two-time heavyweight world champion from Wythenshawe

This Salford-raised Welshman has been a constant fixture at Old Trafford - and stands unique in British football for his longevity and commitment.

Salford Lads Club will forever be associated with the band The Smiths.

Burnage-raised former roadie churned out hit after hit during the Nineties and Noughties, and along with brother Liam, created one of Britain's greatest-ever rock bands

One of the world’s most influential computer pioneers & World War Two codebreaker, this amazing mathematician has a rather tragic story

Another brilliant Manchester scientist, whose theory of the atom and its structure laid the foundations for modern physics and chemistry. A true polymath, his curious mind also led him to discover and diagnose 'colour blindness'.

Fearless in face of violence. After witnessing the shooting of a friend, this Moss-side based peace activist co-founded CARISMA charity that provides alternatives to street & gun crime.

The Victorian novelist was born in Chelsea but settled in Ardwick and wrote some of her finest works here. YOu can visit her beautiful former home and its gardens;

Born in Ardwick, he was a British Mountaineer and a pioneer of rock climbing - also known as the Human Fly & The Master

English professional footballer from Wythenshawe who plays for Manchester United and the England national team. Most recently he has successfully campaigned for England's free school meal voucher scheme to be extended

Raised in Wythenshawe - one of the largest council estates in Europe, which was later home to her creation The Royle Family. She began as a standup, then voice of Gogglebox

Born in St Lucia. He was an economist, Nobel Prize winner and Britain’s first black professor (who taught at Manchester University)

This Withington-born woman was a prominent mathematician, politician and Mayor of Manchester. She was deaf from the age of 8. She taught at Manchester Uni, raised her children, was involved in politics & helped create RNCM