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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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Shirley Ballas (born 1960), ballroom dancer & TV personality
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Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970), actress
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Chris Boardman (born 1968), cyclist
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Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
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Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
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John Bowe (born 1950), actor
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Jim Bowen (1937–2018), comedian & TV personality
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Paul Bracewell (born 1962), footballer
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Peter Bromley (1929–2003), sports broadcaster
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Margaret Brownlow (1916–1968), illustrator, writer, herb farmer and garden designer
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Fiona Bruce (born 1964), TV presenter
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Pete Burns (1959–2016), singer/songwriter
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William John Burton (1908–1985), draftsman, archer & rifleman
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Cathy Cassidy (born 1962), children's author
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Jimmy Cauty (born 1956), musician, artist, one half of
The KLF
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Niamh Charles (born 1999), footballer for
England
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Alan Clarke (1935–1990), film director
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Lewis Collins (1946–2013), actor,
The Professionals
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Elvis Costello (born 1954), singer/songwriter - lived in Birkenhead
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Alex Cox (born 1954), filmmaker and author
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Daniel Craig (born 1968), actor, born in neighbouring
Chester but grew up on the Wirral
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Tony Hall (born 1951), Baron Hall of Birkenhead; former Director-General of the
BBC
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Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), mistress of
Horatio Nelson
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Austin Healey (born 1973), rugby player
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Paul Heaton (born 1962), singer and songwriter for the
Beautiful South
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Adrian Henri (1932–2000), poet and artist
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Dave Hickson (1929–2013), footballer
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Paul Hollywood (born 1966), baker and TV judge
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Malcolm Holmes (born 1960), musician
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Barry Horne (born 1962), ex-Everton and Wales footballer and captain
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Stephen Hough (born 1961), pianist
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Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015),
Deputy Prime Minister,
Chancellor of the Exchequer and
Foreign Secretary (N.B. Associated through service as MP for
Bebington
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Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012), actor
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Shirley Hughes (1927–2022), children's author and illustrator
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Paul Humphreys (born 1960), musician, member of
OMD
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Rita Hunter (1933–2001), Wagnerian soprano
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James Hype (born 1989), DJ, Producer
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Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), Everest climber
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Eric Idle (born 1943), member of Monty Python; lived in Wallasey as a child
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Charlie Landsborough (born 1941), singer/songwriter
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Mark Leckey (born 1964), Turner Prize-winning artist
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Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), politician, playwright, poet and literary critic
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Phil Liggett (born 1943), cycling commentator
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Craig Lindfield (born 1988), professional football player
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Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978), Conservative Party
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Jackie Lomax (1944–2013), singer-songwriter
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Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957), writer
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Nigel Lythgoe (born 1949), producer and TV personality, best known for being a judge on
Popstars
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Justin Madders (born 1972), MP for
Ellesmere Port and Neston
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Simon Mason (born 1973), rugby union player, played for Ireland and won the 1999 Heineken Cup with Ulster.
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Valerie Masterson (born 1937), opera singer
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Jason McAteer (born 1971), footballer
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Andy McCluskey (born 1959), musician, member of
OMD
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Mike McGear (born 1944), photographer, musician, member of
The Scaffold, brother of
Paul McCartney
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Alison McGovern (born 1980), MP for
Wirral South
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Jan Ravens (born 1958), actress and impressionist
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Simon Rimmer (born 1963), celebrity chef
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Kate Robbins (born 1958), impressionist
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Ted Robbins (born 1955), comedian
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Amy Robbins (born 1971), actress
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Alan Rouse (1951–1986), climber
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Patricia Routledge (born 1929), actress
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Maude Royden (1876–1956), suffragist and preacher
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Mike Rutherford (born 1950), guitarist with
Genesis; went to boarding school in Hoylake
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Bill Ryder-Jones (born 1983), musician from West Kirby
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Joanna Scanlan (born 1961), actor
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Cyril Scott (1879–1970), composer
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Lucy Sibbick, Oscar Winner
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FE Smith (1872–1930), Lord Chancellor
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Matthew Smith (born 1966), 80s computer game programmer
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Jay Spearing (born 1988), footballer
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Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950), writer; spent much of his life in
West Kirby and
Caldy, and many landscapes mentioned in his works can be identified
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Ralph Steadman (born 1936), artist
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Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942), impressionist painter
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Ray Stubbs (born 1956), sports commentator