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Map shows famous people linked to each Greater Manchester borough
Which big names can you trace back to your hometown?
Georgina Pellant -
28th June 2021 
There’s a new map that you can use to find the most famous people connected to your town or city in Greater Manchester.
Of course, Manchester’s no stranger to famous faces. We’ve given the world many. From brilliant authors like Anthony Burgess and Elizabeth Gaskell to game-changing scientists like Alan Turing, and actors like Sir Ian McKellan, we’re not short of bragging rights that’s for sure.
But now there’s a new map you can use to find the most famous person connected with your local city, town or even village. Based on the last four years’ worth of Wikipedia search data, it replaces area names with the most-searched local celeb.
Created by The Pudding, the People Map of the UK replaces towns and city names in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland with those of famous residents or people either born or connected to the place.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the famous faces from each borough:
Manchester
Billy Duffy – Hulme
Emmeline Pankhurst – Moss Side
Bee Gees (Brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb) – Chorlton
Bernard Manning – Ancoats
Les Dawson – Collyhurst
Martin Hannett – Miles Platting
J. J. Thomson – Cheetham Hill
Akinwale Arobieke – Crumpsall
Anthony Burgess – Harpurhey
Johnny Marr – Ardwick
Tina O’Brien – Rusholme
Mike Joyce – Fallowfield
Tyson Fury – Wythenshawe
John Mahoney – Withington
Noel Gallagher – Longsight
Tony Carroll – Levenshulme
Holliday Grainger – Didsbury
Liam Gallagher – Burnage
John Thaw – Gorton
Judy Finnigan – Newton Heath
Marsha Thomason – Moston
Bolton
SIr Ian McKellan – Bolton
Jack Hylton – Great Lever
Edwin Davies CBE – Little Lever
Peter Kay – Farnworth
Maxine Peake – Westhoughton
Ian Ramsey – Kearsley
Sam Hart – Horwich
Wigan
Frank Randle – Aspull
Ashley Slanina-Davies – Standish
Oliver Gildart – Hindley
Robert Trent Jones Snr – Ince-in-Makerfield
Joe Gormley – Ashton-in-Makerfield
Katie White – Lowton
Georgie Fame – Leigh
Eric Laithwaite – Atherton
Jeffrey Dench – Tyldesley
Salford
Ian Curtis – Salford
Shaun Ryder – Little Hulton
Sir Ben Kingsley – Pendlebury
David Bamber – Walkden
Peter Hook – Broughton
Chris Addison – Worsley
Emma Lowndes – Irlam
‘Giant Haystacks’/Martin Austin Ruane – Swinton
Christopher Eccleston – Pendleton
Benedict Wong – Eccles
Trafford
Ian McShane – Davyhulme
Morrisey – Stretford
Judy Lowe – Urmston
Faye Brookes – Flixton
David Gray – Sale
Angela Cartwright – Altrincham
Frederick Griffith – Hale
Stockport
Lord Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank – Reddish
John Amaechi – Heaton Moor
Christopher Priest – Cheadle
Tim McInnery – Cheadle Hulme
Sacha Dhawan – Bramhall
Claire Foy – Stockport
James Horsfield – Hazel Grove
Danny Miller – Bredbury
Timmy Mallet – Marple
Toby Harnden – Romiley
Mick Hucknall – Denton
Tameside
Ricky Hatton – Hyde
Frank Hampson – Audenshaw
Howard Donald – Droylsden
Shirley Stelfox – Dukenfield
Rob Holding – Stalybridge
Sir Geoff Hurst – Ashton-under-Lyne
Gerard Kearns – Mossley
Oldham
Agyness Dean – Failsworth
Philip Woolas – Lees
Olivia Cooke – Oldham
Suranne Jones – Chadderton
Annie Kenney – Saddleworth
Jodie Conner – Shaw and Crompton
Rochdale
Steve Coogan – Middleton
John Milne – Milnrow
Anna Friel – Rochdale
Elliot Tittensor – Heywood
Chris Schofield – Wardle
Bury
Victoria Wood – Prestwich
Dodie Smith – Whitefield
Danny Boyle – Radcliffe
Gemma Atkinson – Bury
Vicky Binns – Tottington
Sir Robert Peel – Ramsbottom
