# List of people from Wirral

The following is a list of notable people who are associated or born within the area known as the Wirral Peninsula.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
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* Y
* Z

## A

* Nigel Adkins (born 1965), footballer and football manager
* Freya Anderson (born 2001), Olympic gold medal swimmer
* Ian Astbury (born 1962), lead vocalist, The Cult

## B

* Shirley Ballas (born 1960), ballroom dancer & TV personality
* Andy Baddeley (born 1982), runner
* Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970), actress
* Chris Boardman (born 1968), cyclist
* Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
* Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
* John Bowe (born 1950), actor
* Jim Bowen (1937–2018), comedian & TV personality
* Paul Bracewell (born 1962), footballer
* Peter Bromley (1929–2003), sports broadcaster
* Margaret Brownlow (1916–1968), illustrator, writer, herb farmer and garden designer
* Fiona Bruce (born 1964), TV presenter
* Pete Burns (1959–2016), singer/songwriter
* William John Burton (1908–1985), draftsman, archer & rifleman

## C

* Cathy Cassidy (born 1962), children's author
* Jimmy Cauty (born 1956), musician, artist, one half of The KLF
* Niamh Charles (born 1999), footballer for England
* Alan Clarke (1935–1990), film director
* Lewis Collins (1946–2013), actor, The Professionals
* Elvis Costello (born 1954), singer/songwriter - lived in Birkenhead
* Alex Cox (born 1954), filmmaker and author
* Daniel Craig (born 1968), actor, born in neighbouring Chester but grew up on the Wirral

## D

* Peter Davenport (born 1961), footballer
* Dickie Davies (1928–2023), presenter
* Matt Dawson (born 1972), rugby player and TV personality
* John Deakin (1912-1972), photographer
* Dixie Dean (1907–1980), footballer
* Mike Dean (born 1968), football referee
* Louise Delamere (born 1969), actress
* Lottie Dod (1871–1960), Wimbledon tennis champion
* Robbie Davies (1949–2017), Olympic boxer

## E

* Helen Edmundson (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter and producer
* Taron Egerton (born 1989), actor
* Arthur Charles Evans (1916–2011), author, ex-PoW and ex-General Secretary of the Police Federation
* Lee Latchford Evans (born 1975), actor and singer with pop group Steps

## F

* Michael Farnworth (born 1959), British Columbia politician born in Bromborough
* Jenny Frost (born 1978), TV presenter and singer with Atomic Kitten
* Robbie Fowler (born 1975), Footballer

## G

* John Gorman (born 1936), singer with The Scaffold, presenter on Tiswas
* Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987), children's writer; lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington
* Wilfred Grenfell (1865–1940), "Grenfell of Labrador"
* Miro Griffiths (born 1989), academic and activist

## H

* Tony Hall (born 1951), Baron Hall of Birkenhead; former Director-General of the BBC
* Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), mistress of Horatio Nelson
* Austin Healey (born 1973), rugby player
* Paul Heaton (born 1962), singer and songwriter for the Beautiful South
* Adrian Henri (1932–2000), poet and artist
* Dave Hickson (1929–2013), footballer
* Paul Hollywood (born 1966), baker and TV judge
* Malcolm Holmes (born 1960), musician
* Barry Horne (born 1962), ex-Everton and Wales footballer and captain
* Stephen Hough (born 1961), pianist
* Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015), Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary (N.B. Associated through service as MP for Bebington
* Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012), actor
* Shirley Hughes (1927–2022), children's author and illustrator
* Paul Humphreys (born 1960), musician, member of OMD
* Rita Hunter (1933–2001), Wagnerian soprano
* James Hype (born 1989), DJ, Producer

## I

* Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), Everest climber
* Eric Idle (born 1943), member of Monty Python; lived in Wallasey as a child

## J

* Glenda Jackson (1936–2023), actress and politician
* Megs Jenkins (1917–1998), actress

## K

* Miles Kane (born 1986), musician
* Lindsay Kemp (born 1938), dancer, actor and choreographer

## L

* Charlie Landsborough (born 1941), singer/songwriter
* Mark Leckey (born 1964), Turner Prize-winning artist
* Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), politician, playwright, poet and literary critic
* Phil Liggett (born 1943), cycling commentator
* Craig Lindfield (born 1988), professional football player
* Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978), Conservative Party Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Jackie Lomax (1944–2013), singer-songwriter
* Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957), writer
* Nigel Lythgoe (born 1949), producer and TV personality, best known for being a judge on Popstars

## M

* Justin Madders (born 1972), MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston
* Simon Mason (born 1973), rugby union player, played for Ireland and won the 1999 Heineken Cup with Ulster.
* Valerie Masterson (born 1937), opera singer
* Jason McAteer (born 1971), footballer
* Andy McCluskey (born 1959), musician, member of OMD
* Mike McGear (born 1944), photographer, musician, member of The Scaffold, brother of Paul McCartney
* Alison McGovern (born 1980), MP for Wirral South

## N

* Paul Nowak (born 1972), trade union leader
* Sally Nugent (born 1971), BBC journalist & presenter

## O

* Paul O'Grady (1955–2023), comedian and TV personality
* Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), one of the greatest poets of the First World War; grew up in Tranmere

## P

* Tom Palin (born 1974), painter
* John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey and radio presenter
* Dom Phillips (1964–2022), journalist
* Dominic Purcell (born 1970), actor

## R

* Jan Ravens (born 1958), actress and impressionist
* Simon Rimmer (born 1963), celebrity chef
* Kate Robbins (born 1958), impressionist
* Ted Robbins (born 1955), comedian
* Amy Robbins (born 1971), actress
* Alan Rouse (1951–1986), climber
* Patricia Routledge (born 1929), actress
* Maude Royden (1876–1956), suffragist and preacher
* Mike Rutherford (born 1950), guitarist with Genesis; went to boarding school in Hoylake
* Bill Ryder-Jones (born 1983), musician from West Kirby

## S

* Joanna Scanlan (born 1961), actor
* Cyril Scott (1879–1970), composer
* Lucy Sibbick, Oscar Winner
* FE Smith (1872–1930), Lord Chancellor
* Matthew Smith (born 1966), 80s computer game programmer
* Jay Spearing (born 1988), footballer
* Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950), writer; spent much of his life in West Kirby and Caldy, and many landscapes mentioned in his works can be identified
* Ralph Steadman (born 1936), artist
* Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942), impressionist painter
* Ray Stubbs (born 1956), sports commentator

## T

* Jodie Taylor (born 1986), footballer
* David Thompson (born 1977), footballer
* Bill Tidy (1933–2023), cartoonist
* Philip Toosey (1904–1975), hero of the real Bridge on the River Kwai incident

## V

* Graham Vick (1953–2021), opera director and producer

## W

* Jonathan Walters (born 1983), Stoke City F.C. striker
* William Henry Webster (1850–1931), Church of England vicar and malacologist
* Andreas Whittam-Smith (born 1937), founder of the Independent
* Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist for AC/DC
* Bethany Williamson (born 1999), trampoline gymnast
* Marty Willson-Piper (born 1958), guitarist for The Church
* Harold Wilson (1916–1995), Prime Minister - Head Boy of Wirral Grammar School
* Steve Wilson (born 1967), BBC football commentator
* Tim Wright (born 1967), computer games composer