List of personalities of the city of Liverpool
The following is a list of Liverpool- born personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Liverpool. Many have moved from Liverpool in the course of their lives and become known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Liverpool born personalities
Until 1850
- Jeremia Horrocks (1619–1641), astronomer
- George Stubbs (1724–1806), painter and scientist
- Robert Morris (1734-1806), entrepreneur
- John Almon (1737–1805), journalist and publisher
- Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), officer
- James Whitfield (1770–1834), Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
- James Yates (1789–1871), pastor, archaeologist and amateur botanist
- Bede Polding (1794–1877), first Roman Catholic bishop and Archbishop of Sydney
- Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865), orientalist and cricketer
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), politician
- Richard Ansdell (1815–1885), painter
- John Mercer Johnson (1818–1868), Founding Father of the Canadian Confederation
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), poet
- George Q. Cannon (1827-1901), politician
- Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), theologian
- Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896), landscape painter
- Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905), architect
- Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling (1832–1911), politician
- Charles Santley (1834–1922), opera and oratorio singer
- William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), economist and philosopher
- Catherine Walters (1839–1920), fashion trendsetter
- Charles Booth (1840–1916), philanthropist and social researcher
- Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903), biologist
- Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), politician
- Luke Fildes (1844–1927), painter
- Ada Lewis-Hill (1844–1906), amateur musician and benefactor
- Walter Crane (1845–1915), painter and illustrator
- Kate Sheppard (1847–1934), social reformer and suffragette
- William Henry Finlay (1849-1924), astronomer
1851 to 1900
- Francis Gotch (1853-1913), neurophysiologist
- John William Evans (1855–1943), politician
- Francis Barraud (1856-1924), painter
- William Thomas Turner (1856–1933), captain
- John Grenfell Maxwell (1859-1929), General
- Arthur Wynne (1871-1945), editor
- Frank Hornby (1863–1936), inventor, businessman and politician
- Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1864–1930), electrical engineer
- May Whitty (1865–1948), actress
- Alfred Cheetham (1867–1918), seaman
- Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963), politician and diplomat
- James Larkin (1874-1947), socialist activist
- Richard Calverley (1875–1915), Anglican monk
- William Ball (1876-1929), football player
- Jack Cox (1877–1955), football player
- Jimmy Ashcroft (1878-1943), football goalkeeper
- Konstantinos Paspatis (1878–1903), tennis player
- Joe Hewitt (1881–1971), football player
- Margarete Bruch (1882–1963), writer
- Charles Brabin (1883–1957), film director
- Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton (1883–1964), politician
- Frederick Fleet (1887–1965), sailor on the RMS Titanic
- Arthur Berry (1888-1953), football player
- William Godfrey (1889–1963), Archbishop of Westminster
- Leslie Banks (1890–1952), actor
- Thomas Bennett (1891-1923), football player
- Benjamin Howard Baker (1892–1987), football player and track and field athlete
- Vivian Gibson (1893–1981), actress
- Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay (1895–1946), journalist
- Charles Petrie (1895–1977), historian
- Doris Lloyd (1896–1968), actress
- Léon Goossens (1897–1988), oboist
- James Hanley (1897–1985), writer
- Georg Mayer-Marton (1897–1960), painter
- Gertrud Luckner (1900–1995), Christian resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Charles Sutherland Elton (1900–1991), ecologist and zoologist
1901 to 1920
- Leslie Fenton (1902–1978), film actor and director
- Walter Bryan Emery (1903–1971), Egyptologist
- John Arthur Todd (1908-1994), mathematician
- Kenneth Ewart Boulding (1910-1993), economist
- Shimon Applebaum (1911–2008), Israeli archaeologist
- Jesse Carver (1911–2003), football player and coach
- William Patrick Hitler (1911–1987), half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
- Gordon Wilkins (1912–2007), journalist and racing car driver
- Julian Wintle (1913–1980), film producer
- Dan Eley (1914-2015), chemist
- Frederic Franklin (1914–2013), dancer and theater director
- Geoffrey Gilbert (1914–1989), flautist
- Richard LM Synge (1914–1994), English chemist
- Jack Balmer (1916–1984), football player
- Rupert Davies (1916–1976), actor
- Lilian Bader (1918–2015), aircraft woman and teacher
- Betty Marsden (1919–1998), actress
- Patricia Medina (1919–2012), actress
1921 to 1930
- Joe Fagan (1921-2001), soccer player and coach
- Robert Runcie (1921–2000), Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England
