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.

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Famous people born in Birmingham

A–F

• Walter Abbott – Footballer
• Gabriel Agbonlahor – Footballer
• Moeen Ali – England cricketer
• Dennis Amiss – Cricketer and Warwickshire Administrator
• Keith Arkell – English Chess champion, 2008
• Stephen Arlen – Opera manager
• Ian Ashbee – Footballer
• Francis William Aston – Nobel Prize winner, Physicist
• Ian Atkins – Footballer
• Albert Austin – Silent film star
• Jack Badham – Footballer
• Kenny Baker – Actor
• Sir Michael Balcon – Film director
• Pato Banton – Reggae artist
• Dave Barnett – Footballer
• Simon Bates – DJ
• Blaze Bayley – Musician, former vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden
• Moazzam Begg – Outreach Director
• Edward White Benson – Archbishop of Canterbury
• Bev Bevan – Musician
• Alfred Bird – Inventor of custard powder
• Sir Alfred Frederick Bird – Food manufacturer and chemist
• Blak Prophetz, Mark Duffus – Musician
• Elizabeth Baker Bohan - author, journalist, artist, social reformer
• Daniel Boone – Musician
• Sarah Booth – Actress
• Matthew Boulton – Pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
• Jon Bounds – Blogger, humorist
• Paul Braddon — Artist
• Peter Bradley – Politician
• William Bragge – Civil engineer/Antiquarian
• Tony Britton - Actor
• Edward Burne-Jones – Pre-Raphaelite painter and William Morris Associate
• Trevor Burton – Musician
• Geezer Butler – Bassist, Black Sabbath
• George Cadbury – Son of John Cadbury, Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
• John Cadbury – Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
• Richard Cadbury – Son of John Cadbury, Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
• Pogus Caesar – TV Director and photographer
• Ali Campbell and Robin Campbell – Musician, UB40
• Duncan Campbell – Musician
• David Cannadine – Historian
• Bob Carolgees TV Presenter Tiswas and Surprise Surprise
• Lee Carsley – Footballer
• Darren Carter – Footballer
• John Carter – Musician
• Barbara Cartland – Novelist
• Jasper Carrott – Comedian
• Austen Chamberlain – Politician
• Neville Chamberlain – Prime Minister
• Gary Childs – Footballer
• Adrian Chiles – Broadcaster
• Carl Chinn – Historian, broadcaster, writer
• Charlie Christodoulou – Soldier and mercenary
• Ian Clarkson – Footballer
• Lisa Clayton – Solo yachtswoman
• Janice Connolly – Comedy actress
• Raymond Teague Cowern – Artist
• Andy Cox Musician – Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat
• David Cox – Artist
• Lauren Crace – Actress
• Sarah Crompton – children's writer
• Chris Crudelli – Martial artist
• John Curry – Olympic and World Champion figure skater
• Arthur Darvill – Actor and singer-Doctor Who
• Aidan Davis – Dancer and TV Presenter
• Lindsey Davis Historical Novelist
• Cat Deeley – Television presenter
• Nathan Delfouneso – Footballer
• Oscar Deutsch – Founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain
• Fred Dinenage – T.V. presenter, broadcaster, author
• Stefflon Don – Musician
• Don Dorman – Paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, footballer, manager and scout
• K.K. Downing – Musician
• Pete Dunne – Professional Wrestler
• Leon Edwards – MMA Fighter
• Electribe 101 – Electronic music groups who found fame in the early 90s
• Hunt Emerson – Cartoonist
• Ian Emes – Animator
• Frederick Rowland Emett – Cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor
• Jo Enright – Actress and comedian
• Niki Evans – Singer
• Trevor Eve – Actor
• Earl Falconer – Bass player, UB40
• Frank Farrell – Rock bassist and co-writer of chart hit "Moonlighting"
• Sid Field – Comedian
• Robert Firth – Footballer and Real Madrid Manager
• Philip Edward Fisher – Musician
• Mark Foster - Actor
• Winston Foster – Footballer
• Kevin Francis – Footballer
• Edward Augustus Freeman – Historian, architectural artist and liberal politician
• Fuzzbox – late 1980s girl band

