Catherine Chisholm (born 1878 Radcliffe) British physician; first female graduate University of Manchester; key founder Manchester Babies Hospital (opened 1914)
Antony Cotton (born Anthony Dunn) (born 1975), British actor; plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street
Walter Clegg (18 April 1920–15 April 1994), British Conservative politician
John Just (1797–1852), second Master of
Bury Grammar School 1832–52; botanist; lectured at the Royal Manchester School of Medicine and Surgery; honorary professor of botany at the Royal Manchester Institution[27]
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John Kay (1704–1780), inventor of the flying shuttle; born in Walmersley[28]
Robert Kay (1728–1802), inventor of the drop box; son of John Kay
Montagu Lomax, assistant medical officer at the Prestwich Asylum, 1917–1919; exposed the inhuman, custodial and antitherapeutic practices there in his book The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor[33]
Ralf Little, actor who appeared in of The Royal Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Death in Paradise
Rico Lewis, is a Professional Footballer who currently plays for Manchester City in the Premier League
William Sturgeon (1783–1850), physicist and inventor; created the first practical electric motor and electromagnetic solenoid; lived in Prestwich and is buried in St Mary's Cemetery
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David Taylor ( born 1980) served in the British Army for 22 years.
Engineer and
researcher
Betty Tebbs (1918–2017), trades unionist, peace campaigner, women's rights campaigner
Kieran Trippier, (born 1990), international professional footballer who has played for Burnley and Tottenham before moving to Atletico Madrid in Spain and has played for England at the World Cup and euros, He went to Woodhey High school.[46]
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Emma Jane Unsworth, author; grew up in Prestwich and has also lived there as an adult[47]
^Buxton, Richard (1849). A botanical guide to the flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and algæ, found indigenous within sixteen miles of Manchester. London: Longman and Co. p. III.
^Cash, James (2011) [1873]. Where There's a Will, There's a Way!: Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 76.
ISBN978-1-108-03790-7.
^Dyer, Claire (29 September 2004).
"Obituary: Allan Levy". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^TW Harding, "Not worth powder and shot." A reappraisal of Montagu Lomax's contribution to mental health reform British Journal of Psychiatry (1990) 156: 180–187
Catherine Chisholm (born 1878 Radcliffe) British physician; first female graduate University of Manchester; key founder Manchester Babies Hospital (opened 1914)
Antony Cotton (born Anthony Dunn) (born 1975), British actor; plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street
Walter Clegg (18 April 1920–15 April 1994), British Conservative politician
John Just (1797–1852), second Master of
Bury Grammar School 1832–52; botanist; lectured at the Royal Manchester School of Medicine and Surgery; honorary professor of botany at the Royal Manchester Institution[27]
K
John Kay (1704–1780), inventor of the flying shuttle; born in Walmersley[28]
Robert Kay (1728–1802), inventor of the drop box; son of John Kay
Montagu Lomax, assistant medical officer at the Prestwich Asylum, 1917–1919; exposed the inhuman, custodial and antitherapeutic practices there in his book The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor[33]
Ralf Little, actor who appeared in of The Royal Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Death in Paradise
Rico Lewis, is a Professional Footballer who currently plays for Manchester City in the Premier League
William Sturgeon (1783–1850), physicist and inventor; created the first practical electric motor and electromagnetic solenoid; lived in Prestwich and is buried in St Mary's Cemetery
T
David Taylor ( born 1980) served in the British Army for 22 years.
Engineer and
researcher
Betty Tebbs (1918–2017), trades unionist, peace campaigner, women's rights campaigner
Kieran Trippier, (born 1990), international professional footballer who has played for Burnley and Tottenham before moving to Atletico Madrid in Spain and has played for England at the World Cup and euros, He went to Woodhey High school.[46]
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Emma Jane Unsworth, author; grew up in Prestwich and has also lived there as an adult[47]
^Buxton, Richard (1849). A botanical guide to the flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and algæ, found indigenous within sixteen miles of Manchester. London: Longman and Co. p. III.
^Cash, James (2011) [1873]. Where There's a Will, There's a Way!: Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 76.
ISBN978-1-108-03790-7.
^Dyer, Claire (29 September 2004).
"Obituary: Allan Levy". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^TW Harding, "Not worth powder and shot." A reappraisal of Montagu Lomax's contribution to mental health reform British Journal of Psychiatry (1990) 156: 180–187