A–C

• Daniel Adamson (1820–1890) – engineer born in Durham who designed theManchester Ship Canal; one of the directors of the Manchester chamber of commerce;Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Manchester; buried inWithington^[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 duoHurts
• Don Arden – Cheetham Hill-born music manager and businessman, who oversaw the careers of rock groupsSmall Faces,Electric Light Orchestra andBlack 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 – formerEngland cricket captain and commentator^[11]
• Norman Beaker – born Norman Hume in 1950 inLongsight,blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, band leader and record producer, officially recognised and inducted as a Legend in theBlues Hall of Fame in 2017.^[12][13]
• William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) – automotive engineer and inventor
• Max Beesley – English actor and musician^[14]
• Niamh Blackshaw – actress, known for portrayingJuliet Nightingale inHollyoaks^[15]
• Stan Bowles – born and brought up inCollyhurst;Manchester City,QPR,Nottingham Forest andEngland International footballer in the 1970s
• Maud Boyd (1867–1929) – actress and operatic singer
• Edward Brotherton (1814–1866), EnglishSwedenborgian and educational reform campaigner
• Joe Brown – born in Ardwick, climber and mountaineer
• Wes Brown – formerManchester United footballer^[16]
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – Manchester-born and educated author, poet, playwright, musician, linguist, translator and critic, known for novelA 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 manyfilm posters includingThe Sound of Music andStar Wars^[21]
• Sir Humphrey Chetham – merchant and benefactor ofChetham's Library; born in Crumpsall^[22]
• Saira Choudhry (born 1982), actress, born in Cheetham Hill^[23]
• Stanley Chow – artist and illustrator^[24]
• Richard Cobden (1804–1865) – Sussex-born industrialist who moved to Manchester, where he was politically active^[25]
• Ellen Melicent Cobden, writer, radical campaigner and suffragist; daughter of Richard Cobden
• Kenneth Colley – actor who playedAdmiral Piett inThe Empire Strikes Back andReturn 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), cricketer
• Mary Corkling, artist and food reformer, was born atWithington, Manchester, in 1850.
• Lisa Cross (born 1978) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Kevin Cummins  – award-winning professional photographer, responsible for iconicJoy Division photographs and for charting the rise ofpunk rock andBritpop, born inWithington
• Peter Cundall (1927–2021) – horticulturist and television presenter; born in Manchester^[28]
• Ian Curtis (1956–1980) – musician and singer inJoy Division^[29]

D–G

• Mark Davies – Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury^[30]
• Aaron Davis (born 1990) – better known by his stage nameBugzy Malone,rapper andactor, first artist in thegrime genre from Manchester to commercially succeed in the UK^[31]
• Les Dawson – comedian, born inCollyhurst (1931–1993)
• Arthur Delaney – painter influenced byL. S. Lowry^[32]
• Lee Dixon – former professional footballer and ITV Sport football pundit^[33]
• DJ Semtex – disc jockey and presenter forBBC Radio 1Xtra digital radio station, presenting the flagship hip-hop showFriday Nights^[34]
• Robert Donat – film and stage actor; known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock'sThe 39 Steps andGoodbye, Mr. Chips, for which he won anAcademy 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 podcastAll Killa No Filla
• Judy Finnigan – television presenter and columnist; usually co-presents with her husband,Richard Madeley; they are collectively known asRichard and Judy^[36]
• Wayne Fontana  – singer withthe Mindbenders^[37]
• Norman Foster  – architect; founder and chairman ofFoster and Partners studios; raised in Levenshulme
• Dean Furman (born 1988) – professional footballer
• Liam Gallagher – lead singer of Manchester bandOasis^[38]
• Noel Gallagher – songwriter and lead guitarist forHigh Flying Birds and formerly Oasis^[38]
• George Garrett – submarine pioneer who builtResurgam; brought up inMoss Side^[39]
• Michael Bisping – UFC Middleweight Champion
• Max George – member of boy bandthe Wanted
• Andy Gibb – singer, teen idol and actor; born inStretford
• Barry Gibb – singer and musician, member of theBee Gees; brought up inChorlton-cum-Hardy
• Maurice Gibb – singer and musician, member of the Bee Gees; brought up inChorlton-cum-Hardy
• Robin Gibb – singer, member of the Bee Gees; brought up inChorlton-cum-Hardy
• Jimmy Golder – professional association footballer
• Jimi Goodwin – bassist, vocalist and guitarist forthe Doves^[40]
• Holliday Grainger – actress, known for her roles inThe Borgias,Strike orThe Capture TV series
• Trevor Griffiths – dramatist, co-writer of screenplay for the filmReds; born in Ancoats^[41]
• Nick Grimshaw – Manchester-born Radio 1 DJ^[42]

