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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 1920s Clear ×
Peter Shaffer
1926 - 2016
Robert Runcie
1921 - 2000
Anthony Shaffer (writer)
1926 - 2001
Sid Watkins
1928 - 2012
Leonard Rossiter
1926 - 1984
Frankie Vaughan
1928 - 1999
Ken Hughes
1922 - 2001
George Melly
1926 - 2007
Norman Rossington
1928 - 1999
Sheila Sim
1922 - 2016
Josh Kirby
1928 - 2001
Lita Roza
1926 - 2008
Alan Bridges
1927 - 2013
Gerald Sim
1925 - 2014
Michael Holliday
1924 - 1963
Joe Fagan
1921 - 2001
Jean Alexander
1926 - 2016
Charles Eric Maine
1921 - 1981
Paul Raymond (publisher)
1925 - 2008
A. O. L. Atkin
1925 - 2008
Shirley Hughes
Born 1927
Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Born 1928
Monica Hughes
1925 - 2003
Carla Lane
1928 - 2016
Laurie Hughes
1924 - 2011
John White (Christian author)
1924 - 2002
Tristan Jones
1924 - 1995
William MacDonald (serial killer)
1924 - 2015
Robert Robinson (broadcaster)
1927 - 2011
Brian Trubshaw
1924 - 2001
Peter Stein (legal scholar)
1926 - 2016
Quentin Hughes (architect)
1920 - 2004
Arthur S. Lodge
1922 - 2005
Jimmy Payne
1926 - 2013
Tommy Cavanagh
1928 - 2007
James Ramsden (politician)
1923 - 2020
Les Shannon
1926 - 2007
Reg Armstrong
1928 - 1979
David Basnett
1924 - 1989
Bill Dean
1921 - 2000
Terence Feely
1928 - 2000
Kenneth Stewart
1925 - 1996
John Scott Martin
1926 - 2009
Wilfred Greatorex
1921 - 2002
Richard Whittington-Egan
1924 - 2016
Arthur Dooley
1929 - 1994
Alexander Mackenzie (artist)
1923 - 2002
Audrey Howard
Born 1929
Joan Benesh
1920 - 2014
Stanley Morgan (author)
1929 - 2018
Barbara Clayton
1922 - 2011
Flora Kidd
1926 - 2008
John Fenton (priest)
1921 - 2008
Rosemary Lowe-McConnell
1921 - 2014
David Holt (psychotherapist)
1926 - 2002
Miles Jackson-Lipkin
1924 - 2012
Bob Wooler
1926 - 2002
Ralph P. Martin
1925 - 2013
Arthur Davidson (politician)
1928 - 2018
Rupert de Larrinaga
Born 1928
James Craig (diplomat)
1924 - 2017
Norman Vaughan (comedian)
1923 - 2002
Harold Bell (footballer)
1924 - 1994
Zev Sufott
1927 - 2014
Noel Davis
1927 - 2002
Kay Dotrice
1929 - 2007
Yankel Feather
1920 - 2009
Sybil Claiborne
1923 - 1992
Tony McNamara
1929 - 2015
Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1928)
1928 - 2006
Cyril Done
1920 - 1993
John Quarmby
1929 - 2019
John Cabrera (Kameramann)
1925 - 2014
Jimmy Dell
1924 - 2008
Stan Palk
1921 - 2009
Keith Smith (actor)
1926 - 2008
Martin Halliday
1926 - 2008
Harold Roberts (footballer)
1920 - 2007
Allan Surtees
1924 - 2000
Tommy Roberts (footballer, born 1927)
1927 - 2001
Frank Spedding
1929 - 2001
Thomas Gardner (footballer, born 1923)
1923 - 2016
George Hulse
1927 - 2001
Abe Rosenthal
1921 - 1986
Peter McGovern
1927 - 2006
Johnny Thomas (footballer)
1926 - 2006
John McDonald (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1999
Alan Beaumont (footballer)
1927 - 1999
Gordon Crown
1929 - 1947
Alan Cox (footballer)
1920 - 1993
Alf Bellis
1920 - 2013
Harold Connor
1929 - 2016
George Hannah (footballer, born 1928)
1928 - 1990
Jean Smellie
1927 - 2020
George O'Neill (footballer, born 1923)
1923 - 2003
Arthur Green (footballer, born 1928)
1928 - 1992
Stan Rowan
1924 - 1997
Bill Jones (footballer, born 1924)
1924 - 1995
Jimmy Tansey
1929 - 2012
Arthur Barrett (footballer)
1927 - 2011
Anthony Garner
1927 - 2015
Bill Haigh
1924 - 2017
Harry Hitchen
1922 - 1993
Mick Hulligan
1923 - 1978
Frederick Darwent
1927 - 2020
George Payne (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1987
David Frith (footballer)
1929 - 2011
John Currie (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1984
Granger Boston
1921 - 1958
Bernard Morrey
1927 - 2011
Percy Steele
1923 - 2009
Charlie Birmingham
1922 - 1993
James Kennon
1925 - 1991
Ken Whiteside
Born 1929
Jim Pollard (footballer)
1926 - 1987
David Nightingale
Born 1927
Bill Hounslea
1926 - 2012
Kenny McDevitt
Born 1929
Pat Jackson (footballer)
1924 - 1974
George Carlson (footballer)
1925 - 2006
Stan Johns
1924 - 1985
Les Sille
1928 - 2007
Albert Parker (footballer)
1927 - 2005
Joan FitzGerald (died 1999)
1923 - 1999