Notable People
(Either born in Blackley; or born in Manchester, and resident in Blackley)
- Hasney Aljofree, Swindon Town footballer
- John Bradford, Protestant martyr
- Northside singer Dermo
- Stephen Bywater, professional footballer
- Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics
- David Heyes, British politician
- Bernard Hill, actor of film, stage and television
- Jon Macken, former Manchester United and Manchester City footballer
- Bernard Manning, comedian
- Wilf McGuinness, former Manchester United player and manager
- George Chandler Perkins, artist
- Malcolm Roberts, Eurovision contestant
Roger Byrne, captain of Manchester United and one of eight players who died in the Munich air disaster of February 1958, was cremated at the local crematorium after a funeral service at Flixton parish church.
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