Liverpool
Liverpool ranks 67th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Riga, Turin, and Dallas. Memorable people born in Liverpool include John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Memorable people who died in Liverpool include Jeremiah Horrocks, Bill Shankly, and Bob Paisley. Liverpool has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Liverpool is located in United Kingdom.
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London. It had a population of 508,961 in 2024 and is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Liverpool was the birth place of 157 globally memorable people, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Liverpool including Jeremiah Horrocks, Bill Shankly, and Bob Paisley.
People Born in Liverpool
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John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 125
Paul McCartney
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 70
George Harrison
MUSICIAN
1943 - 2001
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 139
Ringo Starr
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 84
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
CHEMIST
1914 - 1994
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 151
William Stuart-Houston
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1987
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 17
Brian Epstein
BUSINESSPERSON
1934 - 1967
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 134
William Stanley Jevons
ECONOMIST
1835 - 1882
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 142
Kim Cattrall
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 30
Frederick Fleet
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1887 - 1965
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 135
Ken Robinson
WRITER
1950 - 2020
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 141
Alison Steadman
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 104
Newly Added People Born in Liverpool
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Paddy Pimblett
MARTIAL ARTS
1995 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 130
Darren Till
MARTIAL ARTS
1992 - Present
HPI: 35.96
Rank: 131
Jayden Danns
SOCCER PLAYER
2006 - Present
HPI: 25.27
Rank: 127
Joe Gelhardt
SOCCER PLAYER
2002 - Present
HPI: 23.97
Rank: 129
Hope Akpan
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 21.26
Rank: 132
Grace Clinton
SOCCER PLAYER
2003 - Present
HPI: 19.30
Rank: 128
People Deceased in Liverpool
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Jeremiah Horrocks
ASTRONOMER
1618 - 1641
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 19
Bill Shankly
COACH
1913 - 1981
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 12
Bob Paisley
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1996
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
Matthew Arnold
WRITER
1822 - 1888
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 5
Paul Kletzki
CONDUCTOR
1900 - 1973
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 14
Eric Frank Russell
WRITER
1905 - 1978
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 18
Joe Fagan
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 2001
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6
Yokozuna
WRESTLER
1966 - 2000
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 16
Arthur Berry
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 17
George Cornet
ATHLETE
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 3
Allan Williams
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - 2016
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 13
William Roscoe
WRITER
1753 - 1831
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 10
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Liverpool were soccer players (53), actors (20), writers (13), politicians (10), and singers (9), while most who died were soccer players (6), writers (4), coaches (2), astronomers (1), and conductors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Liverpool, including Gerry Byrne, Tommy Smith, and Wayne Rooney. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Liverpool, including Gerry Byrne, Tommy Smith, and Wayne Rooney.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Liverpool since 1700.
