This is a list of famous or notable people born in Birmingham, the demonym is Brummies.
Famous people born in Birmingham
AâÂÂF
- Scott Adkins (born 1987) â actor, gymnast
- Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986) â footballer
- Moeen Ali (born 1987) â England cricketer
- Dennis Amiss (born 1943) â cricketer and Warwickshire administrator
- Tomás ÃÂngel (born 2003) â footballer
- Keith Arkell (born 1961) â English chess champion, 2008
- Stephen Arlen (1913âÂÂ1972) â opera manager
- Ian Ashbee (born 1976) â footballer
- Francis William Aston (1877âÂÂ1945) â Nobel Prize winner, physicist
- Ian Atkins (born 1957) â footballer
- Albert Austin (1882âÂÂ1953) â silent film star
- Jack Badham (1919âÂÂ1992) â footballer
- Annette Badland (born 1951) â actress
- Kenny Baker (1934âÂÂ2016) â actor
- Pato Banton (born 1961) â reggae artist
- Dave Barnett (born 1967) â footballer
- Simon Bates (born 1946) â radio DJ
- Blaze Bayley (born 1963) â musician, vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden
- Ian Bell (born 1982) â England cricketer, Warwickshire CCC captain
- Jude Bellingham (born 2003) â footballer
- Moazzam Begg (born 1968) â outreach director
- Edward White Benson (1829âÂÂ1896) â Archbishop of Canterbury
- Bev Bevan (born 1944) â musician
- Alfred Bird (1811âÂÂ1878) â inventor of custard powder
- Sir Alfred Frederick Bird (1849âÂÂ1922) â food manufacturer and chemist
- William Bloye (1890âÂÂ1975) â sculptor
- Tom Blyth (born 1995) â actor
- Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849âÂÂ1930) â author, journalist, artist, social reformer
- Daniel Boone (1942âÂÂ2023) â musician
- Sarah Booth (1793âÂÂ1867) â actress
- Matthew Boulton (1728âÂÂ1809) â pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society
- Jon Bounds (born 1975) â blogger, humorist
- Paul Braddon (1864âÂÂ1937) â artist
- Peter Bradley (born 1953) â politician
- William Bragge (1823âÂÂ1884) â civil engineer/antiquarian
- Tony Britton (1924âÂÂ2019) â actor
- James Jaysen Bryhan (born 1978) â actor
- Dan Bull (born 1986) â musician/ YouTuber
- Edward Burne-Jones (1833âÂÂ1898) â Pre-Raphaelite painter and William Morris Associate
- Trevor Burton (born 1949) â musician
- Geezer Butler (born 1949) â bassist, Black Sabbath
- George Cadbury (1839âÂÂ1922) â son of John Cadbury, founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
- John Cadbury (1801âÂÂ1889) â founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
- Richard Cadbury (1835âÂÂ1899) â son of John Cadbury, founder of the Cadbury chocolate company
- Pogus Caesar (born 1953) â television director, photographer
- Daniel Caines (born 1979) â track and field athlete
- Ali Campbell (born 1959) and Robin Campbell (born 1954) â musician (UB40)
- Duncan Campbell (born 1958) â musician
- David Cannadine (born 1950) â historian
- Bob Carolgees (born 1948) â television presenter (Tiswas and Surprise Surprise)
- Lee Carsley (born 1974) â footballer
- Darren Carter (born 1983) â footballer
- John Carter (born 1940) â musician
- Barbara Cartland (1901âÂÂ2000) â novelist
- Jasper Carrott (born 1945) â comedian
- Austen Chamberlain (1863âÂÂ1937) â politician
- Neville Chamberlain (1869âÂÂ1940) â Prime Minister
- Gary Childs (born 1964) â footballer
- Paul Child (born 1952) â footballer who represented the United States national team
- Adrian Chiles (born 1967) â broadcaster
- Carl Chinn (born 1956) â historian, broadcaster
- Charlie Christodoulou (c. 1951âÂÂ1976) â soldier and mercenary
- Ian Clarkson (born 1970) â footballer
