List of people from Wirral

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The following is a list of notable people who are associated or born within the area known as the Wirral Peninsula.

A[]

• Nigel Adkins (Hull City FC manager)
• Freya Anderson (Olympic gold medal swimmer)
• Ian Astbury (lead vocalist, The Cult)
• Sallie Axl (Big Brother contestant)

B[]

• Shirley Ballas (ballroom dancer & TV personality)
• Chris Boardman (cyclist)
• The Boo Radleys (pop group)
• Ian Botham (cricketer)
• Adrian Boult (conductor)
• John Bowe (actor)
• Jim Bowen (comedian & TV personality)
• Paul Bracewell (footballer)
• Fiona Bruce (TV presenter)
• Pete Burns (singer/songwriter)
• William John Burton (draftsman, archer & rifleman)

C[]

• Alan Clarke (film director)
• Lewis Collins (actor, The Professionals)
• The Coral (indie folk/rock band)
• Elvis Costello (singer/songwriter - lived in Birkenhead)
• Daniel Craig (actor, born in neighbouring Chester but grew up on the Wirral)
• Cathy Cassidy (children's author)

D[]

• Peter Davenport (footballer)
• Dickie Davies (presenter)
• Matt Dawson (rugby player and TV personality)
• Dixie Dean (footballer)
• Mike Dean (football referee)
• Louise Delamere (actor)
• Lottie Dod (Wimbledon tennis champion)
• Robbie Davies (Olympic boxer)

E[]

• Taron Egerton (actor)
• Engine (boogie-rock band, active 1979-1997)
• Arthur Charles Evans CBE (author, ex-PoW and ex-General Secretary of the Police Federation)
• Lee Latchford Evans (actor and singer with pop group Steps)

F[]

• Michael Farnworth (British Columbia politician born in Bromborough)
• Jenny Frost (TV presenter and singer with Atomic Kitten)
• Robbie Fowler (Footballer)

G[]

• John Gorman (singer with The Scaffold, presenter on Tiswas)
• Roger Lancelyn Green (children's writer; lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington)
• Wilfred Grenfell ("Grenfell of Labrador")
• Miro Griffiths (academic and activist)

H[]

• Half Man Half Biscuit (Alternative satirical group)
• Tony Hall (Baron Hall of Birkenhead; Director-General of the BBC)
• Emma Hamilton (mistress of Horatio Nelson)
• Austin Healey (rugby player)
• Paul Heaton (singer and songwriter for the Beautiful South)
• Adrian Henri (poet and artist)
• Dave Hickson (footballer)
• Paul Hollywood (baker and TV judge)
• Malcolm Holmes (musician)
• Barry Horne (footballer) (ex-Everton and Wales footballer and captain)
• Stephen Hough (pianist)
• Geoffrey Howe (Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary (N.B. Associated through service as MP for Bebington)
• Geoffrey Hughes (actor)
• Shirley Hughes (children's author and illustrator)
• Paul Humphreys (musician)
• Rita Hunter (Wagnerian soprano)
• James Hype (DJ, Producer)

I[]

• Andrew Irvine (Everest climber)
• Eric Idle (member of Monty Python; lived in Wallasey as a child)

J[]

• Glenda Jackson (actress and politician)
• Megs Jenkins (actress)

K[]

• Miles Kane (musician)

L[]

• Charlie Landsborough (singer/songwriter)
• Mark Leckey (Turner Prize-winning artist)
• Saunders Lewis (politician, playwright, poet and literary critic)
• Phil Liggett (cycling commentator)
• Craig Lindfield (professional football player)
• Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative Party Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
• Jackie Lomax (singer-songwriter)
• Malcolm Lowry (writer)
• Nigel Lythgoe (producer and TV personality, best known for being a judge on Popstars)

M[]

• Justin Madders (MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston)
• Valerie Masterson (opera singer)
• Jason McAteer (footballer)
• Andy McCluskey (musician)
• Mike McGear (photographer, musician, member of The Scaffold, brother of Paul McCartney)
• Alison McGovern (MP for Wirral South)

N[]

• Sally Nugent (BBC journalist & presenter)

O[]

• Oceanic (band)
• Paul O'Grady (comedian and TV personality)
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (electronic band)
• Wilfred Owen (one of the greatest poets of the First World War; grew up in Tranmere)

P[]

• Tom Palin (painter)
• John Peel (disc jockey and radio presenter)
• Vasily Petrenko, (conductor)
• Dominic Purcell (actor)

R[]

• The Rascals (indie band)
• Jan Ravens (actress and impressionist)
• Simon Rimmer (celebrity chef)
• Kate Robbins (impressionist)
• Ted Robbins (comedian)
• Alan Rouse (climber)
• Patricia Routledge (actress)
• Maude Royden (suffragist and preacher)
• Mike Rutherford (guitarist with Genesis; went to boarding school in Hoylake)
• Bill Ryder-Jones (musician from West Kirby)

S[]

• Cyril Scott (composer)
• The Seal Cub Clubbing Club (post-punk band)
• FE Smith (Lord Chancellor)
• Matthew Smith (80s computer game programmer)
• Jay Spearing (footballer)
• Olaf Stapledon (writer; spent much of his life in West Kirby and Caldy, and many landscapes mentioned in his works can be identified)
• Ralph Steadman (artist)
• Philip Wilson Steer (impressionist painter)
• Ray Stubbs (sports commentator)

T[]

• Jodie Taylor (footballer, born 1986)
• David Thompson (footballer)
• Bill Tidy (cartoonist)
• Philip Toosey (hero of the real Bridge on the River Kwai incident)

U[]

• The Undertakers, 1960s beat group most of whose members were from the Wirral

V[]

• Graham Vick (opera director and producer)

W[]

• Jonathan Walters (Stoke City F.C. striker)
• William Henry Webster (Church of England Vicar and Malacologist)
• Andreas Whittam-Smith (founder of the Independent)
• Marty Willson-Piper (guitarist for The Church)
• Harold Wilson (Prime Minister - Head Boy of Wirral Grammar School)
• Cliff Williams (bassist for AC/DC)

See also[]

• List of people from Merseyside

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