Notable People
Further information: List of people from BuryWilliam Sturgeon (1783–1850), physicist and inventor. He created the first practical electric motor and electromagnetic solenoid. He lived in Prestwich and is buried at St Mary's Cemetery.
Dr Montagu Lomax, was an assistant medical officer at the Prestwich Asylum from 1917 to 1919, and exposed the inhuman, custodial and antitherapeutic practices there in a book which led to a Royal Commission, increased central control and ultimately the Mental Treatment Act of 1930. However, much of what Lomax described could still be seen in parts of Prestwich Hospital in the 1960s and 1970s.
The amateur astronomer Michael Oates, who resides in Prestwich, has discovered 144 comets using images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and for almost 5 years, held the world record for the greatest number of comet discoveries by an individual.
Man Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson was born and raised in Prestwich.
Actress Julie Stevens born in Prestwich in 1936, appeared in episodes of TV series The Avengers, Playschool and Playaway.
The comedienne Victoria Wood was born in Prestwich.
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme of the band 10cc were from Prestwich.
Choreographer Arlene Phillips was born in Prestwich.
Mark E. Smith lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of The Fall has lived in Prestwich since childhood.
Jazz organist Alan Haven was born in Prestwich.
One of the Atomic Kitten band members, Jenny Frost, grew up in Prestwich and attended the local Catholic high school, St Monica's.
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