- Lisa Clayton (born 1958) â solo yachtswoman
- Janice Connolly (born 1954) â comedy actress
- Raymond Teague Cowern (1913âÂÂ1986) â artist
- Edward Cowie (born 1943) â composer
- Andy Cox (born 1956) â ska guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat)
- David Cox (1783âÂÂ1859) â artist
- Lauren Crace (born 1986) â actress
- Sarah Crompton (1802âÂÂ1881) â children's writer
- Miguel Cunningham (born 1997), British rapper
- John Curry (1949âÂÂ1994) â Olympic and World Champion figure skater
- Nigel Dakin (born 1964) â soldier, diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Richard Dandy (born 1977) â former cricketer
- Fanny Dango (1878âÂÂ1972) â comedienne, actress and singer
- Arthur Darvill (born 1982) â actor and singer
- Aidan Davis (born 1997) â dancer and television presenter
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949) â historical novelist
- Cat Deeley (born 1976) â television presenter
- Nathan Delfouneso (born 1991) â footballer
- Oscar Deutsch (1893âÂÂ1941) â founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain
- Fred Dinenage (born 1942) â presenter, broadcaster, writer
- Stefflon Don (born 1991) â musician
- Don Dorman (1922âÂÂ1997) â paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, footballer, manager and scout
- K.K. Downing (born 1951) â musician
- Mark Duffus (born 1967) â musician (stage name Sure Shot)
- Pete Dunne (born 1993) â professional wrestler
- Dutchavelli (born 1993) â rapper
- Jessie Eden (1902âÂÂ1986) â Communist activist and trade union leader
- Duncan Edwards (1936âÂÂ1958) â footballer for Manchester United, one of the Busby Babes (died in Munich air disaster)
- Fabian Edwards (born 1993) â professional mixed martial artist, brother of Leon Edwards
- Leon Edwards (born 1991) â professional mixed martial artist, former UFC Welterweight Champion
- Rob Edwards (born 1982) â ex-footballer, current Manager for Luton Town F.C.
- Electribe 101 â electronic music group
- Hunt Emerson (born 1952) â cartoonist
- Ian Emes (born 1949) â animator
- Frederick Rowland Emett (1906âÂÂ1990) â cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor
- Jo Enright (born 1968) â actress and comedian
- Dan Evans (born 1990) â tennis player
- Niki Evans (born 1972) â singer
- Trevor Eve (born 1951) â actor
- Earl Falconer (born 1957) â bass player (UB40)
- Constance Amy Fall (1903âÂÂ1992) â nurse
- Frank Farrell (1947âÂÂ1997) â rock bassist and co-writer of "Moonlighting"
- Sid Field (1904âÂÂ1950) â comedian
- F1NN5TER (born 2000) - Twitch streamer
- Robert Firth (1887âÂÂ1966) â footballer and Real Madrid manager
- Philip Edward Fisher (born 1979) â musician
- Simon Fletcher (born 1948) â artist
- Sarah Florry (1744âÂÂ1843) â metal dealer
- Winston Foster (born 1941) â footballer
- Mark Frost (born 1968) â actor
- Kevin Francis (born 1967) â footballer
- Harry Freeman (1858âÂÂ1922) â music hall performer
- Edward Augustus Freeman (1823âÂÂ1892) â historian, architectural artist and liberal politician
- Fuzzbox â late-1980s girl band
GâÂÂM
- Sir Francis Galton (1822âÂÂ1911) â scientist; founder of eugenics
- Albert Gardner (1887âÂÂ1923) â footballer
- Mike Gayle (born 1970) â writer
- Helen George (born 1984) â actress
- Sam Gee (born 1992) â Rugby player
- GeoWizard (born 1990) â YouTuber
- Steve Gibbons (born 1941) â musician
- Colin Gibson (born 1960) â footballer
- Jon Gittens (1964âÂÂ2019) â footballer
- John Goldingay (born 1942) â theologian, currently a professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
- Jaki Graham (born 1956) â soul singer
