CITY

Official Website:
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/

Population:
394,269 (2001 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Manchester Metropolitan University	1970
Xavieran College	1872
Victoria University of Manchester	1851
University of Manchester	1824
Manchester Grammar School	1515

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
The Hallé	1857

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stuart Adamson	Musician	11-Apr-1958	16-Dec-2001	Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country
Margaret Beckett	Government	15-Jan-1943		UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07
Danny Boyle	Film Director	20-Oct-1956		Trainspotting
Frances Hodgson Burnett	Novelist	24-Nov-1849	29-Oct-1924	Little Lord Fauntleroy
John Cassell	Publisher	23-Jan-1817	2-Apr-1865	Cassell's Magazine
James Chadwick	Physicist	20-Oct-1891	24-Jul-1974	Discovered the neutron
Tony Clement	Politician	27-Jan-1961		Canadian Minister of Health
Steve Coogan	Actor	14-Oct-1965		I'm Alan Partridge
George Coulouris	Actor	1-Oct-1903	25-Apr-1989	Watch on the Rhine
Peter Cundall	TV Personality	1-Apr-1927		Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008
Ian Curtis	Singer	15-Jul-1956	18-May-1980	Lead singer of Joy Division
Thomas De Quincey	Author	15-Aug-1785	8-Dec-1859	Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Simon Dee	Talk Show Host	28-Jul-1935	30-Aug-2009	Dee Time
Howard Devoto	Singer	1955		Buzzcocks and Magazine vocalist
Robert G. Edwards	Scientist	27-Sep-1925	10-Apr-2013	In vitro fertilization
Flood	Music Producer	c. 1960		Produced albums for Nine Inch Nails, U2, etc.
Martin Fry	Musician	9-Mar-1958		Singer for ABC
Genesis P-Orridge	Electronic Musician	22-Feb-1950		Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV
Andy Gibb	Musician	5-Mar-1958	10-Mar-1988	I Just Want To Be Your Everything
David Greene	Film Director	22-Feb-1921	7-Apr-2003	Gray Lady Down
Bernard Hill	Actor	17-Dec-1944		Boys from the Blackstuff
Nicholas Hope	Actor	25-Dec-1958		Bad Boy Bubby
John Hopkinson	Engineer	27-Jul-1849	27-Aug-1898	English electrical engineer
Mick Hucknall	Singer	8-Jun-1960		Lead singer, Simply Red
Bryn Jones	Musician	17-Jun-1961	14-Jan-1999	Muslimgauze
Davy Jones	Singer	30-Dec-1945	29-Feb-2012	Frontman for The Monkees
Emrys Jones	Actor	22-Sep-1915	10-Jul-1972	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Jay Kay	Singer	30-Dec-1969		Jamiroquai singer
Jackie Lane	Actor	10-Jul-1947		Dodo Chaplet in Dr. Who
Harold Laski	Economist	30-Jun-1893	24-Mar-1950	A Grammar of Politics
Ann Lee	Religion	29-Feb-1736	8-Sep-1784	Mother Ann, Founder of the Shakers
Ted Lewis	Novelist	18-Jan-1940	15-May-1982	Jack's Return Home
Johnny Marr	Guitarist	31-Oct-1963		The Smiths
Col Needham	Encyclopaedist	26-Jan-1967		IMDB founder
Peter Noone	Singer	5-Nov-1947		Lead singer of Herman's Hermits
Frank O'Gorman	Historian	12-Sep-1940		Voters, Patrons, and Parties
Jim O'Neill	Economist	c. 1956		Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Emmeline Pankhurst	Activist	14-Jul-1857	14-Jun-1928	Militant suffragette
Linus Roache	Actor	1-Feb-1964		Pandaemonium
Eric Stewart	Musician	20-Jan-1945		Former 10cc frontman
John Thaw	Actor	3-Jan-1942	21-Feb-2002	Inspector Morse
Marsha Thomason	Actor	19-Jan-1976		Diana Barrigan on White Collar
Elihu Thomson	Inventor	29-Mar-1853	13-Mar-1937	Electric welding and A/C motors
Billy Thorpe	Musician	29-Mar-1946	28-Feb-2007	Children of the Sun
Shayne Ward	Singer	15-Oct-1984		Winner of The X Factor, 2005
David Warner	Actor	29-Jul-1941		The Omen
Jeanette Winterson	Novelist	27-Aug-1959		Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
George Zucco	Actor	11-Jan-1886	28-May-1960	Fog Island

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Alexander	Philosopher	6-Jan-1859	13-Sep-1938	Space, Time, and Deity
Kenny Baker	Actor	24-Aug-1934	13-Aug-2016	The man inside R2-D2
John Charnley	Doctor	29-Aug-1912	5-Aug-1982	Hip replacement surgery
Quentin Crisp	Actor	25-Dec-1908	21-Nov-1999	The Naked Civil Servant
John Dalton	Chemist	6-Sep-1766	27-Jul-1844	Early proponent of Atomic Theory
Sir Charles Hallé	Pianist	11-Apr-1819	25-Oct-1895	Founder, Hallé Orchestra
Bryn Jones	Musician	17-Jun-1961	14-Jan-1999	Muslimgauze
Bernard Lovell	Astronomer	31-Aug-1913	6-Aug-2012	Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank
Norman Rossington	Actor	24-Dec-1928	21-May-1999	A Hard Day's Night
Tony Wilson	TV Personality	20-Feb-1950	10-Aug-2007	Founder of Factory Records

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