List of people from Birmingham
This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England.
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)
- Daniel Boone – (Musician)
- Sarah Booth – (Actress)
- Matthew Boulton – (Pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society)
- Jon Bounds – (Blogger, humorist)
- Peter Bradley – (Politician)
- William Bragge – (Civil engineer/Antiquarian)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Winston Foster – (Footballer)
- Kevin Francis – (Footballer)
- Edward Augustus Freeman – (Historian, architectural artist and liberal politician)
- Fuzzbox – late 1980s girl band
- Blak Prophetz, Mark Duffus – (Musician)
G–M
- Phil Hawker – (Footballer)
- Ian Hill – (Musician)
- Martha Howe-Douglas – (Actor)
- Sir Francis Galton – (Scientist, founder of eugenics)
- Danny G - (Monster)
- Albert Gardner – (Footballer)
- Mike Gayle – (Author)
- Helen George – (Actress)
- Steve Gibbons – (Musician)
- Roland Gift – (Actor and musician, Fine Young Cannibals)
- John Goldingay – Theologian; currently working as Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in 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)
- 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
- William Hayward – (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)
- Jacqueline Hill – (Actress, Doctor Who)
- Ken Hodge – (NHL player)
- George Jacob Holyoake – (Reformer)
- Jack Hood – (Boxer)
- 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)
- Seth Johnson – (Footballer, Derby))
- Ann Jones – (Tennis player)
- Digby Jones – (Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry)
- Felicity Jones – (Actress)
- Geoffrey Jones (academic) – (Business Historian)
- 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 & Umpire)
- Russell Leetch – (Musician)
- Joleon Lescott – (Footballer, formerly of 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)[1]
- 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)
- Everett Morton – (Drummer, The Beat)
- Henry Vollam Morton – (Journalist and travel writer)
- Laura Mvula – (singer-songwriter)
- Stanley Myers – (Film music composer)
N–Z
- Constance Naden – (Poet and philosopher)
- Alan Napier – (Actor)
- 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)
- Carl Palmer – (Musician, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
- Kay Parker – (Pornographic actress)
- Alexander Parkes – (Inventor of the world's first plastic)
- Norman Partridge – (Warwickshire Cricketer)
- 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)
- Michael Pinder – (Musician, The Moody Blues)
- Jacki Piper – (Actress)
- John Poole – (Sculptor)
- Enoch Powell – (Politician, poet and classical scholar)
- Peter Powell – (Disc jockey)
- Rick Price – (Musician)
- 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 (c.1500–1555) – (Bible editor and martyr)
- Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) – (Novelist)
- Les Ross – (Radio legend)
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck – (Author About Women in Society, Religion, & An Abolitionist)
- Gary Shaw – (Footballer)
- Martin Shaw – (Actor)
- Visanthe Shiancoe – (American football player)
- Sukshinder Shinda – (English born Punjabi music producer and artist)
- Paul Simm – (Musician)
- 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 & England Selector)
- Denver Ed Smith (née Edward Corcoran) – (Boxer)
- Tiger Smith – (England & 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)
- Andre Tippett (born 1959) - (NFL Hall of Fame football player)
- Charlie Timmins – (Footballer)
- James Vaughan – Everton F.C 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)
- Willard Wigan – (Sculptor)
- 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)
- 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 – (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)
- Revd.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
- Joseph Gillott – industrialist
- Tommy Godwin – (Racing cyclist and Olympic medallist)
- Rob Halford– (Judas Priest)
- Ashia Hansen – (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)
- Robert Lloyd – (Musician – The Nightingales)
- 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 – ("the 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
- ↑ "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.
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