List of people from Birmingham
This is a list of famous or notable people born in Birmingham, the demonym is Brummies.
Famous people born in Birmingham
A–F
- Scott Adkins – actor, gymnast
- Gabriel Agbonlahor – footballer
- Moeen Ali – England cricketer
- Dennis Amiss – cricketer and Warwickshire administrator
- Tomás Ángel – footballer
- 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
- Annette Badland – actress
- Kenny Baker – actor
- Pato Banton – reggae artist
- Dave Barnett – footballer
- Simon Bates – radio DJ
- Blaze Bayley – musician, vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden
- Ian Bell – England cricketer, Warwickshire CCC captain
- Jude Bellingham – footballer
- 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
- William Bloye – sculptor
- Tom Blyth – actor
- Elizabeth Baker Bohan – author, journalist, artist, social reformer
- Daniel Boone – musician
- Sarah Booth – actress
- Matthew Boulton – pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
- Jon Bounds – blogger, humorist
- Paul Braddon – artist
- Peter Bradley – politician
- William Bragge – civil engineer/antiquarian
- Tony Britton – actor
- James Jaysen Bryhan – actor
- Dan Bull – musician/ YouTuber
- 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 – television director, photographer
- Daniel Caines – track and field athlete
- Ali Campbell and Robin Campbell – musician
- Duncan Campbell – musician
- David Cannadine – historian
- Bob Carolgees – television presenter
- 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
- Paul Child – footballer who represented the United States national team
- Adrian Chiles – broadcaster
- Carl Chinn – historian, broadcaster
- Charlie Christodoulou – soldier and mercenary
- Ian Clarkson – footballer
- Lisa Clayton – solo yachtswoman
- Janice Connolly – comedy actress
- Raymond Teague Cowern – artist
- Edward Cowie – composer
- Andy Cox – ska guitarist
- David Cox – artist
- Lauren Crace – actress
- Sarah Crompton – children's writer
- John Curry – Olympic and World Champion figure skater
- Nigel Dakin – soldier, diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Richard Dandy – former cricketer
- Fanny Dango – comedienne, actress and singer
- Arthur Darvill – actor and singer
- Aidan Davis – dancer and television presenter
- Lindsey Davis – historical novelist
- Cat Deeley – television presenter
- Nathan Delfouneso – footballer
- Oscar Deutsch – founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain
- Fred Dinenage – presenter, broadcaster, writer
- Stefflon Don – musician
- Don Dorman – paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, footballer, manager and scout
- K.K. Downing – musician
- Mark Duffus – musician
- Pete Dunne – professional wrestler
- Dutchavelli – rapper
- Jessie Eden – Communist activist and trade union leader
- Duncan Edwards – footballer for Manchester United, one of the Busby Babes
- Fabian Edwards – professional mixed martial artist, brother of Leon Edwards
- Leon Edwards – professional mixed martial artist, former UFC Welterweight Champion
- Rob Edwards – ex-footballer, current Manager for Luton Town F.C.
- Electribe 101 – electronic music group
- Hunt Emerson – cartoonist
- Ian Emes – animator
- Frederick Rowland Emett – cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor
- Jo Enright – actress and comedian
- Dan Evans – tennis player
- Niki Evans – singer
- Trevor Eve – actor
- Earl Falconer – bass player
- Constance Amy Fall – nurse
- Frank Farrell – rock bassist and co-writer of "Moonlighting"
- Sid Field – comedian
- Robert Firth – footballer and Real Madrid manager
- Philip Edward Fisher – musician
- Simon Fletcher – artist
- Sarah Florry – metal dealer
- Winston Foster – footballer
- Mark Frost – actor
- Kevin Francis – footballer
- Harry Freeman – music hall performer
- Edward Augustus Freeman – historian, architectural artist and liberal politician
- Fuzzbox – late-1980s girl band
G–M
- Sir Francis Galton – scientist; founder of eugenics
- Albert Gardner – footballer
- Mike Gayle – writer
- Helen George – actress
- Sam Gee — Rugby player
- GeoWizard – YouTuber
- Steve Gibbons – musician
- Colin Gibson – footballer
- Jon Gittens – footballer
- John Goldingay – theologian, currently a professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
- Jaki Graham – soul singer
- Jack Grealish – footballer
- Mark "Barney" Greenway – musician
- Tom Grosvenor – footballer
- George Dickinson Hadley – gastroenterologist
- Rob Halford – musician, Judas Priest
- Charlie Hall – actor; known for his work with Laurel and Hardy
- Alison Hammond – actress, television presenter
- Richard Hammond – television presenter
- John Hampson – novelist
- Hannah Hampton – football goalkeeper
- Tony Hancock – comedian and actor
- Ian Handysides – footballer
- Nic Harcourt – American radio personality
- Nick Harding – Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health
- David Harewood – actor
- Wally Harris – footballer
