List of people from Oldham

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This is a list of notable people from Oldham in the north west of England, including some of those from Chadderton, Failsworth, Lees, Royton, Saddleworth, and Shaw and Crompton amongst other areas within the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.

Musicians

Actors

Barclay James Harvest, 1970s-80s rock band. Carl Cox, Dance music DJ and producer. Chris Curtis, formerly drummer with The Searchers. Dame Eva Turner, Opera singer. Gary Mounfield, of Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame. Inspiral Carpets, Madchester indie band. Mark Owen, of 1990s/2000s boyband, Take That. N-Trance, Dance music producers. Puressence, indie rock band. Sir William Walton, celebrated composer.

Alex Carter, currently playing Jamie Hope in Emmerdale Anne Kirkbride, currently playing Deirdre in Coronation Street Barbara Knox, currently playing Rita Sullivan in Coronation Street Christopher Biggins, TV and pantomime actor Ian Mercer TV and film actor Helen Fraser, TV and film actress Jack Wild, film actor who died in 2006 Judith Barker, actress who played Janet Reid in Coronation Street between 1969 and 1977. Kate Ashfield, film actress who played Liz in Shaun of the Dead Kelvin Fletcher, currently playing Andy Sugden in Emmerdale Leslie Schofield, who played Jeff Healy in Eastenders and acted in the first Star Wars film Ralf Little, star of The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Ricky Whittle, current playing Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks Robert Sloman, actor who died in 2005 Sally Ann Matthews, who played Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street between 1986 and 1989, briefly returning in 1993, and Sandra Briggs in Emmerdale between 2005 and 2006 Sarah Lancashire, who played Raquel in Coronation Street between 1991 and 1996, and starred in Where The Heart Is, Clocking Off & Dr Who Shobna Gulati, who played Sunita in Coronation Street between 2001 and 2006 Suranne Jones, who played Karen McDonald in Coronation Street between 2000 and 2004 Warren Clarke, who plays Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel in Dalziel and Pascoe

Sportsmen

Others

Adam Fogerty, former Halifax, St Helens and Warrington Wolves rugby league player, and also a professional boxer. Joseph Lees, 19th century poet and author of the popular poem of the time, Jone o Grinfilt. Barrie McDermott, ex-rugby league player, now a pundit for Sky Sports. David May, former Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United footballer. David Platt, former England national football team captain who played for Aston Villa and Sampdoria amongst other clubs, now a pundit for Sky Sports. Des Foy, rugby league player who played for Widnes Vikings and Oldham Roughyeds amongst other clubs. Iestyn Harris, former Welsh international rugby league player now playing for Bradford Bulls. Keith Andrew, former England cricket player. Kevin Sinfield, Leeds Rhinos rugby league player. Matthew Maynard, England cricket player. Mike Atherton, former England cricket captain, now a commentator for Sky Sports. Mike Ford, former rugby league player and now a successful rugby union coach. Paul Sculthorpe, current St Helens and former Great Britain rugby league player. Richard Edghill, footballer who played for Manchester City and Queen's Park Rangers. Walter Winterbottom, former England national football team manager.

Australian TV show host Tony Barber. Comedians Bernard Cribbins, Eric Sykes, and Bill Waddington. Comedy double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. Super model Karen Elson Glamour model Michelle Marsh. Professor Ian Kershaw, a historian and author of biographies of Adolf Hitler. Albert Pierrepoint, the famous 20th century public executioner, ran a public house in Manchester Road, Hollinwood, Oldham named "Help The Poor Struggler". Laurence Chaderton, scholar, and one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible. TV Presenter Phillip Schofield. The world's first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born at the Royal Oldham Hospital on July 25, 1978. Vance Miller, controversial entrepreneur and director of Maple Industries. John Lees Entrepreneur and founder of Beaver Co PLC. Visual artists, Brian Clarke and Alan Rankle. John Whittaker Member of the European Parliament