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 West Midlands

A–F
  • Walter Abbott (1877–1941) – footballer
  • Colin Abrahall (born 1961) – singer
  • Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986) – footballer
  • Moeen Ali (born 1987) – England cricketer
  • Dennis Amiss (born 1943) – cricketer and Warwickshire administrator
  • Keith Arkell (born 1961) – English chess champion, 2008
  • Stephen Arlen (1913–1972) – opera manager
  • Ian Ashbee (born 1976) – footballer
  • Francis William Aston (1877–1945) – Nobel Prize winner, physicist
  • Scott Adkins (born 1987) - actor, gymnast
  • Ian Atkins (born 1957) – footballer
  • Albert Austin (1882–1953) – silent film star
  • Jack Badham (1919–1992) – footballer
  • Annette Badland (born 1950) – actress
  • Kenny Baker (1934–2016) – actor
  • Sir Michael Balcon (1896–1977) – film director
  • Pato Banton (born 1961) – Reggae artist
  • Dave Barnett (born 1967) – footballer
  • Simon Bates (born 1946) – radio DJ
  • Blaze Bayley (born 1963) – musician, vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden
  • Ian Bell (born 1982) – England cricketer, Warwickshire CCC captain
  • Jude Bellingham (born 2003) - footballer
  • Moazzam Begg (born 1968) – Outreach director
  • Edward White Benson (1829–1896) – Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Bev Bevan (born 1944) – musician
  • Sharon Birch (born 1970? BC?) - firefighter
  • Alfred Bird (1811–1878) – inventor of custard powder
  • Sir Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922) – food manufacturer and chemist
  • William Bloye (1890–1975) – sculptor
  • Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849–1930) – author, journalist, artist, social reformer
  • Daniel Boone (1942–2023) – musician
  • Sarah Booth (1793–1867) – actress
  • Matthew Boulton (1728–1809) – pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
  • Jon Bounds (born 1975) – blogger, humorist
  • Paul Braddon (1864–1937) – artist
  • Peter Bradley (born 1953) – politician
  • William Bragge (1823–1884) – civil engineer/antiquarian
  • Tony Britton (1924–2019) – actor
  • James Jaysen Bryhan (born 1978) – actor
  • Dan Bull (born 1986) – musician/ Youtuber
  • Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) – Pre-Raphaelite painter and William Morris Associate
  • Trevor Burton (born 1949) – musician
  • Geezer Butler (born 1949) – bassist, Black Sabbath
  • George Cadbury (1839–1922) – son of John Cadbury, Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
  • John Cadbury (1801–1889) – founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
  • Richard Cadbury (1835–1899) – son of John Cadbury, Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
  • Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – TV director and photographer
  • Daniel Caines (born 1979) – track and field athlete
  • Ali Campbell (born 1959) and Robin Campbell (born 1954) – musician, UB40
  • Duncan Campbell (born 1958) – Musician
  • David Cannadine (born 1950) – historian
  • Bob Carolgees (born 1948) – TV presenter (Tiswas and Surprise Surprise)
  • Lee Carsley (born 1974) – footballer
  • Darren Carter (born 1983) – footballer
  • John Carter (born 1940) – musician
  • Barbara Cartland (1901–2000) – novelist
  • Jasper Carrott (born 1945) – comedian
  • Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) – politician
  • Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) – Prime Minister
  • Gary Childs (born 1964) – footballer
  • Adrian Chiles (born 1967) – broadcaster
  • Carl Chinn (born 1956) – Historian, broadcaster, writer
  • Charlie Christodoulou (c. 1951–1976) – soldier and mercenary
  • Ian Clarkson (born 1970) – footballer
  • Lisa Clayton (born 1958) – solo yachtswoman
  • Janice Connolly (born 1954) – comedy actress
  • Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986) – artist
  • Edward Cowie (born 1943) – composer
  • Andy Cox (born 1956) – Ska guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat)
  • David Cox (1783–1859) – artist
  • Lauren Crace (born 1986) – actress
