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The Manx (Manx language: Ny Manninee) are an ethnic group from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe.They are often described as a Celtic people on the basis of their recent Goidelic Celtic language, but their ethnic origins are mixed, including Germanic (Norse and English) and Norse-Gaelic lines.
Mark Cavendish MBE (born 1985), road and track racing cyclist, winner of all Grand Tours points classifications and the 2011 UCI Road Race World Championships. Conor Cummins (born 1986), motorcyclist, four Isle of Man TT podiums. Zoe Gillings (born 1985), snowboarder, seven FIS Snowboard World Cup podiums and three-times British Olympian.
According to the 2011 census, 47.6% were born in the Isle of Man, and 37.2% were born in England, with smaller numbers born elsewhere: 3.4% in Scotland, 2.1% in Northern Ireland, 2.1% in the Republic of Ireland, 1.2% in Wales and 0.3% born in the Channel Islands, with 6.1% of the population having been born elsewhere in the world. [citation ...
Classification: People: By nationality: British: Manx also: Countries : United Kingdom : Isle of Man : People Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of the Isle of Man .
Manx is a Goidelic Celtic language and is one of a number of insular Celtic languages spoken in the British Isles. [151] Manx has been officially recognised as a legitimate autochthonous regional language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, ratified by the United Kingdom on 27 March 2001 on behalf of the Isle of Man ...
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Manx people by occupation and century (4 C) + Manx men by occupation (2 C) Manx women by occupation (4 C) A. Manx actors (3 C) Manx artists (2 C, 7 P) B.
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