List of people from Manchester
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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. {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}}
A–C
- Daniel Adamson (1820–1890)Template:Spaced ndash 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<ref>Template:Cite book Template:ODNBsub</ref>
- Chris AddisonTemplate:Spaced ndash stand-up comedian, writer and actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Mark Addy (1840–1890)Template:Spaced ndash Manchester-born Albert Medal recipient<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
- Caroline Aherne (1963–2016)Template:Spaced ndash BAFTA Award-winning actress, comedian and writer, The Mrs Merton Show<ref>Aherne, Caroline (1963-) BFI Screenonline</ref>
- William Harrison AinsworthTemplate:Spaced ndash historical novelist born in Manchester<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir John AlcockTemplate:Spaced ndash aviator who, with fellow British aviator Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight<ref>Sir John William Alcock Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>
- Adam Anderson Template:Spaced ndash synthesist, one half of synth-pop duo Hurts
- Don ArdenTemplate:Spaced ndash Cheetham Hill-born music manager and businessman, who oversaw the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath<ref name="Guardian2">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Anthony Arthur (born 1973)Template:Spaced ndash Olympic weightlifter (1996 Summer Olympics)<ref>Anthony Arthur</ref>
- George Arthurs (1875–1944), songwriter and author<ref>Biography of George Arthurs - All Music website</ref>
- Rob AthaTemplate:Spaced ndash table football player<ref>Bristol table football player wins World Cup for Britain Template:Webarchive This is Bristol, 1 February 2009</ref>
- Mike AthertonTemplate:Spaced ndash former England cricket captain and commentator<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Norman BeakerTemplate:Spaced ndash 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.<ref>Norman Beaker Band | Official Band Website</ref><ref>Norman Beaker Legendary Blues Artist Exhibit in the Blues Hall of Fame ®</ref>
- William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929)Template:Spaced ndash automotive engineer and inventor
- Max BeesleyTemplate:Spaced ndash English actor and musician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Niamh BlackshawTemplate:Spaced ndash actress, known for portraying Juliet Nightingale in Hollyoaks<ref name="RDDC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Stan BowlesTemplate:Spaced ndash born and brought up in Collyhurst; Manchester City, QPR, Nottingham Forest and England International footballer in the 1970s
- Maud Boyd (1867–1929)Template:Spaced ndash actress and operatic singer
- Edward Brotherton (1814–1866), English Swedenborgian and educational reform campaigner
- Joe BrownTemplate:Spaced ndash born in Ardwick, climber and mountaineer
- Wes BrownTemplate:Spaced ndash former Manchester United footballer<ref>Wes Brown ManUtd.com</ref>
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)Template:Spaced ndash Manchester-born and educated author, poet, playwright, musician, linguist, translator and critic, known for novel A Clockwork Orange<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
- Darren CampbellTemplate:Spaced ndash former sprinter representing Great Britain<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thomas George CassellTemplate:Spaced ndash YouTuber and Twitch streamer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- John CassidyTemplate:Spaced ndash Irish-born sculptor and painter who lived in Manchester<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tom Chantrell – designer of many film posters including The Sound of Music and Star Wars<ref name="Chantrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir Humphrey ChethamTemplate:Spaced ndash merchant and benefactor of Chetham's Library; born in Crumpsall<ref>Lancashire Illustrated page 79 Google Books</ref>
- Saira Choudhry (born 1982), actress, born in Cheetham Hill<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Stanley ChowTemplate:Spaced ndash artist and illustrator<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Richard Cobden (1804–1865)Template:Spaced ndash Sussex-born industrialist who moved to Manchester, where he was politically active<ref>Template:Cite book Template:ODNBsub</ref>
- Ellen Melicent Cobden, writer, radical campaigner and suffragist; daughter of Richard Cobden
- Kenneth ColleyTemplate:Spaced ndash actor who played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
- Roy Collins (1934–2009)Template:Spaced ndash cricketer who played for Lancashire and Cheshire; born in Clayton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Verona Conway (1910–1986), plant ecologist<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- George Cooke (1826–1862), cricketer
- Mary Corkling, artist and food reformer, was born at Withington, Manchester, in 1850.
