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
- Walter Abbott – Footballer
- Colin Abrahall - Singer
- 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
- Annette Badland – Actress
- 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
- Ian Bell - Former England Cricketer, Former Warwickshire CCC Captain
- 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
- Dan Bull – Musician/ Youtuber
- 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
- James Jaysen Bryhan - 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
- Edward Cowie - Composer
- 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
- Mark Duffus (Blak Prophetz) – Musician
- Pete Dunne – Professional Wrestler
- Dutchavelli, British Rapper
- Jessie Eden - British communist activist and trade union leader
- Leon Edwards – Professional mixed martial artist, current UFCWelterweight Champion
- 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
- Dan Evans - Tennis player
- 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
- Richard Hammond – Ex - Top gear host
- Philip Edward Fisher – Musician
- Simon Fletcher – Artist
- 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
- GeoWizard – Youtuber
- Steve Gibbons – Musician
- 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
- Nick Harding - Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health
- 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
- John Hemming, Member of Parliament and businessman[1]
- 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[2]
- Claudia Jessie – Actress
- 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
- Refraction - Famous Minecraft youtuber
- Guz Khan – Comedian
- Robert Kilroy-Silk – Politician and television presenter
- Lorna Laidlaw – Actress
- 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
- Alfred Law – Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
- Stewart Lee - Comedian
- Russell Leetch – Musician
- Joleon Lescott – Footballer with Manchester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 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[3]
- 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
- Hilary Mason - Actor
- 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
- Ken Miles – Sports Car Racing Driver / Engineer
- 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
- M1llionz – British rapper
- Malkit Singh – Punjabi Bhangra Singer
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
- Ursula O'Leary - Actress
- John Oliver – Comedian, host of Last Week Tonight, and former '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
- Janet Parker - Medical photographer and last recorded person to die from smallpox[4]
- 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 – Actor, comedian, and radio/television 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 DJ
- 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
- 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
- George Willis-Pryce – Artist
- 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
- Richie Woodhall - World Boxing Champion
- 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
- 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
- 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 (Originally from Montego Bay, Jamaica)
- 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 (Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America)
See also
References
- ^ "John Hemming: Self-styled 'love rat of the year' who became scourge of". The Independent. 9 January 2012.
- ^ Napier, Jim (14 May 2012). "Maureen Jennings". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "MANTLE, Lee, 1851–1934". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "The Lonely Death of Janet Parker".
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.
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