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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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Giles Gilbert Scott
1880 - 1960
Walter Duranty
1884 - 1957
Charles Brabin
1883 - 1957
Frederick Fleet
1887 - 1965
Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
1883 - 1964
William Godfrey
1889 - 1963
Harry Welfare
1888 - 1966
Arthur Berry (footballer)
1888 - 1953
John Flügel
1884 - 1955
Piaras Béaslaí
1881 - 1965
Annie Speirs
1889 - 1926
T. Eric Peet
1882 - 1934
Richard Livingstone
1880 - 1960
Victor Grayson
1881 - 1920
Herbert Haresnape
1880 - 1962
Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot
1886 - 1911
Geoffrey Layton
1884 - 1964
Herbert Drury (gymnast)
1883 - 1936
Walter Medley Tattersall
1882 - 1943
Ronald Stuart
1886 - 1954
William MacKune
Born 1882
William John Dakin
1883 - 1950
Philip Manson-Bahr
1881 - 1966
James Dunn (Australian politician)
1887 - 1945
Robert Thomas Jenkins
1881 - 1969
Roland Bottomley
1880 - 1947
Philip Louis Pratley
1884 - 1958
Gordon Selwyn
1885 - 1959
Henry Caldwell Cook
1886 - 1939
Herbert James Rowse
1887 - 1963
John Ernest Williamson
1881 - 1966
Herbert Tyson Smith
1883 - 1972
Thomas Alwyn Lloyd
1881 - 1960
Robb Wilton
1881 - 1957
Clinton Gilbert Abbott
1881 - 1946
Lyon Blease
1884 - 1963
Bill Eason
1881 - 1957
Daisy Curwen
Born 1889
William Porter (archbishop)
1887 - 1966
Gordon Stretton
1887 - 1982
Jack Cohen (politician)
1886 - 1965
Tomàs Rosés
1883 - 1948
John Price (South Australian politician)
1882 - 1941
Robert Jolly
Born 1885
Ahmet Robenson
1886 - 1968
Harry Weldon (comedian)
1881 - 1930
James Ardern Grant
1887 - 1973
William Ratcliffe
1884 - 1963
Marguerite d'Alvarez
1883 - 1953
James Despencer-Robertson
1886 - 1942
George Chance (photographer)
1885 - 1963
Arthur Aaron (footballer)
Born 1885
John Roberts (footballer, born 1887)
1887 - 1915
Noel Goldie
1882 - 1964
James Valiant
1884 - 1917
Ted Taylor (footballer)
1887 - 1956
Ned Crompton
1889 - 1950
Tom Page (footballer)
1888 - 1973
Thomas Hannay
1887 - 1970
Charles Tyson
1885 - 1964
Bill Cox (footballer)
1880 - 1915
Margarete Bruch
1882 - 1963
Percy Prince
1887 - 1973
Bob Balmer
Born 1882
Frank Garnett
1881 - 1933
William Thomas (footballer, born 1885)
Born 1885
Cesca Chenevix Trench
1881 - 1918
Frank Bustard
1886 - 1974
Madeleine Beaumont
1883 - 1975
Robert Wright (footballer)
Born 1880
Bert Jordan
1887 - 1983
Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880)
Born 1880
Harold Gourley
1886 - 1956
Guy Rathbone
1884 - 1916
Edward Crean
Born 1887
Charles Yardley Weaver
1884 - 1930
Edward Darby
Born 1888
Albert Keary
1889 - 1962
Harold Fowler (RAF officer)
1886 - 1957
John McKenna (footballer)
Born 1882
William Wildman
Born 1883
John Brown (footballer, born 1888)
Born 1888
John Davies (footballer, born 1881)
Born 1881
John Lenaghan
1888 - 1954
Francis Fairey
1887 - 1971