912–1985) - test cricketer - born in Westhoughton
- Mike Pollitt (born 1972) – Premiership goalkeeper Wigan Athletic – born in Farnworth.
- Eva Pope (born 1967) - actress - born in Wigan.
- David Potts (born 1970) – musician and songwriter – born in Farnworth.
- David Andrew Phoenix (born 1966) – biochemist and educationalist.
- Hovis Presley, real name: Richard Henry McFarlane (1960–2005) – poet and stand-up comedian.
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