List of people from Bury

This is a list of people from the metropolitan borough of Bury in North West England. It includes people from the town of Bury and also people from the towns of Radcliffe, Prestwich, Whitefield, Tottington, Ramsbottom and other places which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

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  • Noel Castree, author; professor of geography
  • Sir John Charnley (1911–1982), orthopaedic surgeon; hip replacement pioneer; born in Bury
  • David Chaytor (born 1949), Labour MP for Bury North 19972010; convicted fraudster
  • Catherine Chisholm (born 1878 Radcliffe) British physician; first female graduate University of Manchester; key founder Manchester Babies Hospital (opened 1914)
  • Antony Cotton (born Anthony Dunn) (born 1975), British actor; plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street
  • Walter Clegg (18 April 192015 April 1994), British Conservative politician
  • Lol Creme, of the band 10cc; from Prestwich
  • Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), real name Richmal Crompton Lamburn; author of Just William stories[7]
  • Cecil Cronshaw (18891961), pioneer of modern dyes; Chairman and Director of ICI[8]
  • Brian Cubbon (19282015), former Permanent Secretary, Home Office and Northern Ireland Office

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  • Michael Edelson (born 1944), businessman; Director of Manchester United Football Club
  • Elbow, band which formed and played its first gig in Bury
  • Emily Gent,director of discharge

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  • Howard Jacobson (born 1942), writer; born in Prestwich[27]
  • John Just (17971852), second Master of Bury Grammar School 183252; botanist; lectured at the Royal Manchester School of Medicine and Surgery; honorary professor of botany at the Royal Manchester Institution[28]

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  • Michael Oates, amateur astronomer; has discovered 144 comets using images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory; for almost five years held the world record for the greatest number of comet discoveries by an individual; resides in Prestwich

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See also

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