# List of people from Birmingham

This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England, who have a Wikipedia page.

## Famous people born in Birmingham
### A–F

* Scott Adkins (born 1987) – actor, gymnast
* Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986) – footballer
* Moeen Ali (born 1987) – England cricketer
* Dennis Amiss (born 1943) – cricketer and Warwickshire administrator
* Tomás Ángel (born 2003) – footballer
* Keith Arkell (born 1961) – English chess champion, 2008
* Stephen Arlen (1913–1972) – opera manager
* Ian Ashbee (born 1976) – footballer
* Francis William Aston (1877–1945) – Nobel Prize winner, physicist
* Ian Atkins (born 1957) – footballer
* Albert Austin (1882–1953) – silent film star
* Jack Badham (1919–1992) – footballer
* Annette Badland (born 1951) – actress
* Kenny Baker (1934–2016) – actor
* Sir Michael Bacon (1896–1977) – film director
* Pato Banton (born 1961) – reggae artist
* Dave Barnett (born 1967) – footballer
* Simon Bates (born 1946) – radio DJ
* Blaze Bayley (born 1963) – musician, vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden
* Ian Bell (born 1982) – England cricketer, Warwickshire CCC captain
* Jude Bellingham (born 2003) – footballer
* Moazzam Begg (born 1968) – outreach director
* Edward White Benson (1829–1896) – Archbishop of Canterbury
* Bev Bevan (born 1944) – musician
* Sharon Birch (born 1970? BC?) – firefighter
* Alfred Bird (1811–1878) – inventor of custard powder
* Sir Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922) – food manufacturer and chemist
* William Bloye (1890–1975) – sculptor
* Tom Blyth (born 1995) – actor
* Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849–1930) – author, journalist, artist, social reformer
* Daniel Boone (1942–2023) – musician
* Sarah Booth (1793–1867) – actress
* Matthew Boulton (1728–1809) – pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
* Jon Bounds (born 1975) – blogger, humorist
* Paul Braddon (1864–1937) – artist
* Peter Bradley (born 1953) – politician
* William Bragge (1823–1884) – civil engineer/antiquarian
* Tony Britton (1924–2019) – actor
* James Jaysen Bryhan (born 1978) – actor
* Dan Bull (born 1986) – musician/ Youtuber
* Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) – Pre-Raphaelite painter and William Morris Associate
* Trevor Burton (born 1949) – musician
* Geezer Butler (born 1949) – bassist, Black Sabbath
* George Cadbury (1839–1922) – son of John Cadbury, founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
* John Cadbury (1801–1889) – founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
* Richard Cadbury (1835–1899) – son of John Cadbury, founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
* Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – television director, photographer
* Daniel Caines (born 1979) – track and field athlete
* Ali Campbell (born 1959) and Robin Campbell (born 1954) – musician, UB40
* Duncan Campbell (born 1958) – musician
* David Cannadine (born 1950) – historian
* Bob Carolgees (born 1948) – television presenter (Tiswas and Surprise Surprise)
* Lee Carsley (born 1974) – footballer
* Darren Carter (born 1983) – footballer
* John Carter (born 1940) – musician
* Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) – novelist
* Jasper Carrott (born 1945) – comedian
* Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) – politician
* Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) – Prime Minister
* Gary Childs (born 1964) – footballer
* Adrian Chiles (born 1967) – broadcaster
* Carl Chinn (born 1956) – historian, broadcaster
* Charlie Christodoulou (c. 1951–1976) – soldier and mercenary
* Ian Clarkson (born 1970) – footballer
* Lisa Clayton (born 1958) – solo yachtswoman
* Janice Connolly (born 1954) – comedy actress
* Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986) – artist
* Edward Cowie (born 1943) – composer
