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MANCHESTER
Most Famous People Born in Manchester, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 1,751
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1950
- Most distinctive
- Boxer 3.3×
The first industrial city in the world, and still the one the British music press writes about more than any other. More than a quarter of Manchester's notables are footballers, and the distinctive shelves after that are boxers and actors — the legacy of the Salford and Wythenshawe boxing clubs and a stage tradition that has fed Coronation Street for sixty years. Emmeline Pankhurst, the Pankhurst daughters, David Lloyd George, and the Manchester University labs that built the world's first stored-program computer all belong to this bench too.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Manchester during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Manchester Is Known For
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Football is Manchester's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (437).
Manchester over-indexes on boxer — 3.3× the global rate.
Manchester under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Manchester's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1760s Clear ×
William Green (painter)
1760 - 1823
William Marshall Craig
1765 - 1827
Daniel Orme
1766 - 1832
Joseph Entwisle
1767 - 1841
Elizabeth Thackery
1767 - 1856