List of people from The Wirral

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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B

• Chris Boardman^[1] (cyclist)
• The Boo Radleys pop group
• Ian Botham (cricketer)
• Adrian Boult (conductor)
• Paul Bracewell (footballer)
• Pete Burns (singer/songwriter)

C

• Daniel Craig (actor), spent his teenage years on the Wirral
• Lewis Collins (actor)
• The Coral (indie folk/rock band)
• Elvis Costello (singer/songwriter)--lived in Birkenhead)
• Joe Collister (Tranmere Rovers F.C.) goalkeeper

D

• Peter Davenport (footballer)
• Matt Dawson (rugby player and TV personality)
• Dixie Dean (footballer)
• Lottie Dod (Wimbledon tennis champion, "most versatile female athlete of all time")
• Alan Clarke (film director)

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)

F

• Michael Farnworth (British Columbia politician born in Bromborough)

G

• John Gorman Singer with The Scaffold and presenter on Tiswas
• Roger Lancelyn Green, the children's writer, lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington
• Wilfred Grenfell ("Grenfell of Labrador")

H

• Half Man Half Biscuit pop group
• 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)
• Malcolm Holmes (musician)
• Paul Hollywood (baker and judge on The Great British Bake Off)
• 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)

J

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

K

• Miles Kane (of The Last Shadow Puppets)

L

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

M

• Jason McAteer (footballer)
• Andy McCluskey (musician)
• Mike McGear (photographer, musician (The Scaffold) and brother of Paul McCartney)
• Miles Kane ( co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals)

O

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

P

• John Peel (disc jockey and radio presenter)
• Dominic Purcell (actor)

R

• Jan Ravens (actress and impressionist)
• Simon Rimmer (celebrity chef)
• Patricia Routledge (actress)
• Ted Robbins (comedian)
• Alan Rouse (famous climber)

S

• Cyril Scott (composer)
• The Seal Cub Clubbing Club (Post Punk Band)
• FE Smith (Lord Chancellor)
• Jay Spearing(Footballer)
• Olaf Stapledon, a 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

• The Rascals indie band
• Philip Toosey (hero of the Bridge on the River Kwai)

W

• Harold Wilson (Prime Minister - Head Boy of Wirral Grammar School)
• Marty Willson-Piper (guitarist for The Church)
• Jonathan Walters (Stoke City F.C. striker)

See also

• List of people from Merseyside

References