- Julia Hartley-Brewer – journalist and television panelist
- Norman Hassan – percussionist, UB40
- Phil Hawker – footballer
- William Haywood – architect, town planner, and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society
- John Hemming – Member of Parliament and businessman
- Lee Hendrie – Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder
- Duane Henry – actor
- Michael Higgs – actor
- Ian Hill – musician
- Jacqueline Hill – actress
- David Hinds – rhythm guitarist and lead singer of Steel Pulse
- Ronzoni Hines – singer-songwriter
- Ken Hodge – National Hockey League player
- George Holyoake – reformer
- Jack Hood – boxer
- Martha Howe-Douglas – actress
- Dorothy Howell – musician
- Mr. Hudson – singer
- Alex Hughes – cartoonist
- David Hughes – operatic tenor
- Geoff Humpage – cricketer
- Al Hunter Ashton – actor
- Raymond Huntley – actor
- Millie Hylton – actress and male impersonator
- Kassem Ibadulla – cricketer
- Tony Iommi – guitarist
- Jamelia – R&B singer
- Maureen Jennings – novelist
- Claudia Jessie – actress
- Seth Johnson – footballer, Derby
- Ann Jones – tennis player; former World No. 2, 8 Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon champion in 1969
- Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham – director-general of the Confederation of British Industry
- Felicity Jones – actress
- Geoffrey Jones – business historian
- John Jones – cricketer
- Justin Jones – musician
- Simon Huw Jones – musician and photographer
- Nikita Kanda – radio presenter and socialite
- Trish Keenan - musician
- Ace Kefford – musician
- Mike Kellie – musician
- David Kelly – Republic of Ireland footballer
- Albert Ketèlbey – composer
- Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle – county court judge and noted strike arbitrator
- Guz Khan – comedian
- Jaykae – rapper
- Robert Kilroy-Silk – politician and television presenter
- John Andrew King – politician and singer
- Lorna Laidlaw – actress
- Denny Laine
- Frederick W. 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
- Alfred Law – Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
- Stewart Lee – comedian
- Vaughan Lee – ex-UFC fighter
- Russell Leetch – musician
- Joleon Lescott – footballer with Manchester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Adrian Lester – actor
- Dick Lilley – England and Warwickshire cricketer
- Letty Lind – actress and dancer
- John Lodge – musician
- Jane C. Loudon – writer of prose and verse and The Mummy
- Joseph Lucas – founder of Lucas Industries
- Joe Lycett – comedian
- Jeff Lynne – musician
- Clare Maguire – musician born in Solihull but a resident of London
- Nigel Mansell – sportsman, F1 driver
- Lee Mantle – U.S. Senator from Montana
- Sarah Manners – actress
- Tony Martin – musician
- Eric Maschwitz – lyricist
- Herbert Mason – film director, producer, stage actor, stage manager, choreographer, and army officer in the First World War
- Hilary Mason – actor
- Nick Mason – musician ; did not reside in Birmingham
- Robert McCracken – boxer, Commonwealth Middleweight champion, and World Title challenger
- Zena McNally – singer
- Christine McVie – musician
- Gil Merrick – footballer and club manager
- Ken Miles – sports car racing driver, engineer
- Shazia Mirza – comedian
- Mist – rapper
- Callum Moloney - musician
- Alan Moore – musician
- William Moore – actor
- Anisa Morridadi – social entrepreneur
- Everett Morton – drummer
- Henry Vollam Morton – journalist and travel writer
- Peter Mucklow – cricketer
- George Muntz – pioneering industrialist and MP
- Laura Mvula – singer-songwriter
- Stanley Myers – film music composer
- M1llionz – rapper
- Malkit Singh – Punjabi Bhangra singer
N–Z
- Constance Naden – poet and philosopher
- Alan Napier – actor
- Ritchie Neville – singer
- Neil Newbon – actor
- Ernie Newman – professional footballer
- Ernest Willmott Norton – cricketer
- Patricia Noxolo – geographer
- Ursula O'Leary – actress
- John Oliver – comedian, host of Last Week Tonight, and former 'Senior British Correspondent' of The Daily Show
- Ozzy Osbourne – singer
- Anri Okita – singer and former pornographic actress
- Carl Palmer – musician
- Janet Parker – medical photographer and last recorded person to die from smallpox
- Kay Parker – pornographic actress
- Alexander Parkes – inventor of the world's first plastic
- Henry Parkes – Australian politician, "Father of Federation"
- Liam Payne – singer
- Dave Pegg – musician
- Kia Pegg – actress and television presenter
- Stephen Perryman – Warwickshire cricketer
- Gerry Peyton – footballer and goalkeeper coach
- James and Oliver Phelps – Harry Potter movie actors
- Jess Phillips – politician
- Michael Pinder – musician
- Jacki Piper – actress
- Sadie Plant – writer
- John Poole – sculptor
- Enoch Powell – politician, poet and classical scholar
- Peter Powell – disc jockey
- Anthony E. Pratt – inventor of Cluedo
- Bernard Quaife – cricketer
- Alfred Radcliffe-Brown – anthropologist
- Ranking Roger – musician
