List of Manx people
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The Manx (Manx: Ny Manninee) are an ethno-national group from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe. They are often described as a Celtic people, though they have had 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
Musicians
- Barry Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Robin Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Maurice Gibb, musician, The Bee Gees
- Davy Knowles, musician, Back Door Slam
- Harry Manx, Canadian musician
- Simon Lynch, musician, X-Factor star
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[1]
- 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
- Darryl Hill professional snooker player
- Nina Hunt, Latin American dance coach and choreographer
- David Lyon (1943-), cricketer
- Peter Kennaugh, professional cyclist
- David Knight enduro motorcyclist
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[2]
- 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
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.wargs.com/political/quayle.html
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