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LIVERPOOL
Most Famous People Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 2,322
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Comedian 7.9×
A port city that exports footballers and music in roughly equal measure. Roughly a third of Liverpool's notable births play professional football, and most of the rest are guitarists, bassists, drummers, comedians, or boxers — the four export industries of a working-class English coastal town. There's almost no aristocracy here and almost no academy; the city's fame comes out of clubs and pubs and the docks.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Liverpool during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Liverpool Is Known For
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Football is Liverpool's biggest profession — 32% of all notables (738).
Liverpool over-indexes on comedian — 7.9× the global rate.
Liverpool under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Liverpool's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
Felicia Hemans
1793 - 1835
Bede Polding
1794 - 1877
Priscilla Susan Bury
1799 - 1872
Charles Nicholson (flautist)
1795 - 1837
Charles Chatworthy Wood Taylor
1792 - 1856
William Ewart (British politician)
1798 - 1869
Thomas Roscoe
1791 - 1871
William Linton (artist)
1791 - 1876
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (bishop)
1792 - 1854
Mary Anne Jevons
1795 - 1845
Samuel Austin (artist)
1796 - 1834
James Renwick (physicist)
1790 - 1863
James Sharples (bishop)
1797 - 1850
Hugh Pugh (sailor)
1794 - 1865