Notable People
- The architect Norman Foster was brought up in Levenshulme.
- Dad's Army's "Captain Mainwaring", Arthur Lowe attended Chapel Street School.
- Beryl Reid, the comedian, grew up in Manchester where she attended Withington and Levenshulme High Schools.
- Actor Graeme Hawley who plays John Stape in Coronation Street is a resident.
- Professor Terry Callaghan, who was a member of the Lead Authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, together with Al Gore. He was brought up in Levenshulme and went to Chapel St School and Burnage Grammar School. At 14 he struck up a friendship with Alec Cowan, (Councillor, Levenshulme Ward 2004-2010) and the two have remained friends ever since.
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