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- Bernard Manning - Ancoats-born stand-up comedian
- Johnny Marr - songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player, and singer, rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths
- Ian McShane - actor who grew up in Manchester
- Mohyeldeen Mohammad - Islamist activist who studied in Saudi-Arabia prior to his deportation
- Steven Patrick Morrissey - singer in The Smiths, born in Davyhulme
- Daniel Moult - Concert organist, organ tutor and animateur, ensemble player and presenter of films about music
- Gary Mounfield - "Mani" is a bassist, formerly of The Stone Roses and later in Primal Scream
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