List of people from Manchester
This is a list of people from Manchester , a city in North West England . The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian or Manc . This list is arranged alphabetically by surname. For people from Greater Manchester see List of people from Greater Manchester .
Daniel Adamson (1820–1890) – engineer born in Durham who designed the Manchester Ship Canal ; one of the directors of the Manchester chamber of commerce; Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Manchester; buried in Withington [ 1] Chris Addison – stand-up comedian, writer and actor[ 2] Mark Addy (1840–1890) – Manchester-born Albert Medal recipient[ 3] Caroline Aherne (1963–2016) – BAFTA Award -winning actress, comedian and writer, The Mrs Merton Show [ 4] William Harrison Ainsworth – historical novelist born in Manchester[ 5] Sir John Alcock – aviator who, with fellow British aviator Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight[ 6] Adam Anderson – synthesist, one half of synth-pop duo Hurts
Don Arden – Cheetham Hill -born music manager and businessman, who oversaw the careers of rock groups Small Faces , Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath [ 7] Anthony Arthur (born 1973) – Olympic weightlifter (1996 Summer Olympics)[ 8] George Arthurs (1875–1944), songwriter and author[ 9] Rob Atha – table football player[ 10] Mike Atherton – former England cricket captain and commentator[ 11] Norman Beaker – born Norman Hume in 1950 in Longsight , blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, band leader and record producer, officially recognised and inducted as a Legend in the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.[ 12] [ 13] William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) – automotive engineer and inventorMax Beesley – English actor and musician[ 14] Niamh Blackshaw – actress, known for portraying Juliet Nightingale in Hollyoaks [ 15] Stan Bowles – born and brought up in Collyhurst ; Manchester City , QPR , Nottingham Forest and England International footballer in the 1970sMaud Boyd (1867–1929) – actress and operatic singerEdward Brotherton (1814–1866), English Swedenborgian and educational reform campaignerJoe Brown – born in Ardwick, climber and mountaineerWes Brown – former Manchester United footballer[ 16] Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – Manchester-born and educated author, poet, playwright, musician, linguist, translator and critic, known for novel A Clockwork Orange [ 17] Darren Campbell – former sprinter representing Great Britain[ 18] Thomas George Cassell – YouTuber and Twitch streamer[ 19] John Cassidy – Irish -born sculptor and painter who lived in Manchester[ 20] Tom Chantrell – designer of many film posters including The Sound of Music Star Wars [ 21] Sir Humphrey Chetham – merchant and benefactor of Chetham's Library ; born in Crumpsall[ 22] Saira Choudhry (born 1982), actress, born in Cheetham Hill[ 23] Stanley Chow – artist and illustrator[ 24] Rob Clarke (Born 1976) in Stockport Australian Distance runner winner of multiple events including the icon great barrier Reef ultraRichard Cobden (1804–1865) – Sussex-born industrialist who moved to Manchester, where he was politically active[ 25] Kenneth Colley – actor who played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Roy Collins (1934–2009) – cricketer who played for Lancashire and Cheshire; born in Clayton[ 26] Verona Conway (1910–1986), plant ecologist[ 27] George Cooke (1826–1862), cricketerMary Corkling , artist and food reformer, was born at Withington , Manchester, in 1850.Lisa Cross (born 1978) – IFBB professional bodybuilderKevin Cummins – award-winning professional photographer, responsible for iconic Joy Division photographs and for charting the rise of punk rock and Britpop , born in Withington Peter Cundall (1927–2021) – horticulturist and television presenter; born in Manchester[ 28] Ian Curtis (1956–1980) – musician and singer in Joy Division [ 29] Mark Davies – Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury [ 30] Aaron Davis (born 1990) – better known by his stage name Bugzy Malone , rapper and actor , first artist in the grime genre from Manchester to commercially succeed in the UK[ 31]
Les Dawson – comedian, born in Collyhurst (1931–1993)Arthur Delaney – painter influenced by L. S. Lowry [ 32] Lee Dixon – former professional footballer and ITV Sport football pundit[ 33] DJ Semtex – disc jockey and presenter for BBC Radio 1Xtra digital radio station, presenting the flagship hip-hop show Friday Nights [ 34] Robert Donat – film and stage actor; known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Goodbye, Mr. Chips Academy Award for Best Actor[citation needed Edith Escombe – fiction writer and essayist[ 35] Rachel Fairburn – popular comedian and one half of the well known true crime serial killer comedy podcast All Killa No Filla Judy Finnigan – television presenter and columnist; usually co-presents with her husband, Richard Madeley ; they are collectively known as Richard and Judy [ 36] Wayne Fontana – singer with The Mindbenders [ 37] Norman Foster – architect; founder and chairman of Foster and Partners studios; raised in LevenshulmeDean Furman (born 1988) – professional footballer
Liam Gallagher – lead singer of Manchester band Oasis [ 38] Noel Gallagher – songwriter and lead guitarist for High Flying Birds and formerly Oasis[ 38] George Garrett – submarine pioneer who built Resurgam Moss Side [ 39] Michael Bisping – UFC Middleweight ChampionMax George – member of boy band the Wanted Andy Gibb – singer, teen idol and actor; born in Stretford Barry Gibb – singer and musician, member of the Bee Gees ; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Maurice Gibb – singer and musician, member of the Bee Gees; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Robin Gibb – singer, member of the Bee Gees; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Jimmy Golder – professional association footballerJimi Goodwin – bassist, vocalist and guitarist for the Doves [ 40] Holliday Grainger – actress; known for portraying Lucrezia Borgia in Showtime's The Borgias Trevor Griffiths – dramatist, co-writer of screenplay for the film Reds [ 41] Nick Grimshaw – Manchester-born Radio 1 DJ[ 42] Andrew Hall – Cheshire cricketer[ 43] Arthur Harden – Manchester-born Nobel Prize–winning biochemist[ 44] Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865) – prominent Manchester citizen, philanthropist and politician[ 45] Oliver Heywood – banker and philanthropist[ 46] Bernard Hill – film, stage and television actor, known for playing Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff Titanic The Lord of the Rings True Crime [ 47] Ray Honeyford – headmaster and writer, known for highlighting the failures of multiculturalism in Bradford[ 48] Keith Hopwood – Herman's Hermits guitarist, born in Davyhulme Shotty Horroh – well known rapper, singer and actor[ 49] Myra Hindley – Gorton -born serial killer who, along with her accomplice, Ian Brady , claimed the lives of five victims in Manchester in the 1960sPeter Hook – bassist of the bands Joy Division and New Order [ 50] [ 51] Mick Hucknall – lead singer of the band Simply Red [ 52] Nat Jacobs – amateur and professional boxer[ 53] Howard Jacobson – Man Booker Prize -winning British Jewish author and journalist, best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters[ 54] Davy Jones – actor; singer of the band The Monkees [ 55] Michelle Keegan – actress on Coronation Street Brian Kidd – football coach; assistant manager at Manchester City since December 2009; former player; assistant manager to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in the 1990s; member of the Manchester United team that won the European Cup in 1968; born in Collyhurst[ 56] Frank "Foo Foo" Lammar – drag queen, born in Ancoats[ 57] Harold Lever – Labour politician and Baron Lever[ 58] Emmanuel Levy (1900–1986) – painter, teacher and art criticMartin Lewis – Withington -born[ 59] MoneySavingExpert.com Harvey Lisberg – music and sporting manager who discovered Herman's Hermits David Lloyd George – born in Chorlton-in-Medlock;[ 60] First World War ; member of the Liberal Party Sunny Lowry – Longsight-born[ 61] English Channel Bernard Manning – Ancoats -born stand-up comedian[ 62] Sir Ernest Marples – Postmaster-General and Minister of Transport; born in Levenshulme [ 63]
Johnny Marr – songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths [ 64] Ian McShane – actor who grew up in Manchester[citation needed Peter Mellor (born 1947) – English-born American footballer and coach[ 65] Mohyeldeen Mohammad – Islamist activist who studied in Saudi Arabia prior to his deportation[ 66] Steven Patrick Morrissey – singer-songwriter in The Smiths ,[ 67] Davyhulme ,[ 68] The Smiths Daniel Moult – concert organist, organ tutor and animateur, ensemble player and presenter of films about music[ 69] Gary Mounfield – "Mani", bassist, formerly of The Stone Roses and later in Primal Scream [ 70]
Doug Naylor – comedy writer, known for creating the comedy series Red Dwarf [citation needed Matt O'Connor – gender equality activist and found of Fathers 4 Justice [ 71] Nigel Osborne – composer, teacher and aid workerJason Orange – singer, songwriter, dancer, former member of Take That Emmeline Pankhurst – suffragette ,[ 72] Duncan Perry – cricketerAnshel Pfeffer – journalistKarl Pilkington – podcaster, author and television presenter; known for his work with Ricky Gervais [ 73] Fee Plumley – digital artist[ 74] John Charles Polanyi – chemist, brought up in Manchester; won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics[ 75] Simon N. Powell (born 1955) – born in Manchester; cancer researcher and radiation oncologist[ 76] Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) – born in Manchester; author and intellectual; known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater [ 77] Marcus Rashford – footballer; plays for Manchester United and the England national team Lee Rigby – of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ; originally from Middleton , Greater Manchester; Lee, whilst off-duty and walking back to barracks, was killed by two Islamic extremists on 27 May 2013 as a terror attack
Marc Riley – musician; alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music ; former member of the Fall ; had his own record label, In-Tape; also worked as a record plugger[ 78] Andy Rourke – bass guitarist best known for being a former member of the Smiths [ 79] Lee Rourke – novelist best known for The Canal , Vulgar Things and Glitch James Rowley – cricketerShaun Ryder – vocalist and songwriter with the Happy Mondays [ 80] Madchester era[ 81] Peter Saville – Manchester-born artist and designer, best known for his work with Factory Records [ 82] Ceallach Spellman – actor and presenterJohn Squire – guitarist with the Stone RosesPaul Stenning – author, brought up in Davyhulme Nobby Stiles – born in Collyhurst , former football midfielder Stiles, Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan are the only Englishmen to have won both World and European Cups[ 83] Bernard Sumner – singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer, best known as a founding member of two bands, Joy Division and New Order [ 64] Julia Sutcliffe – engineer[ 84] John Thaw – actor; known for his roles in The Sweeney Inspector Morse Kavanagh QC [ 85] Longsight , brought up in Burnage Katie Thistleton – CBBC presenter and Radio 1 DJJohn Thomas – recipient of the Victoria Cross Edmund Thomson – cricketer and British Army officerJ. J. Thomson – physicist and Nobel laureate; credited with the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer; awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and his work on the conduction of electricity in gases[ 86] Shayne Ward – singer who won the second series of The X Factor Mabel Tylecote – adult educationnistSimon Webbe – singer/songwriter. Member of boyband Blue Danny Webber – footballer, formerly of Manchester United and Sheffield United Danny Welbeck – footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. [ 87] Sir Joseph Whitworth [ 88]
Andy Williams – drummer and vocalist of the Doves [ 40] Jez Williams – guitarist/songwriter of the Doves[ 40] Tony Wilson – co-founder of Factory Records and Granada Reports Michael Wood – historian and broadcaster; has presented numerous television documentary series, and made over 80 documentary films[ 89] Alan Wren – known as Reni; drummer of The Stone Roses [ 90] Katie Zelem – footballer for England
See also
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