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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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Julian Lennon
Born 1963
Cilla Black
1943 - 2015
Black (singer)
1962 - 2016
Rebecca Ferguson (singer)
Born 1986
Kele Okereke
Born 1981
Miles Kane
Born 1986
Holly Johnson
Born 1960
Ian McCulloch (singer)
Born 1959
Maureen Starkey Tigrett
1946 - 1994
Heidi Range
Born 1985
Liz McClarnon
Born 1981
Marsha Ambrosius
Born 1977
Billy J. Kramer
Born 1943
Daniel Cavanagh
Born 1972
Lita Roza
1926 - 2008
Rory Storm
1938 - 1972
Christian Burns
Born 1974
Natasha Hamilton
Born 1982
Vicki Brown
1940 - 1991
John Shirley-Quirk
1931 - 2014
Kathryn Williams
Born 1974
Gerry Marsden
Born 1942
Marcus Collins
Born 1988
Vincent Cavanagh
Born 1973
Paul Rutherford (singer)
Born 1959
Lee Mavers
Born 1962
Charles Santley
1834 - 1922
John Gustafson (musician)
1942 - 2014
Russ Hamilton (singer)
1932 - 2008
Tommy Quickly
Born 1943
Alfred Lennon
1912 - 1976
Darren "Daz" White
Born 1972
Steve Prestwich
1954 - 2011
Marie Brema
1856 - 1925
David Garrick (singer)
1945 - 2013
Anne Rogers
Born 1933
Binnie Hale
1899 - 1984
Hollie Cavanagh
Born 1993
Steve Tilston
Born 1950
Jimmy Campbell (musician)
1944 - 2007
Paul Draper (musician)
Born 1970
Nathan Carter
Born 1990
Samantha Jones (singer)
Born 1943
Ronnie Caryl
Born 1953
Laurence Jones (musician)
Born 1992
Jimmy Bilsbury
1942 - 2003
Ian McNabb
Born 1960
Lynne Randell
1949 - 2007
Willoughby Weiss
1820 - 1867
Claire Sweeney
Born 1971
John McInerney
Born 1957
Sonny J
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Beryl Marsden
Born 1947
Jane Weaver
Born 1972
Mike Badger
Born 1962
John Garrison (musician)
Born 1973
Tony Hazzard
Born 1943
Candie Payne
Born 1981
Edgar Jones (musician)
Born 1970
Eve Libertine
Born 1949
Stephen McNally (musician)
Born 1978
Michael Cox (singer)
Born 1940
Howie Payne
Born 1970
Steve Allen (Sänger)
Born 1957
Frank Collins (musician)
Born 1947
Jake Carter (singer)
Born 1998
Martin Jones (chanteur)
Born 1956
Marguerite d'Alvarez
1883 - 1953
Lyn Cornell
Born 1940
Chris Maloney (singer)
Born 1977
Pete Wylie
Born 1958
Jamie Redfern
Born 1957
Marion Hood
1854 - 1912
Johnny Sandon
1941 - 1996
Lewis Evans
Born 1986
Steve Pilgrim (musician)
Born 1979
Chris Bradford (musician)
Born 1950
Pete Riley
Born 1969
Peter McGovern
1927 - 2006
Jimmy Stevens (musician)
Born 1942
Dyan Birch
1949 - 2020
Jack Topping
Born 2002
Sophie Morgan (singer-songwriter)
Born 1997