- Lisa Cross (born 1978)Template:Spaced ndash IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Kevin Cummins Template:Spaced ndash 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)Template:Spaced ndash horticulturist and television presenter; born in Manchester<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ian Curtis (1956–1980)Template:Spaced ndash musician and singer in Joy Division<ref>Ian Curtis biography Joy Division Central</ref>
D–G
- Mark DaviesTemplate:Spaced ndashRoman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury<ref>Bishop of Shrewsbury Diocese of Shrewsbury</ref>
- Aaron Davis (born 1990)Template:Spaced ndashbetter known by his stage name Bugzy Malone, rapper and actor, first artist in the grime genre from Manchester to commercially succeed in the UK<ref name="Noisey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Les DawsonTemplate:Spaced ndash comedian, born in Collyhurst (1931–1993)
- Arthur DelaneyTemplate:Spaced ndash painter influenced by L. S. Lowry<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Lee DixonTemplate:Spaced ndash former professional footballer and ITV Sport football pundit<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- DJ SemtexTemplate:Spaced ndash disc jockey and presenter for BBC Radio 1Xtra digital radio station, presenting the flagship hip-hop show Friday Nights<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Robert DonatTemplate:Spaced ndash film and stage actor; known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, for which he won an Academy Award for Best ActorTemplate:Citation needed
- Edith EscombeTemplate:Spaced ndash fiction writer and essayist<ref>Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy: The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present Day (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 345.</ref>
- Rachel FairburnTemplate:Spaced ndash popular comedian and one half of the well known true crime serial killer comedy podcast All Killa No Filla
- Judy FinniganTemplate:Spaced ndash television presenter and columnist; usually co-presents with her husband, Richard Madeley; they are collectively known as Richard and Judy<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Wayne Fontana Template:Spaced ndash singer with the Mindbenders<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Norman Foster Template:Spaced ndash architect; founder and chairman of Foster and Partners studios; raised in Levenshulme
- Dean Furman (born 1988)Template:Spaced ndash professional footballer
- Liam GallagherTemplate:Spaced ndash lead singer of Manchester band Oasis<ref name="oasis">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Noel GallagherTemplate:Spaced ndash songwriter and lead guitarist for High Flying Birds and formerly Oasis<ref name="oasis"/>
- George GarrettTemplate:Spaced ndash submarine pioneer who built Resurgam; brought up in Moss Side<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Michael BispingTemplate:Spaced ndash UFC Middleweight Champion
- Max GeorgeTemplate:Spaced ndash member of boy band the Wanted
- Andy GibbTemplate:Spaced ndash singer, teen idol and actor; born in Stretford
- Barry GibbTemplate:Spaced ndash singer and musician, member of the Bee Gees; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- Maurice GibbTemplate:Spaced ndash singer and musician, member of the Bee Gees; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- Robin GibbTemplate:Spaced ndash singer, member of the Bee Gees; brought up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- Jimmy GolderTemplate:Spaced ndash professional association footballer
- Jimi GoodwinTemplate:Spaced ndash bassist, vocalist and guitarist for the Doves<ref name="Doves - Music - Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Holliday GraingerTemplate:Spaced ndash actress, known for her roles in The Borgias, Strike or The Capture TV series
- Trevor GriffithsTemplate:Spaced ndash dramatist, co-writer of screenplay for the film Reds; born in Ancoats<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Nick GrimshawTemplate:Spaced ndash Manchester-born Radio 1 DJ<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
H–M
