Holliday Grainger Didsbury-born actress; known for portraying Lucrezia Borgia in Showtime's The Borgias Trevor Griffiths dramatist, co-writer of screenplay for the film Reds; born in Ancoats Nick Grimshaw Manchester-born Radio 1 DJ Andrew Hall Cheshire cricketer Arthur Harden Manchester-born Nobel Prize–winning biochemist Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865) prominent Manchester citizen, philanthropist and politician Oliver Heywood English banker and philanthropist Bernard Hill film, stage and television actor, known for playing Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff and roles in blockbuster films, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and True Crime Ray Honeyford headmaster and writer, known for highlighting the failures of multiculturalism in Bradford Keith HopwoodHerman's Hermits guitarist, born in Davyhulme Shotty Horroh well known rapper, singer and actor Myra Hindley Gorton-born serial killer who, along with her accomplice, Ian Brady, claimed the lives of five victims in Manchester in the 1960s Peter Hook bassist of the bands Joy Division and New Order Mick Hucknall lead singer of the band Simply Red Howard Jacobson Man Booker Prize-winning British Jewish author and journalist, best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters Davy Jones actor; singer of the band The Monkees Michelle Keegan actress on Coronation Street Brian Kidd football coach; assistant manager at Manchester City since December 2009; former player; assistant manager to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in the 1990s; member of the Manchester United team that won the European Cup in 1968; born in Collyhurst Frank "Foo Foo" Lammar drag queen, born in Ancoats Harold Lever Labour politician and Baron Lever Emmanuel Levy (1900–1986) painter, teacher and art critic Martin Lewis Withington-born financial journalist who founded MoneySavingExpert.com Harvey Lisbergmusic and sporting manager who discovered Herman's Hermits David Lloyd George born in Chorlton-in-Medlock; British Prime Minister during the First World War; member of the Liberal Party Sunny Lowry Longsight-born swimmer who was the first British woman to swim the English Channel Bernard Manning Ancoats-born stand-up comedian Sir Ernest Marples Postmaster-General and Minister of Transport; born in Levenshulme Johnny Marr songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths Ian McShane actor who grew up in Manchester Peter Mellor (born 1947) English-born American footballer and coach Mohyeldeen Mohammad Islamist activist who studied in Saudi Arabia prior to his deportation Steven Patrick Morrissey singer-songwriter in The Smiths, writer and poet. Born in Davyhulme,