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This is a list of notable people from what is now the county of [[Merseyside]], including those from the city of [[Liverpool]] and surrounding areas.

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== A ==
* [[Jacqui Abbott]]: singer with [[the Beautiful South]]
* [[Gary Ablett (English footballer)|Gary Ablett]] (1965–2012): footballer, [[FA Cup]] winner with both [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]] 
* [[Cyril Abraham]]: creator and writer of ''[[The Onedin Line]]''
* [[Jake Abraham]]: actor
* [[Derek Acorah]]: radio psychic and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derekacorah.com/Biography.html |title=Biography |website=The Official Derek Acorah Website |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Alan A'Court]]: footballer represented [[England national football team]] in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[John Aldridge]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland international]]
* [[Ernest Alexander]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Jean Alexander]]: actress, played Hilda Ogden on the long-running soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and Auntie Wainwright in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Jean Alexander, actress |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-jean-alexander-actress-1464697 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[Trent Alexander-Arnold]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[Real Madrid CF]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Peter Anthony Allen|Peter Allen]]: (1943–1964): who along with his accomplice Gwynn Owen Evens became the last person legally executed in the United Kingdom
* [[Nicky Allt]]: [[playwright]]
* [[Marc Almond]]: singer-songwriter
* [[Jeannette Altwegg]]: figure skater, [[1952 Winter Olympics]] [[gold medal]]list, brought up in Liverpool from the age of two
* [[Chris Amoo]]: singer-songwriter, [[the Real Thing (British band)|the Real Thing]], the most successful black rock/soul act in England during the 1970s
* [[Charles Anderson (VC)|Charles Anderson]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolcapitalofculture2008.co.uk/index.php?page=Scousers |title= Notable, Famous & Infamous Scousers |website=Liverpool Arts and Culture |date=14 July 2006 |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812100645/http://www.liverpoolcapitalofculture2008.co.uk/index.php?page=Scousers |archive-date=12 August 2010}}</ref>
* [[Freya Anderson]]: swimmer, gold medallist in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Rupert Anderson]]: footballer, Merseyside's first [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Martyn Andrews]]: TV presenter, journalist, singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intravelmag.com/intravel/interview/interview-with-tv-host-martyn-andrews|title=Interview with TV Host Martyn Andrews|first=Nate|last=Marcus|work=inTravel Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Michael Angelis]]: actor, played TV roles such as Lucien Boswell in ''[[The Liver Birds]]'', Chrissie Todd in ''[[Boys from the Black Stuff]]'' and as narrator of ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weston |first1=Alan |title=Shock at sudden death of actor Michael Angelis at age of 68 |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/shock-sudden-death-liverpool-actor-18337648 |website=[[Liverpool Echo]] |access-date=13 April 2022 |date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Paul Angelis]]: actor, most famous for playing [[Ringo Starr|Ringo]] in [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]'' and Karageorge in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''
* [[Richard Ansdell]] (1815–1885): artist
* [[John Archer (British politician)|John Archer]] (1863–1932): first black mayor in London (Battersea)
* [[Jimmy Ashcroft]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[April Ashley]] (1935–2021): transsexual rights campaigner
* [[Rick Astley]] (born 1966): pop singer 
* [[Arthur Askey]] (1900–1982): comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpictures.com/stars/Askey.htm |title=Arthur Askey (1900 - 1982) |website=Star Archive |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527234058/http://www.britishpictures.com/stars/Askey.htm |archive-date=27 May 2010}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Aspinall (engineer)|John Aspinall]] (1851–1937): engineer in the design of locomotives 
* [[Neil Aspinall]] (1941–2008): music executive of [[Apple Corps]] and managing director of [[Apple Records]]
* [[Ian Astbury]] (born 1962): musician, singer-songwriter in the rock band [[the Cult]], lead singer in the American rock band [[Manzarek–Krieger|the Doors of the 21st Century]]
* [[James Atherton (founder of New Brighton)|James Atherton]] (1770–1838): Liverpool merchant, promoter of [[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]]'s urban development, founder of [[New Brighton, Merseyside|New Brighton]]    
* [[Peter Atherton (manufacturer)|Peter Atherton]] (1741–1799): engineer, inventor, and cotton machinery manufacturer 
* [[Blanche Atkinson]] (1847–1911): novelist and author of children's books
* [[Graham Atkinson]] (1943–2017): footballer, brother of [[Ron Atkinson]]
* [[R. Frank Atkinson]] (1869–1923): architect
* [[Ron Atkinson]] (born 1939): footballer, manager of [[Manchester United F.C.]], [[Atlético Madrid]] and [[Aston Villa F.C.]]