  • Sarah Crompton (1802–1881) – children's writer
  • Chris Crudelli (born 1972) – martial artist
  • John Curry (1949–1994) – Olympic and World Champion figure skater
  • Nigel Dakin (born 1964) – soldier, diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Richard Dandy (born 1977) – former cricketer
  • Fanny Dango (1878–1972) – comedienne, actress and singer
  • Arthur Darvill (born 1982) – actor and singer
  • Aidan Davis (born 1997) – dancer and TV presenter
  • Lindsey Davis (born 1949) – historical novelist
  • Cat Deeley (born 1976) – television presenter
  • Nathan Delfouneso (born 1991) – footballer
  • Oscar Deutsch (1893–1941) – founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain
  • Fred Dinenage (born 1942) – presenter, broadcaster, author
  • Stefflon Don (born 1991) – musician
  • Don Dorman (1922–1997) – paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, footballer, manager and scout
  • K.K. Downing (born 1951) – musician
  • Mark Duffus "Sure Shot" (born 1967) – musician
  • Pete Dunne (born 1993) – professional wrestler
  • Dutchavelli (born 1993) – rapper
  • Jessie Eden (1902–1986) – Communist activist and trade union leader
  • Duncan Edwards (1936–1958) - footballer for Manchester United, one of the Busby Babes (died in Munich air disaster)
  • Fabian Edwards (born 1993) professional mixed martial artist
  • Leon Edwards (born 1991) – professional mixed martial artist, current UFC Welterweight Champion
  • Rob Edwards (born 1982) - ex-footballer, current Manager for Luton Town F.C.
  • Electribe 101 – electronic music groups who found fame in the early '90s
  • Hunt Emerson (born 1952) – cartoonist
  • Ian Emes (born 1949) – animator
  • Frederick Rowland Emett (1906–1990) – cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor
  • Jo Enright (born 1968) – actress and comedian
  • Dan Evans (born 1990) - tennis player
  • Niki Evans (born 1972) – singer
  • Trevor Eve (born 1951) – actor
  • Earl Falconer (born 1957) – bass player, UB40
  • Frank Farrell (1947–1997) – rock bassist and co-writer of chart hit "Moonlighting"
  • Sid Field (1904–1950) – comedian
  • Robert Firth (1887–1966) – footballer and Real Madrid manager
  • Philip Edward Fisher (born 1979) – musician
  • Simon Fletcher (born 1948) – artist
  • Sarah Florry (1744–1843) metal dealer
  • Winston Foster (born 1941) – footballer
  • Mark Frost (born 1968) – actor
  • Kevin Francis (born 1967) – footballer
  • Harry Freeman (1858–1922) – music hall performer
  • Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892) – historian, architectural artist and liberal politician
  • Fuzzbox – late 1980s girl band

G–M
  • Sir Francis Galton (1822–1911) – Scientist, founder of eugenics
  • Albert Gardner (1887–1923) – Footballer
  • Mike Gayle (born 1970) – Author
  • Helen George (born 1984) – actress
  • GeoWizard (born 1990) – YouTuber
  • Steve Gibbons (born 1941) – musician
  • Colin Gibson (born 1960) - footballer
  • Jon Gittens (1964–2019) – footballer
  • John Goldingay (born 1942) – theologian, currently a Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
  • Jaki Graham (born 1956) – soul singer
  • Jack Grealish (born 1995) – footballer
  • Mark "Barney" Greenway (born 1969) – musician, Napalm Death
  • Tom Grosvenor (1908–1972) – footballer
  • George Dickinson Hadley (1908–1984) – Gastroenterologist
  • Rob Halford (born 1951) – Musician, Judas Priest
  • Charlie Hall (1899–1959) – actor, most famous for his work with Laurel and Hardy
  • Alison Hammond (born 1975) – Television presenter and actress
  • Richard Hammond (born 1969) – Television presenter
  • John Hampson (1901–1955) – novelist
  • Hannah Hampton (born 2000) – Football goalkeeper
  • Tony Hancock (1924–1968) – comedian and actor
  • Ian Handysides (1962–1990) – footballer
  • Nic Harcourt (born 1957) – an American radio personality
  • Nick Harding (born 1969) - Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health
  • David Harewood (born 1965) – actor
  • Wally Harris (1900–1933) – footballer
  • Julia Hartley-Brewer (born 1968) – journalist and TV panelist
