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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.
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- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
William Ewart Gladstone
1809 - 1898
Philip Meadows Taylor
1808 - 1876
John Liptrot Hatton
1809 - 1886
George Thompson (abolitionist)
1804 - 1878
William Buelow Gould
1803 - 1853
William Henry Duncan
1805 - 1863
Nathaniel Bland
1803 - 1865
James Picton
1805 - 1889
Henry Dircks
1806 - 1873
Samuel Holland (politician)
1803 - 1892
John Neilson Gladstone
1807 - 1863
Thomas Gladstone
1804 - 1889
Robertson Gladstone
1805 - 1875
William Gawin Herdman
1805 - 1882
Samuel Fisher Lafone
1805 - 1871
Thomas Beamish Akins
1809 - 1891
Daniel Scott (harbour-master)
1800 - 1865
Margaret M'Avoy
1800 - 1820
Robert Lightbody
1802 - 1874
Louisa C. Martin, née Strobel
1803 - 1883