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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.

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All2,322
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Showing 68 of 2,322 notable people

0043 ACTOR

May Whitty

1865 - 1948

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0132 ENGINEER

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

1864 - 1930

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0144 INVENTOR

Frank Hornby

1863 - 1936

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0177 POET

Richard Le Gallienne

1866 - 1947

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0231 MUSIC

Ernest Newman

1868 - 1959

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0363 JOURNALIST

Arthur Wynne

1862 - 1945

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0404 NOVELIST

Ménie Muriel Dowie

1867 - 1945

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0502 HISTORIAN

John Edward Lloyd

1861 - 1947

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0509 FILM

Travers Vale

1865 - 1927

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0519 POLITICIAN

John Hope Simpson

1868 - 1961

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0568 EXPLORER

Alfred Cheetham

1867 - 1918

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0626 PROSTITUTE

Dora DuFran

1868 - 1934

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0634 ENGINEER

Wilfred Stokes

1860 - 1927

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0675 COLLECTOR

George Eumorfopoulos

1863 - 1939

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0691 ACTOR

Annie Russell

1864 - 1936

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0700 HISTORIAN

Geraldine Taylor

1862 - 1949

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0739 RIDER

Paul Aloysius Kenna

1862 - 1915

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0981 POLITICIAN

John Archer (British politician)

1863 - 1932

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1002 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Harold Hughes (architect)

1864 - 1940

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1008 ARCHITECT

R. Frank Atkinson

1869 - 1923

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1052 NAVY

Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield

1861 - 1945

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1064 SKIPPER

Charles MacIver

1866 - 1935

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1073 FOOTBALL

Harry Newbould

1861 - 1928

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1078 BASEBALL

Tom Brown (center fielder)

1860 - 1927

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1112 POLITICIAN

William Webster (Australian politician)

1860 - 1936

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1116 WRITER

Harold Edward Bindloss

1866 - 1945

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1126 JOURNALIST

Louis Tracy

1863 - 1928

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1128 LIBRARIAN

Edward Gordon Duff

1863 - 1924

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1182 PAINTER

Margaret Bernadine Hall

1863 - 1910

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1228 PAINTER

Terrick Williams

1860 - 1936

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1290 PAINTER

Mary McCrossan

1865 - 1934

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1354 POLITICIAN

John Kirwan (politician)

1869 - 1949

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1365 FOOTBALL

Will Cuff

1868 - 1949

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1486 SCULPTOR

James White (sculptor)

1861 - 1918

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1524 PIANIST

William Faulkes

1863 - 1933

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1581 PAINTER

Louis Henry Weston Klingender

1861 - 1950

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1589 PHOTOGRAPHER

Frederick George Radcliffe

1863 - 1923

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1603 ROWER

William Fletcher (rower)

1869 - 1919

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1611 WRITER

Nicholas Size

1866 - 1953

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1656 ARCHITECT

Louis Bowser Cumpston

1865 - 1931

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1669 CRICKET

Thomas Routledge

1867 - 1927

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1755 SON

William Thelwall Thomas

1865 - 1927

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1761 PAINTER

Constance Copeman

1864 - 1953

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1770 CRICKET

William Morgan (cricketer, born 1864)

1864 - 1934

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1793 POLITICIAN

Gilbert McMicking (British politician)

1862 - 1942

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1804 CRICKET

James Burns (cricketer)

1866 - 1957

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1832 CHURCH

May Anderson

1864 - 1946

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1886 FOOTBALL

Bob Brown (footballer, born 1869)

Born 1869

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1905 CRICKET

James Roberts (cricketer)

1864 - 1911

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1910 BIOLOGIST

Constance Helen Frost

1863 - 1920

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1956 WRITER

John Ironside

1866 - 1945

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1957 CRICKET

Edgar Ratcliffe

1863 - 1915

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2098 MATHEMATICIAN

Hugh William Segar

1868 - 1954

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2107 ENGINEER

John Esplen

1863 - 1930

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2118 CURATE

Harry Radcliffe

1867 - 1949

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2141 FOOTBALL

George Fleming (footballer, born 1859)

1863 - 1912

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2151 MILITAR

William Spicer (Medal of Honor)

1864 - 1949

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2152 GOLF

Sidney Fry

1869 - 1961

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2166 FOOTBALL

Charles Jolliffe

1861 - 1943

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2171 FOOTBALL

James Costley

1862 - 1931

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2172 CRICKET

Alexander Cox (cricketer)

1865 - 1950

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2176 CRICKET

Ernest Powell

1861 - 1928

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2192 CHEMIST

Margaret Seward

1864 - 1929

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2206 POLITICIAN

Robert Black (mayor)

1868 - 1938

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2287 FOOTBALL

William Brown (footballer, born 1865)

Born 1865

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2290 JOURNALIST

John Sedgwick Cowper

1867 - 1947

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2295 FOOTBALL

William Briscoe (footballer)

Born 1864

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2307 FOOTBALL

William Harbour (footballer)

1869 - 1928

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