  • Norman Hassan (born 1958) – percussionist, UB40
  • Phil Hawker (born 1962) – footballer
  • William Haywood (1876–1957) – architect, town planner, and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society
  • John Hemming (born 1960) – Member of Parliament and businessman[1]
  • Lee Hendrie (born 1977) – Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder
  • Duane Henry (born 1985) – actor
  • Michael Higgs (born 1962) – actor
  • Ian Hill (born 1951) – musician
  • Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993) – actress
  • David Hinds (born 1956)- rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the reggae band Steel Pulse
  • Ken Hodge (born 1944) – National Hockey League player
  • George Holyoake (1817–1906) – reformer
  • Jack Hood (1902–1992) – Boxer
  • Martha Howe-Douglas (born 1980) – actress
  • Dorothy Howell (1898–1982) – musician
  • Mr. Hudson (born 1979) – singer
  • Alex Hughes – (born 1971) cartoonist
  • David Hughes (1925–1972) – operatic tenor
  • Geoff Humpage (born 1954) – cricketer
  • Al Hunter Ashton (1957–2007) – actor
  • Raymond Huntley (1904–1990) – actor
  • Millie Hylton (1870–1920), actress and male impersonator
  • Kassem Ibadulla (born 1964) – Cricketer
  • Tony Iommi (born 1948) – guitarist, Black Sabbath
  • Jamelia (born 1981) – R&B singer
  • Maureen Jennings (born 1939) – novelist[2]
  • Claudia Jessie (born 1990) – actress
  • Seth Johnson (born 1979) – Footballer, Derby
  • Ann Jones (born 1938) – Tennis player, former World No. 2, 8 Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon champion in 1969
  • Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham (born 1955) – director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
  • Felicity Jones (born 1983) – actress
  • Geoffrey Jones – Business Historian
  • John Jones (1858–1937) – Cricketer
  • Justin Jones (born 1964) – Musician
  • Simon Huw Jones (born 1960) – musician and photographer
  • Nikita Kanda (born 1995) - Radio presenter and socialite
  • Ace Kefford (born 1946) – Musician
  • Mike Kellie (1947–2017) – Musician, Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones
  • David Kelly (born 1965) – Republic of Ireland footballer
  • Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959) – composer
  • Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817–1894) – County court judge and noted strike arbitrator
  • Guz Khan (born 1986) – comedian
  • Jaykae (born 1991) - UK Rapper
  • Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 1942) – Politician and television presenter
  • John Andrew King (born 1964)- Politician and singer
  • Lorna Laidlaw (born 1963) – actress
  • Denny Laine (born 1944) – Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946) – Maker of the first petrol-driven car in Britain
  • Bunny Larkin (born 1936) – footballer
  • Bob Latchford (born 1951) – footballer
  • Dave Latchford (born 1949) – footballer
  • Peter Latchford (born 1952) – footballer
  • Ian Lavender (born 1946) – actor
  • Alfred Law (1862–1919) – Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
  • Stewart Lee (born 1968) – comedian
  • Vaughan Lee (born 1982) - ex-UFC Fighter
  • Russell Leetch (born 1982) – musician
  • Joleon Lescott (born 1982) – footballer with Manchester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Adrian Lester (born 1968) – actor
  • Dick Lilley (1866–1929) – England and Warwickshire Cricketer
  • Letty Lind (1861–1923), actress and dancer
  • John Lodge (born 1945) – Musician
  • Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858) – author of prose and verse and The Mummy
  • Joseph Lucas (1834–1902) – founder of Lucas Industries
  • Joe Lycett (born 1988) – comedian
  • Jeff Lynne (born 1947) – musician; co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra
  • Clare Maguire (born 1988) – musician born in Solihull but a resident of London
  • Nigel Mansell (born 1953) – sportsman, F1 driver
  • Lee Mantle (1851–1934) – U.S. Senator from Montana[3]
  • Sarah Manners (born 1975) – actress
