James Hilton

James Hilton

male, deceased (1954)
Shangri La, Goodbye Mr Chips, Liver cancer death, Old Leysian, English, oscar…From Leigh, Leigh, GreaterManchester, leigh
James Hilton (September 9, 1900 - December 20, 1954) was a Oscar-winning novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which...
Pete Shelley

Pete Shelley

male, 54 years old
musician, Alumni of the University of Bolton, New Wave groups, Leigh, GreaterManchester, LGBT musician, from the United Kingdom…From Leigh, leigh
Pete Shelley (born Peter McNeish, April 17 1955 in Leigh, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the leader of...

Brian Ashton

male, 63 years old
Rugby union coach, Scotland national rugby union team, bath, Sir Clive Woodward, Leigh, GreaterManchester, Bath Rugby…From Leigh, leigh
W. Brian Ashton (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is the current England national rugby union team's Head Coach, appointed 20 December...
Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame

male, 66 years old
English, 1960s music groups, From Leigh, Keyboard instrument, Ronnie Scott, The Animals…Leigh, GreaterManchester, leigh, born in Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK
Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell, 26 June 1943, Leigh, Lancashire) is a British rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player.
Colin Welland

Colin Welland

male
Blue Remembered Hills, Chariots of Fire, Z Cars, St Helens, St Helens, Merseyside, Leigh, GreaterManchester…leigh, born in Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK
Colin Welland (born 4 July 1934 in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire) is an English actor and screenwriter. He appeared as PC David Graham...
Thomas Highs

Thomas Highs

male, 291 years old
inventor, cotton-spinning machinery, water frame, Leigh, GreaterManchester, spinning jenny, wool…leigh
Thomas Highs was a talented English reed-maker and inventor known for his creation of the spinning jenny, the throstle (a machine for the...
Tracie Bennett

Tracie Bennett

female, 48 years old
stage actor, Clapham, From Leigh, Italia Conti Academy, English, Musical theatre actor…leigh, Leigh, GreaterManchester
Tracie Bennett (born Tracey Anne Bennett, 17 June 1961, in Leigh, near Wigan, Lancashire) is an English stage and television actress. She trained...
Leah Hackett

Leah Hackett

female, 24 years old
Fred Longworth High School, multiracial, Greater Manchester, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Tyldesley, Leigh, GreaterManchester…leigh
Leah Hackett (born August 1985) is an English actress from Leigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, and brought up in Tyldesley. She attended Fred...
Pete Morgan

Pete Morgan

male, 70 years old
poet, British poetry, The Levellers, Lancastrian, Leigh, GreaterManchester, Aldborough…From Leigh, leigh
Pete Morgan (Born 1939 in Leigh near Wigan, Lancashire) is a British poet, lyricist and TV documentary author and presenter. Morgan's career as a...
John Byrom

John Byrom

male, deceased (1763)
Bolton, poet, Fellow of the Royal Society, writer, Inventor of writing systems, leigh…From Manchester, From Leigh, Leigh, GreaterManchester
John Byrom (February 29, 1692 - September 26, 1763) was an English poet.