- Russell Watson
Russell Watson (born on 24 November 1966) is a British tenor from England who has released singles and albums of both operatic-style and pop songs. An album planned for November 2006 was delayed due to the removal of a benign brain tumour. This latest album, entitled "That's Life", was eventually released on 5 March 2007. - Hazel Blears
Hazel Anne Blears MP (born May 14, 1956) is a British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. She was Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair between May 5 2006 and June 24, 2007. Since June 27, 2007 she has served as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is well-known for his roles in several high-profile films, and in 2005 he became the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who". - John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is an English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester. He is often referred to as a punk poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s amidst the flourishing punk movement. His recorded output has mainly centred around musical backing from The Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson and Steve Hopkins. - Peter Hook
Peter "Hooky" Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English bass player. He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook has played the bass with them throughout their career. He has also recorded two albums each with the bands Revenge and Monaco (both as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist). - Albert Finney
Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated English actor of Irish descent. Hailed as a "second Olivier" as a young stage actor in the late 1950's, Finney rose to movie star fame in the early 1960's. Although his early fame was later tempered by long absences from major motion pictures, he continues to earn awards and acclaim in a varied 50-year career on stage, films, and television. - Jamie Moore
Jamie Moore (born 4 November, 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer who lives in Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but could compete at divisions either side. - Robert Powell
Robert Powell (born June 1, 1944), is a well-known English television and film actor, known for the title role in "Jesus of Nazareth" and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. - Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (b. 8 September 1934), is an English composer and conductor. - Tim Burgess
Tim Burgess (born Timothy Allan Burgess on May 30 1967, in Salford, Lancashire, England) is the lead singer of British rock/indie act The Charlatans. He joined the Charlatans in 1989 and was signed, with the band, by Beggars Banquet Records in 1990. Prior to this he was the lead singer in The Electric Crayons. Tim also Featured on Saint Etienne's 1993 Christmas single "I was born on Christmas day". - Ewan Maccoll
Ewan MacColl (25 January, 1915 - 22 October, 1989) was a British folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was the father of Kirsty MacColl. - Eddie Colman
Eddie Colman (November 1 1936 - February 6 1958) was an English football player and one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. Colman was born in Salford and joined the Manchester United's youth team on leaving school in the summer of 1952. He became a first-team member during the 1955-56 season. Over the next two-and-a-half years he made 107 first-team appearances, scoring two goals, … - Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson (born 18 February 1953) is a British poet born in Salford, Lancashire. With the exception of five years, he grew up in Liverpool. He graduated from the University of York in 1974. In the 1970s he edited the poetry magazine "Perfect Bound" and helped organize several Cambridge International Poetry Festivals. He was awarded a doctorate in 1981 for a thesis on the poetry of Donald Davie, Roy Fisher and Charles Tomlinson. - Danny Simpson
Daniel "Danny" Simpson (born January 4, 1987) is an English football player who plays right fullback. He was born in Salford, Greater Manchester. As a youth he played for Parkwyddn A.F.C. in Eccles before being picked up by Manchester United. Simpson is a product of the Manchester United youth system, having come up through the ranks into the reserve squad in 2005. He has yet to make an appearance for the first team. In early January 2006 he was sent on loan, … - Phil Bardsley
Phillip "Phil" Anthony Bardsley (born 28 June 1985 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer (although he is also eligible to play for Scotland). He attended Hope High School, Salford, along with former United team-mates Mark Howard and Mark Redshaw. Bardsley started his career with Charlestown Lads Club before signing for Manchester United. Bardsley currently plays for FA Premier League club Aston Villa on loan from Manchester United. - Shelagh Delaney
Shelagh Delaney (born November 25, 1939), is a British playwright of Irish descent, best known for her debut work, "A Taste Of Honey". Born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, she attended three different primary schools. After failing the eleven-plus examination to qualify for grammar school, she went to Broughton Secondary School, where she saw her first stage production, an amateur performance of Shakespeare's "Othello". - James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule, FRS (December 24, 1818 - October 11, 1889) was an English physicist, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work (see energy). This led to the theory of conservation of energy, which led to the development of the first law of thermodynamics. The SI derived unit of energy, the joule, is named after him. He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop the absolute scale of temperature, … - Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke KBE (November 20, 1908 - March 30, 2004) was a British-American journalist and broadcaster. Born in England, he became a naturalized American citizen, and lived in New York City with his family for most of his adult life. - Walter Greenwood
Walter Greenwood (December 17, 1903 - September 13, 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel "Love on the Dole" (1933). Greenwood was born in Hankey Park, Salford in Lancashire, the son of radical working class parents. Like many children he left school at the age of 13. He took a succession of low paid jobs, and continued to educate himself in Salford Public Library. - Terry Eagleton
Terry Eagleton (born 22 February, 1943 in Salford, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England) is a British literary critic. - Geoff Bent
Geoffrey Bent (27 September 1932 - 6 February 1958) was one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. - Ayub Khan-Din