* [[Frederick Attock]] (1846–1902): the first president and founder of Newton Heath L&YR F.C. that later became [[History of Manchester United F.C. (1878–1945)|Manchester United F.C.]]

== B ==
* [[Lilian Bader]] (1918–2015): one of the first black women to join the [[British Armed Forces]]
* [[John Bailey (footballer, born 1957)|John Bailey]] (born 1957): footballer, [[Everton F.C.]]
* Dame [[Beryl Bainbridge]] (1932–2010): writer, nominated several times for the [[Booker Prize]]
* [[James Baines (merchant)|James Baines]] (1822–1889): [[ship-owner]] founder of [[James Baines & Co.]] that operated some of the most famous [[clipper]] ships at the time
* [[Leighton Baines]] (born 1984): footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Anna, Lady Barlow]] (1873–1965): [[suffragette]]
* [[Frederick Barrett]] (1883–1931): [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] survivor
* [[Tony Barrow]] (1936–2016): music manager of [[the Kinks]], [[the Bee Gees]], [[Bay City Rollers]], and others
* [[Charles Alfred Bartlett]] (1868–1945): captain of [[White Star Line]] ship [[HMHS Britannic|HMHS ''Britannic'']], the largest ship lost in [[World War I]] and the worlds largest sunken passenger ship
* [[Cream (nightclub)|James Barton]]: founder of [[Cream (nightclub)|Cream]] and [[Creamfields]], president of [[electronic dance music]] at [[Live Nation Entertainment]]
* [[Joe Baker]] (1940–2003): footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Tom Baker]] (born 1934): actor, had lead role in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the 1970s and 1980s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/index.html |title=Baker, Tom (1936–) Biography |publisher=screenonline |date=20 January 1936 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[David Balfe]]: musician and record company executive, produced [[Britpop]] band [[Blur (band)|Blur]] on is label [[Food Records]]
* [[John Ball (golfer)|John Ball]]: golfer, [[the Open Championship]] winner, inducted into the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]], a [[blue plaque]] at [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]
* [[Matthew Ball (dancer)|Matthew Ball]]: principal dancer with [[the Royal Ballet]]
* [[Michael Ball (footballer)|Michael Ball]]: footballer, [[Rangers F.C.]], [[PSV Eindhoven]] and [[England international]]
* [[Nick Ball (boxer)|Nick Ball]]: boxer, [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] [[featherweight]] champion
* [[Shirley Ballas]]: ballroom dancer and TV personality
* [[Billy Balmer]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]], brother of [[Everton F.C.]] footballer [[Bob Balmer]]
* [[Jack Balmer]]: footballer [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Leslie Banks]] (1890–1952): actor
* [[Harmood Banner]] (1782–1865): founder of Liverpool Society of Chartered Accountants and the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]]
* [[Paul Barber (actor)|Paul Barber]]: actor who played [[Denzil Tulser]] in ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''
* [[Clive Barker]]: author, director and visual artist
* [[Ross Barkley]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Anthony Barry (footballer)|Anthony Barry]]: footballer, assistant manager of the [[England national football team]]
* [[Joey Barton]]: footballer
* [[Hogan Bassey]]: boxer, the first man of Nigerian descent to become a boxing champion, winning the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] featherweight title
* Sir [[Percy Bates]] (1879–1946): chairman of [[Cunard-White Star Line]] who oversaw the launch of the {{RMS|Queen Mary}} and {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} - also oversaw the [[RMS Laconia (1921)|RMS ''Laconia'']] the first continuous circumnavigation of the world by passenger liner later dubbed the first [[world cruise]] (the sinking of the RMS ''Laconia'' gave rise to the [[Laconia incident|''Laconia'' incident]] during the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]) 
* [[Margaret Beavan]]: politician
* [[Peter Beckett]]: musician, singer-songwriter who had a number-one hit in the US with "[[Baby Come Back (Player song)|Baby Come Back]]"
* [[Richard Beddows]]: recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]] in the [[American Civil War]]
* Sir [[Thomas Beecham]] (1879–1961): conductor and [[impresario]]
* [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]]: actor in ''[[Prime Suspect]]'', ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' and ''[[Wish You Were Here (1987 film)|Wish You Were Here]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Tony Bellew]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[cruiserweight (boxing)|cruiserweight]] champion