- Jack Grealish (born 1995) â footballer
- Mark "Barney" Greenway (born 1969) â musician (Napalm Death)
- Tom Grosvenor (1908âÂÂ1972) â footballer
- George Dickinson Hadley (1908âÂÂ1984) â gastroenterologist
- Rob Halford (born 1951) â musician, Judas Priest
- Charlie Hall (1899âÂÂ1959) â actor; known for his work with Laurel and Hardy
- Alison Hammond (born 1975) â actress, television presenter
- Richard Hammond (born 1969) â television presenter
- John Hampson (1901âÂÂ1955) â novelist
- Hannah Hampton (born 2000) â football goalkeeper
- Tony Hancock (1924âÂÂ1968) â comedian and actor
- Ian Handysides (1962âÂÂ1990) â footballer
- Nic Harcourt (born 1957) â American radio personality
- Nick Harding (born 1969) â Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health
- David Harewood (born 1965) â actor
- Wally Harris (1900âÂÂ1933) â footballer
- Julia Hartley-Brewer (born 1968) â journalist and television panelist
- Norman Hassan (born 1958) â percussionist, UB40
- Phil Hawker (born 1962) â footballer
- William Haywood (1876âÂÂ1957) â architect, town planner, and secretary of Birmingham Civic Society
- John Hemming (born 1960) â Member of Parliament and businessman
- Lee Hendrie (born 1977) â Aston Villa, later Basford United F.C. midfielder
- Duane Henry (born 1985) â actor
- Michael Higgs (born 1962) â actor
- Ian Hill (born 1951) â musician
- Jacqueline Hill (1929âÂÂ1993) â actress
- David Hinds (born 1956) â rhythm guitarist and lead singer of Steel Pulse
- Ronzoni Hines â singer-songwriter
- Ken Hodge (born 1944) â National Hockey League player
- George Holyoake (1817âÂÂ1906) â reformer
- Jack Hood (1902âÂÂ1992) â boxer
- Martha Howe-Douglas (born 1980) â actress
- Dorothy Howell (1898âÂÂ1982) â musician
- Mr. Hudson (born 1979) â singer
- Alex Hughes (born 1971) â cartoonist
- David Hughes (1925âÂÂ1972) â operatic tenor
- Geoff Humpage (born 1954) â cricketer
- Al Hunter Ashton (1957âÂÂ2007) â actor
- Raymond Huntley (1904âÂÂ1990) â actor
- Millie Hylton (1870âÂÂ1920) â actress and male impersonator
- Kassem Ibadulla (born 1964) â cricketer
- Tony Iommi (born 1948) â guitarist (Black Sabbath) (the surname Iommi is not to be confused with the demonym Brummie)
- Jamelia (born 1981) â R&B singer
- Maureen Jennings (born 1939) â novelist
- Claudia Jessie (born 1990) â actress
- Seth Johnson (born 1979) â footballer, Derby
- Ann Jones (born 1938) â tennis player; former World No. 2, 8 Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon champion in 1969
- Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham (born 1955) â director-general of the Confederation of British Industry
- Felicity Jones (born 1983) â actress
- Geoffrey Jones â business historian
- John Jones (1858âÂÂ1937) â cricketer
- Justin Jones (born 1964) â musician
- Simon Huw Jones (born 1960) â musician and photographer
- Nikita Kanda (born 1995) â radio presenter and socialite
- Trish Keenan (1968âÂÂ2011) - musician (Broadcast)
- Ace Kefford (born 1946) â musician
- Mike Kellie (1947âÂÂ2017) â musician (Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones)
- David Kelly (born 1965) â Republic of Ireland footballer
- Albert Ketèlbey (1875âÂÂ1959) â composer
- Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817âÂÂ1894) â county court judge and noted strike arbitrator
- Guz Khan (born 1986) â comedian
- Jaykae (born 1991) â rapper
- Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 1942) â politician and television presenter
- John Andrew King (born 1964) â politician and singer