G–M

• Sir Francis Galton – Scientist, founder of eugenics
• Albert Gardner – Footballer
• Mike Gayle – Author
• Helen George – Actress
• Steve Gibbons – Musician
• Roland Gift – Actor and musician, Fine Young Cannibals
• Jon Gittens – Footballer
• John Goldingay – Theologian, currently a Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
• Jaki Graham – Soul singer
• Jack Grealish – Footballer
• Mark "Barney" Greenway – Musician, Napalm Death
• Tom Grosvenor – Footballer
• George Dickinson Hadley – Gastroenterologist
• Rob Halford – Musician, Judas Priest
• Charlie Hall – Actor, most famous for his work with Laurel and Hardy
• Anisa Haghdadi – Social entrepreneur
• Alison Hammond – Television presenter
• Richard Hammond – Broadcaster, Top Gear (2002)
• John Hampson – Novelist
• Tony Hancock – Comedian and actor
• Ian Handysides – Footballer
• Nic Harcourt – American radio personality
• David Harewood – Actor
• Wally Harris – Footballer
• Julia Hartley-Brewer – Journalist and TV panellist
• Norman Hassan – Percussionist, UB40
• Phil Hawker – Footballer
• William Haywood – Architect, town planner and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society
• Lee Hendrie – Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder
• Duane Henry – Actor
• Michael Higgs – Actor
• Ian Hill – Musician
• Jacqueline Hill – Actress, Doctor Who
• Ken Hodge – NHL player
• George Jacob Holyoake – Reformer
• Jack Hood – Boxer
• Martha Howe-Douglas – Actor
• Dorothy Howell – Musician
• Mr Hudson – Singer
• David Hughes – Operatic tenor
• Geoff Humpage – Cricketer
• Al Hunter Ashton – Actor
• Raymond Huntley – Actor
• Kassem Ibadulla – Cricketer
• Tony Iommi – Guitarist, Black Sabbath
• Jamelia – R&B singer
• Maureen Jennings – novelist[1]
• Seth Johnson – Footballer, Derby
• Ann Jones – Tennis player, former World No. 2, 8 Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon champion in 1969
• Digby Jones – Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
• Felicity Jones – Actress
• Geoffrey Jones (academic) – Business Historian
• John Jones – Cricketer
• Justin Jones – Musician
• Simon Huw Jones – Musician and photographer
• Ace Kefford – Musician
• Mike Kellie – Musician, Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones
• David Kelly – Republic of Ireland footballer
• Albert William Ketèlbey – Composer
• Rupert Alfred Kettle – County court judge and noted strike arbitrator
• Robert Kilroy-Silk – Politician and television presenter
• Denny Laine – Paul McCartney and Wings
• Frederick William Lanchester – Maker of the first petrol-driven car in Britain
• Bunny Larkin – Footballer
• Bob Latchford – Footballer
• Dave Latchford – Footballer
• Peter Latchford – Footballer
• Ian Lavender – Actor, Dads Army, Eastenders
• Alfred Law – Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
• Stewart Lee - Comedian
• Russell Leetch – Musician
• Joleon Lescott – Footballer with Man City, Everton and Wolves
• Adrian Lester – Actor
• Dick Lilley – England and Warwickshire Cricketer
• John Lodge – Musician
• Jane C. Loudon – Author of Prose and Verse and The Mummy
• Joseph Lucas – Founder of Lucas Industries
• Joe Lycett – Comedian
• Jeff Lynne – Musician; co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra
• Clare Maguire Musician born in Solihull but resides in London
• Nigel Mansell – Sportsman, F1 driver
• Lee Mantle – U.S. Senator from Montana[2]
• Sarah Manners – Actress
• Tony Martin – Musician, singer of Black Sabbath
• Eric Maschwitz – lyricist
• Herbert Mason MC – Film director, producer, stage actor, stage manager, choreographer and army officer in the First World War
• Nick Mason – Musician, Pink Floyd; did not reside in Birmingham
• Robert McCracken – Boxer, Commonwealth Middleweight champion and World Title challenger
• Zena McNally – Singer, Mis-Teeq
• Christine McVie – Musician, Fleetwood Mac
• Gil Merrick – Footballer and club manager
• Shazia Mirza – Comedian
• Mist – Rapper
• Alan Moore – Musician
• William Moore - Actor
• Everett Morton – Drummer, The Beat
• Henry Vollam Morton – Journalist and travel writer
• Peter Mucklow – Cricketer
• George Frederick Muntz - Pioneering industrialist and MP
• Laura Mvula – singer-songwriter
• Stanley Myers – Film music composer