* [[John Bellingham]] (1769–1812): Liverpool merchant and resident, who assassinated [[Spencer Perceval]] the only [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|British prime minister to be assassinated]] he was immediately restrained and identified by [[Isaac Gascoyne]] MP for Liverpool
* [[Mitch Benn]]: comedian and songwriter, known for his work on BBC Radio 2 and 4<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mitchbenn.com/latest-news/archive/search/?search=accent |title=Planet of the Vin Diesel Box-sets |website=Mitch Benn |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714102721/http://www.mitchbenn.com/latest-news/archive/search/?search=accent |archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[James Theodore Bent]]: explorer [[archaeologist]], and author
* [[Arthur Berry (footballer)|Arthur Berry]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]] won [[gold medal]] in the 1908 and 1912 summer Olympics
* [[Henry Berry (engineer)|Henry Berry]] (1719–1812): engineer of the [[Sankey Canal]], Britain's first canal of the [[Industrial Revolution]] 
* [[John Best (soccer)|John Best]]: footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASL–John Best |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/B/Best.John.htm |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}</ref> 
* [[Leanne Best]]: actress
* [[Pete Best]]: early member of [[the Beatles]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merseycats.com/Pete-Best.html |title=Pete Best"<!-- The single quote mark is in the original --> - the Legendary Fifth Beatle |website=Merseycats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409044812/http://www.merseycats.com/Pete-Best.html |archive-date=9 April 2009}}</ref>
* [[John Bibby (businessman)|John Bibby]] (1775–1840): founder of the [[Bibby Line]], the oldest independently owned shipping and maritime operations company
* [[Wayne Bickerton]] (1941–2015): music executive, record producer, songwriter and former chairman of [[SESAC]]
* [[John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey]]: jurist and politician, known for heading the British inquiry into the sinking of the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] the {{RMS|Lusitania}} and the {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}}
* [[Jonathan Binns]] (1747–1818): English Quaker and abolitionist who was one of only two signatories from Liverpool who signed a 1783 parliamentary petition calling for the abolition of slavery
* [[Dyan Birch]]: singer, who had chart success with pop group [[Arrival (band)|Arrival]] and [[Soul music|soul]] group [[Kokomo (band)|Kokomo]]
* [[The Liverbirds|Pamela Birch]]: singer-songwriter, member of [[the Liverbirds]], one of the first [[all-female band]]s
* [[John Birt]]: former director general of the [[BBC]], member of the [[House of Lords]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Minute Office, House of Lords |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/minutes/000307/ldminute.htm |title=House of Lords: Minutes of Proceedings: Die Martis 7° Martii 2000 |website=www.parliament.uk |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[John Bishop]]: comedian, presenter and actor 
* [[James Gordon Partridge Bisset|Sir James Bisset]]: second officer of the [[Cunard Line]] ship {{RMS|Carpathia}} that rescued 705 ''[[Titanic]]'' survivors, captain of both {{RMS|Queen Mary}} and {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} that delivered 447,777 troops to various theatres of conflict during [[WWII]]
* [[Cilla Black]] (1943–2015): singer, TV presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cillablack.com/biog.htm |title=Biography |website=Cilla Black Official Website |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204104824/http://www.cillablack.com/biog.htm |archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref>
* [[Grey Blake]]: film actor
* [[Alan Bleasdale]]: radio, stage and screen writer 
* [[Gary Bleasdale]]: actor and playwright{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Chris Boardman]]: cyclist, [[gold medal]]list at the 1992 Olympics and founder of [[Boardman Bikes]]
* [[Stan Boardman]]: comedian
* [[Phil Boersma]]: footballer
* [[Jean Boht]]: actress
* Sir [[Alfred Allen Booth|Alfred Booth]]: shipping magnate, founder of [[Alfred Booth and Company]], father of TV producer [[Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Baronet]] and grandfather of [[Douglas Allen Booth]]
