- Ruth Kelly
Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a British politician. She is the Member of Parliament for the Bolton West constituency representing the Labour Party. She was Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2004-2006, and in the May 2006 reshuffle was made Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women and Equality. - Amir Khan
Amir Kahn (born December 8, 1986) is a British boxer from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He is the IBF inter-continental light welterweight champion, the current Commonwealth lightweight champion, and is ranked #10 in the WBO world lightweight rankings. He went to Devonshire Road Primary School, Smithills High School and Bolton Community College in Bolton. He was a hyperactive child and "a born fighter", according to his father, … - 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. - Jim Dobbin
James "Jim" Dobbin (born May 26, 1941) British politician and microbiologist. He is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton. - Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Gough (nicknamed Badly Drawn Boy), was born 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England. He is an indie singer/songwriter. - Beverley Hughes
Beverley June Hughes (born March 30, 1950) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston (in Greater Manchester). She is a member of the governing Labour Party and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom since 2004. Since 17 June 2005 she has been Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families) at the Department for Education and Skills. - Ricky Hatton
Richard "Ricky" Hatton MBE (born October 6 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) is an English boxer. Hatton is a two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and beat Juan Urango. He was the WBA Welterweight Champion, but relinquished this title on 31 August 2006. Hatton is also the former WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion. - Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actress, and is also a glamour model. - Ian Brady
Ian Brady (born Ian Duncan Stewart on January 2, 1938 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) is a notorious Scottish serial killer. Brady is known primarily for his role in a series of murders that took place in Greater Manchester between 1963 and 1965. These were dubbed the Moors murders, as several victims were buried along the Saddleworth Moor near Oldham in Lancashire. - Richard Ashcroft
Richard Paul Ashcroft (born September 11 1971 in Billinge Maternity Hospital in Billinge Higher End, Lancashire (now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock band that he helped form in 1989. After that band's demise in 1999, Ashcroft embarked on a successful solo career, before reuniting again with The Verve in June 2007. - Anna Friel
Anna Friel (born 12 July, 1976 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is an English actress. - 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, … - Nicky Adams
Nicholas William "Nicky" Adams (born 16 October 1986 in Bolton, England) is an English footballer, currently playing as a central midfielder for Bury. He progressed through the club's Youth and Centre of Excellence system and shot to fame with a debut goal against Darlington as he made his first team bow in a 1-0 home win in October 2005. *Even though was born in England, he plays for Wales internationally. - 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", … - 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. - Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (born 28 August 1950, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a politician in England. He has been Labour member of Parliament for Eccles, Greater Manchester, since 1997, and had previously worked for the TGWU. - Gary Titley
Gary Titley (born January 19, 1950 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is a British politician, currently leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England. He is a former director of the West Midlands Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands Co-op Finance Company and the Black Country Co-op Development Agency. - Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood OBE is a BAFTA award winning English comedian, actor, singer and writer born 19 May 1953 in Prestwich Village, Greater Manchester. She has written and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live stand-up comedy act is interspersed with songs of her own composition, which she accompanies on piano. - 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. - Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder (aka X) (born Shaun William Ryder on August 23, 1962, in Little Hulton, near Salford, Lancashire) is an English singer and songwriter and an ex postman who became famous in the "Madchester" era band Happy Mondays. His lyrics, dismissed by some as drug induced gibberish, also received critical praise for their wit and musical fusion with the sound of the band. - Patsy Calton
Patsy Calton (19 September 1948 - 29 May 2005) (born Patricia Yeldon) was a British politician, and was a Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Cheadle in Greater Manchester. She was first elected at the 2001 general election, with a 33 vote majority over the sitting Conservative MP Stephen Day. She held her seat in the 2005 general election with a majority of 4,020 votes over Stephen Day, … - David Heyes
David Alan Heyes (born April 2, 1946) is a British politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne. David Heyes was born in Manchester and was educated at the city's Blackley Technical High School and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the Open University. He joined the Manchester City Council in 1962 as a local government officer, before joining the Greater Manchester County Council in 1974. - The Chameleons
