Notable People
- Gary Barlow - singer and song writer for Take That, lived in Cuddington.
- Sue Birtwistle - film producer and writer, was born in the town.
- Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet - founder of chemical firm Brunner Mond in 1873, lived at Winnington Hall in the town.
- Tim Burgess - lead singer of The Charlatans. The band were also located in the town.
- Martin Edwards - crime fiction author, was educated at Sir John Deane's ; his father Ken Edwards was a director and later President of Northwich Victoria Football Club and wrote their history.
- Pat Finnerhan - footballer who played for Northwich Victoria, Manchester City and Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th century.
- John Greenway - Member of Parliament for Ryedale, was born in the town and educated at Sir John Deane's college.
- Steve Hewitt - former drummer for the band Placebo, 1996-2007.
- Rupert Holmes - composer, songwriter and author, was born in the town in 1947 before moving to New York.
- Charles James Hughes - footballer, referee of the 1891, 1893 and 1894 FA Cup finals, joint founder of the Cheshire Football Association, co-founder of and player for Northwich Victoria Football Club and vice-president of the English Football Association in 1901, was born at 7 Applemarket Street in the town centre.
- Diana Johnson, M.P. for Hull North, was born and educated in the town.
- Matthew Kelly - television presenter, lived in the town.
- Matthew Langridge - Olympic rower and silver medallist at the 2008 games.
- Alan McInally - former Scotland international lives in the town.
- Tommy McKenzie - name checked in the Beatles song Eleanor Rigby as Father McKenzie, was compère at Northwich Memorial Hall.
- Ludwig Mond - German-born co-founder of Brunner Mond.
- Stuart Neild - horror author was born in the town in 1970
- Alan Oakes - former footballer who holds the record for number of appearances for Manchester City, lived in the town.
- Andy Oakes - former goalkeeper in the Premier League for Derby County, was born in the town.
- Michael Oakes - former goalkeeper in the Premier League for Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers, was born in the town.
- Paula Radcliffe - marathon and Olympic runner was born in the nearby village of Davenham and also lived in Barnton for a while.
- Jennifer Saunders - actress and comedienne, attended County High School Leftwich (then Northwich Girls' Grammar School) in Northwich as a child.
- Robert Westall, the children's author, also lived in the town and taught at Sir John Deane's Grammar School. One of his pupils was the crime writer Martin Edwards (see above)
- Jacqueline Yallop, cultural scientist and novelist, lived in Cuddington and graduated at Sir John Deane's College in 1987
- William James Yarwood - shipbuilder, born in 1851 and, after serving an apprenticeship with ironfounders in Northwich, he was appointed as a blacksmith with the River Weaver Navigation. In 1896 he became the proprietor of W.J. Yarwood & Sons the former John Thompson shipbuilding business, based on the west bank of the River Weaver, a few hundred yards from the town centre of Northwich.
- Harry Styles - singer for One Direction, lived in Holmes Chapel and Comberbach
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