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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
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- Other
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Arthur Hugh Clough
1819 - 1861
Richard Ansdell
1815 - 1885
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell
1813 - 1886
George Stephens (philologist)
1813 - 1895
John Mercer Johnson
1818 - 1868
William Rathbone VI
1819 - 1902
William Rimmer
1816 - 1879
William Lockhart (surgeon)
1811 - 1896
Anna Swanwick
1813 - 1899
Wildman Whitehouse
1816 - 1890
Henry Higgins (botanist)
1814 - 1893
Thomas Falcon Marshall
1818 - 1878
Thomas Grace (missionary)
1815 - 1879
John (Don Juan) Forster
1814 - 1882
Silvester Diggles
1817 - 1880
Holbrook Gaskell
1813 - 1909
George Henry Harrison
1816 - 1846
Charles Handfield Jones
1819 - 1890
Alfred Jones (engraver)
1819 - 1900
William Connolly (VC)
1817 - 1891
Margaret Sandbach
1812 - 1852
William Henry Bateson
1812 - 1881
Samuel Huggins
1811 - 1885
William Tipping
1816 - 1897
William Buddicom
1816 - 1887
Richard Jones (1816–1892)
1816 - 1892
George Hinckley
1819 - 1904
William Henry Eyes
1819 - 1907