* [[Angela Elizabeth Booth]]: eugenicist and politician
* [[Charles Booth (philanthropist)|Charles Booth]]: pioneer in social research, a [[blue plaque]] marks his former home at [[Grenville Place]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booth.lse.ac.uk/static/a/2.html#iv |title=Charles Booth (1840–1916) – a biography |website=Charles Booth Online Archive |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821120042/http://booth.lse.ac.uk/static/a/2.html#iv |archive-date=21 August 2009}}</ref>
* [[Henry Booth]] (1788–1869): inventor, founder and treasurer of the first steam railway conducting both scheduled passenger service and freight ([[Broad Green railway station]], opened in 1830 is the oldest operating station and [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Lime Street railway station]] is the first Grand Terminus Mainline [[train station]] in the world 
* [[Lewis Booth (businessman)|Lewis Booth]]: executive vice-president at the [[Ford Motor Company]], director of [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]]
* [[Antony Booth|Tony Booth]] (1931–2017): actor and father of [[Cherie Booth]], played Mike Rawlins in the sitcom ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]''
* [[Napoleon III|Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte]] (1801–1873): founded the [[Second French Empire]] in (1852–1870) as Emperor Napoleon III, lived in [[Lord Street, Southport|Southport]] in 1846
* Lord [[Ian Botham]]: cricketer
* [[Stanley Boughey]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Adrian Boult|Sir Adrian Boult]] (1889–1983): conductor, brought up in a family connected to the Liverpool shipping and oil trade 
* [[Roy Boulter]]: drummer in [[the Farm (British band)|the Farm]] and co-founder of [[Hurricane Films]]
* [[Braaq]] (1971–1997): painter
* [[Eddie Braben]]: comedy writer and performer
* [[Charles Brabin]] (1882–1957): film director
* [[Paul Bracewell]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Kyran Bracken]]: [[rugby union]] player, member of England [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] winning team, brought up in Liverpool
* [[Bessie Braddock]]: Labour politician, represented Liverpool electorate of Exchange for 24 years
* [[Doug Bradley]]: actor, best known as [[Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead]] from his best friend Clive Barker's ''[[Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser]]'' films
* [[Harry Bradshaw (footballer, born 1873)|Harry Bradshaw]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] first ever [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Marcel Braithwaite]]: boxer, former [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] champion
* [[Henry Arthur Bright]] (1830–1884): [[ship-owner|owner]] of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s iron ship [[SS Great Britain|SS ''Great Britain'']], which made its maiden voyage across the Atlantic in July 1845 starting from Liverpool
* [[Stan Brittain]]: cyclist, Olympic silver medallist
* [[Bernard Beryl Brodie]] (1907–1989): considered by many to be the founder of modern [[pharmacology]]
* [[John Alexander Brodie]] (1858–1934): engineer of the [[Queensway Tunnel]], then the longest underwater road tunnel, also invented goal nets for football matches
* [[Maurice Brodie]] (1903–1939): [[virologist]] who developed a [[polio vaccine]] in 1935, brother of [[Bernard Beryl Brodie]]
* [[Tom Bromilow]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Jack Brooks (lyricist)|Jack Brooks]]: songwriter of "[[That's Amore]]" a hit single for [[Dean Martin]] in 1953
* [[Robbie Brookside]]: wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/robbie-brookside.html |title=Wrestler Profiles: Robbie 'Wildcat' Brookside |website=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130075622/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/robbie-brookside.html |archive-date=30 January 2010}}</ref>
* [[John Brophy (writer)|John Brophy]]: author of over 40 books; some adapted to film
* [[Ian Broudie]]: singer-songwriter with the [[Lightning Seeds]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/ian-broudie |title=Who is Ian Broudie? |website=[[Answers.com|Answers]] |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Faith Brown]]: comedian, singer, and actress
