Notable People
Withington is one of the few areas in the City of Manchester where its most notable residents are thought to have been a result of the city's main industries.
Lindsay Bury, a footballer who helped the Old Etonians win the FA Cup in 1879 and made two appearances for England in the 1870s was born in Withington on 9 July 1857.
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Donat, was born in Withington in 1905, making his most acclaimed starring in the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips. The film critic C. A. Lejeune was born here in 1897. In 1911, the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was known to have lodgings at 104 (now 154) Palatine Road while he was a student at the Victoria University of Manchester.
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw who was a Conservative councillor for Rusholme for 26 years and a post-graduate of the University of Oxford, was born here in 1912. Ernest Rutherford, who pioneered the orbital theory of the atom, lived in the village between 1898 and 1910.
Alan Erasmus, co-founder of Factory Records and The Haçienda with Tony Wilson, has lived on Palatine Road for over 30 years.
Actor John Mahoney, who became known for his role in Frasier, lived here until 1959. Richard Madeley and his wife, Judy Finnigan, lived on Old Broadway during the 1990s.
Frank Whitcombe Jr Rugby Union player for Bradford and Yorkshire born in Withington
Frank Whitcombe Rugby League Lance Todd Trophy winner signed for Broughton Rangers lived in Withington
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