Editing Formby (section)

==People==
===Footballers===
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Many current and former professional footballers and football managers, the majority of whom are linked to [[Liverpool Football Club|Liverpool FC]] or [[Everton Football Club|Everton FC]], currently live or have lived in the town, including:
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*[[Joe Allen]]
*[[Leighton Baines]]
*[[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]]
*[[Mario Balotelli]]
*[[Ross Barkley]]
*[[Stig Inge Bjørnebye]]
*[[Fabio Borini]]
*[[Andy Carroll]]
*[[Ray Clemence]]
*[[Joe Cole]]
*[[Stewart Downing]]
*[[Fabinho (footballer, born 1993)|Fabinho]]
*[[David Fairclough]]
*[[Duncan Ferguson]]
*[[Steven Gerrard]]
*[[Joe Gomez (footballer)|Joe Gomez]]
*[[Jordan Henderson]]
*[[Tony Hibbert]]
*[[Emlyn Hughes]]
*[[Sami Hyypiä]]
*[[Howard Kendall]]
*[[Jürgen Klopp]], during his time as Liverpool FC manager
*[[Adam Lallana]]
*[[Rickie Lambert]]
*[[Yerry Mina]]
*[[Phil Neal]]
*[[Mike Newell (footballer)|Mike Newell]]
*[[Divock Origi]]
*[[Andrew Robertson]]
*[[Brendan Rodgers]], during his time as Liverpool FC manager<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/rodgers-focused-on-foundations|title=Rodgers focused on foundations|work=Liverpool FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715045759/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/rodgers-focused-on-foundations|archive-date=15 July 2012}}</ref>
*[[Wayne Rooney]]
*[[Neil Ruddock]]
*[[Gylfi Sigurðsson]]
*[[Alan Shearer]], during his time at [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
*[[Raheem Sterling]]
*[[Alan Stubbs]] (who also owned Woodwards Winebar in the village)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/2007/09/28/carnival-time-at-opening-of-blues-star-s-birkdale-bar-101022-19857836/|title=Carnival time at opening of Blues star's Birkdale bar|work=Southport Visiter|date=28 September 2007|first=Joanne|last=Kelly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162500/http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/2007/09/28/carnival-time-at-opening-of-blues-star-s-birkdale-bar-101022-19857836/|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>
*[[John Toshack]]
*[[Arne Slot]]
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=== Other notable people include === <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
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*[[Beryl Bainbridge]], English novelist
*[[John Birt]], former director of the [[BBC]]
*[[Edward Craig (philosopher)|Edward Craig]], philosopher and former cricketer
*[[Tymon Dogg]], musician
*[[Angela Eagle]], Labour MP and former minister
*[[Maria Eagle]], Labour MP and former minister
*[[Kevin McNamara (politician)|Kevin McNamara]], former Labour MP and shadow minister
*[[Chris Chibnall]], television writer and producer
*[[Percy French]], Irish songwriter and entertainer (died and buried in Formby<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stlukes.merseyside.org/PercyFrench.htm|title=Are ye right there, Michael?|work=St Luke's Church|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611211734/http://stlukes.merseyside.org/PercyFrench.htm|archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref>)
*[[Thomas Fresh]], public health pioneer
*[[John Garstang]], archaeologist (worked at Liverpool University and resided at Thornbury on Freshfield Road, Formby<ref>World Biography – Volume 1 – Page 1932</ref>)
*[[Christopher Hope (journalist)|Christopher Hope]], journalist
*[[Frank McLardy]], member of the [[British Union of Fascists]] and [[Waffen-SS]] [[British Free Corps]]
*[[Robert Molyneux]], Jesuit missionary to the United States
*[[Sir John Moores]], founder of [[Littlewoods]]
*[[John Parrott]], snooker player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Formby/Merseyside/Northern-England/info/celebs|title=Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Formby, Merseyside|work=The Knowhere Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420143016/http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Formby/Merseyside/Northern-England/info/celebs|archive-date=20 April 2009}}</ref>
*[[Andrew Sumner]], movie journalist and [[TCM UK|TCM]] presenter
*[[Rhian Teasdale]], lead singer of [[Wet Leg]]
*[[Matt Williams (radio presenter)|Matt Williams]], AKA - "Dr Mosh". BBC sports broadcaster and personality
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The notable music hall entertainer [[George Formby Sr.]] adopted his stage name after seeing it as a destination on a railway carriage. His son [[George Formby Jr.]] used the same stage name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A735013|title=George Formby Senior – Entertainer|work=BBC Online|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref>