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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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- Field: Cricket Clear ×
Brian Trubshaw
1924 - 2001
Ken Cranston
1917 - 2007
Tom Smith (cricketer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Paul Bryson
Born 1968
John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1958)
Born 1958
Phillip Garner
1946 - 2009
Christopher Finegan
Born 1971
Ian Cockbain (cricketer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Geoffrey Blackburn (cricketer)
Born 1950
John Hitchmough (cricketer, born 1962)
Born 1962
Theodore Hubback
1872 - 1942
John Roberts (Somerset cricketer)
Born 1949
Michael Dixon (umpire)
Born 1954
Thomas Routledge
1867 - 1927
Dorothy McEvoy
1910 - 1994
Benjamin Wardill
1842 - 1917
James Valiant
1884 - 1917
Alan Barnes (cricketer)
1850 - 1915
Helen Stother
1955 - 2019
William Morgan (cricketer, born 1864)
1864 - 1934
Chris Whelan
Born 1986
James Burns (cricketer)
1866 - 1957
Neil MacRae
Born 1972
Philip Thomas (cricketer)
Born 1978
Herbert Hodgson
1891 - 1964
Pat McKeown
Born 1976
Leonard Greenwood (cricketer)
1899 - 1982
James Ravenscroft
1854 - 1931
James Roberts (cricketer)
1864 - 1911
Tom Mottram
1945 - 2019
Frank Garnett
1881 - 1933
Edgar Ratcliffe
1863 - 1915
David Snellgrove (cricketer)
Born 1967
John Mather (cricketer)
1821 - 1870
Mark Price (cricketer)
Born 1960
Peter Deakin (cricketer)
Born 1970
Gavin Reynolds
Born 1979
Barton Grindrod
1834 - 1895
William Neilson (cricketer)
1848 - 1880
Paul Meehan
Born 1938
Alexander Cox (cricketer)
1865 - 1950
Ernest Powell
1861 - 1928
Granger Boston
1921 - 1958
Colin Boumphrey
1897 - 1945