List of people from Tameside

• Dawn Acton (born 1977): actress, Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |title=Famous people from North West England |publisher=LocalHistories.org |url=http://www.localhistories.org/northwestfam.html |author=Tim Lambert}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Harry Allen (executioner) (1911–1992)
• The Ashton family of Ashton-Under-Lyne, including
• Ralph de Ashton
• Robert de Ashton (died 1385)
• Sir John de Ashton II (died 1428)
• Thomas de Ashton (alchemist)

• Amanda Barrie (born 1935): actress, Alma Sedgwick in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web|title=Amanda's Bad and loving it! |author=Natalie Anglesey |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/217/217948_amandas_bad_and_loving_it.html |date=13 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601041719/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/217/217948_amandas_bad_and_loving_it.html |archivedate=1 June 2007 }} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Margaret Beckett (born 1943): Britain's first female Foreign Secretary (2006){{cite news |title=Margaret Beckett |work=BBC Online |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/margaret_beckett.shtml}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Ross Brawn (born 1954): Formula One team technical director/team principal 1991–2006, 2008-2013 and Formula One Managing Director (2017–present)
• Mary Ann Britland (1847–1886): convicted murderer, and first woman hanged at Strangeways Prison; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |title=Tameside bibliography |author=Tameside Local Studies & Archives Centre staff |publisher=Tameside.gov.uk |url=http://www.tameside.gov.uk/archives/bibliography.pdf |year=2006 |accessdate=16 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614155243/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/archives/bibliography.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2011 }}
• Arthur Brooke (1845–1918): founder of Brooke Bond and Co tea company[http://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/arthurbrooke Arthur Brooke biography]
• Victor Brox (born 1940): blues musician; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

• Zach Clough (b. 1995): Professional footballer currently playing for Adelaide United F.C. Previously of Bolton Wanderers FC, Nottingham Forest FC and Wigan Athletic FC. Born and raised in Denton, Greater Manchester.
• Henry Cockburn (1923–2004): footballer; played mid-fielder and was capped by England 13 times; in a 14-year playing career, played for Manchester United F.C. and Bury F.C.; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite news |title=Henry Cockburn |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/henry-cockburn-549463.html |date=17 February 2004 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.

• Howard Donald: member of popular boy band Take That lived in Droylsden.
• Robert Duckenfield (1619–1689): military commander in Civil War; High Sheriff of Cheshire

• Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829): late 18th-century watchmaker, born in Ashton-under-LyneNevell (1994), p. 75.

• George Formby Snr (1875–1921): born James Lawler Booth; music hall entertainer; father of the music hall and cinema star George Formby; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite news |title=That lad will go far! |work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/dec/06/artsfeatures.popandrock |author=Simon Louvish |date=6 December 2002 |accessdate=22 September 2008 |location=London}}
• Ronald Fraser (1930–1997): film actor, born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cn|date=June 2023}}

• Tony Gardner (born 1964): actor; known for playing Brian Johnson in My Parents are Aliens; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cn|date=June 2023}}

• Stephen Hampson (born 1968), cricketer.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7311/7311.html |title=Player Profile: Stephen Hampson |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2011-05-04}}
• Andrew Harris (born 1973): cricketer who played for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and currently plays for Leicestershire; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14067.html |title=Andrew Harris player profile |publisher=Cricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 28 August 2007.
• Simon Hoggart (1946–2014): journalist and broadcaster, born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web|title=The Hands of History: Parliamentary Sketches 1997–2007 |publisher=Kingston.ac.uk |url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/krf/events/2008/02-the-hands-of-history-parliamentary-sketches-1997-2007-simon-hoggart/ |df= }}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Matthew Hughes (born 1950): politician, born in Audenshaw; Was the distinguished Principal of John Septamus Roe in Perth who grew the school from a small school in Mirrabooka to the largest private school in the state of WA. Matthew went on to become the first Labor party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Kalamunda.
• Lisa Huo: Big Brother contestant in 2006{{cite web |title='I'm wild, crazy and sexy'... meet Big Brother Lisa |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/513355_im_wild_crazy_and_sexy__meet_big_brother_lisa |author=Adam Derbyshire |date=24 May 2006}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941): retired footballer; spent most of his career playing for West Ham United F.C.; part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966; one of two to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final; born in Ashton-under-Lyne

