People from Royton

The list People from Royton includes Michelle Marsh, Olivia Cooke, Nick Grimshaw, Jack Wild and Kieran O'Brien. The list consists of 24 members.

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Human settlement in England

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Olivia Cooke

English actress (born 1993)

Overview: Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller Bates Motel (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama Vanity Fair (2018) ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1993

Age: 31

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Jacob Ifan (Dating)

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Actresses from Oldham 28T

Actors from Oldham 10T

Actresses from Greater Manchester 81T
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Nick Grimshaw

Television and radio presenter

Overview: Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984) is an English television and radio presenter. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1 including his current Drivetime show ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: English

Occupation: Disc Jockey

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Meshach Henry (Engaged)

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English LGBT broadcasters 81T

English gay writers 176T

Alumni of the Student Radio Association 9T
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Jack Wild

British actor

Overview: Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! (1968), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1952

Date of death: 1 March 2006

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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People educated at Barbara Speake Stage School 10T

Male actors from Manchester 131T

20th-century English male actors 2,151T
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Kieran O'Brien

British actor

Overview: Kieran O'Brien (born 1973 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actor.

Date of birth: 23 November 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors from Greater Manchester 29T

English male film actors 3,400T
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Craig Gazey

British actor

Overview: Craig Gazey (born 24 February 1982) is a British stage and television actor, best known for his portrayal of Graeme Proctor in the ITV soap Coronation Street.

Date of birth: 24 February 1982

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British male television actors 840T

Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama 83T

1982 births 18,234T
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John Hogan

British, Mathematician

Overview: S. John Hogan is a professor of Applied Mathematics and leader of the "Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Group" in the Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol. He is known for his work ...

Nationality: British

Occupation: Mathematician

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Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T

1858 deaths 889T

1800 births 1,305T
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John Byron (died 1600)

English nobleman, landowner, politician and knight

Overview: Sir John Byron (c. 1526 – 1600) was an Elizabethan English nobleman, landowner, politician, and knight. He was also known as Little Sir John with the Great Beard.

Date of birth: 1526

Date of death: 1600

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Gender: Male

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People from Newstead, Nottinghamshire 12T

High Sheriffs of Lancashire 89T

High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire 89T
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John Hogan (VC)

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Overview: John Hogan VC (8 April 1884 – 6 October 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British ...

Date of birth: 8 April 1884

Date of death: 6 October 1943

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross 836T

British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross 394T

Manchester Regiment soldiers 36T
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Mark Hilditch

English footballer

Overview: Mark Hilditch (born 20 August 1960 in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

Date of birth: 20 August 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Football

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Footballers from Oldham 81T

Oldham Athletic A.F.C. non-playing staff 46T

Buxton F.C. players 175T
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Kenneth Beard

Organist

Overview: Kenneth Bernard Beard FRCO(CHM) (9 June 1927, Royton, Lancashire – 9 July 2010) was an English Cathedral Organist.

Date of birth: 9 June 1927

Date of death: 9 July 2010

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

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Recipients of the Cross of St Augustine 20T

20th-century classical musicians 2,009T

People educated at Kingswood School, Bath 49T
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John Lees (inventor)

Overview: John Lees of Turf Lane, Royton, Lancashire was an English inventor who made a substantial improvement to machinery for carding cotton.

Nationality: British

Occupation: Inventor

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Textile workers 90T

Spinning 40T

History of the textile industry 108T
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Les Chapman

English footballer and manager

Overview: Leslie Chapman (born 27 September 1948), commonly known as Les and sometimes as Chappy, is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he made 747 appearances in the Football League in ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: British

Occupation: Soccer

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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English expatriate sportspeople in the United States 899T

San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players 156T

Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff 110T
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Paul Newsome

British musician

Overview: Paul Newsome is a gold selling musician originally from Royton, Oldham, England and living in Los Angeles. He is the guitarist/songwriter for UK rock group Proud Mary. He has written several films scores ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: British

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Music in Oldham Borough 30T

People from Oldham 336T

Musicians from Manchester 304T
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Pete Wild

English football manager (born 1984)

Overview: Peter Lee Wild (born 20 July 1984) is an English football coach who is the manager of Barrow.

Date of birth: 1985

Age: 39

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Alan Waldron (footballer)

English footballer

Overview: Alan Waldron (born 6 September 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool, Bury and York City, and in Australia ...

Date of birth: 6 September 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: English

Occupation: Football

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Sportspeople from Lancashire 96T

Wollongong City players 82T

Blackpool F.C. players 1,210T
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Fred Hopkinson

English footballer

Overview: Fred Hopkinson (26 April 1908 – after 1935) was an English footballer who made 221 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or inside right for Darlington and Barrow in the 1920s ...

Date of birth: 26 April 1908

Age: 117

Nationality: English

Occupation: Football

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South Shields F.C. (1936) players 60T

Year of death missing 14,093T

Association football wing halves 1,735T
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Sir Harry Platt, 1st Baronet

British orthopaedic surgeon

Overview: Sir Harry Platt, 1st Baronet, FRCS (7 October 1886 – 20 December 1986) was an English orthopaedic surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1954–1957). He was a founder of the British ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1886

Date of death: 20 December 1986

Age: 100 (age at death)

Occupation: Doctor

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Physicians of the Manchester Royal Infirmary 15T

20th-century surgeons 980T

British orthopaedic surgeons 45T
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Steve Taylor (footballer)

Footballer

Overview: Steven Jeffrey Taylor (born 18 October 1955) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 157 goals in 441 league games in a 15-year career in the Football League.

Date of birth: 18 October 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: British

Occupation: Football

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Footballers from Oldham 81T

Northern Premier League managers 48T

Northern Premier League players 920T
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Alan Groves

English footballer

Overview: Alan Groves (24 October 1948 – 15 June 1978) was an English professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Date of birth: 24 October 1948

Date of death: 15 June 1978

Age: 29 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Football

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Sportspeople from Southport 62T

Footballers from Oldham 81T

Southport F.C. players 685T
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Leon Harrop

British TV actor

Overview: Leon Harrop (born 1991/1992) is a British TV actor with Down's Syndrome, known for playing characters with the condition, most notably playing Ralph Wilson in The A Word (2016–2020) and its spin off series ...

Date of birth: 1991

Age: 33

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