H–M

• 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 playingYosser Hughes inBoys from the Blackstuff and roles in blockbuster films, includingTitanic,The Lord of the Rings film trilogy andTrue Crime^[47]
• Matt Hill – science fiction and horror writer^[48]
• Ray Honeyford – headmaster and writer, known for highlighting the failures of multiculturalism in Bradford^[49]
• Keith Hopwood – Herman's Hermits guitarist, born inDavyhulme
• Shotty Horroh – well known rapper, singer and actor^[50]
• Myra Hindley – Gorton-born serial killer who, along with her accomplice,Ian Brady, claimed the lives of five victims in Manchester in the 1960s
• Peter Hook – bassist of the bandsJoy Division andNew Order^[51][52]
• Mick Hucknall – lead singer of the bandSimply Red^[53]
• Nat Jacobs – amateur and professional boxer^[54]
• 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^[55]
• Davy Jones – actor; singer of the bandthe Monkees^[56]
• Michelle Keegan – actress onCoronation Street
• Brian Kidd – football coach; assistant manager atManchester City since December 2009; former player; assistant manager toAlex Ferguson at Manchester United in the 1990s; member of the Manchester United team that won the European Cup in 1968; born in Collyhurst^[57]
• Frank "Foo Foo" Lammar – drag queen, born in Ancoats^[58]
• Harold Lever – Labour politician and Baron Lever^[59]
• Emmanuel Levy (1900–1986) – painter, teacher and art critic
• Martin Lewis – Withington-born^[60] financial journalist who foundedMoneySavingExpert.com
• Harvey Lisberg – music and sporting manager who discoveredHerman's Hermits
• David Lloyd George – born in Chorlton-in-Medlock;^[61] British Prime Minister during theFirst World War; member of theLiberal Party
• Sunny Lowry – Longsight-born^[62] swimmer who was the first British woman to swim theEnglish Channel
• Bernard Manning – Ancoats-born stand-up comedian^[63]
• SirErnest Marples – Postmaster-General and Minister of Transport; born inLevenshulme^[64]
• Johnny Marr – songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist inthe Smiths^[65]
• Ian McShane – actor who grew up in Manchester^{[citation needed]}
• Peter Mellor (born 1947) – English-born American footballer and coach^[66]
• Mohyeldeen Mohammad – Islamist activist who studied in Saudi Arabia prior to his deportation^[67]
• Steven Patrick Morrissey – singer-songwriter inthe Smiths,^[68] writer and poet. Born inOld Trafford,^[69] the singer rose to fame in the 1980s as the flamboyant frontman of rock bandthe Smiths
• Daniel Moult – concert organist, organ tutor and animateur, ensemble player and presenter of films about music^[70]
• Gary Mounfield – "Mani", bassist, formerly ofthe Stone Roses and later inPrimal Scream^[71]

N–R

• Doug Naylor – comedy writer, known for creating the comedy seriesRed Dwarf^{[citation needed]}
• Matt O'Connor  – gender equality activist and found ofFathers 4 Justice^[72]
• Nigel Osborne – composer, teacher and aid worker
• Jason Orange – singer, songwriter, dancer, former member ofTake That
• Emmeline Pankhurst – suffragette,^[73] born in Moss Side
• Duncan Perry – cricketer
• Anshel Pfeffer – journalist
• Karl Pilkington – podcaster, author and television presenter; known for his work withRicky Gervais^[74]
• Fee Plumley – digital artist^[75]
• John Charles Polanyi – chemist, brought up in Manchester; won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics^[76]
• Simon N. Powell (born 1955) – born in Manchester; cancer researcher and radiation oncologist^[77]
• Victoria Princewill (born 1990) – born in Manchester; novelist and author ofIn the Palace of Flowers (2021) andThe Diary of Sarah Forbes Bonetta (2023)^[78]
• Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) – born in Manchester; author and intellectual; known for hisConfessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)^[79]
• Marcus Rashford – footballer; plays forManchester United and theEngland national team
• Lee Rigby – of the 2nd Battalion of theRoyal Regiment of Fusiliers; originally fromMiddleton, 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 onBBC 6 Music; former member ofthe Fall; had his own record label, In-Tape; also worked as a record plugger^[80]
• Andy Rourke – bass guitarist best known for being a former member ofthe Smiths^[81]
• Lee Rourke – novelist best known forThe Canal,Vulgar Things andGlitch
• James Rowley  – cricketer
• Shaun Ryder – vocalist and songwriter with theHappy Mondays^[82] who became famous in theMadchester era^[83]

• Peter Saville – Manchester-born artist and designer, best known for his work withFactory Records^[84]
• Ceallach Spellman – actor and presenter
• John Squire  – guitarist with the Stone Roses
• Paul Stenning  – author, brought up inDavyhulme
• Nobby Stiles – born inCollyhurst, former football midfielder Stiles, Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan are the only Englishmen to have won both World and European Cups^[85]
• Bernard Sumner – singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer, best known as a founding member of two bands,Joy Division andNew Order^[65]
• Julia Sutcliffe – engineer^[86]
• John Thaw – actor; known for his roles inThe Sweeney,Inspector Morse andKavanagh QC;^[87] born inLongsight, brought up inBurnage
• Katie Thistleton – CBBC presenter and Radio 1 DJ
• John Thomas – recipient of theVictoria Cross
• Edmund Thomson – cricketer and British Army officer
• J. 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^[88]
• Shayne Ward – singer who won thesecond series ofThe X Factor
• Mabel Tylecote  – adult educationnist
• Simon Webbe  – singer/songwriter. Member of boybandBlue
• Danny Webber – footballer, formerly of Manchester United andSheffield United
• Danny Welbeck – footballer who plays forBrighton & Hove Albion F.C.^[89]
• SirJoseph Whitworth^[90]
• Andy Williams – drummer and vocalist of theDoves^[40]
• Jez Williams – guitarist/songwriter of the Doves^[40]
• Tony Wilson  – co-founder ofFactory Records andGranada Reports reporter
• Michael Wood – historian and broadcaster; has presented numerous television documentary series, and made over 80 documentary films^[91]
• Alan Wren – known as Reni; drummer ofthe Stone Roses^[92]
• Katie Zelem – footballer forEngland

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