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BIRKENHEAD
Most Famous People Born in Birkenhead, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 307
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1936
- Most distinctive
- Football 3.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Birkenhead during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Birkenhead Is Known For
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Football is Birkenhead's biggest profession — 43% of all notables (131).
Birkenhead over-indexes on football — 3.9× the global rate.
Birkenhead under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Birkenhead's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Other
Glenda Jackson
Born 1936
Taron Egerton
Born 1989
Patricia Routledge
Born 1929
Malcolm Lowry
1909 - 1957
Olaf Stapledon
1886 - 1950
Tim Hetherington
1970 - 2011
Barbara Steele
Born 1937
Dixie Dean
1907 - 1980
Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
1902 - 1924
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
1872 - 1930
Stringer Davis
1899 - 1973
Jodie Taylor
Born 1986
Emma Dunn
1875 - 1966
Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead
Born 1951
Jason McAteer
Born 1971
A. H. M. Jones
1904 - 1970
Hugh Huxley
1924 - 2013
Philip Wilson Steer
1860 - 1942
Scott Wootton
Born 1991
Cecil Arthur Lewis
1898 - 1997
John Christopher Willis
1868 - 1958
Sam Quek
Born 1988
Andrew Duff
Born 1950
Matt Dawson
Born 1972
Lewis Casson
1875 - 1969
Leonard Leslie Brooke
1862 - 1940
Alex Sanders (Wiccan)
1926 - 1988
Winton Dean
1916 - 2013
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Born 1944
Mark Leckey
Born 1964
Tim Firth
Born 1964
Megs Jenkins
1917 - 1998
Adrian Henri
1932 - 2000
James Dooge
1922 - 2010
Malcolm Bruce
Born 1944
Francis Grierson
1848 - 1927
Timothy Mason
1940 - 1990
Peter Worsley
1924 - 2013
Ron Saunders
1932 - 2019
Roger Abbott
1946 - 2011
Ian Thompson (runner)
Born 1949
John Charmley
Born 1955
Ryan Mullen
Born 1994
Peter Brown (music industry)
Born 1937
Peter Taaffe
Born 1942
David Hughes (musician)
Born 1960
James Louis Garvin
1868 - 1947
David Thompson (footballer, born 1977)
Born 1977
Henry Meynell Rheam
1859 - 1920
Nicholas Amer
Born 1928
Craig Lindfield
Born 1988
Graham Vick
Born 1953
Kenny Swain
Born 1952
Nigel Adkins
Born 1965
John Gorman (entertainer)
Born 1936
Valerie Masterson
Born 1937
Christopher Foxley-Norris
1917 - 2003
Lia Williams
Born 1964
Norman Thelwell
1923 - 2004
Jordan Mustoe
Born 1991
Ross McManus
1927 - 2011
Peter Davenport
Born 1961
Duncan Cole
1958 - 2014
Danny Holmes
Born 1989
Harry Angelman
1915 - 1996
Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead
1900 - 1977
Max Power (footballer)
Born 1993
George Baker (baritone)
1885 - 1976
Robert Talbot Kelly
1861 - 1934
Thomas Douglas Forsyth
1827 - 1886
Edward John Bevan
1856 - 1921
Margaret Ursula Jones
1916 - 2001
Mary Grant Carmichael
1851 - 1935
Leonard Williams (politician)
1904 - 1972
Richard H. Geoghegan
1866 - 1943
Daphne Arden
Born 1941
Charles Joughin
1878 - 1956
Richard Austin (conductor)
1903 - 1989
Karl McCartney
Born 1968
Steve Wooddin
Born 1955
Harry Charsley
Born 1996
Mike Dean (referee)
Born 1968
A. S. J. Tessimond
1902 - 1962
Lockwood West
1905 - 1989
Basil Gill
1877 - 1955
Becky Easton
Born 1974
Thomas Seaton Scott
1826 - 1895
Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas
