Legends of rock Slash and Lemmy spent portions of their childhood in the city, whilst Robbie Williams split from Take That to establish himself as a pop megastar in his own right.
A new branch of Christianity in Primitive Methodism was formed from the endeavours of Hugh Bourne and William Clowes.
In literature, Arnold Bennett was a prodigious novelist, and often drew on the local area for inspiration, particularly in his 1902 work Anna of the Five Towns.
Sir Oliver Lodge was a pioneer in the field of radio communication and predated the work if Marconi.
Outside of football, the most significant individual sportsman to hail from the city is Phil Taylor, sixteen-time winner of the World Professional Darts Championship.