- Lorna Laidlaw (born 1963) â actress
- Denny Laine (born 1944) (Paul McCartney and Wings)
- Frederick W. Lanchester (1868âÂÂ1946) â maker of the first petrol-driven car in Britain
- Bunny Larkin (1936âÂÂ2025) â footballer
- Bob Latchford (born 1951) â footballer
- Dave Latchford (born 1949) â footballer
- Peter Latchford (born 1952) â footballer
- Ian Lavender (1946âÂÂ2024) â actor
- Alfred Law (1862âÂÂ1919) â Warwickshire cricketer and umpire
- Stewart Lee (born 1968) â comedian
- Vaughan Lee (born 1982) â ex-UFC fighter
- Russell Leetch (born 1982) â musician
- Joleon Lescott (born 1982) â footballer with Manchester City, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Adrian Lester (born 1968) â actor
- Dick Lilley (1866âÂÂ1929) â England and Warwickshire cricketer
- Letty Lind (1861âÂÂ1923) â actress and dancer
- John Lodge (born 1945) â musician
- Jane C. Loudon (1807âÂÂ1858) â writer of prose and verse and The Mummy
- Joseph Lucas (1834âÂÂ1902) â founder of Lucas Industries
- Joe Lycett (born 1988) â comedian
- Jeff Lynne (born 1947) â musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
- Clare Maguire (born 1988) â musician born in Solihull but a resident of London
- Nigel Mansell (born 1953) â sportsman, F1 and Indy Car driver, 1992 Formula One World Champion, 1993 Indy Car Series Champion
- Lee Mantle (1851âÂÂ1934) â U.S. Senator from Montana
- Sarah Manners (born 1975) â actress
- Tony Martin (born 1957) â musician (Black Sabbath)
- Eric Maschwitz (1901âÂÂ1969) â lyricist
- Herbert Mason (1891âÂÂ1960) â film director, producer, stage actor, stage manager, choreographer, and army officer in the First World War
- Hilary Mason (1917âÂÂ2006) â actor
- Nick Mason (born 1944) â musician (Pink Floyd); did not reside in Birmingham
- Robert McCracken (born 1968) â boxer, Commonwealth Middleweight champion, and World Title challenger
- Zena McNally (born 1979) â singer (Mis-Teeq)
- Christine McVie (1943âÂÂ2022) â musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- Gil Merrick (1922âÂÂ2010) â footballer and club manager
- Ken Miles (1918âÂÂ1966) â sports car racing driver, engineer
- Shazia Mirza â comedian
- Mist (born 1992) â rapper
- Callum Moloney (born late 20th Century) - musician
- Alan Moore (born 1950) â musician
- William Moore (1916âÂÂ2000) â actor
- Anisa Morridadi (born 1990) â social entrepreneur
- Everett Morton (1950âÂÂ2021) â drummer (The Beat)
- Henry Vollam Morton (1892âÂÂ1979) â journalist and travel writer
- Peter Mucklow (born 1949) â cricketer
- George Muntz (1794âÂÂ1857) â pioneering industrialist and MP
- Laura Mvula (born 1986) â singer-songwriter
- Stanley Myers (1930âÂÂ1993) â film music composer
- M1llionz (born 1997) â rapper
- Malkit Singh (born c. 1963) â Punjabi Bhangra singer
NâÂÂZ
Lived in or associated with Birmingham
- W. H. Auden (1907âÂÂ1973) â poet and author
- W. V. Awdry (1911âÂÂ1997) â author of The Railway Series
- Sir Granville Bantock (1868âÂÂ1946) â composer
- Connor Ball (born 1996) â bassist and singer (The Vamps)
- John Baskerville (1707âÂÂ1775) â printer and inventor of typefaces
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845âÂÂ1897) â first female shorthand teacher and reporter in England
- Emma Blackery (born 1991) â musician
- William Booth (1776âÂÂ1812) â forger
- John Bright (1811âÂÂ1889) â politician
- Herbert Tudor Buckland (1869âÂÂ1951) â architect
- Elihu Burritt (1810âÂÂ1879) â US consul to Birmingham
- Pogus Caesar (born 1953) â broadcaster and artist
- Jazzy B (born 1975) â Punjabi singer
