People from Leigh, Greater Manchester

The list People from Leigh, Greater Manchester includes Sarah Jayne Dunn, Sabrina Johnson, Shaun Keaveny, Tracie Bennett and Georgie Fame. The list consists of 87 members and 1 sublist.

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester
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Sarah Jayne Dunn

English actress

Overview: Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 25 September 1981) is an English actress best known for playing Mandy Richardson in Hollyoaks on and off since 1996.

Date of birth: 25 September 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jonathan Smith (person) (Married)

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English soap opera actresses 691T

English soap opera actors 705T

1981 births 17,784T
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Tracie Bennett

British actor

Overview: Tracey Bennett (born 17 June 1961) is an English stage and television actress. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London. She played the role of Sharon Bentley in Coronation ...

Date of birth: 17 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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English musical theatre actresses 252T

English stage actresses 1,664T

English television actresses 2,523T
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Shaun Keaveny

British TV and radio personality

Overview: Shaun William Keaveny (born 14 June 1972) is a British broadcaster who presented the afternoon show on digital radio station BBC Radio 6 Music.

Date of birth: 14 June 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Radio Personality

Gender: Male

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Alumni of Leeds Trinity University 35T

BBC Radio 6 Music presenters 42T

BBC Radio 2 presenters 188T
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Georgie Fame

English R&B and jazz musician

Overview: Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemp ...

Date of birth: 26 June 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: British

Occupation: Jazz Musician

Gender: Male

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British male pianists 182T

Male organists 2,112T

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings members 13T
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Matthew Sarsfield

English, Rugby League

Date of birth: 10 September 1991

Age: 33

Nationality: English

Occupation: Rugby League

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Charlotte Dawson (Engaged)

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Rugby league players from Leigh, Greater Manchester 45T

Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 51T

Salford Red Devils players 472T
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Pete Shelley

English singer-songwriter

Overview: Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1955

Date of death: 6 December 2018

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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20th-century British guitarists 140T

21st-century British guitarists 290T

LGBT singers from the United Kingdom 115T
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Ricky Bibey

English rugby league player

Overview: Ricky Bibey (22 September 1981 – July 2022) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England (A-Team), and at club ...

Date of birth: 9 February 1981

Date of death: 17 July 2022

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Rugby League

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

St Helens R.F.C. players 420T

Rugby league second-rows 1,931T
8.

James Hilton

British writer

Overview: James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays.

Date of birth: 9 September 1900

Date of death: 20 December 1954

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

English male novelists 1,096T
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Andy Bracek

English/Welsh rugby league player

Overview: Andy Bracek (born 21 March 1987) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward, prop and second-row forward for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship.

Date of birth: 21 March 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Rugby League

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

St Helens R.F.C. players 420T

Rugby league second-rows 1,931T
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Alan R. Battersby

British chemist

Overview: Sir Alan Rushton Battersby FRS (4 March 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and ...

Date of birth: 4 March 1925

Date of death: 10 February 2018

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Scientist

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2018 deaths 9,212T

2018 deaths 7,472T

Foreign Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy 125T
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Paul Mason (journalist)

British journalist

Overview: Paul Mason (born 23 January 1960) is a British commentator and radio personality. He was Culture and Digital Editor of Channel 4 News, becoming the programme's Economics Editor on 1 June 2014, a post ...

Date of birth: 23 January 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

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English Trotskyists 16T

People educated at Thornleigh Salesian College 6T

English people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent 49T
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Sian Brice

British triathlete

Overview: Sian Brice (born 2 April 1969) is a triathlete from the United Kingdom.

Date of birth: 2 April 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: British

Occupation: Triathlete

Gender: Female

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 51T

English female triathletes 27T

British female triathletes 34T
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Ronnie Irani

English cricketer

Overview: Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Irani (born 26 October 1971) is a former England cricketer who played Tests and ODIs for England. He played only three Tests for England, with decidedly mixed success, but found ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1971

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Cricket

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

First-Class Counties Select XI cricketers 38T

English people of Parsi descent 21T
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Nigel Short

British chess player and writer

Overview: Nigel David Short MBE (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach, commentator and, since October 2018, Vice-President of FIDE. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Chess

Gender: Male

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English male non-fiction writers 1,748T

English male writers 2,660T

People educated at Bolton School 75T
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Denis Betts

British rugby league player

Overview: Denis Charles Betts (born 14 September 1969) is an English rugby league coach and former player. He is the former head coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Super League, and former assistant coach of England ...

Date of birth: 14 September 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: British

Occupation: Rugby League

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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England national rugby league team captains 31T

Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

Rugby league players who received a testimonial 181T
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Geoffrey Unsworth

British cinematographer

Overview: Geoffrey Gilyard Unsworth, OBE, BSC (26 May 1914 – 28 October 1978) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years. He is best known for his work on ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1914

Date of death: 28 October 1978

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Cinematographer

Gender: Male

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Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners 44T

Members of the British Society of Cinematographers 84T

British cinematographers 137T
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Trevor Mann

British engineer

Overview: Trevor Mann CBE (born April 1961) is a British born engineer and businessman. Mann was Chief Operating Officer of Mitsubishi Motors until 1 April 2019. Before filling this position in the course of Nissan ...

Date of birth: April 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: English

Occupation: Engineer

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Engineers from Greater Manchester 7T

English mechanical engineers 120T

British engineers 355T
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John Pendlebury (rugby league)

English RL coach and former rugby league footballer

Overview: John Pendlebury (born 18 April 1961) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for ...

Date of birth: 18 April 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: English

Occupation: Rugby League

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

Salford Red Devils players 417T

Rugby league players 137T
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Phil Bentham

English rugby league referee

Overview: Phil Bentham (born 28 October 1971) is Head of Match Officials at the RFL and a former Premier League football VAR coach. Bentham was an English professional rugby league referee and video referee. He ...

Date of birth: 28 July 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

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Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 54T

Rugby League World Cup referees 28T

English rugby league referees 16T
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Alick Robinson

English footballer

Overview: Alick Robinson (17 April 1906 – 1977) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.

Date of birth: 17 April 1906

Date of death: 1977

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Football

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Footballers from Leigh, Greater Manchester 10T

Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester 49T

The Football League representative players 702T