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Kate O'Donnell - Greater Mancunians
Kate O’Donnell is a transgender performer, activist and theatre maker. In 2016 she founded Trans Creative arts company with the tagline “telling our own...
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Simon Martin - Greater Mancunians
Simon Martin - Michelin star chef, Mana Restaurant, Ancoats Manchester
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Sally MacDonald | Greater Mancunians
Sally MacDonald is the Director of Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. One of the most visited attractions in the region, the museum explores ideas that...
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DJ Paulette - Greater Mancunians
DJ Paulette is a renowned house music DJ and radio broadcaster. Born in Crumpsall, North Manchester in 1966 and raised in Prestwich and Fallowfield. In a...
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Sacha Lord | Greater Mancunians
Sacha Lord is the Night Time Economy Advisor for Greater Manchester and co-creator of the Parklife Festival and the Warehouse Project.
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Greater Mancunians is a landmark Manchester College, student led photography project (supported by Manchester City Council) which celebrates those people born,...
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Ron Hill | Greater Mancunians
Ron Hill MBE is known as a long distance runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon, set world records at four other...
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Anna Phylactic | Greater Mancunians
Arguably one of Manchester's most flamboyant characters and one of the LGBT communities most familiar faces, is drag queen and actor Dan Wallace, aka Anna...
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Prof Erinma Bell | Greater Mancunians
Professor Erinma Bell MBE is a peace activist recognised for her work tackling gun crime in Moss Side and Longsight.
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Tony Husband | Greater Mancunians
Tony Husband is an award winning cartoonist who’s cartoons regularly appear in newspapers, magazines and books, including Private Eye, The Times, Punch,...
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Bev Craig | Greater Mancunians
Bev Craig is Leader Manchester City Council taking over the role from Sir Richard Leese in December 2021. Bev is the city council’s first female LGBT leader.
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Ricky Hatton | Greater Mancunians
Ricky Hatton MBE was born in Stockport in 1978 and raised in Hattersley, a council estate in East Manchester. Hatton, without doubt is one of the most beloved...
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Take That | Greater Mancunians
Take That were formed in Manchester in 1990 by musical impresario Nigel Martin Smith. Auditions took place in Manchester and other surrounding cities. Gary...
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Andy Burnham | Greater Mancunians
Andy Burnham is a Labour politician and the serving Mayor of Greater Manchester since May 2017. He was previously the Member of Parliament for Leigh for 16...
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Mark Chapman | Greater Mancunians
Mark Chapman is one of the country’s leading sports presenters. He was born in Rochdale in 1973, but spent most of his youth in Sale.
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Christopher Biggins | Greater Mancunians
Christopher Biggins was born in Oldham in 1948 and later moved to Salisbury. Affectionately known as Biggins, his first lead acting role was at the age of 17...
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Martin Moscrop | Greater Mancunians
Musician and educator Martin Moscrop is a founding member of post-punk-funk band, A Certain Ratio (ACR). The band were among the first to debut on Factory...
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Miki Christi | Greater Mancunians
Miki Christi is a retail manager who owns a number of businesses in Manchester's iconic Afflecks Palace, including The Manchester Shop incorporating Manc and...
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Noel Gallagher - Greater Mancunians
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Tierney Heap | Greater Mancunians
Tierney Heap is a First Soloist of The Royal Ballet and one of the country's elite ballerinas.
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Qubek | Greater Mancunians
Russ Meehan, aka Qubek, is one Manchester's best know street artists. His Mancunian Bees have been grabbing people's attention across the city for the last few...
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Louis Dunn | Greater Mancunians
Actor Louis Dunn was born in Manchester in 2003 and plays the lead role in the hit BBC drama series Jamie Johnson. Jamie is a teenage boy living with his...
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Steve Coogan - Greater Mancunians
Steve Coogan is best known for his original character Alan Partridge and more recently his TV and cinema acting and screenwriting work in both the UK and the...
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Maria Balshaw | Greater Mancunians
Maria Balshaw CBE has been a pivotal figure in the cultural regeneration of Manchester. Not only has she had the unprecedented role of running two major...
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Javeno McLean - Greater Mancunians
Javeno McLean personal trainer
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Venessa Scott | Greater Mancunians
Venessa Scott was born in Nottingham and moved to Greater Manchester In 1997, relocating as a result of her parents following new career opportunities.
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Piccadilly Rats | Greater Mancunians
The Piccadilly Rats are a busking band who regularly perform in and around Manchester city centre. Notorious for their rough-and-ready cover versions of old...
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Martin Fry | Greater Mancunians
Martin Fry is the lead singer and founding member of ABC, one of the defining bands of the 1980s new wave and synth-pop scene. Born in Stretford, Manchester in...
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Dr Kirsty Fairclough - Greater Mancunians
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Jason Wingard | Greater Mancunians
Jason Wingard is a multi-award-winning film director, producer and writer. Born in Chorlton, Manchester in 1971.
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Brian Kidd | Greater Mancunians
Mancunian footballing legend Brian Kidd (affectionately known as Kiddo) most famously played as a striker for both Manchester United and Manchester City and...
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Ben Wallsworth | Greater Mancunians
Ben Wallsworth MBE was born in Ordsall, Salford in 1920. Ben's vision to transform the disused and desolate Salford Docks into the what we now know as Salford...
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Dave Moutrey | Greater Mancunians
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Ian Simpson | Greater Mancunians
Since the 1996 Manchester bombing by the IRA, Ian Simpson has played a leading role in the reconstruction of the city, with many of Manchester’s most notable...
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John Roadhouse - Greater Mancunians
John Roadhouse is the owner of Johnny Roadhouse Music, an icon in the musical history of the UK’s most music-obsessed city and has been a permanent fixture on...
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Lee Jeffries | Greater Mancunians
Bolton photographer Lee Jeffries, born 1971, has received international acclaim for his powerful portraits of homeless people. His work is uncompromising,...
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Alex Williams | Greater Mancunians
Alex Williams was born in Moss Side in 1961, a stone’s throw away from Manchester City’s Maine Road ground. He signed for his local club in 1979. After gaining...
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Christine Cort | Greater Mancunians
Christine Cort co-founded the biennial Manchester International Festival (MIF) in 2005 along with former CEO and Artistic Director Alex Poots. Born in...
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