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'''All Assam Students Union''' or '''AASU''' is a students' organization in [[Assam]], [[India]]. It is politically very active and is best known for leading the six-year [[Assam Movement]] against illegal immigrants from [[Bangladesh]]. As the end of the movement in 1985, it signed the [[Assam Accord]], and the leadership formed a political party [[Asom Gana Parishad]], which came to power in the state in the same year.

This is a list of the famous and notable people from [[Preston]] in [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. For other Prestons see [[Preston (disambiguation)]].

[[Category:Politics of Assam]]

==Notable people from Preston==

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===A===

*[[Richard Arkwright]] ([[1732]]–[[1792]]) — inventor of the water frame that kick-started the textile industry in the late [[18th century]]

===B===

*Professor Sir [[George Grenfell Baines]], OBE ([[1908]]–[[2003]]) — Architect, pioneer of multi-disciplinary design and founder of the [[Building Design Partnership]]

*[[Kenny Baker]] (b.[[1934]]) — an actor who plays [[R2D2]] in [[Star Wars]].

*[[Roy Barraclough]] (b.[[1935]]) — Actor from [[Coronation Street]]

===C===

*[[Eddie Calvert]] ([[1922]]–[[1978]]) — Trumpeter, "The Man With the Golden Horn"

===D===

*[[Gregory Doran]] (b.[[1958]]) — Associate Director, [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].

===E===

*[[Paul Englishby]] — film and theater composer

===F===

*Sir [[Tom Finney]] (b.[[1922]]) — [[Football (soccer)|Footballer]]

*[[Andrew Flintoff]] (b.[[1977]]) — [[Cricket (sport)|Cricketer]]

===G===

*[[Zara Glover]] (b.[[1982]]) — International Ten-pin Bowler

===H===

*[[James Hebblethwaite]] ([[1857]]–[[1921]]) — poet

===I===

*[[John Inman]] (b.[[1935]] — [[2007]]) — Comedy actor and drag artiste

===K===

*[[Ian Kirkham]] — saxophone player, [[Simply Red]].

===L===

*[[Mark Lawrenson]] (b.[[1957]]) — Footballer turned football pundit

*[[Joseph Livesey]] ([[1794]]–[[1884]]) — Social reformer and pioneer of the [[Temperance movement]] in the [[19th century]]

===M===

*[[Ian McCulloch (snooker player)|Ian McCulloch]] (b.[[1971]]) — [[snooker]] player currently in the top 16 of the world rankings

*[[Michael Ryan]] (Economist)

===P===

*[[Nick Park]] (b.[[1958]]) — [[animation|animator]] famous mainly for the [[Wallace and Gromit]] and [[Chicken Run]] [[claymation]] animation classics.

===R===

*[[Edith Rigby]] ([[1872]]–[[1948]]) — [[Suffragette]]

*[[Samuel Ryder]] ([[1858]]–[[1936]]) — founder of the Ryder Cup Golf Competition

===T===

*[[A.J.P. Taylor]] ([[1906]]–[[1990]]) — historian.

*[[Jessica_Taylor_%28Liberty_X%29|Jessica Taylor]] (b.[[1980]]) singer with [[Liberty X]]

*[[Francis Thompson]] ([[1859]]–[[1907]]) — [[poetry|poet]]

*[[John Thomson (actor)|John Thomson]] (b.[[1969]]) — [[actor]], [[Men Behaving Badly]]

===W===

*[[John Wall]] ([[1620]]–[[1679]]) — [[Martyr]] and [[Saint]]

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