- Joseph Chamberlain (1836âÂÂ1914) â politician, Mayor of Birmingham
- Bruce Chatwin (1940âÂÂ1989) â author
- Lee Child (born 1954) â author
- George Dawson (1821âÂÂ1876) â preacher
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859âÂÂ1930) â author of Sherlock Holmes
- John Boyd Dunlop (1840âÂÂ1921) â industrialist, built Fort Dunlop
- Leon Edwards (born 1991) â professional mixed martial artist (originally from Kingston, Jamaica)
- Lucy Edwards, disability rights activist, educator, and TikToker
- Rev. Richard Enraght (1837âÂÂ1898) â vicar, religious controversialist
- Allan Ford (born 1968) â soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Philippa Forrester (born 1968) â television presenter, attended Birmingham University
- Foji Gill â singer, music producer
- Joseph Gillott (1799âÂÂ1872) â industrialist
- Tommy Godwin (1920âÂÂ2012) â racing cyclist and Olympic medallist
- Ashia Hansen (born 1971) â track and field athlete
- James Hinks (1829âÂÂ1878) â bred the Bull Terrier dog
- William Ick (1800âÂÂ1844) â botanist
- Washington Irving (1783âÂÂ1859) â author
- Elizabeth "Tetty" Johnson (1689âÂÂ1752) â wife of Samuel Johnson
- John Joubert (1927âÂÂ2019) â South African-born composer
- Roi Kwabena (1956âÂÂ2008) â author
- Simon Le Bon (born 1958) â studied drama at the University of Birmingham before joining Duran Duran in 1980
- Louis MacNeice (1907âÂÂ1963) â poet
- Stuart Maconie (born 1961) â radio DJ and television presenter
- Jane Madders (c. 1909âÂÂ1990) â physiotherapist, educator and author
- Josiah Mason (1795âÂÂ1881) â industrialist and philanthropist
- Nigel Mansell (born 1953) â racing driver
- Cardinal Newman (1801âÂÂ1890) â theologian and founder of the English Oratory
- William McGregor (1846âÂÂ1911) â instrumental in forming the football league
- William Murdoch (1754âÂÂ1839) â inventor of gas lighting
- Bill Oddie (born 1941) â comedian and ornithologist
- John Peel (1939âÂÂ2004) â radio DJ
- Geoffrey Pernell (born 1971) â soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Joseph Priestley (1733âÂÂ1804) â chemist and dissenting clergyman
- Sir Simon Rattle (born 1955) â conductor of CBSO 1980âÂÂ1998
- John Ray (1627âÂÂ1705) â "Father of English natural history"
- Sir Peter Rigby (born 1943) â entrepreneur
- Mary Rollason (1764/5âÂÂ1835) â steel toy maker and businesswoman
- Kevin Rowland (born 1953) â singer (Dexys Midnight Runners), formed in Birmingham
- Frank Skinner (born 1957) â comedian
- Mike Skinner (born 1979) â musician (The Streets)
- Meera Syal (born 1961) â actor, writer
- Dave Swarbrick (1941âÂÂ2016) â musician
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892âÂÂ1973) â author
- Joshua Toulmin (1740âÂÂ1815) â non-conformist preacher
- Ruby Turner (born 1958) â singer (originally from Montego Bay, Jamaica)
- UB 40 â Reggae group
- James Watt (1736âÂÂ1819) â inventor and member of the Lunar Society
- Una White (1938/9âÂÂ1997) â subject of public art-work
- William Withering (1741âÂÂ1799) â doctor, discoverer of digitalis
- Victoria Wood (1953âÂÂ2016) â actress
- John Skirrow Wright (1822âÂÂ1880) â social improver
- Alastair Yates (1952âÂÂ2018) â radio and television presenter
- Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) â Pakistani activist
- Lauren Zhang (born 2001) â pianist (winner of BBC Young Musician 2018) (originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America)
- Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami (born 1977) - Award-winning Humanitarian based in Birmingham
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