include Beryl Bainbridge, English novelist John Birt, former director of the BBC Edward Craig, philosopher and former cricketer Angela Eagle, Labour MP and former minister Maria Eagle, Labour MP and former minister 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) Thomas Fresh, public health pioneer John Garstang, archaeologist (worked at Liverpool University and resided at Thornbury on Freshfield Road, Formby) 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 Andrew Sumner, movie journalist and TCM presenter Rhian Teasdale, lead singer of Wet Leg 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. See also Listed buildings in Formby Gallery References External links History Formby Civic Society WW2 Defences in Merseyside and West Lancashire Media Radio City (local radio station) Formby Champion (free local newspaper) Liverpool Echo (local newspaper) Formby Reporter (free local newspaper) Formby Times (free local newspaper) Information City Relationships: Economic Linkages in Northern city regions. Liverpool City Region Sefton Coast Metropolitan Borough of Sefton's website Profile of Sefton Formby station timetable from National Rail's Live Departure Boards Community Formby Neighbourhood Plan Formby Online The Formby Blog Parish Church of St. Luke: History Photos of Formby Point Photos of St. Michael Church just outside Formby in Great Altcar. MOD Film locations page. Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Towns in Merseyside Civil parishes in Merseyside Beaches of Merseyside