* Andy Cox (born 1956) – ska guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat)
* David Cox (1783–1859) – artist
* Lauren Crace (born 1986) – actress
* Sarah Crompton (1802–1881) – children's writer
* Chris Crudelli (born 1972) – martial artist
* John Curry (1949–1994) – Olympic and World Champion figure skater
* Nigel Dakin (born 1964) – soldier, diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
* Richard Dandy (born 1977) – former cricketer
* Fanny Dango (1878–1972) – comedienne, actress and singer
* Arthur Darvill (born 1982) – actor and singer
* Aidan Davis (born 1997) – dancer and television presenter
* Lindsey Davis (born 1949) – historical novelist
* Cat Deeley (born 1976) – television presenter
* Nathan Delfouneso (born 1991) – footballer
* Oscar Deutsch (1893–1941) – founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain
* Fred Dinenage (born 1942) – presenter, broadcaster, writer
* Stefflon Don (born 1991) – musician
* Don Dorman (1922–1997) – paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, footballer, manager and scout
* K.K. Downing (born 1951) – musician
* Mark Duffus "Sure Shot" (born 1967) – musician
* Pete Dunne (born 1993) – professional wrestler
* Dutchavelli (born 1993) – rapper
* Jessie Eden (1902–1986) – Communist activist and trade union leader
* Duncan Edwards (1936–1958) – footballer for Manchester United, one of the Busby Babes (died in Munich air disaster)
* Fabian Edwards (born 1993) – professional mixed martial artist
* Leon Edwards (born 1991) – professional mixed martial artist, current UFC Welterweight Champion
* Rob Edwards (born 1982) – ex-footballer, current Manager for Luton Town F.C.
* Electribe 101 – electronic music groups who found fame in the early 1990s
* Hunt Emerson (born 1952) – cartoonist
* Ian Emes (born 1949) – animator
* Frederick Rowland Emett (1906–1990) – cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor
* Jo Enright (born 1968) – actress and comedian
* Dan Evans (born 1990) – tennis player
* Niki Evans (born 1972) – singer
* Trevor Eve (born 1951) – actor
* Earl Falconer (born 1957) – bass player, UB40
* Constance Amy Fall (1903–1992) – nurse
* Frank Farrell (1947–1997) – rock bassist and co-writer of chart hit "Moonlighting"
* Sid Field (1904–1950) – comedian
* Robert Firth (1887–1966) – footballer and Real Madrid manager
* Philip Edward Fisher (born 1979) – musician
* Simon Fletcher (born 1948) – artist
* Sarah Florry (1744–1843) – metal dealer
* Winston Foster (born 1941) – footballer
* Mark Frost (born 1968) – actor
* Kevin Francis (born 1967) – footballer
* Harry Freeman (1858–1922) – music hall performer
* Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892) – historian, architectural artist and liberal politician
* Fuzzbox – late-1980s girl band

### G–M

* Sir Francis Galton (1822–1911) – scientist; founder of eugenics
* Albert Gardner (1887–1923) – footballer
* Mike Gayle (born 1970) – writer
* Helen George (born 1984) – actress
* Sam Gee (born 1992) — Rugby player
* GeoWizard (born 1990) – YouTuber
* Steve Gibbons (born 1941) – musician
* Colin Gibson (born 1960) – footballer
* Jon Gittens (1964–2019) – footballer
* John Goldingay (born 1942) – theologian, currently a Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
* Jaki Graham (born 1956) – soul singer
* Jack Grealish (born 1995) – footballer
* Mark "Barney" Greenway (born 1969) – musician, Napalm Death
* Tom Grosvenor (1908–1972) – footballer
* George Dickinson Hadley (1908–1984) – gastroenterologist
* Rob Halford (born 1951) – musician, Judas Priest
* Charlie Hall (1899–1959) – actor; known for his work with Laurel and Hardy
* Alison Hammond (born 1975) – actress, television presenter
* Richard Hammond (born 1969) – television presenter
* John Hampson (1901–1955) – novelist
* Hannah Hampton (born 2000) – football goalkeeper
* Tony Hancock (1924–1968) – comedian and actor
