# List of burials at Southern Cemetery, Manchester

This list of burials at Southern Cemetery, Manchester covers notable people who have been interred at the municipal burial ground in Manchester, North West England.

## Burials

| Name | Dates | Info | Section |
| Daniel Adamson | 1820–1890 | English engineer and builder of the Manchester Ship Canal | Centre A39 (CE) |
| Flight Com. Sir John W. Alcock | 1892–1919 | RAF officer, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight | Centre - G (CE) |
| Philip James Baybutt | 1844–1907 | Union Army soldier in the American Civil War | H2085 (CE) |
| Maud Boyd | 1867–1929 | English actress and singer Memorial is broken and inscription is partly submerged | D641 (RC) |
| Sir Matt Busby | 1909–1994 | Manager of Manchester United FC | G997 (RC) |
| Jerome Caminada | 1844–1914 | Policeman and Manchester's first CID superintendent. | H1742 (RC) |
| John Cassidy | 1860–1939 | Irish sculptor and painter | I800 (RC) |
| John Henry Davies | 1864–1927 | Beer brewer and founder of Manchester United FC | A (NC) |
| Lesley Ann Downey | 1954-1964 | Victim of the Moors murders | |
| Edward Evans | 1948-1965 | Victim of the Moors murders | |
| Rob Gretton | 1953–1999 | Music manager of Joy Division and New Order and a director of Factory Records | G278 (RC) |
| Leopold Hartley Grindon | 1818–1904 | English educator and botanist | B899 (CE) |
| Martin Hannett | 1948–1991 | Guitarist, record producer, and a director of Factory Records | FF713 (RC) |
| Major Howard Harker | 1891–1919 | British World War I flying ace and recipient of the Military Cross | D84 (NC) |
| Frank Johnson (real name Frank Williamson) | 1928-1970 | English boxer and British lightweight and welterweight champion | AA 2925(CE)? |
| Len Johnson | 1902–1974 | Boxer and civil rights campaigner | EE740 (CE) |
| Henry Kelly VC | 1887–1960 | WWI and WWII soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross | I372 (RC) |
| Marcel King | 1957–1995 | English singer with the Soul music band Sweet Sensation | F1398 (RC) |
| L. S. Lowry | 1887–1976 | Painter of industrial scenes in Lancashire | C772 (CE) |
| John Makeague | d.1919 | Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1918-19 | G964 (CE) |
| Sir Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples of Wallasey | 1907–1978 | Politician who served as Postmaster General and Minister of Transport | G898 (CE) |
| Billy Meredith | 1874–1958 | Footballer for both Manchester City FC and Manchester United FC | Y760 (CE) |
| Sergeant Major Joseph Pardoe | 1820-1889 | Heavy Brigade Officer at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War | L 1691 (CE) |
| Henry Patteson | 1835–1887 | Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1879-80 | |
| Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska | 1891–1945 | Polish poet and playwright | I2182 (RC) |
| Sir Robert Peacock | 1859-1926 | Chief constable of Manchester City Police 1898-1926 | D 1133 (NC) |
| Wilfred Pickles | 1904–1978 | Film actor and BBC Radio presenter. | I1012 (RC) |
| John Prettyjohns VC | 1823–1887 | Royal Marine in the Crimean War and recipient of the Victoria Cross | L642 (CE) |
| Sir Samuel Walter Royse | 1850–1916 | Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1911-13 | |
| John Rylands Enriquetta Augustina Rylands | 1801–1888 | Entrepreneur and philanthropist husband and wife behind the John Rylands Library | E 201/2 (NC) |
| Joseph Sunlight | 1889– 1978 | Belarusian/ English architect and Liberal politician | DD9 (J) |
| Dr Henry Watson | 1846-1911 | Composer and RNCM professor of music | B 297 (CE) |
| Winifred Wilding and David Wilding | d.1957 | Mother and infant son killed in their house in the 1957 Wythenshawe plane crash | K 286 (RC) |
| Tony Wilson | 1950–2007 | Broadcaster, impresario and a director of Factory Records | B118 (NC) |
| Olive Zorian | 1916–1965 | classical violinist and founder of the Zorian String Quartet | D557 (NC) |
Key: CE=Church of England RC=Roman Catholic NC=Nonconformist J=Jewish