• John Lees: cricketer
• Evan Leigh: 19th-century author, inventor and engineer, born in Ashton-under-Lyne'The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor & boroughs', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 338–347. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438. Date accessed: 16 September 2008.
• Lonelady: 21st-century singer and guitarist, real name Julie Campbell, comes from Audenshaw{{Cite web | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/17173-lonelady-interview-hinterland | title=The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Interiority Complex: Exploring Manchester's Hinterlands with Lonelady}}
• John Lees: Body builder and professional wrestler. Mr Universe 1957. born 1930 in Stalybridge.

• Hugh Mason (1817–1886): mill owner and politician; owned textile mills in Ashton-under-Lyne MP for Ashton-under-Lyne; advocate of paternalism for workers, Irish home rule, and women's suffrage; born in StalybridgeNevell (1994), pp. 42–47.
• F. W. Micklethwaite (1849–1925): photographerF. W. Micklethwaite, 1848–1925. [http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/torontodetail.html?key=124330 City of Toronto Archives biography].
• Albert Monks (1875–1936), professional footballer
• Justin Moorhouse (1970): comedian from Ashton-under-Lyne

• Stephen Parry (born 1986): Lancashire and England cricketer{{citation |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/cricket/lancashire-ace-stephen-parry-helps-6763572 |title=Lancashire ace Stephen Parry helps England to victory on his debut |last=Ostick |first=Chris |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=2 March 2014}} Retrieved on 15 March 2014.
• Simone Perrotta (born 1977): footballer; part of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning team; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite news |title=Ashton-under-Lyne cheers Perrotta |author=Stuart James |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/06/worldcup2006.sport7 |date=6 July 2006 |location=London}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.
• John Louis Petit (1801–1868): antiquarian who drew examples of the architecture and landscape of Lancashire; born in Ashton-under-Lyne and {{cite web |title=Historic exhibition for Lytham |work=Lytham St Annes Express |url=http://www.lythamstannesexpress.co.uk/lytham-news/Historic-exhibition-for-Lytham.4215279.jp |date=24 June 2008 |accessdate=16 September 2008}}
• Harry Pilling (born 1943): played first-class cricket, 1962–1980; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18962.html |title=Harry Pilling player profile |publisher=Cricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 28 August 2007.
• Robert Platt (1802–1882): cotton manufacturer and philanthropist; born in Stalybridge{{cite web | url = http://www.tameside.gov.uk/stalybridge/facts| title = Facts about Stalybridge|publisher= Tameside Metropolitan Borough|accessdate = 2012-09-19}}
• David Potts (born 1957): CEO, Morrisons{{cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Chris|title=Pure passion drives David|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/pure-passion-drives-david-1101101|accessdate=1 March 2015|work=Manchester Evening News|date=13 August 2004}}

• Albert E. Richardson: clockmaker who designed the Teasmade{{cite web |title=An automatic tea-making machine, c. 1902. |publisher=ScienceMuseum.org.uk |url=http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/I001/10186640.aspx?keywords=tea |access-date=2009-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174841/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/I001/10186640.aspx?keywords=tea |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Mark Robins (born 1969): former footballer who manages Coventry City F.C.; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6809 |title=Mark Robins |publisher=Soccerbase.com}} Retrieved on 7 October 2010.{{cite web |title=Mark Robins |publisher=MUFCinfo.com |url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/robins_mark.html}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.
• Sunny Rogers (1913–2005): comedian, pianist and actress{{cite news |title=Sunny Rogers |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sunny-rogers-524808.html |date=28 January 2006 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.