The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were a dream pop/post-punk band that formed in Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England in 1981 (see 1981 in music). They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever. The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980's, to solid critical acclaim. - Stefan Kiszko
Stefan Ivan Kiszko, a tax clerk, was the subject of an infamous miscarriage of justice in the United Kingdom. He was wrongly convicted of the sexual assault and murder of 11-year old Lesley Molseed, which took place on 5 October 1975 in Rochdale, Lancashire. - Nicky Hunt
Nicholas "Nicky" Hunt (born September 3, 1983 in Westhoughton, near Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) is an English footballer who plays right back for Bolton Wanderers. He wears the number 2 shirt for the club. - Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s. Radcliffe was born in Bolton, Lancashire (now part of Greater Manchester), educated at the independent fee-paying Bolton School and took an interest in music from a young age; playing drums in several bands. In some respects he is a very traditional British DJ, with a wide knowledge of rock and pop. - Frank Sidebottom
Frank Sidebottom is a persona created and performed by English comedian and musician Chris Sievey. Frank is instantly recognisable by his spherical papier-mâché head (styled like an early Max Fleischer , Disney or Merrie Melodies cartoon), worn by Sievey during performances. Frank also usually wears a sharp suit, in a 1950s style. The concept behind Frank is that he's an aspiring pop star from Timperley (a village in Altrincham, Greater Manchester). - Rahan Arshad
Rahan Arshad (born 1970) is a convicted murderer of his wife and three children, who were found dead in their home in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester in August 2006. On 13 March 2007, Arshad was jailed for life, for the murders of his wife and three children. - Louise Brown
Louise Joy Brown (born July 25, 1978, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) was the world's first baby to be conceived by "in vitro" fertilisation, or IVF. Brown was born to Lesley and John Brown, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but without success because of Lesley's blocked Fallopian tubes. On November 10, 1977, Lesley Brown underwent the procedure by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. Although the Browns knew the procedure was experimental, … - 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. - Sajid Mahmood
Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born 21 December, 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. He is a right-arm fast bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire. - Martin Gleeson
Martin Gleeson is a rugby league player from Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. He is rated as one of the top centres in international rugby league, his defining characteristic being an outstanding side-step; he also has a sound defensive technique. Gleeson was born in Wigan on 28 May, 1980. Much of his early rugby development took place in Australia, where he emigrated with his family at age 9 to live in Queensland. - John Rigby
Saint John Rigby was an English Catholic and martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Rigby was born at Harrock Hall, Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire, the fifth or sixth son of Nicholas Rigby, by his wife Mary, the daughter of Oliver Breres of Preston. Rigby was working for Sir Edmund Huddleston, whose daughter Mrs. Fortescue was summoned to the Old Bailey for recusancy. - James Anderton
Sir James Cyril Anderton CBE (born May 24, 1932) is a former British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Greater Manchester from 1975 to 1991. His time in the post was controversial because of his reactionary views and rampant homophobia. Born in Wigan and educated in local schools, he served in the military police before joining the civil force in 1953. - Sarah Harding
Sarah Nicole Harding is an English singer in the girl group Girls Aloud, and model. Harding grew up as a Catholic in Heald Green, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, and is the oldest member of Girls Aloud. - John Spencer
John Spencer (born 18 September 1935, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England; died 11 July 2006, Bolton, Greater Manchester) was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game in the 1970s along with Ray Reardon. Spencer was born in Radcliffe (now part of Greater Manchester, formerly districted in Lancashire). He started his snooker career at the age of 15. Snooker was in decline during Spencer's youth, and he did not turn professional until his early 30s, … - Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David Jones, commonly known as Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. McFly rose to fame after former band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. Danny entered McFly by luck. - Michelle Marsh
Michelle Marsh (b. 30 September 1982) is an English glamour model noted for her large, natural breasts. - Vernon Kay
Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) is an English TV presenter and DJ. His first TV presenting job was on the BBC children's show FBI, a spin-off of "Fully Booked". He hosted the television show "Hit Me Baby One More Time" which first aired on British television in 2005. The show was then picked up by NBC for the United States, which Kay also hosted. Vernon Kay is a former host of T4. - Mike Davies
Michael "Mike" Davies (born January 19 1966 in Stretford, Greater Manchester) is an English former professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his eleven-year playing career with Blackpool, for whom he has been a coach since his retirement from playing in 1995. He currently coaches the Blackpool reserve team. Davies was a successful product of Blackpool's youth system, and made over 300 appearances for the Seasiders.
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