Liverpool
Liverpool ranks 67th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Riga, Turin, and Dallas. Memorable people born in Liverpool include Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison. Memorable people who died in Liverpool include Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, and Jeremiah Horrocks. 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 city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, northwest England. It had a population of 486,100 in 2021. The city is located on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, adjacent to the Irish Sea, and is approximately 178 miles (286 km) from London. Liverpool is the fifth largest city in the United Kingdom, and the largest settlement in Merseyside. The city forms part of a larger urban region of over 2 million people which extends into the neighbouring counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Liverpool is part of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority with a population of over 1.5 million. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1724 and 2001, Liverpool was the birth place of 147 globally memorable people, including Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Liverpool including Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, and Jeremiah Horrocks.
People Born in Liverpool
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Paul McCartney
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 84.56
Rank: 1
John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 2
George Harrison
MUSICIAN
1943 - 2001
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 3
Ringo Starr
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 4
William Stanley Jevons
ECONOMIST
1835 - 1882
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 5
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
CHEMIST
1914 - 1994
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 6
Brian Epstein
BUSINESSPERSON
1934 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 7
Kim Cattrall
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 8
Frederick Fleet
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1887 - 1965
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 9
William Stuart-Houston
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1987
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 10
Black
SINGER
1962 - 2016
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 11
John Horton Conway
MATHEMATICIAN
1937 - 2020
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Liverpool
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Jesse Carver
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 2003
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 33
John Milne
INVENTOR
1850 - 1913
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 47
Anthony Shaffer
WRITER
1926 - 2001
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 55
Luke Fildes
PAINTER
1843 - 1927
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 60
William Roscoe
WRITER
1753 - 1831
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 69
Charles Brabin
FILM DIRECTOR
1882 - 1957
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 70
Annie Speirs
SWIMMER
1889 - 1926
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 73
Felicia Hemans
WRITER
1793 - 1835
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 76
Frank Hornby
INVENTOR
1863 - 1936
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 80
Nicholas Monsarrat
WRITER
1910 - 1979
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 83
Angela Buxton
TENNIS PLAYER
1934 - 2020
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 89
Hilda James
SWIMMER
1904 - 1982
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 93
People Deceased in Liverpool
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Bill Shankly
COACH
1913 - 1981
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1
Bob Paisley
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1996
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 2
Jeremiah Horrocks
ASTRONOMER
1618 - 1641
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 3
Matthew Arnold
WRITER
1822 - 1888
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 4
Paul Kletzki
CONDUCTOR
1900 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 5
Eric Frank Russell
WRITER
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 6
Joe Fagan
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 2001
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 7
Yokozuna
WRESTLER
1966 - 2000
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 8
Arthur Berry
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 9
Allan Williams
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - 2016
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 10
Billy Liddell
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2001
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 11
Simon Shelton
ACTOR
1966 - 2018
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Liverpool
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George Cornet
ATHLETE
1877 - 1952
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 13
Tom Watson
COACH
1859 - 1915
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 15
William Roscoe
WRITER
1753 - 1831
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 16
Annie Speirs
SWIMMER
1889 - 1926
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 17
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Liverpool were soccer players (48), 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 Wayne Rooney, Ron Atkinson, and Peter Withe. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Liverpool, including Wayne Rooney, Ron Atkinson, and Jesse Carver.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Liverpool since 1700.