1857 - 1937
David Colquhoun
Born 1936
Oliver Shannon
Born 1995
Ryan Williams (footballer, born 1991)
Born 1991
Bessie Bamber
1870 - 1910
Charles Harrison Townsend
1851 - 1928
Marion Eames
1921 - 2007
Stephen Coombs
Born 1960
Godfrey Grayson
1913 - 1998
Andy Robinson (footballer, born 1979)
Born 1979
Joe Heath
Born 1988
Francis Neilson
1867 - 1961
John McGrath (playwright)
1935 - 2002
Mark Bell (cyclist)
1960 - 2009
Francis Arthur Freeth
1884 - 1970
Michael Z. Williamson
Born 1967
Matt Cairns
Born 1979
Bertram Keightley
1860 - 1944
Mike Jones (footballer)
Born 1987
Ian Thomas-Moore
Born 1976
Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth
1894 - 1974
Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
1915 - 1997
Steven Webb
Born 1984
Guy Arnold
1932 - 2020
Gary Jones (footballer, born 1977)
Born 1977
Julia Shaw (cyclist)
Born 1965
Paul Waring
Born 1985
Noel Rawsthorne
1929 - 2019
A. Powell Davies
1902 - 1957
Freya Anderson
Born 2001
Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch
1937 - 2005
Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton
1928 - 1992
Herbert Manzoni
1899 - 1972
Edward Keane
1844 - 1904
George Bertram Cockburn
1872 - 1931
Mark Andrew Capes
Born 1954
Stephen Armstrong
Born 1976
Rona Randall
Born 1911
Bertram Fox Hayes
1864 - 1941
Pat McAteer
1932 - 2009
Emma Wray
Born 1965
Christopher McDermott
Born 1989
John Murphy (bishop)
1905 - 1995
Kyle Wilson (English footballer)
Born 1985
Simon Mason
Born 1973
Alan Goodall
Born 1981
Oliver James (footballer)
Born 1987
Paul Linwood
Born 1983
Donald Boumphrey
1892 - 1971
Joe Collister
Born 1991
Desmond Briscoe
1925 - 2006
Eleanor Smith (writer)
1902 - 1945
Alan Smith (footballer, born 1939)
1939 - 2016
Hugh Singleton
1851 - 1934
Jamie McGuire
Born 1983
Walter Aubrey Thomas
1864 - 1934
Geoffrey Jackson (cricketer)
1894 - 1917
Glenn Rule
Born 1989
Alex Salmon
Born 1994
Guy McCrone
1898 - 1977
Michael McCarthy (journalist)
Born 1947
Sarah Collyer
Born 1980
Scholefield Allen
1898 - 1974
Jimmy Harris (footballer, born 1933)
Born 1933
Russell Darbyshire
1880 - 1948
Shamal George
Born 1998
Eric Fernihough
1905 - 1938
Ed Corrigan
Born 1946
Ken McKenna
Born 1960
Dave Reeves
Born 1967
Les Parry
Born 1957
Kirstie Levell
Born 1997
Daniel Poole
1882 - 1959
Bunny Bell
1911 - 1988
Ken Birch
1933 - 2015
Alan Reeves (footballer)
Born 1967
Joe Wilson (British politician)
Born 1937
Tim Mosmann
Born 1949
Henry Grayson
1865 - 1951
Edgar Christopher Cookson
1883 - 1915
Eric Sweeney
1905 - 1968
Michael Howard (footballer, born 1978)
Born 1978
Tommy Holmes
Born 1979
Ellis Rimmer
1907 - 1965
Kenneth Barbour Montgomery
1897 - 1965
Gerard Tickle
1909 - 1994
Harry B. Neilson
1861 - 1941
Ian Griffiths (footballer)
Born 1960
Peggy Novak
Born 1907
Matty Edwards
Born 1991
Bruce Adams
Born 1951
Jim Wiggins (actor)
1922 - 1999
Alex Hay (footballer)
Born 1981
Jonathan Mellor
Born 1986
Paul Edwards (footballer, born 1963)
Born 1963
Jimmy Wallace
1937 - 2007
Brian Parkin
Born 1965
Malcolm Holmes
Born 1960
Archibald Salvidge
1863 - 1928
Chris King (footballer)
Born 1980
Les McAteer
Born 1945
Bert Cooke
1882 - 1959
Mary Spry
1922 - 2002
James Carpenter (cricketer)
Born 1975
Alex Hanna
Born 1964
Sandford Schultz
1857 - 1937
James Skelly
Born 1980
Gary Williams (footballer, born 1959)
Born 1959
Alan Jenkins
Born 1947
Will McGuffie
Born 2000
George Roche (footballer)
1889 - 1973
