2. Born in Manchester, greater Manchester Born 1781. Died 1861 - English inventor. Apprentice at James Watt’s engineering works. Left the firm in 1805 and worked on improving methods of coal gas production. In 1814 illuminated by gas a district of London. Patented several innovations in gas production including the gas meter and purification by lime.

3. Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an Academy Award-winning British filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Shallow Grave, Train spotting, 28 Days Later, and Slumdog Millionaire, for which Boyle won numerous awards in 2009, including the Academy Award for Best Director. Theatre Upon leaving school he began his career at the Joint Stock Theatre Company, before moving onto the Royal Court Theatre in 1982 where he directed Genius by Howard Brenton, and Saved by Edward Bond. He also directed five productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Film Boyle made his feature film directorial debut with Shallow Grave. The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995 and led to the production of Train spotting, based on the novel by Irvine Welsh. Film In 2008 he directed Slumdog Millionaire, the story of an impoverished child (Dev Patel) on the streets of Mumbai who competes on India's variant of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, for which Boyle won an Academy Award.

4. Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. Although she was widely criticized for her militant tactics, her work is recognized as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. However, historians disagree about whether she did more to help or hinder public support for the cause. Born and raised in Manchester by politically active parents, Pankhurst was introduced at a young age to the women's suffrage movement. Although her parents encouraged her to prepare herself for life as a wife and mother, she attended the École Normale de Neuilly in Paris. In 1878 she married Richard Pankhurst, a barrister known for supporting women's right to vote; they had five children over the next ten years. He also supported her activities outside the home, and she quickly became involved with the Women's Franchise League, which advocated suffrage for women. When that organization broke apart, she attempted to join the left-leaning Independent Labour Party through her friendship with socialist Keir Hardie, but was initially refused membership by the local branch of the Party on account of her gender. She also worked as a Poor Law Guardian, where she was startled by harsh conditions in Manchester workhouses.

5. Suzanne Shaw (born Suzanne Crowshaw on 29 September 1981) is an English actress, singer and television personality. She is most famous for winning the talent contest Popstars and subsequently being a member of the band Hear'Say. She is now an established musical theatre performer and presents a live game show, Bingo lotto, on Virgin 1 and Challenge every Friday night. She is also the winner of series 3 of the ITV1 program Dancing on Ice. Shaw got engaged to record producer Terry Adams during her time in Hear'say. The relationship ended during her UK tour of Summer Holiday when she began a relationship with Darren Day, and their son, Corey Mackenzie Day, was born in Kent in December 2004. The couple split on Mother's Day of the following year, with Day announcing, "I don't know how to do family." Day has subsequently married and had another child. After relationships with Zac Lichman (before he was picked as a housemate for Big Brother 2007 under the name Ziggy) and actor Andrew-Lee Potts, she now dates Sony award winning DJ and Hider in the House and Escape from Scorpion Island presenter Jason King, of duo JK and Joel. The couple had been friends since Shaw's Hear'Say days, but began dating in December 2005 after appearing together on Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver. The pair now live together with Shaw's son in Buckinghamshire, and announced their engagement in August 2008. In 2008, Shaw was voted Celebrity Mother of the Year by the public.