Greater Manchester has produced its fair share of famous faces.
Some of the best talent grew up in our region - from leading sportspeople, world-class musicians, and award-winning actors.
Take Sir Ben Kingsley, for example, or Sir Ian McKellen, who have carved out remarkable careers in film, or the Gallagher brothers of iconic band Oasis.
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Prominent figures growing up here means they also attended schools across 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 just some celebrities from Greater Manchester studied, with the name of the school and some of the stars that were educated there:
Cheadle Hulme School
- Journalist Nick Robinson
- Actress Aimee Lou Wood of Netflix's Sex Education
- Actress Phoebe Dynevor of Netflix's Bridgerton
- Actor Richard Fleeshman of Coronation Street
Parrs Wood High School
- Actress Holliday Grainger
- Labour MPs Lisa Nandy and Lucy Powell
Crompton House C of E School
- Actress Anna Friel
Mount Saint Joseph School
- Comedian Peter Kay
- Comedian Paddy McGuinness
- Holder of most Olympic gold medals Jason Kenny
Stretford Grammar School
- Actor Ian McShane
- Businesswoman Debbie Moore OBE, founder of Pineapple Dance Studios
Pendleton College
- Actor Benedict Wong
- Actress Catherine Tyldesley
- Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records
- Sir Ben Kingsley
- Simon Gerard McDonald, former diplomat
Moorside High School
- Footballer Ryan Giggs
- Actress Raffey Camomile Cassidy
- Actress Jorgina Porter of Hollyoaks
- Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Elton High School
- Sporting icons Phil, Gary, and Tracey Neville
- Actress Jazmine Franks of Hollyoaks
- Actor Matt Littler of Hollyoaks
- Cricketer Steve Kirby
- Actress Georgia May Foote of Coronation Street
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
- Stone Roses' Ian Brown John Squire
- Actor Ashley Taylor Dawson of Hollyoaks
- MP Sir Graham Stuart Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee
- Actor Roger Ashton-Griffiths of Game of Thrones
- Author Sir Ian Livingstone CBE
Burnage Grammar for Boys
- TV producer John Smithson
- Stephen Ashley Sherbourne, former Political Secretary for 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
- Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher
Trinity High
- Actress Tina O'Brien of Coronation Street
- Footballer Danny Welbeck
Droylsden High School
- Singer Howard Donald of Take That
Hulme Grammar School
- Actress Shobna Gulati of Coronation Street
- Actress Sarah Lancashire of Happy Valley
- Physicist Brian Cox
Bury Grammar School for Girls
- Journalist Victoria Derbyshire
- Comedian Victoria Wood
- TV producer Nicola Shindler OBE of Netflix's Stay Close
- Actress Amy Nuttall of Emmerdale
Ashton on Mersey School
- Footballers Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard
- Comedian Karl Pilkington
St Bede's College
- Journalist Nina Warhurst
- Musician John Maher
Stockport Academy
- Footballer Phil Foden
- Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner
Phillips High School
- Actress Charley Webb of Emmerdale
- Actor Jamie Lomas of Hollyoaks
- Rapper Bugzy Malone
- Actress Isobelle Steele of Emmerdale
The Kingsway
- 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
- Netballer Jodie Gibson
Manchester High School For Girls
- Broadcaster Emma Barnett
- Entrepreneur Jenny Campbell
- Libby Lane, first female Church of England bishop
Bolton School
- Singer Max George of The Wanted
- Actor Sir Ian McKellen
- Gardeners' World Carol Klein
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
- Footballer Paul Scholes
- Comedian Steve Coogan
- Musician Liam Fray of The Courteeners
- Actress Suranne Jones
Thornleigh Salesian College
- The Chase's Jenny Ryan
- Actress Ruth Madeley
- Film director Danny Boyle
Do you know of more celebrities that went to your High School? Let us know in the comments.
