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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 1900s Clear ×
Selwyn Lloyd
1904 - 1978
Charles Sutherland Elton
1900 - 1991
Henny Youngman
1906 - 1998
Arthur Askey
1900 - 1982
Leslie Fenton
1902 - 1978
Walter Bryan Emery
1902 - 1971
Gertrud Luckner
1900 - 1995
J. A. Todd
1908 - 1994
Gerald Abrahams
1907 - 1980
Bernard Beryl Brodie
1907 - 1989
C. Wilfred Jenks
1909 - 1973
Mimi Smith
1903 - 1991
Robert Legget
1904 - 1994
George Moorhouse
1901 - 1982
William Kneale
1906 - 1990
Frank Francis
1901 - 1988
Susan Jellicoe
1907 - 1986
Arthur B. Woods
1904 - 1944
John Lander (rower)
1907 - 1941
John Robinson (English actor)
1908 - 1979
Robert Stopford
1901 - 1976
Ralph Duncan James
1909 - 1979
Francis William Beaumont
1903 - 1941
George Toogood Smith
1903 - 1955
Frank Fenton (writer)
1903 - 1971
Florencio Bustinza
1902 - 1982
Ronald Martland
1907 - 1997
Ivy Lilian McClelland
1908 - 2006
Charles de Beaumont
1902 - 1972
Peggy Carlisle
Born 1904
Gordon Stephenson
1908 - 1997
Leo Kennedy
1907 - 2000
Evelyn Gibbs
1905 - 1991
Brian Oulton
1908 - 1992
Alf Ellaby
1902 - 1993
Reginald Bevins
1908 - 1996
John Grierson (pilot)
1909 - 1977
E. S. Turner
1909 - 2006
Ted Adams (footballer)
1906 - 1991
Catherine Dean (artist)
1905 - 1983
Arthur Barbosa
1908 - 1995
Albert Modley
1901 - 1979
Alex Smith (ice hockey)
1902 - 1963
Arthur Nickson
1902 - 1974
Vernon Brown (architect)
1905 - 1965
James Cumberbatch
1909 - 1972
John Roberts (rugby player)
1906 - 1965
Tommy Taylor (footballer, born 1901)
1901 - 1978
Alice Bertha Moreton
1901 - 1977
Ernest Gibbins
1900 - 1942
William Wright (footballer)
Born 1900
Keith Grand
1900 - 1983
Gus Harris
1908 - 2000
Maurice Brodie
1903 - 1939
Pat Fairfield
1907 - 1937
Harold Houghton
1906 - 1986
Willie Sanders
1906 - 1990
Leigh Collins
1901 - 1975
Eric Green (golfer)
Born 1908
Bill Roberts (rugby player)
1909 - 1969
George Smith (footballer, born 1902)
1902 - 1926
Hardie Ratcliffe
1906 - 1975
Joseph Johnson (footballer, born 1903)
Born 1903
Bert Carter
Born 1906