* Ian Handysides (1962–1990) – footballer
* Nic Harcourt (born 1957) – American radio personality
* Nick Harding (born 1969) – Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health
* David Harewood (born 1965) – actor
* Wally Harris (1900–1933) – footballer
* Julia Hartley-Brewer (born 1968) – journalist and television panelist
* Norman Hassan (born 1958) – percussionist, UB40
* Phil Hawker (born 1962) – footballer
* William Haywood (1876–1957) – architect, town planner, and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society
* John Hemming (born 1960) – Member of Parliament and businessman
* Lee Hendrie (born 1977) – Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder
* Duane Henry (born 1985) – actor
* Michael Higgs (born 1962) – actor
* Ian Hill (born 1951) – musician
* Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993) – actress
* David Hinds (born 1956) – rhythm guitarist and lead singer, Steel Pulse
* Ken Hodge (born 1944) – National Hockey League player
* George Holyoake (1817–1906) – reformer
* Jack Hood (1902–1992) – boxer
* Martha Howe-Douglas (born 1980) – actress
* Dorothy Howell (1898–1982) – musician
* Mr. Hudson (born 1979) – singer
* Alex Hughes (born 1971) – cartoonist
* David Hughes (1925–1972) – operatic tenor
* Geoff Humpage (born 1954) – cricketer
* Al Hunter Ashton (1957–2007) – actor
* Raymond Huntley (1904–1990) – actor
* Millie Hylton (1870–1920) – actress and male impersonator
* Kassem Ibadulla (born 1964) – cricketer
* Tony Iommi (born 1948) – guitarist, Black Sabbath
* Jamelia (born 1981) – R&B singer
* Maureen Jennings (born 1939) – novelist
* Claudia Jessie (born 1990) – actress
* Seth Johnson (born 1979) – footballer, Derby
* Ann Jones (born 1938) – tennis player; former World No. 2, 8 Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon champion in 1969
* Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham (born 1955) – director-general of the Confederation of British Industry
* Felicity Jones (born 1983) – actress
* Geoffrey Jones – business historian
* John Jones (1858–1937) – cricketer
* Justin Jones (born 1964) – musician
* Simon Huw Jones (born 1960) – musician and photographer
* Nikita Kanda (born 1995) – radio presenter and socialite
* Ace Kefford (born 1946) – musician
* Mike Kellie (1947–2017) – musician, Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones
* David Kelly (born 1965) – Republic of Ireland footballer
* Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959) – composer
* Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817–1894) – county court judge and noted strike arbitrator
* Guz Khan (born 1986) – comedian
* Jaykae (born 1991) – rapper
* Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 1942) – politician and television presenter
* John Andrew King (born 1964) –politician and singer
* Lorna Laidlaw (born 1963) – actress
* Denny Laine (born 1944) – Paul McCartney and Wings
* Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946) – maker of the first petrol-driven car in Britain
* Bunny Larkin (born 1936) – footballer
* Bob Latchford (born 1951) – footballer
* Dave Latchford (born 1949) – footballer
* Peter Latchford (born 1952) – footballer
* Ian Lavender (born 1946) – actor
* Alfred Law (1862–1919) – Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
* Stewart Lee (born 1968) – comedian
* Vaughan Lee (born 1982) – ex-UFC fighter
* Russell Leetch (born 1982) – musician
* Joleon Lescott (born 1982) – footballer with Manchester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
* Adrian Lester (born 1968) – actor
* Dick Lilley (1866–1929) – England and Warwickshire cricketer
* Letty Lind (1861–1923) – actress and dancer
* John Lodge (born 1945) – musician
* Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858) – writer of prose and verse and The Mummy
* Joseph Lucas (1834–1902) – founder of Lucas Industries
* Joe Lycett (born 1988) – comedian