- Andrew HallTemplate:Spaced ndash Cheshire cricketer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Arthur HardenTemplate:Spaced ndash Manchester-born Nobel Prize–winning biochemist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865)Template:Spaced ndash prominent Manchester citizen, philanthropist and politician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Oliver HeywoodTemplate:Spaced ndash banker and philanthropist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Bernard HillTemplate:Spaced ndash film, stage and television actor, known for playing Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff and roles in blockbuster films, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and True Crime<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Matt HillTemplate:Spaced ndashscience fiction and horror writer<ref name=Clute>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ray HoneyfordTemplate:Spaced ndash headmaster and writer, known for highlighting the failures of multiculturalism in Bradford<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Keith HopwoodTemplate:Spaced ndashHerman's Hermits guitarist, born in Davyhulme
- Shotty HorrohTemplate:Spaced ndash well known rapper, singer and actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Myra HindleyTemplate:Spaced ndash Gorton-born serial killer who, along with her accomplice, Ian Brady, claimed the lives of five victims in Manchester in the 1960s
- Peter HookTemplate:Spaced ndash bassist of the bands Joy Division and New Order<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mick HucknallTemplate:Spaced ndash lead singer of the band Simply Red<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Nat JacobsTemplate:Spaced ndash amateur and professional boxer<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Howard JacobsonTemplate:Spaced ndash 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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Davy JonesTemplate:Spaced ndash actor; singer of the band the Monkees<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Michelle KeeganTemplate:Spaced ndash actress on Coronation Street
- Brian KiddTemplate:Spaced ndash 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Frank "Foo Foo" LammarTemplate:Spaced ndash drag queen, born in Ancoats<ref name="foofoo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Harold LeverTemplate:Spaced ndash Labour politician and Baron Lever<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Emmanuel Levy (1900–1986)Template:Spaced ndash painter, teacher and art critic
- Martin LewisTemplate:Spaced ndash Withington-born<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> financial journalist who founded MoneySavingExpert.com
- Harvey LisbergTemplate:Spaced ndashmusic and sporting manager who discovered Herman's Hermits
- David Lloyd GeorgeTemplate:Spaced ndash born in Chorlton-in-Medlock;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sunny LowryTemplate:Spaced ndash Longsight-born<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> swimmer who was the first British woman to swim the English Channel
- Bernard ManningTemplate:Spaced ndash Ancoats-born stand-up comedian<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir Ernest MarplesTemplate:Spaced ndash Postmaster-General and Minister of Transport; born in Levenshulme<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Johnny MarrTemplate:Spaced ndash songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in the Smiths<ref name="Phelan">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ian McShaneTemplate:Spaced ndash actor who grew up in ManchesterTemplate:Citation needed
- Peter Mellor (born 1947)Template:Spaced ndash English-born American footballer and coach<ref>Mellor happy to be coaching for RSL - Deseret News</ref>
- Mohyeldeen MohammadTemplate:Spaced ndash Islamist activist who studied in Saudi Arabia prior to his deportation<ref>Hevder norsk islamist ser etter ny brud i Sverige TV2 Nyheter, 1 November 2011 Template:In lang</ref>
- Steven Patrick MorrisseyTemplate:Spaced ndash singer-songwriter in the Smiths,<ref>Morrissey celebrates 50th birthday Metro.co.uk</ref> writer and poet. Born in Old Trafford,<ref>Morrissey halts Manchester homecoming show for surprise announcement Manchester Evening News, 7 June 2025</ref> the singer rose to fame in the 1980s as the flamboyant frontman of rock band the Smiths
- Daniel MoultTemplate:Spaced ndash concert organist, organ tutor and animateur, ensemble player and presenter of films about music<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Gary MounfieldTemplate:Spaced ndash "Mani", bassist, formerly of the Stone Roses and later in Primal Scream<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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N–R
- Doug NaylorTemplate:Spaced ndash comedy writer, known for creating the comedy series Red DwarfTemplate:Citation needed
- Matt O'Connor Template:Spaced ndash gender equality activist and found of Fathers 4 Justice<ref>BBC - London - News - Profile: Matt O'Connor</ref>
- Nigel OsborneTemplate:Spaced ndash composer, teacher and aid worker
- Jason OrangeTemplate:Spaced ndash singer, songwriter, dancer, former member of Take That
