This is a list of famous and infamous people from Tameside, a

metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

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. This list includes people from the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden,

Dukinfield Dukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 19,306. Within the boundaries of the historic co ...

, Hyde,

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, Mossley and

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...

, and the smaller villages that make up Tameside. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname. __NOTOC__

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Dawn Acton Dawn Jean Acton (born 15 March 1977) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Tracy Barlow in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' between 1988 and 1999.Hayward 1994, p. 1 She left the soap opera at age 22, after having her b ...

(born 1977): actress, Tracy Barlow in ''

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''; born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Harry Allen (executioner) (1911–1992) *The Ashton family of Ashton-Under-Lyne, including ** Ralph de Ashton **

Robert de Ashton Sir Robert de Ashton, also called "Robert Assheton" or "Robert de Assheton" (died 1385), was a civil, military, and naval officer under Edward III of England who achieved distinction alike in court and camp, by land and by sea. Family Ashton wa ...

(died 1385) ** Sir John de Ashton II (died 1428) ** Thomas de Ashton (alchemist)

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* Amanda Barrie (born 1935): actress, Alma Sedgwick in ''Coronation Street''; born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Margaret Beckett (born 1943): Britain's first female

Foreign Secretary The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...

(2006) *

Ross Brawn Ross James Brawn (born 23 November 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director. He is a former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, and has worked for a number of Formula One teams. Serv ...

(born 1954): Formula One team technical director/team principal 1991-2006, 2008-2013 and Formula One Maanaging Director (2017-present) *

Mary Ann Britland Mary Ann Britland (''née'' Hague, 1847 – 9 August 1886) was an English serial killer. She was the first woman to be executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison in Manchester by James Berry. Early life Mary Ann Britland was born in 1847 in Bo ...

(1847–1886): convicted murderer, and first woman hanged at Strangeways Prison; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne * Arthur Brooke (1845–1918): founder of Brooke Bond and Co tea company *

Victor Brox Victor Brox (5 May 1941 – 20 February 2023) was an English blues musician. Early life and career Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he attended St Mary’s, Droylsden and William Hulme's Grammar School where he played trombone in the sch ...

(born 1940):

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

musician; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

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* Zach Clough (b. 1995): Professional footballer currently playing for

Adelaide United F.C. Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

Previously of

Bolton Wanderers FC Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

, Nottingham Forest FC and

Wigan Athletic FC Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 19 ...

. Born and raised in Denton, Greater Manchester. * Henry Cockburn (1923–2004): footballer; played mid-fielder and was capped by England 13 times; in a 14-year playing career, played for

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...

and

Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an English association football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester, whose team last played in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, in the 2018–19 season. The team are known as "The Shakers", and ...

; born in Ashton-under-Lyne *Stacey Copeland (born 1981) Professional English Boxer and Former Football Player

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* Howard Donald: member of popular boy band Take That lived in Droylsden. * Robert Duckenfield (1619–1689): military commander in Civil War; High Sheriff of Cheshire

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* Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829): late 18th-century watchmaker, born in Ashton-under-Lyne

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George Formby Snr George Formby (born James Lawler Booth; 4 October 1875 – 8 February 1921) was an English comedian and singer in musical theatre, known as one of the greatest music hall performers of the early 20th century. His comedy played upon Lancas ...

(1875–1921): born James Lawler Booth;

music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Bri ...

entertainer; father of the music hall and cinema star George Formby; born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Ronald Fraser (1930–1997): film actor, born in Ashton-under-Lyne

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* Tony Gardner (born 1964): actor; known for playing Brian Johnson in ''

My Parents are Aliens ''My Parents Are Aliens'' is a British children's television sitcom that was produced for eight series by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 8 November 1999 to 18 December 2006. Overview The show primarily follows the lives of three or ...

''; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

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* Stephen Hampson (born 1968), cricketer. * Andrew Harris (born 1973): cricketer who played for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and currently plays for

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; born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Simon Hoggart (1946–2014): journalist and broadcaster, born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Matthew Hughes (born 1950): politician, born in Audenshaw; Was the distinguished Principal of John Septamus Roe in Perth who grew the school from a small school in Mirrabooka to the largest private school in the state of WA. Matthew went on to become the first Labor party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Kalamunda. *

Lisa Huo ''Big Brother 2006'', also known as ''Big Brother 7'', was the seventh series of the British reality television series ''Big Brother (British TV series), Big Brother''. The show followed a total of twenty-two contestants, known as housemates, w ...

: ''

Big Brother Big Brother may refer to: * Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control ** Big Brother Awards, a sat ...

'' contestant in 2006 * Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941): retired footballer; spent most of his career playing for

West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, h ...

; part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966; the only person to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

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* John Lees: cricketer *

Evan Leigh Evan Leigh (21 December 1810 – 2 February 1876) was an author, inventor, engineer and manufacturer of cotton spinning equipment. His invention of the twin screw for steam ships was patented in July 1849 and taken up both for mercantile and ...

: 19th-century author, inventor and engineer, born in Ashton-under-Lyne *

Lonelady Julie Campbell, known as LoneLady, is a music artist from Manchester, England, influenced by the post-punk era, but later integrating dance and funk influences. She first started making music on a 4-track cassette recorder in her towerblock flat i ...