  • Tony Martin (born 1957) – Musician, singer of Black Sabbath
  • Eric Maschwitz (1901–1969) – lyricist
  • Herbert Mason MC (1891–1960) – Film director, producer, stage actor, stage manager, choreographer, and army officer in the First World War
  • Hilary Mason (1917–2006) – actor
  • Nick Mason (born 1944) – Musician, Pink Floyd; did not reside in Birmingham
  • Robert McCracken (born 1968) – Boxer, Commonwealth Middleweight champion, and World Title challenger
  • Zena McNally (born 1979) – singer, Mis-Teeq
  • Christine McVie (1943–2022) – musician, Fleetwood Mac
  • Gil Merrick (1922–2010) – footballer and club manager
  • Ken Miles (1918–1966) – sports car racing driver / Engineer
  • Shazia Mirza – comedian
  • Mist (born 1992) – rapper
  • Alan Moore (born 1950) – musician
  • William Moore (1916–2000) – actor
  • Anisa Morridadi (born 1990) – Social entrepreneur
  • Everett Morton (1950–2021) – drummer, The Beat
  • Henry Vollam Morton (1892–1979) – journalist and travel writer
  • Peter Mucklow (born 1949) – cricketer
  • George Muntz (1794–1857) – pioneering industrialist and MP
  • Laura Mvula (born 1986) – singer-songwriter
  • Stanley Myers (1930–1993) – film music composer
  • M1llionz (born 1997) – British rapper
  • Malkit Singh (born c. 1963) – Punjabi Bhangra singer

N–Z
  • Constance Naden (1858–1889) – poet and philosopher
  • Alan Napier (1903–1988) – actor
  • Ritchie Neville (born 1979) – singer from 5ive
  • Ernie Newman (1887–?) – professional footballer
  • Ernest Willmott Norton (1889–1972) – cricketer
  • Ocean Colour Scene – band from Moseley
  • Oceans Ate Alaska – Metalcore Band
  • Ursula O'Leary (1926–1993) – actress
  • John Oliver (born 1977) – comedian, host of Last Week Tonight, and former 'Senior British Correspondent' of The Daily Show
  • Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948) – singer, Black Sabbath
  • Anri Okita (born 1986) – singer and former pornographic actress
  • Carl Palmer (born 1950) – musician, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Janet Parker (1938–1978) – medical photographer and last recorded person to die from smallpox[4]
  • Kay Parker (1944–2022) – pornographic actress
  • Alexander Parkes (1813–1890) – inventor of the world's first plastic
  • Henry Parkes (1815–1896) – Australian politician, "Father of Federation"
  • Norman Partridge – (1900–1982) Warwickshire Cricketer
  • Liam Payne (born 1993) – singer in the British/ Irish band One Direction
  • Dave Pegg (born 1947) – musician, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull
  • Kia Pegg (born 2000) – actress and television presenter[5]
  • Stephen Perryman (born 1955) – Warwickshire Cricketer
  • Gerry Peyton (born 1956) – footballer and goalkeeper coach
  • James and Oliver Phelps (born 1986) – Harry Potter movie actors
  • Jess Phillips (born 1981) – politician
  • Michael Pinder (born 1941) – musician, The Moody Blues
  • Jacki Piper (born 1946) – actress
  • Sadie Plant (born 1964) – author
  • John Poole (1926–2009) – sculptor
  • Enoch Powell (1912–1998) – politician, poet and classical scholar
  • Peter Powell – (born 1951) Disc jockey
  • Anthony E. Pratt (1903–1994) – inventor of Cluedo
  • Bernard Quaife (1899–1984) – cricketer
  • Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881–1955) – anthropologist
  • Ranking Roger (1963–2019) – musician, The Beat
  • Mick Rathbone (born 1958) – footballer
  • Adil Ray (born 1974) – actor, comedian, and radio/television presenter
  • Nick Rhodes – (born 1962) Musician, Duran Duran
  • Micah Richards – (born 1988) Manchester City F.C defender
  • Walter Richards – (1863–1917) Cricketer and umpire
  • Pat Roach (1937–2004) – actor and wrestler
  • Dave Robinson – (1948–2016) Footballer
  • John Rogers – (1505–1555) Bible editor and martyr
  • Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) – (1883–1959) Novelist
  • Mark Rowley (born 1964) – Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London)
  • Adam Ruckwood (born 1974) – swimming Commonwealth Champion (200m Backstroke)
  • Les Ross – (born 1949) Radio DJ
  • Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck – (1778–1856) Author on Women in society and religion, slavery abolitionist
  • Gary Shaw – (born 1961) Footballer
  • Martin Shaw (born 1945) – actor
  • Visanthe Shiancoe (born 1980) – American football player
  • Sukshinder Shinda – English-born Punjabi music producer and artist
  • Graham Short (born 1946) – international Micro-Artist
  • Paul Simm – musician
  • John Simmit (born 1963) – actor and comedian best known for playing Dipsy on Teletubbies from 1997–2001
  • Jane Sixsmith (born 1967) – hockey player
  • 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston – (1891–1970) Military Commander
  • Sarah Smart (born 1977) – actress
  • Alan Smith (born 1936) – cricketer and England selector
  • Joshua Toulmin Smith (1816–1869) – political theorist
  • Tiger Smith (1886–1979) – England and Warwickshire cricketer
  • Maya Sondhi (born 1983) – actress
  • Sir Benjamin Stone – (1838–1914) Pioneering photographer
  • Dean Sturridge (born 1973) – footballer
  • Daniel Sturridge (born 1989) – footballer
  • Simon Sturridge (born 1969) – footballer
  • Ernest Suckling (1890–1962) – cricketer
  • Phil Summerill (born 1947) – footballer
  • James Sutton (born 1983) – actor
  • Andrew Symonds (1975–2022) – cricketer
  • Connie Talbot (born 2000) – singer/Musician
  • John Taylor – (born 1960) Musician, Duran Duran
  • Roger Taylor – (born 1960) Musician, Duran Duran
  • Bobby Thomson – (1943–2009) Footballer
  • Will Thorne – (1857–1946) Trade union leader and MP
  • Charlie Tickle (1884–1960) – footballer
  • Andrew Tiernan (born 1965) – actor
  • Charlie Timmins (1922–2010) – footballer
  • James Vaughan (born 1988) – Tranmere Rovers FC striker
  • Johnny Vincent – (1947–2006) Footballer
  • Murray Walker – (1923–2021) Racing driver and commentator
  • Kate Walsh (born 1981) – TV presenter-Live from Studio Five
  • Julie Walters (born 1950) – actress
  • Bill Ward (born 1948) – drummer, Black Sabbath
  • Clint Warwick – (1940–2004) Musician, The Moody Blues
  • Carl Wayne (1943–2004) – musician, The Move, The Hollies
  • Graham Webb (1944–2017) – World Amateur Road Race Champion 1967
  • Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) – theologian and Bishop of Durham
  • Peter Weston (1943–2017) – influential British science fiction fan
  • Ian Westwood (born 1982) – cricketer
  • Fred Wheldon (1869–1924) – footballer
  • Toyah Willcox (born 1958) – singer and television presenter
  • Emma Willis (born 1976) – model
  • George Willis-Pryce (1866–1949) – artist
  • Jimmy Windridge (1882–1939) – England footballer
  • Muff Winwood (born 1943) – musician
  • Steve Winwood (born 1948) – musician – solo and co-founder, Traffic
  • Colin Withers (1940–2020) – footballer
  • Chris Woakes (born 1989) – England and Warwickshire cricketer
  • Chris Wood – (1944–1983) Musician; co-founder, Traffic
  • Roy Wood (born 1946) – musician, co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra
  • Richie Woodhall – (born 1968) World Boxing Champion
  • John Wyndham (1903–1969) – author
  • Kal Yafai (born 1989) – World champion boxer
  • Dorian Yates (born 1962) – 6x Mr. Olympia
  • Mark Yates (born 1970) – footballer and manager
  • Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958–2023) – poet

Lived in or associated with Birmingham

∗ Leon Edwards (born 1991) – professional Mixed Martial Artist (Originally from Kingston, Jamaica)

See also
  • Alumni of the University of Birmingham

References
  1. "John Hemming: Self-styled 'love rat of the year' who became the scourge of". The Independent. 9 January 2012.
  2. Napier, Jim (14 May 2012). "Maureen Jennings". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "MANTLE, Lee, 1851–1934". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. "The Lonely Death of Janet Parker".
  5. Laws, Roz. "Budding Birmingham film star Kia Pegg gets to be very naughty on screen". Birmingham Mail. (Reach plc). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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