Elected Conservative MP for Oldham in 1900, Churchill defected to the Liberal Party in 1904, ultimately to become PM in 1940 leading the UK through WW2.
Politician,Prime-Minister,Soldier
Annie Kenney
In 1905 an Oldham Suffragette Annie was thrown out of Manchester Free Trade Hall for disrupting a liberal rally- the first of 13 times she was arrested.
suffrage, arrested
Lydia Becker
Born in Chadderton, Oldham Lydia Ernestine Becker Was a noted scientist and leading suffragette
science,suffrage
Sir William Walton
Born in Oldham, Composer William Turner Walton's career spanned 60 years. He wrote music in several classical genres and styles - from film scores to opera.
Music, Composer
William Stott of Oldham
The son of a mill owner, William Stott was an influential painter who Walter Sickert is said to have described as "one of the two greatest living painters of the world"