- Ken Hughes (1922–2001), film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sheila Sim (1922-2016), actress
- James Ramsden (1923-2020), politician
- Michael Holliday (1924–1963), pop singer
- Laurie Hughes (1924-2011), football player
- George Melly (1926–2007), author and jazz singer
- Lita Roza (1926-2008), singer
- Anthony Shaffer (1926-2001), screenwriter
- Peter Shaffer (1926–2016), playwright
- Alan Bridges (1927–2013), director, actor and producer
- Ken Dodd (1927-2018), singer, actor and entertainer
- Tommy Roberts (1927-2001), football player
- Bill Rodgers (born 1928), politician
- Frankie Vaughan (1928-1999), pop singer
- Sid Watkins (1928-2012), neurosurgeon
- Kevin O'Connor (1929–1993), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Liverpool
- James Heneghan (born 1930), writer
- Derek Nimmo (1930–1999), actor
1931 to 1940
- Ronald Bishop (born 1931), archer
- Anthony Kenny (* 1931), philosopher
- Vincent Malone (1931-2020), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- John Shirley-Quirk (1931–2014), opera and oratorio singer
- Beryl Bainbridge (1932-2010), writer and actress
- Ian Brownlie (1932–2010), legal scholar and international law expert
- Ian Hamer (1932-2006), jazz trumpeter
- Russ Hamilton (1932-2008), songwriter and singer
- Norman Sheil (1932-2018), racing cyclist
- Tom Bell (1933–2006), stage, film and television actor
- Elaine Fantham (1933–2016), Classical Philologist
- Ron Rubin (1933-2020), jazz musician
- David Burke (born 1934), actor
- Angela Buxton (born 1934), tennis player
- Brian Epstein (1934-1967), businessman
- Stu Hamer (* 1934), jazz musician
- Kevin McNamara (1934–2017), politician and MP for the Labor Party
- Gia Scala (1934–1972), American actress
- James Gordon Farrell (1935–1979), writer
- Michael Williams (1935-2001), actor
- Tony Pringle (1936–2018), British-American jazz musician
- Bobby Campbell (1937-2015), football player and coach
- Tom Georgeson (born 1937), actor
- John Horton Conway (1937-2020), mathematician
- Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937-2013), botanist
- Gerry Byrne (1938-2015), football player
- Ron Atkinson (born 1939), football player and coach
- Brian Jacques (1939-2011), writer
- James Lloyd (1939-2013), boxer
- Joe Baker (1940-2003), football player and coach
- John Best (1940-2014), football player and coach
- Billy Fury (1940–1983), rock and roll singer
- Brian Labone (1940-2006), football player
- John Lennon (1940–1980), musician, composer and author
- Ric Colbeck († 1981), jazz musician
- Pamela McCorduck (* 1940), journalist and non-fiction author
- Ringo Starr (* 1940), musician and actor
1941 to 1950
- Derry Wilkie (1941-2001), musician
- Paul McCartney (* 1942), musician, singer-songwriter and composer
- Rita Tushingham (born 1942), actress
- Cilla Black (1943–2015), singer and television presenter
- Berlie Doherty (* 1943), children's and youth author
- George Harrison (1943–2001), musician and composer, born in Wavertree
- Chris Lawler (born 1943), football player
- Jim McCarty (born 1943), musician
- Tommy Quickly (born 1943), singer
- Jimmy Campbell (1944–2007), musician, singer and songwriter
- Mike McGear (born 1944), musician
- Tommy Wright (born 1944), football player
- Terence Davies (* 1945), film director
- Roy Dyke (* 1945), musician
- David Garrick (1945–2013), opera and pop singer
- Tony Haygarth (1945–2017), actor, playwright and writer
- Bill Kenwright (* 1945), actor and producer
- Ken Mulhearn (1945-2018), football goalkeeper
- Tommy Smith (1945-2019), football player
- John Ramsey Campbell (born 1946), author
- Aynsley Dunbar (born 1946), drummer
- Paul Lynch (born 1946), director
- Ivor Roberts (* 1946), ambassador
- Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011), actress
- Whistling Jack Smith (born 1946), singer
- Alison Steadman (* 1946), theater, television and film actress
- Andrew Dalby (* 1947), author, cultural historian and linguist
- Albie Donnelly (* 1947), saxophonist, band leader and lead singer
- Jacqueline Foster (* 1947), politician
- Stephen F. Kelly (* 1947), author and journalist
- Joey Molland (* 1947), rock musician
- Roy McFarland (* 1948), football player and manager
- Salley Vickers (born 1948), writer
- Tony Cragg (* 1949), visual artist
- Peter Edwards (* 1949), chemist
- John McAlle (born 1950), football player
- Ken Robinson (1950-2020), author and consultant
- Tim Whitehead (born 1950), jazz musician
1951 to 1960
- John Conteh (born 1951), boxer
- Linda Grant (* 1951), British writer and journalist
- Barry Jonsberg (* 1951), writer
- Peter Withe (* 1951), soccer player and coach
- David Yip (born 1951), actor
- Clive Barker (* 1952), writer and director
- Antony Hamilton (1952–1995), film actor
- Dennis Mortimer (born 1952), football player
- Alexei Sayle (* 1952), comedian, actor and author
- Robert John Maudsley (born 1953), serial killer
- Doug Bradley (born 1954), actor
- Jimmy Case (born 1954), football player
