List of people from Tameside

This is a list of famous and infamous people from Tameside, a metropolitan borough in North West England. This list includes people from the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge, and the smaller villages that make up Tameside. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname.

A

• Dawn Acton (b. 1977): actress, Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[1]
• Harry Allen (executioner) (1911–1992)
• The Ashton family of Ashton-Under-Lyne, including
  • Ralph de Ashton
  • Robert de Ashton (died 1385)
  • Sir John de Ashton II (died 1428)
  • Thomas de Ashton (alchemist)

B

• Amanda Barrie (b. 1935): actress, Alma Sedgwick in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[2]
• Margaret Beckett (b. 1943): Britain's first female Foreign Secretary (2006)^[3]
• Ross Brawn (b. 1954): Formula One team technical director/team principal 1991-2006, 2008-2013
• Mary Ann Britland (1847–1886): convicted murderer, and first woman hanged at Strangeways Prison; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne^[4]
• Arthur Brooke (1845–1918): founder of Brooke Bond and Co tea company^[5]

C

• 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. and Bury F.C.; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[6]

D

• Robert Duckenfield (1619–1689): military commander in Civil War; High Sheriff of Cheshire^[7]

E

• Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829): late 18th-century watchmaker, born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[8]

F

• George Formby Snr (1875–1921): born James Lawler Booth; music hall entertainer; father of the music hall and cinema star George Formby; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[9]
• Ronald Fraser (1930–1997): film actor, born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[10]

G

• Tony Gardner (b. 1964): actor; known for playing Brian Johnson in My Parents are Aliens; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[11]

H

• Andrew Harris (b. 1973): cricketer who played for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and currently plays for Leicestershire; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[12]
• Simon Hoggart (1946-2014): journalist and broadcaster, born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[13]
• Lisa Huo: Big Brother contestant in 2006^[14]
• Sir Geoff Hurst (b. 1941): retired footballer; spent most of his career playing for West Ham United F.C.; 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^[15]

K

• John Kilbride: a Moors Murders victim^[16]

L

• Evan Leigh: 19th-century author, inventor and engineer, born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[17]
• Lonelady: 21st-century singer and guitarist, real name Julie Campbell, comes from Audenshaw^[18]

Lees John: Body builder and professional wrestler. Mr Universe 1957. born 1930 in Stalybridge.

M

• Hugh Mason (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 Stalybridge^[19]
• F. W. Micklethwaite (1849-1925): photographer^[20]

P

• Stephen Parry (b. 1986): Lancashire and England cricketer^[21]
• Simone Perrotta (b. 1977): footballer; part of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning team; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[15]
• John Louis Petit (1801–1868): antiquarian who drew examples of the architecture and landscape of Lancashire; born in Ashton-under-Lyne and ^[22]
• Harry Pilling (b. 1943): played first-class cricket, 1962-1980; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[23]
• Robert Platt (1802–1882): cotton manufacturer and philanthropist; born in Stalybridge^[24]
• Ellis Plummer (b. 1994): Manchester City footballer; born in Audenshaw^[25]
• David Potts (b. 1957): CEO, Morrisons^[26]

R

• Albert E. Richardson: clockmaker who designed the Teasmade^[27]
• Mark Robins (b. 1969): former footballer who manages Scunthorpe United F.C.; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[28]
• Sunny Rogers (1913–2005): comedian, pianist and actress^[29]

S

• Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon of Ashton-under-Lyne (born 1923), politician^[30]
• Melanie Sykes television, Radio presenter and model (born 1970), Ashton Under Lyne
• Kathy Staff 1928 -2008. Actress best known for her role as Nora Batty in 'Last of the Summer Wine' Born in Dukinfield.

V

• David Vaughan (1944–2003): artist; attended art school in Ashton-under-Lyne; lived in Tameside^[31][32][33]
• Brooke Vincent (b. 1992): actress, Sophie Webster in Coronation Street; born in Audenshaw

W

• Brian Wilde (1927–2008): actor; known for roles in Last of the Summer Wine and Porridge; born in Ashton before he moved with his family at a young age^[34]
• Sean Wilson (b. 1965): actor, Martin Platt in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[35]
• Lewis Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne, CBE (1903–1974): President of the Trades Union Congress; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne from 1940 until his death in 1974; commemorated by a blue plaque there^[36]

Gareth Worrall. Gareth has appeared on Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Cold Feet, Gunpowder, City in the City, Common as Muck and he is also a radio presenter on Tameside Radio.

Y

• Gary Yates (b. 1967): cricketer; played first-class cricket for Lancashire, 1990-2002; coaches the Lancashire second XI; born in Ashton-under-Lyne^[37]

Others

Other footballers who were born in Ashton-under-Lyne include Trevor Ross,^[38] Alan Wright,^[39] Gordon Taylor,^[40] and Bert Whalley, who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.^[41]

Several Coronation Street actors are also associated with Ashton-upon-Lyne; Bill Tarmey,^[42] Roy Barraclough,^[43] and Sue Devaney all live in the town.^[44]

See also

List of people from Greater Manchester

References

Bibliography