Notable Residents
See also: List of people from Bolton- Rev. Peter Ditchfield – historian and author
- Bill Farrimond – cricketer, played for England.
- Francis Lee – footballer for Bolton Wanderers F.C., Manchester City F.C., Derby County F.C. and England (27 caps).
- Dick Pollard - cricketer, played for England.
- Robert Shaw – actor, born at 51 King Street on 9 August 1927. He found fame, on TV, as Captain Dan Tempest, in The Buccaneers, before appearing in Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the James Bond film, From Russia With Love. He also had many other stage and screen credits. A plaque on Westhoughton Town Hall commemorates Shaw and his work. The Westhoughton branch of the J. D. Wetherspoon chain of free houses is named after him.
- Houghton Weavers – a folk group who had a BBC Television series in the 1970s, Sit thi' Deawn and a radio show.
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