- Paul Gallagher (* 1954), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Steve Martland (1954-2013), composer
- Phil Thompson (born 1954), football player
- Peter Atkins (born 1955), screenwriter
- Richard Priestman (born 1955), archer
- Simon Rattle (* 1955), conductor
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957), science fiction author
- David Fairclough (born 1957), football player
- John Aldridge (* 1958), football player and coach
- Ian Broudie (* 1958), pop musician and music producer
- Frank Cottrell Boyce (* 1959), writer and screenwriter
- Sammy Lee (born 1959), soccer player and coach
- Paul McGann (born 1959), actor
- Eddie Parker (* 1959), modern jazz flautist and composer
- Paul Rutherford (born 1959), pop singer
- Holly Johnson (* 1960), singer, songwriter and painter
1961 to 1970
- Tom Cheesman (* 1961), literary scholar and translator
- Steve McMahon (* 1961), soccer player and coach
- Ken Stubbs (* 1961), jazz musician
- Dave Watson (born 1961), actor
- Richard Quest (born 1962), news anchor
- Colin Vearncombe (1962–2016), musician and composer
- Ray Finch (born 1963), politician
- Andrew Hussey (born 1963), Romanist
- Jason Isaacs (born 1963), actor
- JV Jones (born 1963), fantasy author
- Ian Kirkham (born 1963), saxophonist
- Julian Lennon (* 1963), musician and composer
- Brian Nash (born 1963), guitarist
- Peter Gill (* 1964), drummer
- Ian Hart (born 1964), actor
- Paul Jewell (* 1964), soccer player and coach
- Ron Meadows (born 1964), mechanic and manager
- David Morrissey (born 1964), actor, producer and director
- Mark O'Toole (born 1964), singer
- John Parrott (born 1964), snooker player
- Mark Roberts (* 1964), speedster
- Gary Ablett (1965–2012), soccer player and coach
- Ravi Kapoor (born 1969), actor
- John Murphy (* 1965), film composer
- Mike Newell (born 1965), soccer player and coach
- John Shackley (born 1965), actor
- Cathy Tyson (born 1965), actress
- Chris Shepherd (* 1966), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Jonathan Harvey (* 1968), playwright
- Zarqa Nawaz (* 1968), author, journalist and broadcaster
- Linda Chapman (* 1969), writer
- Natasha Little (born 1969), actress
- Damon Minchella (* 1969), bassist and songwriter
- Lee Baxter (* 1970), pop singer and actor
- Andrew Burnham (born 1970), politician
- Tim Hetherington (1970-2011), photojournalist
1971 to 1980
- Katy Carmichael (born 1971), actress
- Sonia (* 1971), pop singer
- Rod Lawler (* 1971), snooker player
- Adam F (* 1972), jungle and drum and bass DJ and producer
- Paul Lewis (* 1972), pianist
- Antonia Low (* 1972), German conceptual artist
- Phina Oruche (born 1972), actress
- Peter Serafinowicz (* 1972), actor, comedian, voice actor and screenwriter
- Andrew Shovlin (* 1973), engineer
- Steve Smith (* 1973), high jumper
- Tony Warner (born 1974), football player
- Robbie Fowler (* 1975), soccer player
- Kelly Kainz (* 1975), dancer
- Bryan Hughes (born 1976), football player
- Eimear McBride (* 1976), writer
- Paul Nuttall (* 1976), politician
- Geoff Rowley (* 1976), professional skateboarder
- Michael Ball (* 1979), soccer player
- Sue Smith (* 1979), soccer player
- Tanya Tate (* 1979), porn actress
- Shaun Evans (born 1980), actor
- Adam Farley (born 1980), football player
- Philip Olivier (born 1980), actor
From 1981
- Tony Hibbert (* 1981), soccer player
- Francis Jeffers (born 1981), football player
- Liz McClarnon (* 1981), pop singer, dancer and presenter
- Kele Okereke (* 1981), musician, singer and guitarist
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher (born 1981), football player
- Joey Barton (born 1982), soccer player
- Alex Curran (* 1982), model and fashion columnist
- Natasha Hamilton (* 1982), singer, songwriter, dancer and stage actress
- Rickie Lambert (* 1982), soccer player
- David Leoni (* 1982), Canadian biathlete
- David Mulligan (born 1982), football player
- Kevin Nolan (* 1982), soccer player
- Amelia Warner (* 1982), actress
- David Price (born 1983), boxer
- Heidi Range (* 1983), singer
- Maggie Davies (* 1984), skeleton pilot
- Darren Potter (born 1984), football player
- Ryan Taylor (born 1984), football player
- John Welsh (born 1984), football player
- Stephen Bunting (born 1985), dart player
- Matthew Brammeier (* 1985), track and road cyclist
- Wayne Rooney (born 1985), football player
- Lee Peltier (born 1986), soccer player
- Coleen Rooney (* 1986), presenter and columnist
- Michael Walsh (* 1986), soccer player
- Joseph Dempsie (born 1987), actor
- Scott Dann (* 1987), soccer player
- Stephen Darby (* 1988), football player
- Adam Hammill (* 1988), football player
- Aaron Cresswell (born 1989), football player
- James Bulger (1990-1993), murder victim
- Anton Hysén (* 1990), Swedish football player
- John Rooney (born 1990), football player
- Toni Duggan (* 1991), soccer player
- Dale Jennings (born 1992), soccer player
- Jessica King (* 1992), soccer player
- Ross Barkley (born 1993), football player
- Jon Flanagan (born 1993), football player
- Tom Davies (* 1998), soccer player