Ayub Khan-Din (1961 -) is a playwright and actor, who was born in Salford, Lancashire, England. As an actor, Khan-Din is best-known for the role of Sammy in Hanif Kureishi's "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" (1987). He is also an award-winning playwright, best known for "East is East" which was also released as a film in 1999, starring Om Puri. His latest work, the play "Rafta, Rafta...", is a comic adaptation of "All in Good Time", … - John Motson
John Walker Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Lancashire), known as Motty, is an English football commentator. The son of a Methodist minister, 'Motty' was educated at Culford School, where much to his disdain rugby, hockey and cricket were played and football not. He was in the same year as Gary Newbon, who still holds the record for the most appearances in the school's 1st XV rugby. - John Virgo
John Virgo (born 3 March, 1946, in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an English former professional snooker player and more recently a snooker commentator and TV personality. John Virgo turned professional in 1976. His fortunes peaked in 1979, when he reached the semi-final of the World Championship, and then went on to win the UK Championship (though this was not a ranking event at the time). He reached number 10 in the rankings the next season. - Mike Sweeney
Mike Sweeney - the broadcaster and radio DJ, was born in Rudman Street, Salford on 15th September 1947. He attended Mount Carmel School, after which he worked at AEI in Trafford Park, before becoming a plate-layer at the docks, a labourer, a miner and then a computer programmer, while performing in a local pop group known as the Salford jets, as singer and songwriter during the late 70's and early 80's, who had one hit that reached #75 in the UK charts in 1980. - William Roberts
William "Bill" Roberts (April 5, 1912 - December 5, 2001) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Salford, Lancashire, William Roberts won the British AAA championships in 440 yd in 1935 and 1937. At the 1934 British Empire Games, Roberts finished second in 440 yd behind Godfrey Rampling, but turned the silver into the gold medal in the next British Empire Games in 1938 in Sydney, Australia. - John Thomson
John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer, April 2, 1969) is an English actor and stand-up comedian, known for his roles in "The Fast Show" and "Cold Feet". - Dave Sharp
Dave Sharp, (born in the Kerzal district of Salford, Lancashire, 28 January 1959) is an English guitarist, most noted for co-founding along with Mike Peters, The Alarm. He picked up the guitar in his early teens and from the onset was influenced by Woodstock-era rock bands of the late 60s/early 70s. In the mid-70s, Sharp formed various experimental punk rock bands, often based in the area around Rhyl where childhood friend Nigel Twist was now living. - William Webb Ellis
William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 - January 24, 1872) is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. The story of how he founded the game is apocryphal. Nevertheless his name is firmly established in the lore of rugby football. He has become immortalised by the William Webb Ellis Cup presented to the winners of the Rugby World Cup. Even if Webb Ellis could be credited with introducing running with the ball in hand, … - Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born) is a British actress. Born in Salford, she was brought up in Stockport, and initially appeared in bit parts in soap operas, especially "Coronation Street" and "Emmerdale". Her film roles include an early, non-speaking part in Pink Floyd's "The Wall"; as a young Beatles fan in Birth of the Beatles', the fantasy adventure "Willow"; the mystery noir "Shattered" and the role of Christine Keeler in "Scandal", … - Bez
Bez now co-fronts his new band, Domino Bones, with Monica Ward. On guitar is Wags of Black Grape fame with Rob from the Boo Radleys on drums and the Bodines Winker on bass. Their single "Rattle My Head" was produced and guested on by Shaun Ryder. They were the first unsigned band to be shown on and supported by VH2 and MTV2. - Thomas Worthington
Thomas Worthington was an eminent 19th century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in his native Salford. - Clinton Ford
Clinton Ford (born Ian George Stopford Harrison, 4 November 1931, in Salford, Lancashire) was a popular British singer of the 20th century. He began his recording career as Clinton Ford with the Oriole record label, where he recorded his best-known song, "Fanlight Fanny". His career outlasted many of his contemporaries, with his singles appearing in the UK Singles Chart over a span of more than eight years. - John Anderson
John Anderson, (born October 11, 1921 in Salford, Lancashire), was an English football player. Anderson was a winger with Manchester United whose career started in 1946. He helped the club win the 1948 FA Cup with a goal in the final against Blackpool. - Gerry Sutcliffe
Gerard Sutcliffe (born May 13, 1953), known as Gerry Sutcliffe, is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Born in Salford, Sutcliffe was educated in Bradford at Cardinal Hinsley Grammar School, but left aged sixteen, and then worked as a salesman and for a printers company, … - Stephen Gallagher
Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English writer. He has written several novels and television scripts, including for the BBC television series "Doctor Who" - for which he wrote two serials, "Warriors' Gate" (1981) and "Terminus" (1983) - as well as for the series "Rosemary & Thyme" and "Bugs", for two seasons of which he was script consultant along with Brian Clemens. - Jon Christos
Jon Christos of Salford, England, (born March 23, 1976) is a singer, pianist, arranger, and conductor. The classically-trained tenor is best noted for his recordings of operatic music. - Don Whillans
Don Whillans (18 May 1933 - 4 August1985) was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. Born and raised in a two-up two-down house in Salford, Lancashire, he climbed with both Joe Brown and Chris Bonington on many new routes, and was considered the technical equal of both. He was an apprentice plumber when he first starting his climbing career with Joe Brown in 1951. Don met Joe Brown while climbing one day. When Joe's climbing partner failed to follow Joe up a new route, … - Liam Dickinson
Liam Dickinson (born 1985 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is an English football player. He plays as a striker for Stockport County, whom he joined at the very end of 2005 from local side Woodley Sports. His tally of 7 goals at the end of the 2005-06 season played a large part in the club's survival in League 2. Liam went to Hope High School in Salford. Before joining Woodley, Liam played his junior Club football for local teams, … - Mark Hendrick
Mark Phillip Hendrick (born November 2, 1958) British politician and is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Preston. Mark Hendrick, who is half-Somali, was born in Salford, …
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