Sally Nugent
Born 1971
Harry Alexander (rugby union)
1879 - 1915
Ronald Mitchell
Born 1902
Simon Marshall (cricketer)
Born 1982
Warwick Rimmer
Born 1941
Alan King (footballer)
Born 1945
Vince Earl
Born 1944
Glen Smith (discus thrower)
Born 1972
Eddie Jebb
Born 1981
Wally Thom
1926 - 1980
Richard Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Phillip Palethorpe
Born 1986
Dave Kennedy (footballer)
Born 1949
John Kerr (footballer, born 1959)
1959 - 2006
Steve Edwards (footballer)
Born 1958
John Aspinall (footballer)
Born 1959
Evie Woerdenweber
Born 1994
Charles Touzel
1855 - 1899
Mitch Duggan
Born 1997
William Scotter
1922 - 1981
Gordon Jones (footballer, born 1889)
Born 1889
Thomas D. Cook
Born 1941
Jack Whitley
1880 - 1955
Clyde Wilson (politician)
1889 - 1971
Reg Freeman
Died 1955
John Dempsey (footballer, born 1951)
Born 1951
Thomas Bagley (footballer)
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Dave Berry (Canadian football)
1922 - 2007
Anthony Shillinglaw
Born 1937
Mark Heller
Born 1978
Phil Williams (footballer, born 1958)
Born 1958
Jamie McKeever
Born 1979
Alan Bull
Born 1987
Harry Gould
1925 - 2010
Luke Pilling
Born 1997
Allan Scott (footballer)
Born 1910
John Willie Parker
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Johnny Mapson
1917 - 1999
Arthur Hughes (English footballer)
1883 - 1962
Johnny Campbell (footballer, born 1894)
1894 - 1981
Len Kieran
1926 - 1981
William Warwick
1912 - 1999
Chris Camden
Born 1963
George Saunders (footballer, born 1918)
1918 - 1982
Keith Davies (footballer)
Born 1934
Norman Tunna
1908 - 1970
Stan Thomas (association footballer)
1919 - 1985
Corbett Cresswell
1932 - 2017
Dave Gardner (basketball)
Born 1964
Willie Lyon
1912 - 1932
Frank Prescott
1922 - 1969
Fred Valentine (footballer, born 1909)
1909 - 1981
Chris Pilgrim
Born 1986
Eleanor Rees
Born 1978
Joe Pritchard (footballer)
Born 1943
Ray Woods (footballer)
Born 1965
Richard Farrimond
Born 1947
Edward Gopsill
1921 - 2016
Amy Maria Hellaby
1864 - 1955
Graham Edwards (footballer)
Born 1936
Mike Craven (footballer)
Born 1957
Joe Roberts (footballer)
1900 - 1984
Charlie McDonnell (footballer)
1936 - 2010
Roy Parnell
Born 1943
Robert Blanthorne
1884 - 1965
John Quirke
Born 1950
Billy Fogg
1903 - 1966
Johnny Mortimer
1923 - 2013
Norman Sutton
1908 - 1999
Benny Cross
1898 - 1986
Hilda Tracy
1927 - 2010
Dave Young (footballer)
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Craig Le Cornu
Born 1960
Gillie Alldis
1920 - 1998
John Tomlinson (footballer)
1934 - 2014
Henry Maughan Liardet
1906 - 1996
Peter Michael (artist)
Born 1972
Alan Blundell
Born 1947
Gerry Casey
1941 - 2019
Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1927)
1927 - 2015
Freeman Delamotte
1870 - 1933
John C. Robertson
1848 - 1913
Richard Imison
1936 - 1993
Eric Hornby
1923 - 2018
Jim Williamson (association footballer)
Born 1926
Walter Weaver (footballer)
1898 - 1965
Gwen Alston
1907 - 1993
Harold Frost (bowls)
1874 - 1950
John Kidd (footballer)
Born 1936
Pat Finlay
Born 1938
Gracia McGrath
Born 1961
Janice Murray (footballer)
Born 1966
Reg McGuire
Born 1959
Joe Davies (footballer, born 1926)
1926 - 1973
Ron Rice (footballer)
1923 - 2011
Frank Parnell
Born 1935
Ray Pointon
1947 - 2013
James McGaul
1841 - 1921
Adrian Moody
Born 1982
Bill Cartwright (footballer, born 1922)
1922 - 1992
Dennis Postlewhite
Born 1957
Len Gibbons
Born 1930