6 October 1899: Enriqueta Augustina Rylands, founder of John Rylands Library 15 June 1906: William Crossley, businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament, in honour of the Stamford Park County School 9 May 1907: Prime Ministers Alfred Deakin (Australia), Wilfrid Laurier (Canada), and Leander Starr Jameson (Cape Colony) 12 September 1918: David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister 30 December 1918: Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States 5 November 1926: The leaders of eight British Dominions received the Freedom of Manchester on the occasion of the 1926 Imperial Conference, along with the Maharaja of Burdwan. The eight heads of government in question were: Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom) Stanley Bruce (Australia) William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada) W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State) Walter Stanley Monroe (Newfoundland) Gordon Coates (New Zealand) J.B.M. Hertzog (South Africa), in absentia 8 April 1930: C.P. Scott, editor of The Manchester Guardian 1947 Winston Churchill 23 November 1967: Matt Busby, football manager (Manchester United) 31 October 1977: Bernard Lovell, astronomer 1984: Kathleen Ollerenshaw, mathematician and politician 28 February 2000: Alex Ferguson, football manager (Manchester United) 10 October 2007: Tony Wilson, music mogul 2 March 2009: Bobby Charlton, footballer (Manchester United), for promoting the city of Manchester 2 November 2009: Team GB 's cycling squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in recognition of their seven gold medals 9 October 2013: Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, Nobel Prize - winning physicists known for their pioneering work on graphene
who has the freedom of the city of manchester
Enriqueta Augustina Rylands William Crossley Alfred Deakin Wilfrid Laurier Leander Starr Jameson David Lloyd George Woodrow Wilson Stanley Baldwin Stanley Bruce William Lyon Mackenzie King W.T. Cosgrave Walter Stanley Monroe Gordon Coates J.B.M. Hertzog C.P. Scott Winston Churchill Matt Busby Bernard Lovell Kathleen Ollerenshaw Alex Ferguson Tony Wilson Bobby Charlton Team GB 's cycling squad Andre Geim Kostya Novoselov