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List of Manx people

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The Manx (Manx language: Ny Manninee) are an ethnic group from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe. They are often described as a Celtic people, though they have a mixed background, including Germanic (Norse and English) influences.

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Actors

  • Samantha Barks, actor, musician
  • Jamie Blackley, actor of screen, television and stage
  • Anthony Quayle, actor of Manx ancestry

    • Arts

  • Rayner Hoff, sculptor
  • Bryan Kneale, sculptor
  • Archibald Knox, designer
  • Paul Lewthwaite, sculptor
  • Chris Killip, photographer, Harvard professor

    • Musicians

  • Barry Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
  • Maurice Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
  • Robin Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
  • Katy Perry, American singer of partial Manx descent
  • Davy Knowles, musician, Back Door Slam
  • Simon Lynch, musician, X-Factor star
  • Harry Manx, Canadian musician

    • Politicians

  • Illiam Dhone (William Christian in English), nationalist and politician
  • Robert Quayle Kermode, 19th-century Tasmanian politician and then richest Manxman in the world
  • Dan Quayle, former United States Senator from Indiana and former Vice President of the United States
  • Sir Miles Walker, politician

    • Scholars

  • Martin Bridson, mathematician
  • Edward Forbes, naturalist professor
  • Sir Frank Kermode, professor of English

    • Sportspeople

  • Jonathan Bellis, professional cyclist
  • Mark Cavendish, professional cyclist
  • Mark Christian, professional cyclist
  • Conor Cummins, motorbike racer
  • Zoe Gillings, snowboarder
  • David Higgins, rally car driver
  • Mark Higgins, rally car driver
  • Darryl Hill, professional snooker player
  • Nina Hunt, Latin American dance, coach and choreographer
  • Peter Kennaugh, professional cyclist
  • David Knight, enduro motorcyclist
  • David Lyon, cricketer

    • Writers

  • T. E. Brown, poet, scholar and theologian
  • Hall Caine, novelist and playwright
  • Mona Douglas, poet and folklorist
  • Eliza S. Craven Green, poet
  • Jane Holland, poet, performer and novelist
  • Sarah Holland, writer, actress and singer
  • John Kelly, lexicographer and Bible translator into Manx
  • Josephine Kermode (Cushag), poet and playwright
  • Nigel Kneale, screenwriter
  • Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland née Coates), romantic novelist
  • Sophia Morrison, folklorist
  • Esther Nelson, poet
  • Randolph Quirk, Lord Quirk, linguistics scholar
  • Hilary Robinson, children's author
  • Christopher R. Shimmin, playwright and politician
  • Thomas Shimmin, poet and rag-gatherer
  • Brian Stowell, writer, broadcaster and translator into the Manx language
  • George Waldron, topographer and poet

    • Others

  • Robert Henry Cain, Victoria Cross recipient
  • George Q. Cannon, Mormon apostle
  • Fletcher Christian, mutineer on HMS Bounty
  • Richard Costain, founder of Costain Group
  • William Garrett (1842-1916), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
  • Colonel Routh Goshen, born Arthur Caley, giant and circus performer.
  • Peter Heywood, mutineer on HMS Bounty, later a naval post captain
  • Abdullah Quilliam, Victorian Muslim of Manx ancestry

    • References

    List of Manx people Wikipedia
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