LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.preston.gov.uk/

Population:
184,836 (2001 census)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tom Finney	Soccer	5-Apr-1922	14-Feb-2014	Forward, Preston North End
John Holmes	Diplomat	29-Apr-1951		UN Under Sec. Gen. for Humanitarian Affairs
John Inman	Actor	28-Jun-1935	8-Mar-2007	Are You Being Served?
Nick Park	Film Director	6-Dec-1958		Wallace and Gromit
Robert W. Service	Poet	16-Jan-1874	11-Sep-1958	Bard of the Yukon
Dick Wilson	Actor	30-Jul-1916	19-Nov-2007	Mr. Whipple

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Formby	Actor	26-May-1904	6-Mar-1961	Lancashire ukulelist

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