List_of_people_from_Wirral Knowpia

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

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Shirley Ballas (born 1960), ballroom dancer & TV personality
Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970), actress
Chris Boardman (born 1968), cyclist
Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
John Bowe (born 1950), actor
Jim Bowen (1937–2018), comedian & TV personality
Paul Bracewell (born 1962), footballer
Peter Bromley (1929–2003), sports broadcaster
Margaret Brownlow (1916–1968), illustrator, writer, herb farmer and garden designer
Fiona Bruce (born 1964), TV presenter
Pete Burns (1959–2016), singer/songwriter
William John Burton (1908–1985), draftsman, archer & rifleman

Cathy Cassidy (born 1962), children's author
Jimmy Cauty (born 1956), musician, artist, one half of The KLF
Niamh Charles (born 1999), footballer for England
Alan Clarke (1935–1990), film director
Lewis Collins (1946–2013), actor, The Professionals
Elvis Costello (born 1954), singer/songwriter - lived in Birkenhead
Alex Cox (born 1954), filmmaker and author
Daniel Craig (born 1968), actor, born in neighbouring Chester but grew up on the Wirral

Helen Edmundson (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter and producer
Taron Egerton (born 1989), actor
Arthur Charles Evans CBE (1916–2011), author, ex-PoW and ex-General Secretary of the Police Federation
Lee Latchford Evans (born 1975), actor and singer with pop group Steps

John Gorman (born 1936), singer with The Scaffold, presenter on Tiswas
Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987), children's writer; lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington
Wilfred Grenfell (1865–1940), "Grenfell of Labrador"
Miro Griffiths (born 1989), academic and activist

Tony Hall (born 1951), Baron Hall of Birkenhead; former Director-General of the BBC
Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), mistress of Horatio Nelson
Austin Healey (born 1973), rugby player
Paul Heaton (born 1962), singer and songwriter for the Beautiful South
Adrian Henri (1932–2000), poet and artist
Dave Hickson (1929–2013), footballer
Paul Hollywood (born 1966), baker and TV judge
Malcolm Holmes (born 1960), musician
Barry Horne (born 1962), ex-Everton and Wales footballer and captain
Stephen Hough (born 1961), pianist
Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015), Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary (N.B. Associated through service as MP for Bebington
Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012), actor
Shirley Hughes (1927–2022), children's author and illustrator
Paul Humphreys (born 1960), musician, member of OMD
Rita Hunter (1933–2001), Wagnerian soprano
James Hype (born 1989), DJ, Producer

Charlie Landsborough (born 1941), singer/songwriter
Mark Leckey (born 1964), Turner Prize-winning artist
Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), politician, playwright, poet and literary critic
Phil Liggett (born 1943), cycling commentator
Craig Lindfield (born 1988), professional football player
Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978), Conservative Party Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Jackie Lomax (1944–2013), singer-songwriter
Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957), writer
Nigel Lythgoe (born 1949), producer and TV personality, best known for being a judge on Popstars

Justin Madders (born 1972), MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston
Simon Mason (born 1973), rugby union player, played for Ireland and won the 1999 Heineken Cup with Ulster.
Valerie Masterson (born 1937), opera singer
Jason McAteer (born 1971), footballer
Andy McCluskey (born 1959), musician, member of OMD
Mike McGear (born 1944), photographer, musician, member of The Scaffold, brother of Paul McCartney
Alison McGovern (born 1980), MP for Wirral South

Paul O'Grady (1955–2023), comedian and TV personality
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), one of the greatest poets of the First World War; grew up in Tranmere

Jan Ravens (born 1958), actress and impressionist
Simon Rimmer (born 1963), celebrity chef
Kate Robbins (born 1958), impressionist
Ted Robbins (born 1955), comedian
Amy Robbins (born 1971), actress
Alan Rouse (1951–1986), climber
Patricia Routledge (born 1929), actress
Maude Royden (1876–1956), suffragist and preacher
Mike Rutherford (born 1950), guitarist with Genesis; went to boarding school in Hoylake
Bill Ryder-Jones (born 1983), musician from West Kirby

Joanna Scanlan (born 1961), actor
Cyril Scott (1879–1970), composer
Lucy Sibbick, Oscar Winner
FE Smith (1872–1930), Lord Chancellor
Matthew Smith (born 1966), 80s computer game programmer
Jay Spearing (born 1988), footballer
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950), writer; spent much of his life in West Kirby and Caldy, and many landscapes mentioned in his works can be identified
Ralph Steadman (born 1936), artist
Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942), impressionist painter
Ray Stubbs (born 1956), sports commentator