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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.

Through the Decades

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 comedian7.9× the global rate.

Liverpool under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Football738
  2. Actor199
  3. Politician113
  4. Singer83
  5. Painter59
  6. Music44
  7. Cricket44
  8. Writer42
  1. Comedian237.9×
  2. Boxer374.0×
  3. Football7382.9×
  4. Screenwriter232.3×
  5. Singer831.7×
  6. Actor1991.6×
  1. Politician1130.4×
  2. Writer420.6×

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.

16501700175018001850190019502000
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Other
All2,322
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Showing 33 of 2,322 notable people

0164 CHURCH

George Q. Cannon

1827 - 1901

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0186 THEOLOGIAN

Joseph Lightfoot

1828 - 1889

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0288 SUFFRAGIST

Anne Clough

1820 - 1892

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0408 PAINTER

William Huggins (animal artist)

1820 - 1884

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0425 PAINTER

William Lindsay Windus

1822 - 1907

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0526 ACTOR

Edward Askew Sothern

1826 - 1881

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0592 SURVEYOR

George Goyder

1826 - 1898

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0758 SINGER

Willoughby Weiss

1820 - 1867

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1195 PAINTER

James Campbell (artist)

1828 - 1893

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1273 PAINTER

Daniel Alexander Williamson

1823 - 1903

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1276 CHEMIST

Richard Muspratt

1822 - 1885

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1379 SCULPTOR

Benjamin Edward Spence

1822 - 1866

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1388 COMEDIAN

John E. Owens

1824 - 1886

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1415 GENEALOGIST

Joseph Jackson Howard

1827 - 1902

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1431 POET

William Caldwell Roscoe

1823 - 1859

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1473 COMPOSER

Henry Worrall (artist)

1825 - 1902

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1501 PAINTER

George Lothian Hall

1825 - 1888

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1519 ARCHITECT

John William Hopkins

1825 - 1905

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1584 BUSINESS

John Samuel Swire

1825 - 1898

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1593 CHEMIST

John Hutchinson (industrialist)

1825 - 1865

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1600 MAYOR

James Ramsden (industrialist)

1822 - 1896

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1663 OFFICER

George A. Cobham Jr.

1825 - 1864

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1715 PAINTER

Robert Tonge

1823 - 1856

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1758 POLITICIAN

John Woods (Australian politician)

1822 - 1892

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1860 SOLDIER

John Kirk (VC)

1827 - 1865

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1985 GALLANTRY

Frederick Whirlpool

1829 - 1899

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1998 PHILANTHROPIST

Charles Pierre Melly

1829 - 1888

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2001 CRICKET

John Mather (cricketer)

1821 - 1870

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2017 GALLANTRY

Charles Anderson (VC)

1827 - 1899

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2081 BANK

Ellis Abraham Franklin

1822 - 1909

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2129 PASTOR

William Hayes (pastoralist)

1827 - 1913

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2210 POLITICIAN

Edward Hargreaves

1826 - 1880

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2309 POLITICIAN

John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician)

1821 - 1891

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