* Jeff Lynne (born 1947) – musician; co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra
* Clare Maguire (born 1988) – musician born in Solihull but a resident of London
* Nigel Mansell (born 1953) – sportsman, F1 driver
* Lee Mantle (1851–1934) – U.S. Senator from Montana
* Sarah Manners (born 1975) – actress
* Tony Martin (born 1957) – musician; singer of Black Sabbath
* Eric Maschwitz (1901–1969) – lyricist
* Herbert Mason MC (1891–1960) – film director, producer, stage actor, stage manager, choreographer, and army officer in the First World War
* Hilary Mason (1917–2006) – actor
* Nick Mason (born 1944) – musician, Pink Floyd; did not reside in Birmingham
* Robert McCracken (born 1968) – boxer, Commonwealth Middleweight champion, and World Title challenger
* Zena McNally (born 1979) – singer, Mis-Teeq
* Christine McVie (1943–2022) – musician, Fleetwood Mac
* Gil Merrick (1922–2010) – footballer and club manager
* Ken Miles (1918–1966) – sports car racing driver, engineer
* Shazia Mirza – comedian
* Mist (born 1992) – rapper
* Alan Moore (born 1950) – musician
* William Moore (1916–2000) – actor
* Anisa Morridadi (born 1990) – social entrepreneur
* Everett Morton (1950–2021) – drummer, The Beat
* Henry Vollam Morton (1892–1979) – journalist and travel writer
* Peter Mucklow (born 1949) – cricketer
* George Muntz (1794–1857) – pioneering industrialist and MP
* Laura Mvula (born 1986) – singer-songwriter
* Stanley Myers (1930–1993) – film music composer
* M1llionz (born 1997) – rapper
* Malkit Singh (born c. 1963) – Punjabi Bhangra singer

### N–Z

* Constance Naden (1858–1889) – poet and philosopher
* Alan Napier (1903–1988) – actor
* Ritchie Neville (born 1979) – singer, Five
* Neil Newbon (born 1978) – actor
* Ernie Newman (1887–?) – professional footballer
* Ernest Willmott Norton (1889–1972) – cricketer
* Ursula O'Leary (1926–1993) – actress
* John Oliver (born 1977) – comedian, host of Last Week Tonight, and former 'Senior British Correspondent' of The Daily Show
* Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948) – singer, Black Sabbath
* Anri Okita (born 1986) – singer and former pornographic actress
* Carl Palmer (born 1950) – musician, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
* Janet Parker (1938–1978) – medical photographer and last recorded person to die from smallpox
* Kay Parker (1944–2022) – pornographic actress
* Alexander Parkes (1813–1890) – inventor of the world's first plastic
* Henry Parkes (1815–1896) – Australian politician, "Father of Federation"
* Norman Partridge (1900–1982) – Warwickshire cricketer
* Liam Payne (1993-2024) – singer, One Direction
* Dave Pegg (born 1947) – musician, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull
* Kia Pegg (born 2000) – actress and television presenter
* Stephen Perryman (born 1955) – Warwickshire cricketer
* Gerry Peyton (born 1956) – footballer and goalkeeper coach
* James and Oliver Phelps (born 1986) – Harry Potter movie actors
* Jess Phillips (born 1981) – politician
* Michael Pinder (born 1941) – musician, The Moody Blues
* Jacki Piper (born 1946) – actress
* Sadie Plant (born 1964) – writer
* John Poole (1926–2009) – sculptor
* Enoch Powell (1912–1998) – politician, poet and classical scholar
* Peter Powell (born 1951) – disc jockey
* Anthony E. Pratt (1903–1994) – inventor of Cluedo
* Bernard Quaife (1899–1984) – cricketer
* Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881–1955) – anthropologist
* Ranking Roger (1963–2019) – musician, The Beat
* Mick Rathbone (born 1958) – footballer
* Adil Ray (born 1974) – actor, comedian, and radio and television presenter
* Nick Rhodes (born 1962) – musician, Duran Duran
* Micah Richards (born 1988) – Manchester City F.C. defender
* Walter Richards (1863–1917) – cricketer and umpire
* Pat Roach (1937–2004) – actor and wrestler
* Dave Robinson (1948–2016) – footballer
