List of Manx people
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The Manx (Manx: Ny Manninee) are an ethnic group coming from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe. They are often described as a Celtic people, though they have had a mixed background including Norse and English influences.
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Actors [edit]
Musicians [edit]
- Barry Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Robin Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Maurice Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Davy Knowles, musician, Back Door Slam
- Harry Manx, musician
Politicians [edit]
- Sir Miles Walker, politician
Scholars [edit]
- Martin Bridson, mathematician
Sportspeople [edit]
- Jonathan Bellis, professional cyclist
- Mark Cavendish, professional cyclist
- Mark Christian, professional cyclist
- Conor Cummins, motorbike racer
- Zoe Gillings, snowboarder
- Nina Hunt, Latin American dance coach and choreographer
- David Lyon (1943-), cricketer
- Peter Kennaugh, professional cyclist
- David Knight enduro motorcyclist
Writers [edit]
- Lillian Beckwith, writer
- T. E. Brown, poet, scholar and theologian
- Hall Caine, novelist and playwright
- Alan Corkish, poet, editor and novelist
- Mona Douglas, poet and folklorist
- Caro Fraser, novelist
- Eliza S. Craven Green, poet
- Jane Holland, poet, performer and novelist
- Sarah Holland, writer, actress and singer
- John Kelly, lexicographer and Bible translator into Manx
- Frank Kermode, literary critic
- Josephine Kermode (Cushag), poet and playwright
- Nigel Kneale, screenwriter
- Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland née Coates), romantic novelist
- Sophia Morrison, folklorist
- Esther Nelson, poet
- Randolph Quirk, Lord Quirk, linguistics scholar
- Hilary Robinson, children's author
- Christopher R. Shimmin, playwright and politician
- Thomas Shimmin, poet and rag-gatherer
- Brian Stowell, writer, broadcaster and translator into the Manx language
- George Waldron, topographer and poet
Others [edit]
- Fletcher Christian, mutineer on HMS Bounty
- Richard Costain, founder of Costain Group