* [[Tom Brown (center fielder)|Tom Brown]]: [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">{{cite book |editor-last=Reichler |editor-first=Joseph L. |title=The Baseball Encyclopedia |orig-year=1969 |edition=4th |year=1979 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=0-02-578970-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic}}</ref>
* Sir [[Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill|William Brown]] (1784–1864): [[bank]]er, founder of [[Brown Shipley]], partner in family firm [[Alex. Brown & Sons]] the first [[Investment banking|investment bank]] in the United States
* [[Tyias Browning]]: footballer, [[Shanghai Port F.C.]] and [[China national football team|China international]]
* [[David Brownlow, Baron Brownlow of Shurlock Row]]: member of the [[House of Lords]]
* [[Henry Brunner]] (1838–1916): [[chemist]] and businessman, director of [[Brunner Mond]]
* [[Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet]] (1842–1919): industrialist and politician, co-founded [[Brunner Mond]] and [[Imperial Chemical Industries]]
* [[Neil Buchanan]]: TV presenter/producer best known for presenting ''[[Art Attack]]''<ref>{{cite web|first=Greg |last=Taylor |url=http://www.hitentertainment.com/artattack/meetneil.html |title=Meet Neil |website=[[HIT Entertainment]] |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726001952/http://www.hitentertainment.com/artattack/meetneil.html |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[William Buddicom]] (1816–1887): pioneer railway engineer
* [[Irvine Bulloch]] (1842–1898): [[Confederate States Navy]] officer on the {{ship|CSS|Alabama}}, the most successful [[commerce raiding]] ship in maritime history
* [[James Dunwoody Bulloch]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] foreign agent based in Liverpool during the [[American Civil War]], uncle of US President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
* [[David Burke (British actor)|David Burke]]: actor, played [[Doctor Watson|Watson]] in early episodes of [[Granada Television|Granada's]] ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
* [[Andy Burnham]]: politician, [[Member of Parliament]]
* [[Pete Burns]] (1959–2016): singer-songwriter, founder of [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]
* [[Tommy Burns (diver)|Tommy Burns]] (1868―1897): diver, who achieved fame in the 1800s by diving off structures
* [[Malandra Burrows]]: actress born in [[Woolton]], played Kathy Glover in ''[[Emmerdale]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malandraburrows.com/ |title=Malandra Burrows |website=MalandraBurrows.com |date=4 November 1965 |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023539/http://www.malandraburrows.com/ |archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[Frank Bustard]]: shipping pioneer, founder of the [[Atlantic Steam Navigation Company]], pioneered the first [[roll-on/roll-off]] ferry service
* [[Josephine Butler]] (1828–1906): social reformer of women's rights, [[women's suffrage]] leader [[Millicent Fawcett]] hailed her as "the most distinguished Englishwoman of the nineteenth century", lived in Liverpool 1866–1882
* [[Angela Buxton]]: tennis player
* [[Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)|Gerry Byrne]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], and England's winning [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] squad

== C ==
* [[Melanie C]]: singer-songwriter, (also known as Sporty Spice) from the [[Spice Girls]], brought up in [[Rainhill]] before moving to Widnes<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/melanie-c-full-spice-life-22781486 | title=Melanie full of spice and wants album to empower others to strive for dreams | date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Cain (boxer)|Andrew Cain]]: boxer, [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] champion 
* [[Ian Callaghan]]: footballer, Liverpool F.C. most appearances record holder and one of only three Englishman to win the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics|European Cup]]
* [[Bobby Campbell (English footballer)|Bobby Campbell]]: footballer
* [[Jane Maud Campbell]] (1869–1947): librarian and early advocate for multiculturalism 
* [[Ramsey Campbell]]: novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Ramsey_Campbell|title=Ramsey Campbell – Summary Bibliography|publisher=Isfdb.org|date=4 January 1946|access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[George Q. Cannon]]: first counselor, [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], and congressman for the State of Utah
* [[Larry Carberry]]: footballer
* [[Mary Birkett Card]] (1774–1817): abolitionist and feminist poet
