This is a list of people from Manchester, a city in North West England. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:
- Dave Haslam - DJ and music writer. Author of the book "Manchester, England: The Story of a Pop Cult City," awarded Sunday Times Music Book of the Year. Best known for his four hundred plus DJ stints at the The Hacienda during the 'Madchester' years.
- Brian Kidd - An English football coach and former player. He was assistant manager to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in the 1990s. He was also a member of the Manchester United team that won the European Cup in 1968.[8]
Beyonce Knowles - Nobby Stiles MBE - Collyhurst - An English former football midfielder. He was the toothless midfield ballwinner of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad. Stiles, Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan are the only Englishmen to have won both World and European Cups.[17]
- John Thaw - actor best known for his roles in The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC.[18]
- J. J. Thomson - A physicist and Nobel laureate, credited for the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer. He was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and his work on the conduction of electricity in gases.[19]
[edit] See also List of people from Greater Manchester [edit] References - Notes
- ^ Bracegirdle, Cyril (1973), The Dark River: The Irwell, Altrincham: Sherratt, p. 133, ISBN 0-85427-033-7
- ^ Cartwright, Garth (2007-07-25), Obituary: Don Arden, guardian.co.uk, http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2133861,00.html, retrieved 2008-01-08
- ^ Michael Atherton player profile, Cricinfo.com, http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2005/aug/07/features.sport13 Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
- ^ Lewis 2002, p. 67.
- ^ "John Cassidy". http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/twobios.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Kermond, Clare (15 July 2004). "Seeds of sanity". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/14/1089694412847.html. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ a b Oasis' Noel Gallagher slams Mick Hucknall after Manchester comment, NME, 22 November 2008, http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/41231 Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
- ^ A new Kidd in town, TheFA.com, http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2003/01 Retrieved January 2009.
- ^ Richard W. Stevenson (8 August 1995), Lord Lever, Millionaire Adviser To British Laborites, Dies at 81, New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DA103CF93BA3575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon= Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
- ^ David Lloyd George, BBC Online, http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/public_life/lloydgeorge.shtml Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
- ^ PR-inside.com (2007-06-18). "Controversial British comedian Bernard Manning dies at 76". http://www.pr-inside.com/controversial-british-comedian-bernard-manning-r157083.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ^ "Race-row comedian Bernard Manning dies". The Independent. 2007-06-19. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/racerow-comedian-bernard-manning-dies-704824.html. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ^ IMDB, Ian McShane - Biography, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/bio Retrieved Retrieved 11th Aug 2009.
- ^ Bartley, pp. 18–19; Purvis 2002, p. 9; Phillips, p. 145.
- ^ Radioproducer, podcaster and author.
- ^ Petri Liukkonen, Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/quincey.htm Retrieved Retrieved 3rd January 2009.
- ^ Wembley, End of an Era, BBC Sport, 1 October, 2000, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/wembley/948180.stm Retrieved January 2009
- ^ Tom Vallance (23 February 2002), John Thaw obituary, The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-thaw-729775.html Retrieved on 21 December 2008.
- ^ Unknown (23 February 2002.), J.J. Thomson - Nobel Prize, Nobelprize.org, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1906/thomson-bio.html Retrieved 3rd January 2009.
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