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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 257 notable births.

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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Showing 113 of 2,322 notable people

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William Ewart Gladstone

1809 - 1898

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Banastre Tarleton

1754 - 1833

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Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

1870 - 1963

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Selwyn Lloyd

1904 - 1978

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James Larkin

1876 - 1947

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John McDonnell

Born 1951

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Augustine Birrell

1850 - 1933

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Esther McVey

Born 1967

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Paul Nuttall

Born 1976

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Nadine Dorries

Born 1957

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Bessie Braddock

1899 - 1970

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Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell

1813 - 1886

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David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral

Born 1942

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Robert B. Elliott

1842 - 1884

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Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank

Born 1928

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Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling

1832 - 1911

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Thomas Johnson (Irish politician)

1872 - 1963

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Jake Berry

Born 1978

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David Hanson (politician)

Born 1957

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Richard Burden

Born 1954

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John Pugh

Born 1948

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George Thompson (abolitionist)

1804 - 1878

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Jacqueline Foster

Born 1947

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Kit Malthouse

Born 1966

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Henry Willink

1894 - 1973

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Leonard D. Abbott

1878 - 1953

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Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet

1842 - 1919

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Elliot Morley

Born 1952

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John Hope Simpson

1868 - 1961

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Jill Saward

1965 - 2017

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Victor Grayson

1881 - 1920

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Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham

Born 1939

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Stephen McPartland

Born 1976

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John Mercer Johnson

1818 - 1868

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Kevin McNamara (politician)

1934 - 2017

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Bob Wareing

1930 - 2015

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William Ewart (British politician)

1798 - 1869

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Peter Kilfoyle

Born 1946

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Chris Rennard, Baron Rennard

Born 1960

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Frank Byers

1915 - 1984

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Ray Finch

Born 1963

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James Ramsden (politician)

1923 - 2020

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John Evans (Australian politician)

1855 - 1943

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Charlotte Leslie

Born 1978

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Rosie Cooper

Born 1950

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José Enrique de Olano

1858 - 1934

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Steven Norris

Born 1945

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Frank Crowther

1870 - 1955

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Jenny Rathbone

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Kenneth Stewart

1925 - 1996

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Samuel Holland (politician)

1803 - 1892

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James Dunn (Australian politician)

1887 - 1945

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John Archer (British politician)

1863 - 1932

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Dan Carden

Born 1990

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William Rathbone V

1787 - 1868

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Fiona Jones

1957 - 2007

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Thomas Gladstone

1804 - 1889

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Percy Brookfield

1875 - 1921

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William Webster (Australian politician)

1860 - 1936

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James Allanson Picton

1832 - 1910

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Barbara Janke

Born 1947

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Helen Hayes (politician)

Born 1974

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Kevin Flynn (politician)

Born 1955

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George Kerferd

1831 - 1889

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Mary Mulligan

Born 1960

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Joe Anderson (politician)

Born 1958

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Reginald Bevins

1908 - 1996

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John Roberts (Flint MP)

1835 - 1894

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Arthur Davidson (politician)

1928 - 2018

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John Kirwan (politician)

1869 - 1949

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William Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston

1915 - 2001

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Arthur Forwood

1836 - 1898

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Jack Cohen (politician)

1886 - 1965

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John Price (South Australian politician)

1882 - 1941

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Robert Murray Smith

1831 - 1921

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Stuart Polak, Baron Polak

Born 1960

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Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr.

1837 - 1920

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Walter L. Cole

Died 1943

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James Despencer-Robertson

1886 - 1942

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William Tipping

1816 - 1897

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Alex Nuttall

Born 1985

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Eddy Newman

Born 1953

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Henry Baker (politician)

1890 - 1968

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Andrew Norton (Pirate Party)

Born 1980

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Noel Goldie

1882 - 1964

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Richard Jones (1816–1892)

1816 - 1892

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John Woods (Australian politician)

1822 - 1892

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Thomas Garrett (Australian politician)

1830 - 1891

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Gilbert McMicking (British politician)

1862 - 1942

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William Rigg (politician)

1847 - 1926

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Warren Bradley (politician)

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Brenda Gibbs

Born 1947

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Jack Kinley

1878 - 1957

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Tony McGrady

Born 1944

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Gus Harris

1908 - 2000

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William Henry Eyes

1819 - 1907

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Bryan Pearson (politician)

1934 - 2016

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William Snodgrass (politician)

1870 - 1920

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Bill Haigh

1924 - 2017

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Nathaniel Levi

1830 - 1908

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Abraham Luya

1837 - 1899

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Francis James Roscoe

1831 - 1878

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Charles Yardley Weaver

1884 - 1930

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Robert Connell (politician)

1871 - 1957

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Robert Black (mayor)

1868 - 1938

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Edward Hargreaves

1826 - 1880

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Rodney Young (politician)

1910 - 1978

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Gay Cowbourne

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James Samuel Taylor

1872 - 1960

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Clive Hughes (Western Australian politician)

1947 - 1986

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Francis Helme

1899 - 1984

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Francis Fairey

1887 - 1971

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John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician)

1821 - 1891

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