List of Manx people
Encyclopedia
Musicians
- Barry GibbBarry GibbBarry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE , is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed The Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
, musician, The Bee Gees - Robin GibbRobin GibbRobin Hugh Gibb, CBE is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice , and elder brother Barry....
, musician, The Bee Gees - Maurice GibbMaurice GibbMaurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...
, musician, The Bee Gees
Scientists
- Martin R Bridson, mathematician
- Lord Randolph Quirk, linguist
Sportspeople
- Mark CavendishMark CavendishMark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...
, professional cyclist - David LyonDavid Lyon (cricketer)David Walker Lyon is a former English cricketer. Lyon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Douglas, Isle of Man....
(1943-), cricketer - David KnightDavid KnightDavid "Knighter" Knight is a three-time world champion enduro rider from the Isle of Man.After competing in the Enduro FIM Junior Cup, Knight debuted in the World Enduro Championship riding for Yamaha. He finished runner-up in the 250 cc class to Juha Salminen in 2001 and to Samuli Aro in 2002...
enduro motorcyclist
Writers
- Lillian BeckwithLillian BeckwithLillian Comber, author was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, and wrote under the name Lillian Beckwith. Her most notable works are a series of semi-autobiographical books that chronicle her years living in Elgol, Isle of Skye, and later on the nearby and smaller Isle of Soay...
, writer - T. E. Brown, poet, scholar and theologian
- Hall CaineHall CaineSir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE , usually known as Hall Caine, was a Manx author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular, and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his...
, novelist and playwright - Alan CorkishAlan CorkishAlan Corkish is a writer from the UK. Originally from the Isle of Man he now lives in Liverpool where he writes novels, poetry, and short stories, and co-edits the radical poetry journal ....
, poet, editor and novelist - Caro FraserCaro FraserCaro Fraser is a British novelist, and the daughter of writer George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman books.Fraser was born in Carlisle in 1953, but moved to Glasgow shortly afterwards and was brought up there until her mid-teens, attending Glasgow High School for Girls...
, novelist - Eliza S. Craven GreenEliza S. Craven GreenEliza S. Craven Green , née Craven, was an English poet.Eliza was born in Leeds in 1803. Her early years were spent in the Isle of Man. Subsequently she lived at Manchester, but she returned to Leeds, where she resided many years...
, poet - Jane HollandJane HollandJane Holland is an award-winning English poet, performer and novelist whose poems have been widely published in magazines and broadcast on the radio. She won an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors for her poetry in 1996...
, poet, performer and novelist - Sarah HollandSarah HollandSarah Holland is a writer, actress and singer best known for her 22 romantic novels for Harlequin which have been published in over 130 countries, selling millions of copies worldwide...
, writer, actress and singer - Nigel KnealeNigel KnealeNigel Kneale was a British screenwriter from the Isle of Man. Active in television, film, radio drama and prose fiction, he wrote professionally for over fifty years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and was twice nominated for the British Film Award for Best Screenplay...
, screenwriter - John KellyJohn Kelly (scholar)John Kelly LL.D. was a Manx scholar.Kelly was born at Douglas, Isle of Man, the son of a wine cooper. He was educated by Philip Moore, later joining his venture with other Manx scholars and clergymen to translate the Bible into the native language, his contribution was a revision of the books of...
, lexicographer and Bible translator into Manx - William KennishWilliam KennishWilliam Kennish , was a poet, engineer, explorer, scientist, inventor, and the first person hired by the United States government to explore a route for a Panama Canal....
, poet and engineer - Frank KermodeFrank KermodeSir John Frank Kermode was a highly regarded British literary critic best known for his seminal critical work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967 ....
, literary critic - Charlotte LambCharlotte LambSheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates was best known as the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb, a prolific and bestselling romantic novelist...
(Sheila Holland née Coates), romantic novelist - Randolph Quirk, Lord Quirk, linguistics scholar
- Thomas ShimminThomas ShimminThomas Shimmin was a rag gatherer and poet nicknamed "Tom the Dipper" who lived in the Isle of Man.He was said to be twice sentenced for robbery...
, poet and rag-gatherer - Brian StowellBrian StowellBrian Stowell is a Manx radio personality, linguist and author. He is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language. While a student he became fluent in the language, and made tape recordings of its elderly speakers. He became fluent in Irish and used his fluency to...
, writer, broadcaster and translator into the Manx language - George WaldronGeorge WaldronGeorge Waldron , was an English topographer and poet.Waldron, born in 1690, was son of Francis Waldron of London, who was descended from an ancient family in Essex. He appears to have received his early education at Felsted School, and on 7 May 1706 he was matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford...
, topographer and poet
Other notable people
- Fletcher ChristianFletcher ChristianFletcher Christian was a master's mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants...
, mutineer on HMS BountyMutiny on the BountyThe mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...
See also
- List of residents of the Isle of Man
- Manx peopleManx peopleThe Manx are an ethnic group coming 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 Norse and English influences....
- Lists of people by nationality