Prestbury, Cheshire - Famous Residents

Famous Residents

Numerous stars of sport and entertainment have lived in Prestbury for various lengths of time, including:

  • Noddy Holder, professional musician and actor, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and occasional bass guitarist with rock music group Slade, moved to the area from Walsall in the West Midlands after rising to fame during the 1970s.
  • Stan Pearson, professional footballer who was part of the great Manchester United team of the immediate post Second World War years, ran a newsagent's shop and post office in Prestbury for some 20 years until his retirement during the 1980s.
  • Wayne Rooney, professional footballer, moved to Prestbury after signing for Manchester United from Everton in 2004.
  • Alan Green, BBC Radio's senior football commentator.
  • Carlos Tévez, professional footballer, who signed for Manchester United in 2007. But later moved to Manchester City in 2009.
  • Wes Brown, professional footballer.
  • Owen Hargreaves, professional footballer who has played for Manchester United and Manchester City.
  • Andrew Flintoff, professional cricketer and former Vice-Captain of England.
  • Robbie Savage, professional footballer who has played for clubs including Manchester United (as a youth and reserve player), Leicester City and Birmingham City, as well as representing Wales at international level.
  • Brian Houghton Hodgson, early naturalist and ethnologist, was born at Prestbury at the beginning of the 19th century.
  • Mike Yarwood, comedian
  • Peter Mellor, footballer,played 224 times for Fulham, also played for Burnley & Portsmouth, was born in Prestbury in 1947.

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