- Mick Rathbone – footballer
- Adil Ray – actor, comedian, and radio and television presenter
- Nick Rhodes – musician
- Micah Richards – Manchester City F.C. defender
- Walter Richards – cricketer and umpire
- Pat Roach – actor and wrestler
- Dave Robinson – footballer
- John Rogers – Bible editor and martyr
- Sax Rohmer – novelist
- Mark Rowley – Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Les Ross – radio disc jockey
- Adam Ruckwood – swimming Commonwealth Champion
- William Clayton Russon - businessman
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck – writer on women in society and religion; slavery abolitionist
- Gary Shaw – footballer
- Martin Shaw – actor
- Visanthe Shiancoe – American football player
- Sukshinder Shinda – English-born Punjabi music producer and artist
- Graham Short – micro-artist
- Paul Simm – musician
- John Simmit – actor and comedian; known for playing Dipsy on Teletubbies from 1997 to 2001
- Jane Sixsmith – hockey player
- 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston – military commander
- Sarah Smart – actress
- Alan Smith – cricketer and England selector
- Joshua Toulmin Smith – political theorist
- Tiger Smith – England and Warwickshire cricketer
- Maya Sondhi – actress
- Sir Benjamin Stone – photographer
- Dean Sturridge – footballer
- Daniel Sturridge – footballer
- Simon Sturridge – footballer
- Ernest Suckling – cricketer
- Phil Summerill – footballer
- James Sutton – actor
- Andrew Symonds – cricketer
- Connie Talbot – singer
- John Taylor – musician
- Roger Taylor – musician
- Bobby Thomson – footballer
- Will Thorne – trade union leader; member of Parliament
- Charlie Tickle – footballer
- Andrew Tiernan – actor
- Charlie Timmins – footballer
- James Vaughan – Tranmere Rovers FC striker
- Johnny Vincent – footballer
- Murray Walker – motorsports journalist and commentator
- Kate Walsh – television presenter
- Julie Walters – actress
- Bill Ward – drummer
- Clint Warwick – musician
- Carl Wayne – musician
- Graham Webb – World Amateur Road Race Champion 1967
- Brooke Foss Westcott – theologian and Bishop of Durham
- Peter Weston – science fiction fan
- Ian Westwood – cricketer
- Fred Wheldon – footballer
- Toyah Willcox – singer and television presenter
- Emma Willis – model
- George Willis-Pryce – artist
- Jimmy Windridge – England footballer
- Muff Winwood – musician
- Steve Winwood – musician
- Colin Withers – footballer
- Chris Woakes – England and Warwickshire cricketer
- Chris Wood – musician
- Roy Wood – musician
- Richie Woodhall – world champion boxer
- John Wyndham – writer
- Kal Yafai – world champion boxer
- Dorian Yates – six-time Mr. Olympia
- Mark Yates – footballer and manager
- Benjamin Zephaniah – poet
Lived in or associated with Birmingham
- W. H. Auden – poet and author
- W. V. Awdry – author of The Railway Series
- Sir Granville Bantock – composer
- Connor Ball – bassist and singer
- John Baskerville – printer and inventor of typefaces
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc – first female shorthand teacher and reporter in England
- Emma Blackery – musician
- 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
- 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
- Leon Edwards – professional mixed martial artist
- Lucy Edwards, disability rights activist, educator, and TikToker
- Rev. Richard Enraght – vicar, religious controversialist
- Allan Ford – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Philippa Forrester – television presenter, attended Birmingham University
- Foji Gill – singer, music producer
- Joseph Gillott – industrialist
- Tommy Godwin – racing cyclist and Olympic medallist
- Ashia Hansen – track and field athlete
- James Hinks – bred the Bull Terrier dog
- William Ick – botanist
- Washington Irving – author
- Elizabeth "Tetty" Johnson – wife of Samuel Johnson
- 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
- Louis MacNeice – poet
- Stuart Maconie – radio DJ and television presenter
- Jane Madders – physiotherapist, educator and author
- 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
- John Peel – radio DJ
- Geoffrey Pernell – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Joseph Priestley – chemist and dissenting clergyman
- Sir Simon Rattle – conductor of CBSO 1980–1998
- John Ray – "Father of English natural history"
- Sir Peter Rigby – entrepreneur
- Mary Rollason – steel toy maker and businesswoman
- Kevin Rowland – singer, formed in Birmingham
- Frank Skinner – comedian
- Mike Skinner – musician
- Meera Syal – actor, writer
- Dave Swarbrick – musician
- J. R. R. Tolkien – author
- Joshua Toulmin – non-conformist preacher
- Ruby Turner – singer
- UB 40 – Reggae group
- 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
- Alastair Yates – radio and television presenter
- Malala Yousafzai – Pakistani activist
- Lauren Zhang – pianist
- Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami - Award-winning Humanitarian based in Birmingham