- David Chaytor
David Michael Chaytor (August 3, 1949) is a British politician, the Labour Member of Parliament for Bury North. - David Crausby
David Anthony Crausby (born 17 June 1946) is a British politician and the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bolton North East. - Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 - 2 July 1850) was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from December 10, 1834 to April 8, 1835, and again from August 30, 1841 to June 29, 1846. He helped create the modern concept of the police force while Home Secretary, oversaw the formation of the Conservative Party out of the shattered Tory Party, and repealed the Corn Laws. - Phil Neville
Philip John "Phil" Neville (born January 21, 1977 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer, who has spent most of his professional career at Manchester United, the team he joined as a youngster, but now plays for Everton. He is younger brother of Manchester United captain Gary Neville, and the twin of England netball international Tracey Neville. A versatile player, Neville was much-decorated during his United career, winning six Premiership titles, … - Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville (born February 18, 1975 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer who is England's most capped right full back, and Manchester United's club captain. Neville started his career at Old Trafford as a central defender, but was later converted into a full back because it was felt he may have been too short to play centrally. - John Kay
John Kay (June 17, 1704 - 1780) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He was born in Bury, Lancashire, England. The flying shuttle greatly accelerated the speed at which weaving could be performed by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads more quickly and over a greater width of cloth. - Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954 in Bury, Lancashire, England), known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English barrister. She is married to Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister. - Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actress, and is also a glamour model. - Paul Mullin
Paul Mullin is an English footballer currently playing for Accrington Stanley. He is the brother of Tranmere Rovers midfielder John Mullin. Mullin joined Stanley from Radcliffe Borough in August 2000, for a fee of £15,000, when Stanley were in the UniBond League First Division. On April 14, 2007, Mullin broke Chris Grimshaw's record for club appearances for Accrington Stanley (362), in a 4-1 victory against Grimsby Town, … - Noble
Martin Noble (stage name Noble) is the lead guitarist with UK indie rock band British Sea Power. Born and raised in Bury, Greater Manchester, his first musical experience was as keyboard player in Blind, a band he formed with school friends. He joined British Sea Power after meeting Yan, the band's lead vocalist, whilst studying at Reading University. As well as guitar he also plays piano and keyboards on many British Sea Power recordings. - Suzanne Shaw
Suzanne Shaw (born Suzanne Croshaw on September 29 1981 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England) is an English actress, television personality and sometime singer most famous for winning the first series of the talent contest "Popstars" and so subsequently being a member of the band Hear'Say. - Jason Jarrett
Jason Jarrett (born September 14 1979 in Bury) is an English professional footballer who plays in midfield, currently on loan at Leicester City. Prior to joining Preston, he played for Blackpool, Wrexham, Wigan, Stoke and Norwich. He had limited first-team opportunities at Carrow Road, and was loaned out twice, to Plymouth and then Preston. He helped Preston push on to gain a place in the Championship play-offs, … - Ralf Little
Ralf Little (born 8 February 1980 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English actor, working mainly on television. He is perhaps best known for playing Anthony Royle, the son on the series "The Royle Family". More recently he has starred in the sitcom "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", and Sky One's The Match. He has also appeared in a few films, including "24 Hour Party People" and Al's Lads. - Alistair Burt
Alistair James Hendrie Burt (born May 25, 1955) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire. - Antony Cotton
Antony Cotton (born Antony Dunn on August 5 1975, Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actor best known for his roles in "Coronation Street" and the original UK version of "Queer as Folk". - Alec Lindsay
Alexander Lindsay (born 27 February 1948) was a strong full back who played for the successful Liverpool team of the 1970s. - Jane Danson
Jane Danson is the stage name of actress "Jane Dawson" (born November 8, 1978) is an English actress. She was born in Bury, Greater Manchester - Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn (November 15 1890-January 11 1969) was a British writer, most famous for her "Just William" humorous short stories. - Andy Goram
Andrew Lewis Goram (b. April 13, 1964 in Bury, Lancashire, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for both Oldham Athletic A.F.C. and Hibernian F.C. but is best remembered for having played for Rangers F.C. during which time he was known to teammates simply as "The Goalie". In 2001 he was voted Rangers' greatest ever goalkeeper by the fans. After his time with Rangers he had short spells at Motherwell F.C., Notts County, … - Reg Harris
Reginald - 'Reg' - Hargreaves Harris (March 1, 1920 - June 22, 1992) was a leading English track racing cyclist in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the world amateur sprint title in 1947, two Olympic silver medals in 1948, and the professional title in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954. His ferocious will to win made him a household name in the 1950s, but he also surprised many with a comeback more than 20 years later, winning a British title in 1974 at the age of 54. - Peter Skellern
Peter Skellern is an English singer/songwriter and pianist. He was born on 14 March 1947 in Bury, Lancashire, and attended the Derby Grammar School (now the Derby High School). His first hit was "You're a Lady", in 1972, which reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number fifty in the U.S.. In 1978 he also had a minor hit with "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" (which featured a backing by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band), … - Ben Thornley
Benjamin Thornley (born April 21, 1975) in Bury, England, is a footballer who currently plays for Salford City in the North West Counties Football League Division One. He is without doubt most widely known for his career as a youth and reserve team player at Manchester United, where he played the position left-wing from 1992 to 1998, but he has also served in the position of forward, and with several other teams. At one point in time, he seriously injured his knee. - Tracey Neville