* [[W. D. Caröe]]: architect
* [[Jamie Carragher]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]] and [[Sky Sports]] football commentator
* [[Nathan Carter]]: Anglo-Irish country singer
* [[Jesse Carver]] (1911–2003): footballer, manager of [[Juventus FC]] winning the [[Serie A]] breaking the dominance of [[Turin]] city rivals [[Torino FC]] after the 1949 [[Superga air disaster]]
* [[Jimmy Case]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] won three [[UEFA Champions League|European cups]]
* [[Howie Casey]]: musician
* [[Kim Cattrall]]: actress, played Samantha Jones in ''[[Sex and the City]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Jimmy Cauty]]: musician, artist and record producer, co-founder of electronic band [[the KLF]] with [[Bill Drummond]]
* Sir [[James Chadwick]] (1891–1974): won the Nobel Prize for physics for discovery of the neutron 
* [[Richard Chaffers]] (1731–1765): manufacturer of [[Liverpool porcelain]]
* [[Craig Charles]]: actor, TV presenter
* [[Niamh Charles]]: footballer, [[Women's Super League]] player 
* [[Peter Charles]]: [[equestrian sports|equestrian]], [[show jumping]] British team winning gold medallist at the [[2012 Olympic games]]
* [[Noel Godfrey Chavasse]]: the only person awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] twice in [[WWI]]
* [[Keith Chegwin|Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin]]: TV presenter, brother of [[Janice Long]]{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine|Walter Citrine]] (1887–1983): leading twentieth-century [[trade union]]ist who was in [[The Black Book (list)|The Black Book]]
* [[Abbey Clancy]]: lingerie and catwalk model and TV presenter, married to footballer [[Peter Crouch]]
* [[Emma Clarke (footballer)|Emma Clarke]] (1876–1905): considered to be the first known black woman footballer in Britain
* [[John Clayton (rugby union)|John Clayton]] (1848–1924): [[rugby union]], [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool F.C.]], founded in 1857, the oldest open rugby club
* [[Stephen Clemence]]: footballer, the son of England international [[Ray Clemence]]
* [[Fred E. Cliffe]]: songwriter
* [[Anne Clough]] (1820–1892): [[suffragette]]
* [[Connor Coady]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[George A. Cobham Jr.]] (1825–1864): [[Brevet (military)|brevet brigadier general]] in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Ross Cohen (director)|Ross Cohen]]: film director and producer, based in [[Los Angeles, California]]
* [[Tony Coleman]]: footballer
* [[Sir Mark Collet, 1st Baronet]] (1816–1905): banker
* [[Frank Collins (musician)|Frank Collins]]: who had chart success with pop group [[Arrival (band)|Arrival]] and [[Soul music|Soul]] group [[Kokomo (band)|Kokomo]]
* [[Lewis Collins]]: actor
* [[Jodie Comer]]: actress, played [[Villanelle (character)|Villanelle]] in ''[[Killing Eve]]''
* [[Tommy Comerford]]: [[Gangs in Liverpool|Liverpool Mafia boss]]
* [[John Connelly (footballer, born 1938)|John Connelly]]: footballer, member of [[England national football team|England]] [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] winning team
* [[William Connolly (VC)|William Connolly]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[John Conteh]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[light heavyweight]] champion
* [[John Horton Conway]]: mathematician active in combinatorial game theory<ref>{{Cite web |last=J J O'Connor and E F Robertson |date=2004 |title=John Conway – Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Conway/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=MacTutor History of Mathematics}}</ref>
* [[Brian Cooke]]: comedy writer known for creating sitcoms ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'', ''[[Man About the House]]'', ''[[George and Mildred]]'', ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]'' and ''[[Keep It in the Family (1980 TV series)|Keep it in the Family]]'' 
* [[Johnny Cooke]]: boxer, former British and Commonwealth [[welterweight]] champion
* [[Martin Cooper (musician)|Martin Cooper]]: musician and artist
* [[Kenneth Cope]]: actor
* [[Steve Coppell]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Richard Corbett]]: Labour MEP and leader of the UK Labour Party in the [[European Parliament]]
* [[Elvis Costello]]: singer-songwriter and record producer, inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|id=mn0000058549|tab=biography|label=Elvis Costello|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Harry Cotterell]]: trader, chairman of African Association, Ltd.