N–Z

• Constance Naden – Poet and philosopher
• Alan Napier – Actor
• Ritchie Neville - Singer from 5ive
• Ernest Willmott Norton – Cricketer
• Ocean Colour Scene – Band from Moseley
• Oceans Ate Alaska Metalcore Band
• John Oliver – Comedian and 'Senior British Correspondent' of The Daily Show
• Ozzy Osbourne – Singer, Black Sabbath
• Anri Okita - Singer and former pornographic actress
• Carl Palmer – Musician, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Kay Parker – Pornographic actress
• Alexander Parkes – Inventor of the world's first plastic
• Norman Partridge – Warwickshire Cricketer
• Liam Payne - Singer in the British/ Irish band One Direction
• William Pearce – Comedian
• Dave Pegg – Musician, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull
• Stephen Perryman – Warwickshire Cricketer
• Gerry Peyton – Footballer and goalkeeper coach
• James and Oliver Phelps – Harry Potter movie actors
• Jess Phillips – Politician
• Michael Pinder – Musician, The Moody Blues
• Jacki Piper – Actress
• John Poole – Sculptor
• Enoch Powell – Politician, poet and classical scholar
• Peter Powell – Disc jockey
• Bernard Quaife – Cricketer
• Alfred Radcliffe-Brown – Anthropologist
• Ranking Roger – Musician, The Beat
• Mick Rathbone – Footballer
• Adil Ray – Comedian, actor, writer and presenter
• Nick Rhodes – Musician, Duran Duran
• Micah Richards – Manchester City F.C defender
• Walter Richards – Cricketer and umpire
• Pat Roach – Actor and wrestler
• Dave Robinson – Footballer
• John Rogers – Bible editor and martyr
• Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) – Novelist
• Adam Ruckwood - Swimming Commonwealth Champion (200m Backstroke)
• Les Ross – Radio legend
• Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck – Author on Women in society and religion, slavery abolitionist
• Gary Shaw – Footballer
• Martin Shaw – Actor
• Visanthe Shiancoe – American football player
• Sukshinder Shinda – English-born Punjabi music producer and artist
• Paul Simm – Musician
• John Simmit – Actor and comedian best known for playing Dipsy on Teletubbies from 1997–2001
• Brad Simpson – Musician, The Vamps
• Jane Sixsmith – Hockey player
• 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston – Military Commander
• Gary Shaw – Footballer
• Graham Short – International Micro-Artist
• Sarah Smart – Actress
• Alan Smith – Cricketer and England selector
• Tiger Smith – England and Warwickshire cricketer
• Maya Sondhi – Actress
• Simon Sturridge – Footballer
• Daniel Sturridge – Footballer
• Ernest Suckling – Cricketer
• Phil Summerill – Footballer
• James Sutton – Actor
• Andrew Symonds – Cricketer
• Connie Talbot – Singer/Musician
• John Taylor – Musician, Duran Duran
• Roger Taylor – Musician, Duran Duran
• Bobby Thomson – Footballer
• Will Thorne – Trade union leader and MP
• Charlie Tickle – Footballer
• Andrew Tiernan – Actor
• Charlie Timmins – Footballer
• James Vaughan –Tranmere Rovers FC striker
• Johnny Vincent – Footballer
• Murray Walker – Racing driver and commentator
• Kate Walsh – TV presenter-Live from Studio Five
• Julie Walters – Actress
• Bill Ward – Drummer, Black Sabbath
• Clint Warwick – Musician, The Moody Blues
• Alex Watson – Football manager
• Carl Wayne – Musician, The Move The Hollies
• Graham Webb – World Amateur Road Race Champion 1967
• Brooke Foss Westcott – Theologian and Bishop of Durham
• Peter Weston – Influential British science fiction fan
• Ian Westwood – Cricketer
• Fred Wheldon – Footballer
• Toyah Willcox – Singer and television presenter
• Emma Willis – Model
• Jimmy Windridge – England footballer
• Muff Winwood – Musician
• Steve Winwood – Musician — solo and co-founder, Traffic
• Colin Withers – Footballer
• Chris Woakes – England and Warwickshire cricketer
• Chris Wood – Musician; co-founder, Traffic
• Roy Wood – Musician, co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra
• Kal Yafai – World champion boxer
• Mark Yates – Footballer and manager
• Benjamin Zephaniah – Poet

