- Wes Brown
Wesley "Wes" Michael Brown (born October 13, 1979 in Longsight, Manchester) is an English football player who plays for Manchester United. As a child Wes played for Fletcher Moss Rangers FC, based in Manchester.
- Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis was the vocalist, lyricist and occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England.
- David Gill
David A. Gill (born 5 August 1957 in Reading, Berkshire) is currently Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club, vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee, and a member of The Football Association's board.
- Gary Megson
Gary Megson (born 2 May 1959 in Manchester) is a former English footballer and manager. He is currently without a job, having left Nottingham Forest by mutual consent in February 2006. As a player, he is arguably best remembered from his days at Sheffield Wednesday, where his father Don Megson also played in the 1960s. As manager he enjoyed his most successful spell at West Bromwich Albion, whom he twice got promoted to the Premiership.
- Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October, 1963 in Ardwick) is an English guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer. He is currently a member of Modest Mouse and residing in Portland, Oregon. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, where he formed a highly influential songwriting partnership with Morrissey
- David Jones
David Jones (25 October 1834 - 2 December 1906) was locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland. He was credited with the design of the first British 4-6-0 which was strongly influenced by a Scottish locomotive design for Indian Railways. Born in Manchester, where his father was an engineer, Jones spent part of his apprenticeship under John Ramsbottom, the district superintendent of the North Eastern Division of London and North Western Railway.
- Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke (born Andrew Michael Rourke, 17 January 1964, in Manchester, England) is a bass guitarist best known for being a former member of The Smiths.
- Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson (born 24 August, 1942 in Manchester, brought up in Prestwich), is a British author who has written comic novels involving Jewish characters. He was educated at Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied under F. R. Leavis. He lectured for three years at the University of Sydney before returning to England to teach at Selwyn College, Cambridge. His later teaching assignments included, in the 1970s, …
- David Gray
David Gray (born June 13, 1968 in Sale) is an English singer-songwriter who came to mainstream recognition with his 1999 album "White Ladder".
- William Henry
William Henry (December 12, 1775-September 2, 1836) was an English chemist. William Henry, the son of Thomas Henry (1734-1816), an apothecary and writer on chemistry, was born in Manchester. He began to study medicine at Edinburgh in 1795, taking his doctor's degree in 1807, but ill-health interrupted his practice as a physician, and he devoted his time mainly to chemical research, especially with regard to gases.
- Mike Joyce
Mike Joyce is a drummer from Fallowfield, Manchester, England. The Smiths provided Joyce with his first taste of success, although he had previously drummed for Manchester band The Hoax, and Irish punks Victim. Joyce was a member of the Smiths throughout the band's existence (1982 - 1987). Immediately after the breakup of the band, Joyce and Smiths bassist Andy Rourke played with Sinéad O'Connor, …
- Peter Saville
Peter Saville (born 1955 in Manchester) is an English graphic designer based in London. Saville attended St Ambrose College. He studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) from 1975 to 1978.
- John Barnes
John Barnes (b. Manchester, England, May 15, 1932) is an English-born jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who played New Orleans-styled jazz in his early career. Barnes has worked with many notable artists such as Alex Welsh, Gerry Mulligan, Alan Elsdon, Spike Robinson, Bobby Wellins and Keith Nichols.
- Mick Hucknall
Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960 in, Manchester, England) is a British singer. Hucknall (also known as "Mick 'Red' Hucknall") is the lead singer of British band Simply Red.
- Phil Jagielka
Philip "Phil" Jagielka (born August 17 1982 in Sale, Greater Manchester) is an extremely versatile football player who can operate as a midfielder, defender, and even in emergencies has acted as goalkeeper (indeed, to such distinction that former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock rarely took substitute goalkeepers to Championship and even Premiership games). Jagielka currently plays for Everton for whom he signed for £4m in July, 2007.
- A Guy Called Gerald
A Guy Called Gerald is the stage name for musician, record producer and DJ Gerald Simpson from Moss Side in Manchester, United Kingdom. He has proven to be among the most innovative modern electronic music figures to emerge during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for his early work in the Manchester acid house scene in the late 1980s and the track "Voodoo Ray".
- John Thomas
John Thomas (1886 - 1954) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 31 years old, and a Lance-Corporal in the 2/5th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30 November 1917 at Fontaine, …
- Shayne Ward
Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984 in Clayton, Manchester) is an English pop singer of Irish descent who rose to prominence in the UK and Ireland after becoming the winner of the 2005 series of the talent show "The X Factor".
- Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. He was also active as a librettist, poet, pianist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, essayist, travel writer, broadcaster, translator, linguist and educationalist. Born in Harpurhey, Manchester in northwest England, he lived and worked variously in Southeast Asia, the United States and Mediterranean Europe.
- Stephen Bywater
Stephen Michael Bywater, (born June 7 1981 in Manchester), is an English football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.
- John Squire
John Squire (born John Thomas Squire on 24th November, 1962) is an English songwriter, guitarist and artist. Squire is best known as a member of the influential, indie-rock band The Stone Roses, in which he formed a songwriting partnership with Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released two solo albums. As as a contemporary of Johnny Marr of The Smiths, …
- Brian Kidd
Brian Kidd (born 29 May 1949, Collyhurst, Manchester) is an English former professional footballer, who since his retirement has worked as both a coach and manager. He is currently assistant manager at English Football League Championship side Sheffield United.
