This Salford-raised Welshman has been a constant fixture at Old Trafford - and stands unique in British football for his longevity and commitment.
Ryan Giggs
Stretford-born artist depicted the crowded streets of Manchester and Salford with no small amount of love and humor. His 'matchstick men' are among the most-recognisable in history
LS Lowry
Creating his own scientific instruments and the foundation for modern thermodynamics, This man is quite simply one of the most influential physicists of all time
James Joule
Born and raised in Moss Side, the leader of the British suffragette movement helped shape the battle for women's votes. Along with her family she organised meetings and protests which prepared the way for the eventual spread of the vote
Emmeline Pankhurst
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.
Erinma Bell
Middleton-born actor and comedian has been prolific in a career now spanning more than three decades. His list of comic characters - headed up by the hapless Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan
The TV newsman and presenter made history when he branched out into music management, launching the careers of Joy Division/New Order and the Happy Mondays and co-founding cult nightclub The Hacienda
Tony WIlson
Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal winning English field hockey player. She was capped a record 375 times for her country and was the England and Great Britain Captain for 13 years.
Kate Richardson-Walsh
tending to the sick and fighting for the needy - Registered nurse & anti-racism campaigner. Although born in Jamaica, she became Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Manchester.
Louise Da Cacodia
Arguably the world's most famous and successful living architect, This Stockport-born man has designed the London Gherkin, New York's Hearst Tower and restored Berlin's Reichstag.
Sir Norman Foster
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
Noel Gallagher
Born in Clayton, Manchester was an English professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1920s & 30s. He was denied the opportunity to fight for championships in Great Britain because of the colour bar. He was anti-racist activist
Len Johnson
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'.
John Dalton
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
Kathleen Ollerenshaw
this great British PM was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock in 1863, the son of a schoolmaster. He went on to lead the country through the First World War and laid the foundations for the welfare state.
David Lloyd George
Born in St Lucia. He was an economist, Nobel Prize winner and Britain’s first black professor (who taught at Manchester University)
Sir William Arthur Lewis