* John Rogers (1505–1555) – Bible editor and martyr
* Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) (1883–1959) – novelist
* Mark Rowley (born 1964) – Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London)
* Adam Ruckwood (born 1974) – swimming Commonwealth Champion (200m backstroke)
* Les Ross (born 1949) – radio disc jockey
* Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1778–1856) – writer on women in society and religion; slavery abolitionist
* Gary Shaw (born 1961) – footballer
* Martin Shaw (born 1945) – actor
* Visanthe Shiancoe (born 1980) – American football player
* Sukshinder Shinda (born 1972) – English-born Punjabi music producer and artist
* Graham Short (born 1946) – micro-artist
* Paul Simm (born 20th century) – musician
* John Simmit (born 1963) – actor and comedian; known for playing Dipsy on Teletubbies from 1997 to 2001
* Jane Sixsmith (born 1967) – hockey player
* 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston (1891–1970) – military commander
* Sarah Smart (born 1977) – actress
* Alan Smith (born 1936) – cricketer and England selector
* Joshua Toulmin Smith (1816–1869) – political theorist
* Tiger Smith (1886–1979) – England and Warwickshire cricketer
* Maya Sondhi (born 1983) – actress
* Sir Benjamin Stone (1838–1914) – photographer
* Dean Sturridge (born 1973) – footballer
* Daniel Sturridge (born 1989) – footballer
* Simon Sturridge (born 1969) – footballer
* Ernest Suckling (1890–1962) – cricketer
* Phil Summerill (born 1947) – footballer
* James Sutton (born 1983) – actor
* Andrew Symonds (1975–2022) – cricketer
* Connie Talbot (born 2000) – singer
* John Taylor (born 1960) – musician, Duran Duran
* Roger Taylor (born 1960) – musician, Duran Duran
* Bobby Thomson (1943–2009) – footballer
* Will Thorne (1857–1946) – trade union leader; member of Parliament
* Charlie Tickle (1884–1960) – footballer
* Andrew Tiernan (born 1965) – actor
* Charlie Timmins (1922–2010) – footballer
* James Vaughan (born 1988) – Tranmere Rovers FC striker
* Johnny Vincent (1947–2006) – footballer
* Murray Walker (1923–2021) – racing driver and commentator
* Kate Walsh (born 1981) – television presenter (Live from Studio Five)
* Julie Walters (born 1950) – actress
* Bill Ward (born 1948) – drummer, Black Sabbath
* Clint Warwick (1940–2004) – musician, The Moody Blues
* Carl Wayne (1943–2004) – musician, The Move, The Hollies
* Graham Webb (1944–2017) – World Amateur Road Race Champion 1967
* Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) – theologian and Bishop of Durham
* Peter Weston (1943–2017) – science fiction fan
* Ian Westwood (born 1982) – cricketer
* Fred Wheldon (1869–1924) – footballer
* Toyah Willcox (born 1958) – singer and television presenter
* Emma Willis (born 1976) – model
* George Willis-Pryce (1866–1949) – artist
* Jimmy Windridge (1882–1939) – England footballer
* Muff Winwood (born 1943) – musician
* Steve Winwood (born 1948) – musician – solo and co-founder, Traffic
* Colin Withers (1940–2020) – footballer
* Chris Woakes (born 1989) – England and Warwickshire cricketer
* Chris Wood (1944–1983) – musician; co-founder, Traffic
* Roy Wood (born 1946) – musician; co-founder, Electric Light Orchestra
* Richie Woodhall (born 1968) – world champion boxer
* John Wyndham (1903–1969) – writer
* Kal Yafai (born 1989) – world champion boxer
* Dorian Yates (born 1962) – six-time Mr. Olympia
* Mark Yates (born 1970) – footballer and manager
* Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023) – poet

## Lived in or associated with Birmingham

* W. H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet and author
* W. V. Awdry (1911–1997) – author of The Railway Series
* Sir Granville Bantock (1868–1946) – composer
* Connor Ball (born 1996) – bassist and singer, The Vamps
* John Baskerville (1707–1775) – printer and inventor of typefaces
* Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845–1897) – first female shorthand teacher and reporter in England
