# List of Manx people

The Manx (Manx language: Ny Manninee) are an ethnic group from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe. They are often described as a Celtic people on the basis of their recent Goidelic Celtic language, but their ethnic origins are mixed, including Germanic (Norse and English) and Norse-Gaelic lines.

## Actors

* Samantha Barks (born 1990), actor and musician
* Jamie Blackley (born 1991), actor
* Amy Jackson (born 1992), actress known for work in Indian films
* Evie Killip (born 1992), actor, BBC radio actor, voiceover
* Joe Locke, actor of Manx ancestry
* Dursley McLinden (1965–1995) actor, dancer, and singer
* Anthony Quayle (1913–1989), actor of Manx ancestry

## Armed forces

* Robert Henry Cain (1909–1974), army major and Victoria Cross recipient
* Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), naval officer and mutineer on HMS Bounty
* William Garrett (1842–1916), Medal of Honor recipient in American Civil War
* Peter Heywood (1772–1831), naval officer and mutineer on HMS Bounty

## Artists

* Rayner Hoff (1894–1937), Manx-born Australian sculptor
* Bryan Kneale (born 1930), sculptor
* Archibald Knox (1864–1933), designer
* Paul Lewthwaite (born 1969), sculptor
* Chris Killip (1946–2020), photographer and Harvard professor

## Musicians

* Dan Auerbach (born 1979), US musician of Manx descent
* Barry Gibb (born 1946), musician: Bee Gees
* Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), musician: Bee Gees
* Robin Gibb (1949–2012), musician: Bee Gees
* Davy Knowles (born 1987), musician: Back Door Slam
* Harry Manx (born 1955), Manx-born Canadian musician

## Politicians

* Illiam Dhone (William Christian, 1608–1663), nationalist and politician
* Robert Quayle Kermode (1812–1870), Manx-born Tasmanian politician
* Dan Quayle (born 1947), Indiana Senator and Vice President of the United States, of Manx descent
* Sir Miles Walker (born 1940), politician: first Chief Minister of the Isle of Man

## Scholars

* Martin Bridson (born 1964), mathematician
* Jennifer Kewley Draskau (died 2024), historian, linguist, teacher and political candidate
* Edward Forbes (1815–1854), naturalist and botany professor
* John Kelly (1750–1809), lexicographer and Bible translator into Manx
* Sir Frank Kermode (1919–2010), professor of English
* Randolph Quirk (Lord Quirk, 1920–2017), linguistics professor and life peer

## Athletes

* Jonathan Bellis (born 1988), cyclist
* Mark Cavendish (born 1985), cyclist, winner of 35 Tour de France stages
* Mark Christian (born 1990), cyclist
* Conor Cummins (born 1986), motorcycle road racer
* Tara Donnelly (born 1998), gymnast
* Zoe Gillings (born 1985), snowboarder
* David Higgins (born 1972), rally car driver
* Mark Higgins (born 1971), rally car driver
* Darryl Hill (born 1996), snooker player
* Peter Kennaugh (born 1989), cyclist
* Tim Kennaugh (born 1991), cyclist
* Dan Kneen (1987–2018), motorcycle racer
* David Knight (born 1978), enduro motorcyclist
* David Lyon (born 1943), cricketer
* Dave Molyneux (born 1963), sidecar racer
* Kieran Tierney (born 1997), Manx-born footballer, Scottish international

## Writers

* T. E. Brown (1830–1897), poet, scholar and theologian
* Hall Caine (1853–1931), novelist and playwright
* Cyril Clague (c. 1880–1946), poet and dramatist
* Mona Douglas (1898–1987), poet and folklorist
* Eliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866), poet
* Jane Holland (born 1966), poet, performer and novelist brought up on Man
* Sarah Holland (born 1961), writer, actress and singer
* Josephine Kermode (pseudonym Cushag, 1852–1937), poet and playwright
* Nigel Kneale (1922–2006), screenwriter
* Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland née Coates, 1937–2000), romantic novelist
* Sophia Morrison (1859–1917), folklorist
* Esther Nelson (1810–1843), poet
* Hilary Robinson (born 1972), children's author
* Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933), playwright and politician
* Thomas Shimmin (1800 – c. 1876–1879), poet and rag-gatherer
* Brian Stowell (1936–2019), writer, broadcaster and translator into Manx language
* George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730), topographer and poet

## Others

* George Q. Cannon (1827–1901), Mormon apostle
* Richard Costain (1839–1902), founder of Costain Group
* Colonel Routh Goshen (Arthur Caley, 1824–1889), giant and circus performer
* Nina Hunt (1932–1995), Latin American dance coach and choreographer
* Abdullah Quilliam (1856–1932), Victorian Muslim brought up on Man