List of people from Trafford

This is a list of people from Trafford, a metropolitan borough in North West England. This list includes people from the towns of Altrincham, Sale, Stretford and Urmston, and the smaller villages that make up Trafford. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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  • Michael Bishop (born 1942): multimillionaire businessman and owner and chairman of British Midland Airways who grew up in Hale and Bowdon.[5][6]
  • Edward Kinder Bradbury (born 1881, Altrincham): awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry and ability in organising the defence of 'L' Battery against heavy odds at Nery on 1 September 1914.
  • Robert Bolt (19241995): Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter who was brought up in Sale, well known for adapting Doctor Zhivago and A Man for All Seasons for the screen.[7]
  • John Brogden (17981869): industrialist involved in the construction of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway who lived in Sale from the 1840s and died in the town.[8][9]
  • Samuel Brooks (17921864): businessman and banker who owned nearly a quarter of the township of Sale.[10]
  • William Brooks (18191900), the son of Samuel Brooks: benefactor of and land owner in Sale, and also the Member of Parliament for Altrincham.[11]

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  • William Stanley Houghton (18811913): playwright in the Manchester School of dramatists who was born and raised in Ashton upon Mersey.[18]

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  • L. S. Lowry (18871976): painter of urban landscapes born in Stretford.*Levy, Mervyn (2004), "Lowry, Laurence Stephen (18871976)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 2010-01-14
  • Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford an Eccles and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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  • Stanley Orme (19232005): left-wing Member of Parliament, cabinet minister, and Baron Orme, of Salford, who was born in Sale.[23]

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  • Karl Pilkington (born 1972): podcaster, author, TV personality and former radio producer who was brought up on a council estate in Sale.

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  • Marc Riley (born 1959): ex guitarist with Manchester post punk band The Fall. Radio presenter and former host of the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast show, now presents the early evening show on Radio 6; who lived in Sale.[24]

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  • Chris Sievey (1955–2010) aka Frank Sidebottom: musician and comedian known for fronting the band The Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards
  • Dodie Smith (18961990): author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians who was born in Whitefield and grew up in Old Trafford; there is a blue plaque on her childhood home at 609 Stretford Road.[25]
  • Bill Speakman (19272018): recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1951 for service in the Korean War who grew up and lived in Hale.[26]
  • Paul Stenning (born 1976): ghostwriter and author, grew up in Davyhulme and attended Urmston Grammar School.

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  • Alison Uttley (18841976): prolific author who wrote the Little Grey Rabbit books while living in Bowdon.

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See also

References

Notes

  1. Head & Ousby 2006, p. 1.
  2. "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. Stretford's pioneering aviator Sir John Alcock, BBC, 2009-11-05, retrieved 2010-02-27
  4. Ina Taylor (2004), "Allingham, Helen (1848–1926)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press Retrieved on 17 November 2008
  5. 15. Sir Michael Bishop: £185m (£185m), Manchester Evening News, 30 May 2005, archived from the original on 16 April 2007 Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
  6. Fiona Lafferty (26 July 2000), Twenty Questions: Sir Michael Bishop, owner and chairman of British, The Independent, archived from the original on 4 August 2013 Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
  7. Saeger 1995, pp. 393415.
  8. Higgins 1978, pp. 240252.
  9. John Brogden, Trafford.gov.uk, archived from the original on 2012-02-13 Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
  10. Swain 1987, p. 59.
  11. Wyke & Cocks 2004, p. 383.
  12. Mike Rowbottom (7 August 2006). "An email conversation with Darren Campbell: 'Athletics mattered to me almost more than life itself'". The Independent. London. Retrieved on 5 August 2008.
  13. "About Darren Campbell". Nuff Respect Sport Managements Agency Online. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved on 25 April 2007.
  14. Hignett 1991, p. 39.
  15. Costambeys, Marios (2004), "Curtis, Ian Kevin (1956–1980)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ((subscription or UK public library membership required)), Oxford: Oxford University Press, retrieved 2011-07-27
  16. "David Gray: From music to marsh harriers". BBC Online. 6 June 2008. Retrieved on 5 August 2008.
  17. "Eric Greenhalgh player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
  18. Victor Emeljanow (2004), "Houghton, (William) Stanley (1881–1913)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press Retrieved on 17 November 2008
  19. Wyke & Cocks 2004, p. 394.
  20. "Joseph Makinson player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  21. "Modahl gives BAF ultimatum". BBC Online. 24 August 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  22. "Morrissey celebrates 50th birthday". Metro.co.uk. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  23. "Times Obituary of Baron Orme". The Times Online. London. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 2010-05-08. Retrieved on 25 April 2007.
  24. Pierre Perrone (2 February 2003). "How We Met: Mark Radcliffe and Marc 'Lard' Riley". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved on 28 April 2007.
  25. Scheerhout, John (12 September 2002), Honour for 'Dalmatians' Dodie, Manchester Evening News, archived from the original on 3 August 2012, retrieved 2010-01-14
  26. "The reluctant hero". Sale and Altrincham Messenger. Newsquest Media Group. 24 October 2001. Retrieved on 28 August 2007.
  27. "William Taylor player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
  28. "Novelist Tinniswood dies". BBC. 9 January 2003. Retrieved on 25 April 2007.
  29. "Cyril Washbrook player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved on 5 August 2008.
  30. Bondeson 2001, p. 87.
  31. Cooper 2007, p. 87.

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