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)
- 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)
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)
D
- Peter Davenport (footballer)
- Dickie Davies (presenter)
- Matt Dawson (rugby player and TV personality)
- Dixie Dean (footballer)
- Louise Delamere (actor)
- Lottie Dod (Wimbledon tennis champion)
E
- Engine (boogie-rock band, active 1979-1997)
- Arthur Charles Evans CBE (author, ex-PoW and ex-General Secretary of the Police Federation)
- Colin Evans (prominent trade diplomat)
- Taron Egerton (actor)
- 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)
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")
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)
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
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)
- 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 (pop group)
- 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
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)