Tracey Neville (born 21 January, 1977 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is one of England's best netball players, playing for her country 49 times. She has represented her country since 1993 and has competed for England in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her positions are wing attack and goal attack. Tracey is the twin sister of footballer Phil Neville, and the younger sister of Gary Neville. - James Bateman
James Bateman (July 18 1812 - November 27 1897) was an accomplished horticulturist and landowner. He developed Biddulph Grange after moving there around 1840, from nearby Knypersley Hall. He created the gardens at famous Biddulph with the aid of his friend and painter of seascapes John Cooke. Born at Redivals near Bury in Lancashire, he matriculated from Lincoln College, Oxford in 1829, graduating from Magdalen College with a BA in 1834 and an MA in 1845. - Ian Wallace
Ian Wallace (born September 29, 1946 in Bury, Lancashire, England, died February 22, 2007 in Los Angeles) was a rock drummer and session musician, best known as a member of progressive rock group King Crimson from 1971-1972. Wallace formed his first band, The Jaguars, at school, before going on to join The Warriors with Jon Anderson in his pre-Yes days. (Wallace later played with Yes once in November 1968 during Bill Bruford's hiatus from the band.) From The Warriors, … - Gordon Crosse
Gordon Crosse (born December 1, 1937) is an English composer and music technologist. Crosse was born in Bury, Lancashire and in 1961 graduated from Oxford University with a first class honours degree in Music. He then undertook two years of postgraduate research on early fifteenth-century music before beginning an academic career at the University of Birmingham. Subsequent employment included posts at the Universities of Essex, Cambridge and California. - Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen (born in Bury, Lancashire on 3 January 1965) is an English comedian. She has appeared in many sketch shows, including "Smack the Pony", "Goodness Gracious Me" and "The All Star Comedy Show". She has also appeared in many television dramas including "Dalziel and Pascoe" and "Coronation Street". She appeared in Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse. - Layton Williams
Layton Williams, Billy Elliot, 2006, [http://www.billyelliotfans.com The Billy Elliot Fansite]Layton Williams (born 13th September 1994) is an English stage actor and one of the boys who plays the lead character of Billy Elliot in "Billy Elliot the Musical" at the Victoria Palace theatre in London's West End,mixed race Layton is known to be the first black boy and the second non- white skinnedcaucasian (after Matthew Koon, who was born to Chinese parents), … - Andy May
Andy May (born Bury, February 26, 1964) was an English football player who played for Manchester City F.C. between 1980 and 1987 before joining Huddersfield Town. He played 150 times for Manchester City F.C. scoring 8 goals. He currently commentates on games of the club on BBC GMR. - David Allan
David Allan (born in Bury, Lancashire on 7 August 1940, educated at Bury Grammar School) is a British television announcer and radio presenter. After nine years working in theatre as a stage manager, he began broadcasting on the offshore station Radio 390 in 1966, before joining BBC Radio 2 to present country music programmes throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and part of the 1980s. From 1969 to 1994 he also worked as a continuity announcer on BBC Television. - Mike Cohen
Mike Cohen is a British journalist, born in Bury 1967. He is deputy editor of the Jewish Telegraph group of newspapers. Mike Cohen started his career as a trainee journalist for the Jewish Telegraph, based in Manchester, in May 1987. He was probably the first journalist to interview Sacha Baron Cohen in September 1996, before he created Ali G. Has also interviewed, amongst others, Fish (singer) former lead singer of Marillion, Lenny Kravitz, Amy Winehouse, Ben Kweller, … - Ross Little
Ross Little (born July 13, 1990 in Manchester, now lives in Bury, Lancashire) is an English television actor and badminton player. As well as being an actor for the BBC on the highly successful television show "Born and Bred", he plays badminton at international level for the England U16 team, and for his school Bury Grammar School. Ross' older brother Ralf starred in the programme "The Royle Family" and "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps". - Steve Halliwell
Steve Halliwell (born March 21, 1954 in Bury, Lancashire) is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's "Emmerdale" as farmer Zak Dingle. - Steven Hogg
Steven Hogg (born October 11985 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Gretna. He is a midfielder. He began his career as a trainee with Manchester United but was rejected after one year. Liverpool offered him a trial, but chose not to sign him, and Shrewsbury Town offered him a two-year contract before the start of the 2005-06 season. - Vicky Binns
Vicky Binns (born 27 August 1982 in Tottington, Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actress who is best known for her roles in the two veteran ITV Soap Operas "Coronation Street" and "Emmerdale". In "Coronation Street" she currently plays a character called Molly Compton and in "Emmerdale" she played Ollie Reynolds from 1999 to 2003. - James Worrall
James Worrall (born June 23, 1914) is a Canadian lawyer, Olympic athlete and sports administrator. Born in Bury, Lancashire, England, he emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1922. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1935. He received his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and went on to practice law in Toronto. A track and field athlete, he was the Canadian team flag bearer at the 1936 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies. - Ian Robins
Ian Robins (born 1952 in Bury) was a professional footballer who played for Oldham Athletic, Bury and Huddersfield Town. - Steve Kirby
Steven Paul Kirby born 4 October 1977, Bury, Lancashire, England is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Yorkshire, England A and Gloucestershire. - Joseph Proudman
Professor Joseph Proudman (December 30, 1888 - June 26, 1975), CBE, FRS was a distinguished British mathematician and oceanographer of international repute. His theoretical studies into the oceanic tides not only "solved practically all the remaining tidal problems which are soluble within the framework of classical hydrodynamics and analytical mathematics" but laid the basis of a tidal prediction service (developed with A. T. Doodson) of great international importance. - Joseph E. Shaw
Joseph E. "Joe" Shaw (May 7, 1883 - September 1963) was an English football player and coach. Born in Bury, Lancashire, Shaw first played for his home club, Bury, and then Accrington Stanley, helping the side win the Lancashire Combination. Shaw then moved south to London, joining Woolwich Arsenal in 1907. He made his debut against Preston North End on September 28, 1907, …
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