* William Booth (1776–1812) – forger
* John Bright (1811–1889) – politician
* Herbert Tudor Buckland (1869–1951) – architect
* Elihu Burritt (1810–1879) – US consul to Birmingham
* Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – broadcaster and artist
* Jazzy B (born 1975) – Punjabi singer
* Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) – politician, Mayor of Birmingham
* Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) – author
* Lee Child (born 1954) – author
* George Dawson (1821–1876) – preacher
* Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) – author of Sherlock Holmes
* John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921) – industrialist, built Fort Dunlop
* Leon Edwards (born 1991) – professional mixed martial artist (originally from Kingston, Jamaica)
* Lucy Edwards, disability rights activist, educator, and TikToker
* Rev. Richard Enraght (1837–1898) – vicar, religious controversialist
* Allan Ford (born 1968) – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
* Philippa Forrester (born 1968) – television presenter, attended Birmingham University
* Foji Gill – singer, music producer
* Joseph Gillott (1799–1872) – industrialist
* Tommy Godwin (1920–2012) – racing cyclist and Olympic medallist
* Ashia Hansen (born 1971) – track and field athlete
* James Hinks (1829–1878) – bred the Bull Terrier dog
* William Ick (1800–1844) – botanist
* Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author
* Elizabeth "Tetty" Johnson (1689–1752) – wife of Samuel Johnson
* John Joubert (1927–2019) – South African-born composer
* Roi Kwabena (1956–2008) – author
* Simon Le Bon (born 1958) – studied drama at the University of Birmingham before joining Duran Duran in 1980
* Louis MacNeice (1907–1963) – poet
* Stuart Maconie (born 1961) – radio DJ and television presenter
* Josiah Mason (1795–1881) – industrialist and philanthropist
* Nigel Mansell (born 1953) – racing driver
* Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) – theologian and founder of the English Oratory
* William McGregor (1846–1911) – instrumental in forming the football league
* William Murdoch (1754–1839) – inventor of gas lighting
* Bill Oddie (born 1941) – comedian and ornithologist
* John Peel (1939–2004) – radio DJ
* Geoffrey Pernell (born 1971) – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
* Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) – chemist and dissenting clergyman
* Sir Simon Rattle (born 1955) – conductor of CBSO 1980–1998
* John Ray (1627–1705) – "Father of English natural history"
* Sir Peter Rigby (born 1943) – entrepreneur
* Mary Rollason (1764/5–1835) – steel toy maker and businesswoman
* Kevin Rowland (born 1953) – singer for Dexys Midnight Runners, formed in Birmingham
* Frank Skinner (born 1957) – comedian
* Mike Skinner (born 1979) – musician, The Streets
* Meera Syal (born 1961) – actor, writer
* Dave Swarbrick (1941–2016) – musician
* J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – author
* Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815) – non-conformist preacher
* Ruby Turner (born 1958) – singer (originally from Montego Bay, Jamaica)
* UB 40 – Reggae group
* James Watt (1736–1819) – inventor and member of the Lunar Society
* Una White (1938/9–1997) – subject of public art-work
* William Withering (1741–1799) – doctor, discoverer of digitalis
* Victoria Wood (1953–2016) – actress
* John Skirrow Wright (1822–1880) – social improver
* Alastair Yates (1952–2018) – radio and television presenter
* Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) – Pakistani activist
* Lauren Zhang (born 2001) – winner of BBC Young Musician 2018 (originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America)
* Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami (born 1977) - Award-winning Humanitarian based in Birmingham