- Davy Jones
Davy Jones (born David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945) is an English-born actor and singer, best known as a member of The Monkees. He is twice divorced with four children: Talia Elizabeth (10-2-68) and Sarah Lee (7-3-71) with first wife Linda, and Jessica Lillian (9-4-81) and Annabel Charlotte (6-26-88) with second wife Anita.
- Ritchie Jones
Richard "Ritchie" Jones, (born September 26, 1986 in Manchester) is an English football player. He is a midfielder, and joined Manchester United as a junior. He mainly plays in the centre of midfield but can also play comfortably on the wing or centre half and even full back. He has yet to make his Premier League debut, though has made league starts for Colchester United and Barnsley in the 2006/07 season.
- Danny Higginbotham
Daniel John "Danny" Higginbotham (born 29 December 1978 in Manchester, England) is an English footballer who currently captains and plays as a defender for Stoke City.
- Roy Harper
Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941), is an English rock singer-songwriter / guitarist who specialises in folk music. Harper is also known for his longtime associations with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both members of the 1970s band, Led Zeppelin.
- John Martin
John Martin was a Canadian broadcaster, credited with "almost single-handedly" creating music television in Canada.
- Danny Webber
Daniel Vaughn Webber (born December 28, 1981 in Manchester) is an English football player. He is a striker for Sheffield United in the Coca Cola Championship although he has started the season playing on the right wing.
- Bryan Appleyard
Bryan Appleyard (born 24 August 1951) in Manchester, England, is a journalist and author.
- Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is a British actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus in "The Life of Brian", having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production "Ripping Yarns" episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin.
- Paul Young
Paul Young was a singer and percussionist who worked with several successful bands, including Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics. He was affectionately nicknamed "Youngy" by his Mechanics bandmates Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack (likely to avoid confusion with Carrack and the solo blue-eyed soul singer Paul Young, whose voice was similar to the late Young's). Paul Young was born in Benchill, Manchester, England. He died from a heart attack on July 15, 2000.
- Peter Noone
Peter Noone (born Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, 5 November 1947, at Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits. He is of mostly Irish and Scottish ancestry, with some Welsh roots.
- Eddie Lewis
Edward 'Eddie' Lewis (born January 3 1935 in Manchester) is an English former footballer. One of the original Busby Babes, he played for Goslings and then for the MUJACS, joining the Old Trafford ground staff in the 1947-48 season Busby Babe, Eddie Lewis signed for West Ham United from Preston North End in a swap deal that saw Frank O'Farrell move in the other direction. He helped West Ham win promotion during the 1957-58, …
- Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Davyhulme, near Manchester. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the English band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a successful solo career, racking up ten Top 10 singles in the UK.
- Jon Macken
Jonathan Paul "Jon" Macken (born September 7, 1977 in Blackley Manchester, England) is an Irish footballer with one international cap and plays as a striker. He currently plays for Derby County in the English Premier League. Although he began his career at Manchester United, he only started to play professionally after moving to Preston North End in 1997 where he scored over 70 goals, twice winning the Player of the Year award.
- James Murray
James Murray (born 22 January, 1975) is an English actor. Murray was born in Greater Manchester, his great-grandfather was Richard Hollins Murray, who invented the reflecting lens in 1927. After a childhood appearance in "Shoestring", Murray found fame as an adult in ITV1's soap opera "Coronation Street" as Sandy Hunter. He then starred in a series of both film and television pieces on both sides of the Atlantic, including "Being John Malkovich", …
- Rowetta
Rowetta Satchell (born 5th January 1966 in Manchester, England) is an English Black Jewish singer. Rowetta is most noted for her appearance on series 1 of The X Factor in the UK, in which she came fourth after Tabby Callaghan, G4 and Steve Brookstein. The exposure got her a record deal, and her first solo album Rowetta was released in October 2005 on Gut Records. Rowetta's musical career began as a professional pub singer, …
- John Thaw
John Edward Thaw CBE (3 January, 1942 - 21 February, 2002) was an English actor who achieved his first starring role in the military police television drama "Redcap" (1964 - 1966), and subsequently appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles. Thaw came from a working class background, having been born in Longsight, Manchester to parents John and Dorothy. He grew up in the Burnage area of the city.
- Marcus Intalex
Marcus Intalex is a drum and bass producer and DJ from Manchester, England. He has been working as a DJ for some 18 years. Making up one third of a drum and bass collective known as Mist:i:cal (with ST Files and Calibre he releases songs both on his own and as part of this group. He has released records on several labels inluding soul:r, Hospital Records and Metalheadz. His style is somewhat unique but has links with liquid and ambient drum and bass genres.
- David White
David White (born October 30, 1967 in Manchester) is a former English footballer, best remembered for his eight-year spell at Manchester City. He also played for Leeds and Sheffield United, and was capped once by England. David White began his career at Manchester City, where he was a member of City's "golden generation" that won the FA Youth Cup in 1986 and was expected to bring back the glory days to Maine Road. White made his debut for City's first-team the same year, …