Magnus Olafsson (d. 1265) was the last Norse King of Mann and the Isles. His death in 1265, during the period when Norwegian control of the western isles was waning, effectively ended Norse sovereignty over the Isle of Man. The Treaty of Perth in 1266, which ceded the Hebrides and Mann to Scotland, confirmed the end of Norse rule.
Major Dawson was an official connected to the governance of the Isle of Man in the post-Revestment period. Bishop Richmond reported in 1776 that Dawson had directed the twenty-four Keys regarding legislation, indicating his influence over the Island's parliamentary affairs during the period when Tynwald was reasserting itself after the years of silence following the Revestment.
Major John Taubman was a member of the prominent Taubman family of the Isle of Man, which produced several Speakers of the House of Keys and other leading figures in Manx public life.
Malachy Postlethwayt (c. 1707-1767) was an English economist and writer on trade and commerce, best known for his *Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce* (1751-1755). His writings discussed the Isle of Man's role as a centre for smuggling and illicit trade, providing contemporary commentary on the commercial activities that led to the Revestment of 1765.
Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509) was the mother of Henry VII and a key figure in the Tudor claim to the English throne. Through her marriage to Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, she was connected to the lordship of Mann, and her influence helped secure the Stanley family's position as Lords of Mann following Henry VII's accession.
Mark Hildesley (1698-1772) was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1755 until his death. He is remembered for his promotion of the Manx language, commissioning the translation of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into Manx. His episcopacy saw the establishment of parish libraries across the Island.
Edward "Ned" Maddrell (1877-1974) of Cregneash was widely regarded as the last native speaker of the Manx language. His death in 1974 was seen as marking the extinction of Manx as a community language, though the language has since undergone a revival. Recordings made of his speech in the mid-twentieth century are an invaluable resource for the study and preservation of Manx.
Norris Moore served as High-Bailiff of Douglas on the Isle of Man. In August 1811, he approached Lieutenant Hawkes of HMS Maria directly to ask his intentions regarding impressment of fishermen. Hawkes gave assurances that he would not interfere with the fishery, assurances he subsequently broke.
Offa (d. 796) was King of Mercia from 757 to 796 and one of the most powerful Anglo-Saxon rulers. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to Mercian claims of overlordship in the Irish Sea region during the eighth century.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1653 to 1658. During the English Civil War, the Isle of Man was one of the last Royalist strongholds to fall; following the surrender of the Island in 1651, Parliament appointed Thomas Fairfax as Lord of Mann, and the Island was governed by Parliamentarian appointees, including the governor James Chaloner.
P.J. Heywood was a member of the Heywood family of the Isle of Man, which included Captain Peter Heywood, the Bounty midshipman who was court-martialled and pardoned after the mutiny.
Patrick Cannell was a seventy-two-year-old Wesleyan Local Preacher who emigrated from the Isle of Man to Ohio in 1827 aboard the ship *Ocean*, which carried roughly 129 Manx emigrants. He travelled alongside John Sayle, another Local Preacher, as part of the significant wave of Manx emigration to the American Midwest.
Patrick Henry (1736-1799) was an American revolutionary leader and orator, famous for the declaration "Give me liberty, or give me death." His connection to the Isle of Man is through his sister Anne, who married Colonel William Christian of Virginia, a descendant of the Manx Christian family of Milntown.
Paul Bridson served as the principal revenue officer at Douglas, the first port of the Isle of Man, before the Revestment of 1765. He was paid three pounds Manx per year for the role, a salary that illustrates the informal nature of the Atholl lordship's customs system.
Philip Moore (1705-1783) was a Manx clergyman and scholar who served as Rector of Ballaugh and Master of the Douglas Grammar School. He played the leading role in the translation and revision of the Manx Bible, revising the whole of the Old Testament translations and the second edition of the New Testament. Bishop Hildesley described him as "well known in the literary world" and "eminently distinguished as the divine, the gentleman, and the scholar."
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), served as Lord Chancellor from 1737 to 1756. He was involved in the legal and political discussions concerning the Isle of Man's status and the smuggling trade that led to the Revestment of 1765.
Pope Calixtus III (1378-1458), born Alfonso de Borgia, held the papacy from 1455 to 1458. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to the Diocese of Sodor and Man and papal involvement in the appointment and jurisdiction of the Island's bishops during the medieval period.
Pope Pius II (1405-1464), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, held the papacy from 1458 to 1464. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to the Diocese of Sodor and Man and papal involvement in the ecclesiastical affairs of the Island during the fifteenth century.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to the Victorian era of the Island's development, during which the royal family's interest in Mann contributed to the growth of tourism and the Island's profile within the United Kingdom.
