List of people from Wirral
The following is a list of notable people who are associated or born within the area known as the Wirral Peninsula.
A
- Nigel Adkins, footballer and football manager
- Freya Anderson, Olympic gold medal swimmer
- Ian Astbury, lead vocalist, The Cult
B
- Shirley Ballas, ballroom dancer & TV personality
- Andy Baddeley, runner
- Elizabeth Berrington, actress
- Nigel Blackwell, singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Chris Boardman, cyclist
- Ian Botham, cricketer
- Adrian Boult, conductor
- John Bowe, actor
- Jim Bowen, comedian & TV personality
- Paul Bracewell, footballer
- Peter Bromley, sports broadcaster
- Margaret Brownlow, illustrator, writer, herb farmer and garden designer
- Fiona Bruce, TV presenter
- Pete Burns, singer/songwriter
- William John Burton, draftsman, archer & rifleman
C
- Cathy Cassidy, children's author
- Jimmy Cauty, musician, artist, one half of The KLF
- Niamh Charles, footballer for England
- Alan Clarke, film director
- Lewis Collins, actor, The Professionals
- Elvis Costello, singer/songwriter - lived in Birkenhead
- Alex Cox, filmmaker and author
- Daniel Craig, actor, born in neighbouring Chester but grew up on the Wirral
D
- Peter Davenport, footballer
- Dickie Davies, presenter
- Matt Dawson, rugby player and TV personality
- John Deakin, photographer
- Dixie Dean, footballer
- Mike Dean, football referee
- Louise Delamere, actress
- Lottie Dod, Wimbledon tennis champion
- Robbie Davies, Olympic boxer
E
- Helen Edmundson, playwright, screenwriter and producer
- Taron Egerton, actor
- Arthur Charles Evans, author, ex-PoW and ex-General Secretary of the Police Federation
- Lee Latchford Evans, actor and singer with pop group Steps
F
- Michael Farnworth, British Columbia politician born in Bromborough
- Jenny Frost, TV presenter and singer with Atomic Kitten
- Robbie Fowler, Footballer
G
- John Gorman, singer with The Scaffold, presenter on Tiswas
- Roger Lancelyn Green, children's writer; lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington
- Wilfred Grenfell, "Grenfell of Labrador"
- Miro Griffiths, academic and activist
H
- Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead; former Director-General of the BBC
- 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
- Paul Hollywood, baker and TV judge
- Malcolm Holmes, musician
- Barry Horne, ex-Everton and Wales footballer and captain
- Stephen Hough, pianist
- Geoffrey Howe, Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, actor
- Shirley Hughes, children's author and illustrator
- Paul Humphreys, musician, member of OMD
- Rita Hunter, Wagnerian soprano
- James Hype, DJ, Producer
I
- Andrew Irvine, Everest climber
- Eric Idle, member of Monty Python; lived in Wallasey as a child
J
- Glenda Jackson, actress and politician
- Megs Jenkins, actress
K
- Miles Kane, musician
- Lindsay Kemp, dancer, actor and choreographer
L
- Charlie Landsborough, singer/songwriter
- Mark Leckey, Turner Prize-winning artist
- Saunders Lewis, politician, playwright, poet and literary critic
- Phil Liggett, cycling commentator
- Craig Lindfield, professional football player
- Selwyn Lloyd, Conservative Party Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Jackie Lomax, singer-songwriter
- Malcolm Lowry, writer
- Nigel Lythgoe, producer and TV personality, best known for being a judge on ''Popstars''
M
- Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Simon Mason, rugby union player, played for Ireland and won the 1999 Heineken Cup with Ulster.
- Valerie Masterson, opera singer
- Jason McAteer, footballer
- Andy McCluskey, musician, member of OMD
- Mike McGear, photographer, musician, member of The Scaffold, brother of Paul McCartney
- Alison McGovern, MP for Wirral South
N
- Paul Nowak, trade union leader
- Sally Nugent, BBC journalist & presenter
O
- Paul O'Grady, comedian and TV personality
- Wilfred Owen, one of the greatest poets of the First World War; grew up in Tranmere
P
- Tom Palin, painter
- John Peel, disc jockey and radio presenter
- Dom Phillips, journalist
- Dominic Purcell, actor
R
- Jan Ravens, actress and impressionist
- Noel Rawsthorne, organist and composer
- Simon Rimmer, celebrity chef
- Kate Robbins, impressionist
- Ted Robbins, comedian
- Amy Robbins, actress
- Alan Rouse, climber
- Patricia Routledge, actress
- Maude Royden, suffragist and preacher
- Mike Rutherford, guitarist with Genesis; went to boarding school in Hoylake
- Bill Ryder-Jones, musician from West Kirby
S
- Joanna Scanlan, actor
- Cyril Scott, composer
- Lucy Sibbick, Oscar Winner
- FE Smith, Lord Chancellor
- Matthew Smith, 80s computer game programmer
- Jay Spearing, footballer
- Olaf Stapledon, 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
- Jodie Taylor, footballer
- David Thompson, footballer
- Bill Tidy, cartoonist
- Philip Toosey, hero of the real Bridge on the River Kwai incident
V
- Graham Vick, opera director and producer
W
- Jonathan Walters, Stoke City F.C. striker
- William Henry Webster, Church of England vicar and malacologist
- Andreas Whittam-Smith, founder of the Independent
- Cliff Williams, bassist for AC/DC
- Bethany Williamson, trampoline gymnast
- Marty Willson-Piper, guitarist for The Church
- Harold Wilson, Prime Minister - Head Boy of Wirral Grammar School
- Steve Wilson, BBC football commentator
- Tim Wright, computer games composer