List of people from Tameside

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This is a list of famous and infamous people from Tameside, a metropolitan borough in North West England. This list includes people from the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge, and the smaller villages that make up Tameside. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname.

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Other footballers who were born in Ashton-under-Lyne include Trevor Ross, [34] Alan Wright, [35] Gordon Taylor, [36] and Bert Whalley, who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster. [37]

Several Coronation Street actors are also associated with Ashton-Under-Lyne; Bill Tarmey, [38] Roy Barraclough, [39] and Sue Devaney all live in the town. [40]

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