• Charles Roger Slack, plant biologist and biochemist (born 1937), Ashton Under Lyne
• Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon of Ashton-under-Lyne (born 1923): politician{{London Gazette |issue=56257 |date=27 June 2001 |page=7571}}
• Melanie Sykes: television, radio presenter and model (born 1970), Ashton Under Lyne
• Kathy Staff (1928–2008): actress best known for her role as Nora Batty in 'Last of the Summer Wine' Born in Dukinfield.
• Francis Thompson poet lived from 1864 to 1885 in Ashton-under-Lyne

• David Vaughan (1944–2003): artist; attended art school in Ashton-under-Lyne; lived in Tameside{{cite news |title=David Vaughan |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1449304/David-Vaughan.html |date=13 December 2003 |location=London}} Retrieved on 12 November 2009.{{cite web |title=Sadie's dad dies |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/383554_sadies_dad_dies |last=Carr |first=Sue |date=10 December 2003}} Retrieved on 12 November 2009.{{cite web |title=To hell and back |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/arts/s/51/51253_to_hell_and_back.html |date=7 February 2003}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Brooke Vincent (born 1992): actress, Sophie Webster in Coronation Street; born in Audenshaw

• Brian Wilde (1927–2008): actor; known for roles in Last of the Summer Wine and Porridge; born in Ashton before he moved with his family at a young age{{cite news |title=Brian Wilde |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582228/Brian-Wilde.html |date=21 March 2008 |location=London}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Sean Wilson (born 1965): actor, Martin Platt in Coronation Street; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |title=Sean frozen out of Ice show |author=Ian Wylie |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/204/204245_sean_frozen_out_of_ice_show.html |date=13 February 2006}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.
• Lewis Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne (1903–1974): President of the Trades Union Congress; lived in Ashton-under-Lyne from 1940 until his death in 1974; commemorated by a blue plaque there[http://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/lordwright www.tameside.gov.uk] Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council site on the local blue plaques, access date 2010-12-01

• Gary Yates (born 1967): cricketer; played first-class cricket for Lancashire, 1990–2002; coaches the Lancashire second XI; born in Ashton-under-Lyne{{cite web |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23525.html |title=Gary Yates player profile |publisher=Cricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 28 August 2007.

Other footballers who were born in Ashton-under-Lyne include Trevor Ross,{{cite web |title=Everton Player Stats Trevor Ross |publisher=EvertonFC.com |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=player_details&player_id=628}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008. Alan Wright,{{cite news|title=Alan Wright |work=The Guardian |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/Player_Profile/0,,-185,00.html |location=London |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609195042/http://football.guardian.co.uk/Player_Profile/0%2C%2C-185%2C00.html |archivedate=June 9, 2011 }} Retrieved on 12 September 2008. Gordon Taylor,{{cite news |title=Gordon Taylor: The players' champion |author=James Lawton |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gordon-taylor-the-players-champion-617943.html |date=24 November 2001 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008. and Bert Whalley, who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.{{cite web |title=Portland Basin Museum: Football Fever |author=Laura Breen |work=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/days_out/s/167/167753_portland_basin_museum_football_fever.html |date=29 July 2005 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.

Several Coronation Street actors are also associated with Ashton-Under-Lyne; Bill Tarmey,{{cite web |title=Friends of Young Carers Charity Launch |publisher=Tameside.gov.uk |url=http://public.tameside.gov.uk/pressreleases/f1030pressreleasestory107.asp?story=4070&keyword= |date=11 September 2007}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008. Roy Barraclough,{{cite news |title=Flintoff and Street star honoured |work=BBC Online |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4570268.stm |date=31 December 2005}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008. and Sue Devaney all live in the town.{{cite web |title=Girls behind |publisher=TheLowry.com |url=http://www.thelowry.com/News/article.aspx?Id=461 |date=9 August 2007}} Retrieved on 16 September 2008.

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