This is a list of people from Manchester, a city in North West England. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname. For people from Greater Manchester see List of people from Greater Manchester. A–F Daniel Adamson (1820–1890) engineer born in Durham who designed the Manchester Ship Canal; one of the directors of the Manchester chamber of commerce; Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Manchester; buried in Withington Chris Addison stand-up comedian, writer and actor Mark Addy (1840–1890) Manchester-born Albert Medal recipient Caroline Aherne (1963–2016) BAFTA Award-winning actress, comedian and writer, The Mrs Merton Show William Harrison Ainsworth historical novelist born in Manchester Sir John Alcock aviator who, with fellow British aviator Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight Adam Anderson synthesist, one half of synth-pop duo Hurts Don Arden Cheetham Hill-born music manager and businessman, who oversaw the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath Anthony Arthur (born 1973) Olympic weightlifter (1996 Summer Olympics) George Arthurs (1875–1944), songwriter and author Rob Atha table football player Mike Atherton former England cricket captain and commentator Norman Beaker born Norman Hume in 1950 in Longsight, blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, band leader and record producer, officially recognised and inducted as a Legend in the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017. William Worby Beaumont (1848–1929) automotive engineer and inventor Max Beesley English actor and musician Niamh Blackshaw actress, known for portraying Juliet Nightingale in Hollyoaks Stan Bowles born and brought up in Collyhurst; Manchester City, QPR, Nottingham Forest and England International footballer in the 1970s Maud Boyd (1867–1929) actress and operatic singer Edward Brotherton (1814–1866), English Swedenborgian and educational reform campaigner Joe Brown born in Ardwick, climber and mountaineer Wes Brown former Manchester United footballer Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) Manchester-born and educated author, poet, playwright, musician, linguist, translator and critic, known for novel A Clockwork Orange Darren Campbell former sprinter representing Great Britain Thomas George Cassell YouTuber and Twitch streamer John Cassidy Irish-born sculptor and painter who lived in Manchester Tom Chantrell – designer of many film posters including The Sound of Music and Star Wars Sir Humphrey Chetham merchant and benefactor of Chetham's Library; born in Crumpsall Stanley Chow artist and illustrator Oliver Claffey (born 1990) professional wrestler Richard Cobden (1804–1865) Sussex-born industrialist who moved to Manchester, where he was politically active Kenneth Colley actor who played Admiral Piett in The Empire