List of Famous people born in St Helens, United Kingdom

Emma Catherine Rigby is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Hannah Ashworth in long-running soap opera Hollyoaks, Gemma Roscoe in BBC One drama series Prisoners' Wives and as the Red Queen in the American fantasy-drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She played the lead role of Angie in Movies 24's A Cinderella Christmas (2016).

Michael Joseph Pennington, better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian and actor. He is known for his portly figure, angry comedic rants, surreal humour, Lancashire accent, and husky voice.

Martin Murray is a British professional boxer who has competed since 2007. He has held the WBA interim middleweight title from 2011 to 2014, the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012, and challenged five times for a world title.

Bernie Clifton is a British comedian and entertainer, known for his work with his orange ostrich puppet costume Oswald the Ostrich.

Michael Parr is a British actor, known for playing the part of Ross Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. and Billy Parker in Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks.

David Yates is an English film director who has directed films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the later four films in the Harry Potter series. His work on the series brought him critical and commercial success along with accolades, such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.

Gary Stretch is an English former actor, boxer and model.

William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester United, he played 688 games which places him at number 4 on the all-time list of appearances behind Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton and Paul Scholes. He made 3 appearances as a substitute. He also started in every single United game in the 1957–58, 1959–60 and 1964–65 seasons. He scored a total of 9 goals in his 18 seasons at United and helped the club win four First Division titles, one FA Cup and one European Cup. He was capped only once for England in 1955.

Jeff Walker may refer to:

• Jeff Walker (musician), British musician in grindcore/death metal band Carcass
• Jeffrey Walker (actor), Australian actor and director
• Jeffrey Walker (cricketer), Australian cricketer
• Jeffrey N. Walker, adjunct professor at Brigham Young University
• Jeff Walker, American football player
• Jerry Jeff Walker (1942–2020), American country music singer and songwriter
• Jeffrey Walker, American CEO

John William Draper was an English-born American scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with producing the first clear photograph of a female face (1839–40) and the first detailed photograph of the moon in 1840. He was also the first president of the American Chemical Society (1876–77) and a founder of the New York University School of Medicine.