Lived in or associated with Birmingham

• Francis William Aston – Nobel Prize winner, Physicist
• W. H. Auden – Poet and author
• W. V. Awdry – Author of The Railway Series
• Sir Granville Bantock – Composer
• Connor Ball – bassist and singer, vamps
• John Baskerville – Printer and inventor of typefaces
• Marie Bethell Beauclerc – First female shorthand teacher and reporter in England
• William Bloye – Sculptor
• William Booth – Forger
• John Bright – Politician
• Herbert Tudor Buckland – Architect
• Elihu Burritt – US consul to Birmingham
• Pogus Caesar – Broadcaster and artist
• Jazzy B – Punjabi singer
• Daniel Caines – track and field athlete
• Joseph Chamberlain – Politician, Mayor of Birmingham
• Bruce Chatwin – Author
• Lee Child – Author
• George Dawson – preacher
• Arthur Conan Doyle – Author of Sherlock Holmes
• John Boyd Dunlop – Industrialist, built Fort Dunlop
• Rev. Richard Enraght – Vicar, religious controversialist
• Reuben Fitzpatrick – YouTuber
• Allan Ford – Soldier and convicted of manslaughter
• Philippa Forrester– Attended Birmingham University
• Harry Freeman – Music hall performer
• Foji Gill – singer, music producer
• Joseph Gillott – industrialist
• Tommy Godwin – Racing cyclist and Olympic medallist
• Rob Halford– Judas Priest
• Ashia Hansen – track and field athlete
• Duane Henry – Actor
• James Hinks – Bred the Bull Terrier dog
• Alex Hughes – Cartoonist
• William Ick – Botanist
• Washington Irving – Author
• Jamelia – RnB singer
• John Joubert – South African-born composer
• Roi Kwabena – Author
• Stephen Laughton – Playwright
• Simon Le Bon – Studied drama at the University of Birmingham before joining Duran Duran in 1980
• Louis MacNeice – Poet
• Stuart Maconie – Radio DJ and television presenter
• Josiah Mason – Industrialist and philanthropist
• Nigel Mansell – Racing driver
• Cardinal Newman – Theologian and founder of the English Oratory
• William McGregor – Instrumental in forming the football league
• Merlin McGuire - Birmingham's most famous tortoise. Reportedly living it big in Halesowen.
• William Murdoch – Inventor of gas lighting
• Bill Oddie – Comedian and ornithologist
• Syed Farradino Omar – Television presenter and producer
• John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne – Rock musician
• John Peel – Radio DJ
• Geoffrey Pernell – Soldier, convicted of manslaughter
• Sadie Plant – Author
• Elizabeth "Tetty" Johnson – wife of Samuel Johnson
• Joseph Priestley – Chemist and dissenting clergyman
• Sir Simon Rattle – conductor of CBSO 1980–1998
• John Ray – "Father of English natural history"
• Sir Peter Rigby – Entrepreneur
• Kevin Rowland – Dexys midnight Runners formed in Brum
• Frank Skinner – Comedian
• Mike Skinner – Musician – The Streets
• Sir Benjamin Stone – Pioneering photographer
• Simon Sturridge – Footballer
• Dean Sturridge – Footballer
• Daniel Sturridge – Footballer
• Meera Syal – Actor, Writer
• Dave Swarbrick – Musician
• J. R. R. Tolkien – Author
• Joshua Toulmin – Non-conformist preacher
• Joshua Toulmin Smith – Political theorist
• Ruby Turner – Singer
• UB 40 – Reggae group
• Julie Walters – Actress
• James Watt – Inventor and member of the Lunar Society
• Una White – Subject of public art-work
• William Withering – Doctor, discoverer of digitalis
• Victoria Wood – Actress
• John Skirrow Wright – Social improver
• John Wyndham – Author
• Alastair Yates – Radio and television presenter
• Dorian Yates – 6x Mr. Olympia
• Malala Yousafzai – Pakistani Activist
• Lauren Zhang – winner of BBC Young Musician 2018

See also

• Alumni of the University of Birmingham

References

1. Napier, Jim (14 May 2012). "Maureen Jennings". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
2. "MANTLE, Lee, 1851–1934". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

External links

• Famous People Birmingham City Council feature page on Birmingham-related celebrities
• Blue Plaques erected by Birmingham Civic Society
• The Great Bull Birmingham bus network map featuring local celebrities.