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*[[Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart]] (1870-1943), lawyer and politician - Lord Chief Justice. <ref> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/264507/Gordon-Hewart-1st-Viscount-Hewart Vicount Hewart biography]</ref>
*[[Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart]] (1870-1943), lawyer and politician - Lord Chief Justice. <ref> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/264507/Gordon-Hewart-1st-Viscount-Hewart Vicount Hewart biography]</ref>
*[[Simon Hopkinson]] - food writer and former chef. <ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|first=Jan |last=Moir |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkbooks/3320959/This-man-is-the-best-cook-in-Britain.html |title=This man is the best cook in Britain |work=Telegraph |date=2005-08-09 |accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref>
*[[Simon Hopkinson]] - food writer and former chef. <ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|first=Jan |last=Moir |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkbooks/3320959/This-man-is-the-best-cook-in-Britain.html |title=This man is the best cook in Britain |work=Telegraph |date=2005-08-09 |accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref>
*[[John Horsefield]] (d. 1854), botanist and handloom weaver. Born Prestwich, lived in Besses o' th' Barn.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cash |first=James|title=Where There's a Will, There's a Way!: Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2011 |origyear=1873|page=76|isbn=1108037909}}</ref>

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Revision as of 11:10, 9 January 2012

This is a list of people from the metropolitan borough of Bury in North West England. It includes people from the borough of Bury and also people from the towns of Radcliffe, Prestwich, Whitefield, Tottington, Ramsbottom and other smaller places which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bury. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:


Table of contents:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Without biographies • See also • References

B

C

  • Richmal Crompton (1890-1969), real name Richmal Crompton Lamburn - author of Just William stories. [4]

D

E

  • Elbow (band) were formed and played their first gig in Bury.

G

H

J

K

  • John Kay (1704-1780), the inventor of the Flying Shuttle. [12]
  • Myles Kenyon (1886–1960), captain of Lancashire CCC, High Sheriff of Lancashire. [13]

N

  • Gary Neville (born 1975), footballer - brother of Phil - Manchester United defender and captain.[14]
  • Phil Neville (born 1977), footballer - brother of Gary - Everton midfielder and captain.[15]

P

S

  • Suzanne Shaw (born 1981), real name Suzanne Crowshaw - ex-member of popgroup Hear'say - now star of West End shows and television presenter. [17]
  • Dodie Smith (1896-1990), novelist and playwright - writer of 101 Dalmatians. [18]
  • John Spencer (1935-2006), snooker player - British champion 3 times. [19]

W

  • Victoria Wood CBE (born 1953), comedienne, actor, singer and writer. Born in Prestwich.[20]
  • James Wood (1760-1839), Mathematician and Dean of Ely Cathedral.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cherie Blair biography
  2. ^ Danny Boyle biography
  3. ^ Buxton, Richard (1849). A botanical guide to the flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and algæ, found indigenous within sixteen miles of Manchester. London: Longman and Co. p. III.
  4. ^ Richmal Crompton biography
  5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1492509/
  6. ^ Jack Greenall biography
  7. ^ Reg harris biography
  8. ^ Vicount Hewart biography
  9. ^ Moir, Jan (2005-08-09). "This man is the best cook in Britain". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  10. ^ Cash, James (2011) [1873]. Where There's a Will, There's a Way!: Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 76. ISBN 1108037909.
  11. ^ "Man Booker Prize for Prestwich writer". Bury Focus. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  12. ^ John Kay biography
  13. ^ "Myles Kenyon". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  14. ^ Gary Neville biography
  15. ^ Phil Neville biography
  16. ^ Robert Peel biography
  17. ^ Suzanne Shaw website
  18. ^ Dodie Smith biography
  19. ^ John Spencer obituary
  20. ^ Victoria Wood biography
  21. ^ James Wood biography
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