: 21st-century singer and guitarist, real name Julie Campbell, comes from Audenshaw * Lees John: Body builder and professional wrestler. Mr Universe 1957. born 1930 in

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Hugh Mason Hugh Mason (30 January 1817 – 2 February 1886) was an English mill owner, social reformer and Liberal politician. He was born in Stalybridge and brought up in Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne until he entered the family cotton business in ...

(1817–1886): mill owner and politician; owned textile mills in Ashton-under-Lyne MP for Ashton-under-Lyne; advocate of paternalism for workers, Irish home rule, and women's suffrage; born in

F. W. Micklethwaite Frank William Micklethwaite (1849–1925) was a Canadian photographer, professionally known as F. W. Micklethwaite, whose photographs of Toronto and the Muskoka area form an important and unique photographic record of the province of Ontario's ...

(1849–1925): photographer * Albert Monks (1875–1936), professional footballer * Justin Moorhouse (1970): comedian from Ashton-under-Lyne

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* Stephen Parry (born 1986): Lancashire and England cricketer *

Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta (; born 17 September 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his career, he stood out for his work-rate, energy, and box-to-box play as a ball-winner in the midfield area. After i ...

(born 1977): footballer; part of Italy's

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-winning team; born in Ashton-under-Lyne Retrieved on 12 September 2008. * John Louis Petit (1801–1868):

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who drew examples of the architecture and landscape of Lancashire; born in Ashton-under-Lyne and *

Harry Pilling Harry Pilling (23 February 1943 – 22 September 2012) was an English cricketer. Standing just tall he had the distinction of being the shortest English professional cricketer of modern times. A right-handed batsman, Pilling scored over 15,00 ...

(born 1943): played first-class cricket, 1962-1980; born in Ashton-under-Lyne * Robert Platt (1802–1882): cotton manufacturer and philanthropist; born in Stalybridge * David Potts (born 1957): CEO, Morrisons

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Albert E. Richardson Albert Edward Richardson may refer to: * Albert Richardson (architect) (1880–1964), English architect * Albert E. Richardson (inventor), English inventor who designed the first practical Teasmade See also * Albert Richardson (disambiguation) ...

: clockmaker who designed the

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Mark Robins Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League ...

(born 1969): former footballer who manages Scunthorpe United F.C.; born in Ashton-under-Lyne *

Sunny Rogers Sunny Rogers (10 May 1913 – 30 December 2005) was an English entertainer best known for her work with comedian Frankie Howerd. Rogers was born Jessie Mary Rogerson in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Her nickname "Sunny" came from her constant smil ...

(1913–2005): comedian, pianist and actress

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Charles Roger Slack Charles Roger Slack (22 April 1937 – 24 October 2016) was a British-born plant biologist and biochemist who lived and worked in Australia (1962–1970) and New Zealand (1970–2000). In 1966, jointly with Marshall Hatch, he discovered C4 ph ...

, plant biologist and biochemist (born 1937),

Ashton Under Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

* Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon of Ashton-under-Lyne (born 1923): politician * Melanie Sykes: television, radio presenter and model (born 1970),

* Kathy Staff (1928–2008): actress best known for her role as Nora Batty in ' Last of the Summer Wine' Born in

. * Francis Thompson poet lived from 1864 to 1885 in Ashton-under-Lyne

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* David Vaughan (1944–2003): artist; attended art school in Ashton-under-Lyne; lived in Tameside * Brooke Vincent (born 1992): actress, Sophie Webster in ''Coronation Street''; born in Audenshaw

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* Brian Wilde (1927–2008): actor; known for roles in '' Last of the Summer Wine'' and ''

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''; born in Ashton before he moved with his family at a young age * Sean Wilson (born 1965): actor, Martin Platt in ''Coronation Street''; born in Ashton-under-Lyne *

Lewis Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne Lewis Tatham Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne, CBE (born Stiles; 11 October 1903 ...

, CBE (1903–1974):

President of the Trades Union Congress The President of the Trades Union Congress is a prominent but largely honorary position in British trade unionism. History Initially, the post of president was elected at the annual Trades Union Congress (TUC) itself, and would serve just for the d ...

; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne from 1940 until his death in 1974; commemorated by a

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therewww.tameside.gov.uk
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council site on the local

s, access date 2010-12-01

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* Gary Yates (born 1967): cricketer; played first-class cricket for Lancashire, 1990-2002; coaches the Lancashire second XI; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

Others

Other footballers who were born in Ashton-under-Lyne include

Trevor Ross Trevor William Ross (born 16 January 1957) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Ross played for English clubs Arsenal, Everton, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Bury. He also featured for AEK Athens of the Greek Fir ...

Alan Wright Alan Geoffrey Wright (born 28 September 1971) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. He was a left back who has played over 750 league and cup games for eight clubs, including an eight-year spell in the Premier Le ...

, Gordon Taylor, and

Bert Whalley Herbert Whalley (6 August 1913 – 6 February 1958) was a footballer who played as a half-back for Manchester United from 1934 to 1946, later serving on the coaching staff at the club. He died in the Munich air disaster in 1958, at the age of ...

, who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster. Several ''

'' actors are also associated with Ashton-Under-Lyne; Bill Tarmey, Roy Barraclough, and Sue Devaney all live in the town. Retrieved on 16 September 2008.

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