This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The demonym of Barrow is Barrovian.

Entertainment Music Aim – musician, DJ and record producer Grian Chatten – musician, lead singer of post-punk band Fontaines D.C. was born in Barrow-in-Furness Glenn Cornick – former bass player in the rock band Jethro Tull Ken Lemon – country musician Thomas Round – retired singer and actor Chris While – songwriter, singer and musician Kellie While – singer-songwriter The Yage Letters – band based in Barrow

Arts James Cranke – portrait painter John Duffy – medical historian and writer A. Harry Griffin – journalist and mountaineer Richard Gross – sculptor Henry Robinson Hall – landscape painter Clifford Last – sculptor, son of Nella Last Allan Campbell McLean – writer and political activist Richard Howard Penton – marine and landscape painter George Romney – painter and early member of the famed Romney family, was born in Dalton and raised in Ormsgill Constance Spry – author and florist Keith Tyson – artist and Turner Prize winner, was born in Ulverston and educated in Dalton and Barrow

Television Blake Butler – television actor Steve Dixon – presenter for GB News Nigel Kneale – film and television scriptwriter Dave Myers – biker turned TV chef Jeffrey Perry – television actor Peter Purves – actor and television presenter who lived and worked in Barrow when he began his acting career Karen Taylor – television comedian

Sport Football Wayne Curtis – Barrow AFC striker Ben Davies – Preston North End, Liverpool F.C. and Rangers F.C. defender Neil Doherty – Watford, Birmingham City, Northampton Town and Kidderminster Harriers wingerhttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2097 Keith Eddy – Watford, Sheffield United and New York Cosmos player Harry Hadley – professional footballer and football manager Emlyn Hughes – England defender, England Captain and Liverpool captain Doug MacFarlane – Tottenham Hotspur forward Billy McAdams – Manchester City and Barrow A.F.C. striker Ian McDonald – midfielder for seven English teams between 1971 and 1988 Frank McPherson – Barrow A.F.C., Manchester United and Watford F.C forward Vic Metcalfe – Sunderland A.F.C. centre back Jim Parker – Burnley and Bradford Park Avenue defender Jack Pelter – Huddersfield Town and Hull City midfielder Harry Roberts – England forward Gary Stevens – England and Everton defender Ron Suart – former English football player and manager (most notably of Chelsea) George Thomason – midfielder for Bolton Wanderers Albert Tomkin – former outside left player for Tottenham Hotspur David Walders – former defender for Barrow, Burnley and Oldham Athletic Jack Walders – former winger for Barrow, Burnley and Oldham Athletic Fred Walker – footballer and former manager of Huddersfield Town Jason Walker – current York striker; former player for Dundee, Greenock Morton and Morecambe Ron Staniforth – footballer for England, Sheffield Wednesday and Barrow Georgia Stanway – footballer for England and Bayern Munich

Rugby league Paul Crarey – former Barrow Raiders and Whitehaven coach Ade Gardner – Barrow Raiders and St. Helens winger Mat Gardner – rugby league player, who currently plays for the Huddersfield Giants Matt has now moved to Salford Giants Ben Harrison – Warrington Wolves player and Ireland international Liam Harrison – Barrow Raiders player and Ireland international Willie Horne – Great Britain stand-off and Barrow Raiders rugby football captain Phil Jackson – Canadian former professional rugby league footballer Jimmy Lewthwaite – rugby league winger for Barrow and Great Britain, inducted in Barrow Hall of fame alongside Willie Horn and Phil Jackson Jacques O'Neill – rugby league player for Castleford Tigers, also known for participating in TV series Love Island

Motor sport Adam Roynon – motorcyclist – speedway riderOakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.

Cricket George Bigg – cricketer Stuart Horne – cricketer Liam Livingstone – cricketer, England white ball cricket international and captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club John Iberson – cricketer Mike Burns – cricketer, captain of Somerset County Cricket Club Len Wilkinson – cricketer

Other sports Caroline Alexander – cross country mountain biker, road cyclist and two time Olympian Kenneth A. Bray – sports teacher and member of the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame Liam Conroy – light-heavyweight boxer Bobby Taylor – all-star Canadian Football League player and professional ice hockey player

Academia Kenneth Neill Cameron (1908–1994) – literary scholar William Eccles – physicist and pioneer in the development of radio communication Brian Fender – academic executive Thomas Fresh – pioneer of environmental health and Liverpool's first public health officer Pat Hudson – professor emeritus of History at the University of Cardiff Kenneth L. Johnson – engineering professor Norman H. Joy – ornithologist and coleopterist Winifred Pennington – limnologist and biologist John Strong – educationalist Rick Turner – archaeologist Kathryn Warner – historian and author

Miscellaneous

William Black, Baron Black – chair of various coach building companies Chris Blackhurst – editor of The Independent Elsie Blundell – member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton North Ernest Radcliffe Bond – soldier and Metropolitan Police officer George Glover Campbell – Australian politician Victor Chavez – current (2020) chief executive of Thales UK Gordon Fallows – Church of England bishop Maurice Flitcroft – amateur golfer and a hoaxer William Thomas Forshaw – British Army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross Tom Hollywood – trade unionist Nella Last – published wartime diarist Rosalind Mitchell – politician Stuart McMillan – Scottish politician Hazel Newberry – professional dancer Charles Oldham – Australian politician Brian Orrell – trade unionist Derek Pattinson – secretary general of the General Synod of the Church of England James Ramsden -–industrialist and key figure in founding of Barrow Nikhil Rathi – chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority Sir Leonard Redshaw – shipbuilder Dame Stella Rimington – director-general (DG) of MI5 1992–1996 Henry Schneider – industrialist and key figure in founding of Barrow Cat Smith – member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood William Sykes – clergyman Frank Taylor – sports journalist John Tovey – restaurateur Dame Emma Walmsley – former CEO of GSK plc Eleanor Williams – made false claims about getting raped by an Asian "grooming gang"

Fictional characters Álvaro de Campos – heteronym created by Fernando Pessoa Charles Parker – detective in the Lord Peter Wimsey stories by Dorothy L. Sayers

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