Famous Salfordians

Margaret Beckett - MP
James Brindley - Engineer
Elkie Brooks - Singer
Joseph Brotherton - Founder of vegetarian movement
Tim Burgess Vocalist - The Charlatans
Nicky Butt Footballer - Manchester United & England
Alan Clarke Vocalist - The Hollies
Hazel Blears - MP
Eddie Colman - Footballer and Busby Babe
Alistair Cooke - Broadcaster/ journalist - Letter from America
John Cooper Clarke - Poet
Bernard Cribbins - Actor
Shelagh Delaney Playwright - A Taste of Honey
Christopher Eccleston - Actor - Shallow Grave, Cracker and Elizabeth , Dr Who.
Frederick Engels - Communist writer
Joseph Evans - Botanical herbalist
Shirley Ann Field - Actress and Oscar winner
Albert Finney - Actor and five-time Oscar nominee
John Garner - Golfer
Billy Garton - Footballer - Manchester United
Ryan Giggs - Footballer - Manchester United & Wales,Walter
Greenwood - Author - Love on the Dole
Charles Hallé - Founder of Hallé Orchestra,
Alan Hallsall - Actor - Tyrone in Coronation Street
Peter Hook Bassist - New Order
James Joule Scientist - of Joule electrical unit fame
Ayub Khan Din - Playwrite and actor
Ben Kingsley - Actor and Oscar winner
Mike Leigh - Film director,L S Lowry Painter
Ian McShane - Actor,
Graham Nash - Singer - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and The Hollies,
Peter Noon - Vocalist - Herman's Hermits,
Wilfred Pickles - Inventor,
Robert Powell - Actor,
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor - Berlin Philharmonic,
Harold Riley - Painter,
Shaun Ryder Vocalist - Happy Mondays and Black Grape,
Paul Scholes Footballer - Manchester United & England,
Mark E Smith Vocalist - The Fall,
Bernard Sumner Vocalist - Joy Division/New Order, The Buzzcocks,
Tony Warren - Writer and creator of Coronation Street
Russell Watson - Opera singer,
Colin Welland - Actor and director,
Tony Wilson - Promoter and TV presenter. Founder of Factory Records,
Kenneth Wolstenholme - Commentator - "They think it's all over…"

Black Elk - stayed in Salford for 5 months is 1887,
Chief Red Shirt - part of the Lakota in the Wild West show,
Buffllo Bill - famous Cowboy and showman who brought the Wild West to England,
Francis Victoria Alexander - Lakota girl born and baptised in Ordsall.