List of people from The Wirral
- List of people from The Wirral
The following is a list of notable people who are associated with the Wirral Peninsula:
*Elvis Costello (Singer/songwriter lived in Birkenhead)
*Chris Boardman (cyclist)
*The Boo Radleys pop group
*Ian Botham (cricketer)
*Adrian Boult (conductor)
*Pete Burns (singer/songwriter)
*Daniel Craig (actor) (Spent his teenage years on the Wirral)
*Lewis Collins (actor)
*The Coral pop group
*Matt Dawson (rugby player and TV personality)
*Dixie Dean (footballer)
*Lottie Dod (Wimbledon tennis champion, "most versatile female athlete of all time")
*Michael Farnworth(British Columbia politician born in Bromborough)
*John Gorman Singer with The Scaffold and presenter on TISWAS.
*Wilfred Grenfell ("Grenfell of Labrador")
*Half Man Half Biscuit pop group
*Alexis Blue pop group
*Emma Hamilton (mistress of Horatio Nelson)
*Nathaniel Hawthorne (American writer; lived in Rock Ferry as US Consul)
*Austin Healey (rugby player)
*Paul Heaton (singer and song writer for the Beautiful South)
*Adrian Henri (poet and artist)
*Stephen Hough (pianist)
*Geoffrey Hughes (actor)
*Shirley Hughes (children's author and illustrator)
*Paul Humphreys (musician)
*Rita Hunter (Wagnerian soprano)
*Andrew Irvine (Everest climber)
*Glenda Jackson (actress and politician)
*Megs Jenkins (actress)
* Roger Lancelyn Green, the children's writer, lived at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington.
*Phil Liggett (cycling commentator)
*Jason McAteer (footballer)
*Andy McCluskey (musician)
*Mike McGear (photographer, musician (The Scaffold) and brother of Paul McCartney)
*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
*John Peel (disc jockey and radio presenter)
*Dominic Purcell (actor)
*Jan Ravens (actress and impressionist)
*Patricia Routledge (actress)
*Ted Robbins (comedian)
*Alan Rouse (famous climber)
*Cyril Scott (composer)
*FE Smith (Lord Chancellor)
* 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)
*Philip Toosey (hero of the Bridge on the River Kwai)
*Harold Wilson (Prime Minister - Head Boy of Wirral Grammar School)
*Marty Willson-Piper (guitarist for The Church)
*The Rascals (Band)
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