| Old Billy | said to be the world’s longest-lived horse, was foaled at Woolston in 1760. He spent his working life towing barges along the Mersey and lived to be 62. |
| Oliver Cromwell | stayed in Church Street after his victory over the Royalists. |
| Thomas Dallam | (from the then village of Dallam) built an organ on the instructions of Elizabeth l and personally delivered it to the Sultan of Turkey! |
| Robert Dudley | Earl of Leicester, favourite of Queen Elizabeth 1, owned Warrington for a short time. |
| Chris Evans | Radio and TV presenter. |
| Rheinhold Forster | scientist, philosopher and taught at Warrington Academy. Sailed with Captain Cook |
| John Howard | founder of the Howard League for Penal Reform, lodged in Bridge Street while writing his seminal book attacking the prison system in England and Wales. The book was first published in Warrington. |
| Thomas Ireland | was knighted by King James l when the monarch stayed in Bewsey Old Hall in 1617. |
| Thomas Penketh | (died 1487), head of the Austin Friars, was mentioned by Shakespeare in Richard III. |
| Pete Postlethwaite | Film Star/born Orford. Has appeared in such films as The Lost World Jurassic Park ll and In the Name of the Father. |
| Joseph Priestly | scientist, philosopher and discoverer of oxygen, taught at Warrington Academy. |
| Terry Waite | Church Envoy/Beirut hostage |