- Emmeline PankhurstTemplate:Spaced ndash suffragette,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> born in Moss Side
- Duncan PerryTemplate:Spaced ndash cricketer
- Anshel PfefferTemplate:Spaced ndash journalist
- Karl PilkingtonTemplate:Spaced ndash podcaster, author and television presenter; known for his work with Ricky Gervais<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Fee PlumleyTemplate:Spaced ndash digital artist<ref name=artsHUB>Template:Cite news</ref>
- John Charles PolanyiTemplate:Spaced ndash chemist, brought up in Manchester; won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Simon N. Powell (born 1955)Template:Spaced ndash born in Manchester; cancer researcher and radiation oncologist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Victoria Princewill (born 1990) – born in Manchester; novelist and author of In the Palace of Flowers (2021) and The Diary of Sarah Forbes Bonetta (2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859)Template:Spaced ndash born in Manchester; author and intellectual; known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)<ref>Template:Cite book Template:ODNBsub</ref>
- Marcus RashfordTemplate:Spaced ndash footballer; plays for Manchester United and the England national team
- Lee RigbyTemplate:Spaced ndash 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 RileyTemplate:Spaced ndash 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Andy RourkeTemplate:Spaced ndash bass guitarist best known for being a former member of the Smiths<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Lee RourkeTemplate:Spaced ndash novelist best known for The Canal, Vulgar Things and Glitch
- James Rowley Template:Spaced ndash cricketer
- Shaun RyderTemplate:Spaced ndash vocalist and songwriter with the Happy Mondays<ref>Video: Shaun Ryder - The mild man of rock ‘n’ roll Manchester Evening News, 26 January 2011</ref> who became famous in the Madchester era<ref>Madchester remembered: 'There was amazing creative energy at the time' The Observer, 21 April 2012</ref>
S–Z
- Peter SavilleTemplate:Spaced ndash Manchester-born artist and designer, best known for his work with Factory Records<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ceallach SpellmanTemplate:Spaced ndash actor and presenter
- John Squire Template:Spaced ndash guitarist with the Stone Roses
- Paul Stenning Template:Spaced ndash author, brought up in Davyhulme
- Nobby StilesTemplate:Spaced ndash born in Collyhurst, former football midfielder Stiles, Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan are the only Englishmen to have won both World and European Cups<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Bernard SumnerTemplate:Spaced ndash singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer, best known as a founding member of two bands, Joy Division and New Order<ref name="Phelan"/>
- Julia SutcliffeTemplate:Spaced ndash engineer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- John ThawTemplate:Spaced ndash actor; known for his roles in The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> born in Longsight, brought up in Burnage
- Katie ThistletonTemplate:Spaced ndash CBBC presenter and Radio 1 DJ
- John ThomasTemplate:Spaced ndash recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Edmund ThomsonTemplate:Spaced ndash cricketer and British Army officer
- J. J. ThomsonTemplate:Spaced ndash 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Shayne WardTemplate:Spaced ndash singer who won the second series of The X Factor
- Mabel Tylecote Template:Spaced ndash adult educationnist
- Simon Webbe Template:Spaced ndash singer/songwriter. Member of boyband Blue
- Danny WebberTemplate:Spaced ndash footballer, formerly of Manchester United and Sheffield United
- Danny WelbeckTemplate:Spaced ndash footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Sir Joseph Whitworth<ref>Bradshaw, L. D. (1985) Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester; Radcliffe: Neil Richardson, Template:ISBN</ref>
- Andy WilliamsTemplate:Spaced ndash drummer and vocalist of the Doves<ref name="Doves - Music - Guardian"/>
- Jez WilliamsTemplate:Spaced ndash guitarist/songwriter of the Doves<ref name="Doves - Music - Guardian"/>
- Tony Wilson Template:Spaced ndash co-founder of Factory Records and Granada Reports reporter
- Michael WoodTemplate:Spaced ndash historian and broadcaster; has presented numerous television documentary series, and made over 80 documentary films<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Alan WrenTemplate:Spaced ndash known as Reni; drummer of the Stone Roses<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Katie ZelemTemplate:Spaced ndash footballer for England Template:Div col end
See also
References
- Bibliography