Greater Manchester has produced its fair share of famous faces.

Some of the best talent grew up in our region, from top athletes, world-class musicians, and award-winning actors.

Take Sir Ben Kingsley, for example, or Sir Ian McKellen, both of whom have forged remarkable careers in film, or the Gallagher brothers of the iconic band Oasis.

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The prominent figures who grew up here means they also attended schools throughout our region.

So do you remember a classmate who is now famous?

And do you have a fond memory of them as your claim to fame?

Here, we take a look at where some Greater Manchester celebrities studied, with the name of the school and some of the stars who were educated there:

Cheadle Hulme School

• Journalist Nick Robinson
• Actress Aimee Lou Wood from Netflix’s Sex Education
• Actress Phoebe Dynevor from Netflix’s Bridgerton
• Actor Richard Fleeshman of Coronation Street

Parrs Wood High School

• Actress Holliday Grainger
• Labor MPs Lisa Nandy and Lucy Powell

Crompton House K of E School

Monte San Jose College

• Comedian Peter Kay
• Comedian Paddy McGuinness
• Holder of most Olympic gold medals Jason Kenny

Stretford Grammar School

• Actor Ian McShane
• Entrepreneur Debbie Moore OBE, founder of Pineapple Dance Studios

Pendleton College

• Actor Benito Wong
• Actress Catherine Tyldesley
• Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records
• Sir Ben Kingsley
• Simon Gerard McDonald, former diplomat

Moorside Grammar School

• footballer ryan giggs
• Actress Raffey Chamomile Cassidy
• Actress Jorgen Porter from Hollyoaks
• Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Elton High School

• Sports icons Phil, Gary and Tracey Neville
• Hollyoaks actress Jazmine Franks
• Hollyoaks actor Matt Littler
• Cricketer Steve Kirby
• Actress Georgia May Foote of Coronation Street

Altrincham Primary School for Boys

• Ian Brown John Squire of Stone Roses
• Actress Ashley Taylor Dawson from Hollyoaks
• MP Sir Graham Stuart Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee
• Actor Roger Ashton-Griffiths from Game of Thrones
• Author Sir Ian Livingstone CBE

Burnage Grammar for Kids

• Television producer John Smithson
• Stephen Ashley Sherbourne, former Political Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Burnage High School for Boys

• footballer wes brown
• Economist Terence James O’Neill
• Musician Aziz-Ur-Rahman Ibrahim

Barlow High School

• Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher from Oasis

high trinity

• Actress Tina O’Brien from Coronation Street actress
• footballer Danny Welbeck

Droylsden High School

• Singer Howard Donald of Take That

Hulme Primary School

• Actress Shobna Gulati from Coronation Street
• Actress Sarah Lancashire from Happy Valley
• Physicist Brian Cox

Bury Grammar School for Girls

• Journalist Victoria Derbyshire
• comedian victoria wood
• TV producer Nicola Shindler OBE from Netflix’s Stay Close
• Actress Amy Nuttall of Emmerdale

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Ashton on Mersey School

• Footballers Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard
• Comedian Karl Pilkington

Saint Bede’s College

• Journalist Nina Warhurst
• Musician John Maher

Stockport Academy

• Footballer Phil Foden
• Labor Vice-President Angela Rayner

phillips high school

• Actress Charley Webb of Emmerdale
• Actor Jamie Lomas of Hollyoaks
• Rapper Bugzy Malone
• Actress Isobelle Steele from Emmerdale

The real way

• Actor brothers Ryan and Adam Thomas
• Actor Simon Gregson of Coronation Street

Wardley High School

• Happy Mondays’ Bez, Paul Davis and Gary Whelan

Castlebrook High School

• TV personality Gemma Atkinson
• Footballer Trevor Sinclair
• Basketball player Jodie Gibson

Manchester Secondary School for Girls

• Announcer Emma Barnett
• Businesswoman Jenny Campbell
• Libby Lane, first female bishop of the Church of England

Bolton School

• Singer Max George of The Wanted
• Actor Sir Ian McKellen
• The world of gardeners Carol Klein

Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic Secondary School

• Soccer player Pablo Scholes
• Comedian Steve Coogan
• Musician Liam Fray of The Courteeners
• Actress Suranne Jones

Thornleigh Salesian College

• Jenny Ryan from Chase
• Actress Ruth Madeley
• Film director Danny Boyle

Do you know more celebrities who went to your high school? Let us know in the comments.