• Source: List of people from the City of Salford

This is a list of people from Salford, a city in North West England. This list includes people from Salford and the wider City of Salford, and thus may include people from Eccles, Swinton, Worsley and other outlying areas of Salford. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:




A


Lilias Armstrong (1882–1937), phonetician; born in Pendlebury
Tom Aspinall (born 1993), mixed martial artist; born in Salford




B


David Bamber (born 1954), actor; born in Walkden
Geoff Bent (1932–1958), English footballer; one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster; born at Irlams o' th' Height, Salford
Nick Blackman (born 1989), English-Israeli footballer
David Bleakley (1817–1882), cricketer
Hazel Blears (born 1956), Labour Party politician and former cabinet minister
George Bradshaw (1800–1853), cartographer and publisher, produced railway guides and timetables known as Bradshaw's Guide
Francis Brandt (1840–1925), cricketer and Madras High Court judge
Harold Brighouse (1882–1958), playwright and author best known for Hobson's Choice, set in Salford
Elkie Brooks (born 1945), singer, born in Salford
Tim Burgess (born 1967), singer, songwriter




C


Sydney Chapman (1888–1970), mathematician and geophysicist
Helen Cherry (1915-2001), English stage, film and television actress, born in Worsley.
Allan Clarke (born 1942), singer (The Hollies)
John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), performance poet from Higher Broughton
Eddie Colman (1936–1958), Manchester United footballer who died in the Munich air disaster in 1958; born on Archie Street in Salford
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), U.S. journalist and broadcaster; born in Salford
William Cooke (1821–1894), clergyman hymn-writer, born in Eccles
William Crabtree (1610–1644), astronomer, mathematician and merchant; one of only two people to observe and record the first predicted transit of Venus in 1639.
Andy Crane (born 1964), television and radio presenter, lived for a time in Salford




D


Alfred Darbyshire (1839–1908), architect and painter
Freddie Davies (born 1937), comedian and actor (Opportunity Knocks)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016), Salford-born composer and Master of the Queen's Music (2004-2016)
Brenda De Banzie (1909–1981), actress, moved to Salford as a child
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011), playwright, best known for the play A Taste of Honey
Arthur Thomas Doodson (1890–1968), oceanographer




E


Terry Eagleton, literary theorist born and brought up in Salford
Christopher Eccleston, Salford-born, Little Hulton-brought up stage, film and television actor




F


James Fearnley, musician; native of Worsley
Albert Finney, stage and film actor
Clinton Ford, classic-pop singer
Stephen Foster, boxer




G


Stephen Gallagher, novelist, screenwriter; born in Salford Chimera (British TV series), Eleventh Hour (American TV series)
Ryan Giggs, footballer; moved to Pendlebury as a child
Joe Gladwin, actor
Tom Glynn-Carney (born 1995), actor, born in Salford
Walter Greenwood, novelist, best known for the book and film Love on the Dole
John Gregory, engineer aboard Erebus during Franklin's Lost Expedition




H


Ren Harvieu, singer-songwriter
James Hazeldine, actor
Chelsee Healey (born 1988), actress
Margaret Hewitt, sociologist and anti-women's ordination activist
Kallum Higginbotham, professional footballer, currently playing as a striker for Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership

Isabel Hodgins, actress (Emmerdale)
Shelley Holroyd, Olympic Javelin Thrower
Dean Holden, former footballer, currently assistant manager at Oldham Athletic
Peter Hook, bassist of the bands Joy Division and New Order




J


Rob James-Collier (1976), actor and model
Davy Jones (1945-2012), actor and singer, member of The Monkees
Maggie Jones (1934–2009), actress
James Prescott Joule, physicist




K


Joseph Kay (1821–1878), economist and judge
Damian Keeley (born 1963), former professional footballer
Yousaf Ali Khan, film director; grew up in Salford
Ayub Khan-Din, actor and playwright who grew up in Salford
Ben Kingsley, actor, grew up in Pendlebury
Pat Kirkwood, musical theatre actress




L


Mike Leigh, writer and director; grew up in Broughton
Stephen Lord (born 1971), actor; grew up in Langworthy
L.S. Lowry, artist; lived in Pendlebury from 1909 to 1948




M


Ewan MacColl, folk singer, writer
Nathan Maguire (born 1997), wheelchair racer
Jason Manford, comedian and former host of the BBC's The One Show
William Worrall Mayo, a British-American medical doctor and chemist; founder of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. Born in Salford in 1819.
Jamie Moore, former British light-middleweight boxing champion
Sir Norman Moore, doctor and medical historian
John Moores, businessman
Adrian Morley, Great Britain, England, Leeds, Sydney Roosters, Warrington and Salford rugby league player




N


Graham Nash, singer and musician with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; grew up in Salford
Cornelius Nicholls, cricketer




P


Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the British suffragette movement; for a time lived in Salford
Sacha Parkinson, actress (Coronation Street)
Charlie Pawsey, rugby league player
Stan Pearson, former footballer
Robert Powell, television presenter and film actor (Thirty-nine Steps)
John Henry Poynting, physicist
Holly Peers, glamour model
Karl Pilkington Actor, Comedian, Radio presenter




R


Emily Ramsey, Everton goalkeeper
Harold Riley, artist
Robert Roberts, author
Alliott Verdon Roe, pioneer pilot and aircraft manufacturer
Shaun Ryder, vocalist and songwriter with the Happy Mondays




S


Paul Scholes, England and Manchester United midfielder; born in Salford.
Edward Schunck, chemist
Randolph Schwabe, draughtsman and painter; Slade Professor of Fine Art from 1930–48
Mark E. Smith, musician (The Fall)
Bernard Sumner, singer and musician (Joy Division and New Order)
Mike Sweeney (DJ), radio broadcaster, musician and DJ




T


Lewis Tan, actor and martial artist
Adam Thomas (born 1988), actor
John Thomson, actor and comedian




V


John Virgo, former snooker player; currently commentator




W


Mike Walker, jazz guitarist
Tony Warren, television scriptwriter (Coronation Street)
Russell Watson, tenor
William Webb Ellis, claimed inventor of rugby football
Joanne Whalley, actress
William Joseph Whelan (1924–2021) American biochemist, born in Salford.
Don Whillans, climber and mountaineer
Tony Wilson, radio and TV presenter; journalist (Granada Television, BBC)
Benedict Wong, actor, born in Eccles.
Kenneth Wolstenholme, football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s, most notable for his commentary during the 1966 FIFA World Cup which included the famous phrase "they think it's all over... it is now"
Arthur Woolliscroft, footballer, played for Manchester City, Leicester City, Watford and Northwich Victoria
Thomas Worthington, architect




Y


Leslie Yoxall (1914–2005), cryptographer and codebreaker at Bletchley Park; born in Salford




See also


List of people from Greater Manchester




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