* [[Frank Cottrell-Boyce]]: screenwriter, novelist, actor
* [[Gabriel Coury]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* Sir [[Henry Coward]] (1849–1944): pioneer [[choral]] master conductor
* [[Alex Cox]]: film director<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexcox.com/cv.htm |title= Résumé / CV |website=AlexCox.com: Website |access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330082802/http://www.alexcox.com/cv.htm |archive-date=30 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jack Cox (footballer)|Jack Cox]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Michael Cox (singer)|Michael Cox]]: singer and actor best known for his 1960 top-ten hit [[Angela Jones]]
* Sir [[Tony Cragg|Anthony Douglas Cragg]]: [[sculptor]], winner of the [[Turner Prize]]
* [[Daniel Craig]]: film actor, most famous for playing [[James Bond]], brought up in Merseyside town [[Hoylake]] and Liverpool
* [[Tony Crane (musician)|Tony Crane]]: musician, co-founder of [[the Merseybeats]]
* [[Walter Crane]] (1845–1915): illustrator
* [[Peter Craven]]: [[motorcycle racer]], two-time winner on the [[Speedway World Championship]]
* [[Aaron Cresswell]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Julian Creus]]: [[weightlifter]], Olympic medallist
* [[Charles Crichton]]: film director
* [[John Cropper]] (1797–1874): shipping magnate, attended the [[World Anti-Slavery Convention]] in 1840
* [[Will Cuff]]: football manager, league and FA cup winning manager of [[Everton F.C.]] and holds the record for the most wins in a [[Merseyside derby]]
* [[Peter Culshaw]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Union|WBU]] and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] [[flyweight]] champion
* [[Steve Cummings]]: [[racing cyclist]], Olympic medallist
* [[Edwina Currie]]: member of Parliament, government minister and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edwina.currie.co.uk/html/general_info.htm|title=Edwina Currie's Website|publisher=Edwina.currie.co.uk|access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Chris Curtis (musician)|Chris Curtis]]: drummer and singer, known for being in [[Beat music|Merseybeat]] band [[the Searchers (band)|the Searchers]], originated the concept behind [[rock band]] [[Deep Purple]]
* [[Dick Cuthell]]: musician and record producer, best known for his work with [[the Specials]], [[recording engineer]] for [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]], played horns on Marley and the Wailers' ''[[Exodus (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Exodus]]''

== D ==
* [[Bill Davies (golfer)|Bill Davies]] (1892–1967): golfer, member of the [[1933 Ryder Cup]] team
* [[George Davies (retailer)|George Davies]] (born 1941): fashion designer<ref>{{cite news|first=Dawn |last=Collinson |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/capital-of-culture/capital-of-culture-liverpool-news/2008/05/14/fashion-icon-george-davies-i-m-scouse-and-proud-of-it-100252-20907592/ |title=News – Capital of Culture – News – Fashion icon George Davies: I'm Scouse and proud of it! |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Brandon Daord]] (born 1997): boxer, [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] [[super flyweight]] champion 
* Dame [[Jean Davies]] (1909–1996): director of the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] and the fight against German [[U-boat]] ''[[U-534]]'' in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] - this victory paved the way for over 1.2 million United States soldiers pass through Liverpool during World War II - this figure represents a significant portion of the approximate 4.7 million troops who used the port to prepare for the invasion of Europe 
* [[Robbie Davies Jr.]]: boxer, former British, Commonwealth, and European champion
* [[Saul Davies]]: musician, best known as a member of the rock band [[James (band)|James]]
* [[Terence Davies]] (1945–2023): film director
* [[Paul Dawber]]: actor, ''[[Neighbours]]'', ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons & Daughters]]'', ''[[The Novelist]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Matt Dawson]]: [[rugby union]] player, member of England's winning [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] team
* [[Dixie Dean]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]], [[List of footballers in England by number of league goals|scored second most goals in English league play]]
* [[Carol Decker]]: singer-songwriter, lead vocalist with [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carol-Decker-TPau/162367781742?v=info |title=Niet compatibele browser |publisher=Facebook |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Les Dennis]]: comedian, TV quiz show host (''[[Family Fortunes]]'') and actor
* [[Jazza Dickens]]: boxer, [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] (interim) [[super featherweight]] champion 
* [[Michael Dixon (umpire)|Michael Dixon]]: cricket umpire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9576/9576.html|title=Profile: Michael Dixon|website=CricketArchive|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref>
* [[Lottie Dod]]: tennis player, five-time winner of [[List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions|Wimbledon Ladies Championship]]
* Sir [[Ken Dodd]] (1927–2018): comedian, singer and actor
* [[Tony Dodson]]: boxer, former British [[super middleweight]] champion
* [[Cyril Done]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Arthur Dooley]]: artist and sculptor
* [[Brian Dooley (writer)|Brian Dooley]]: writer of ''[[The Smoking Room]]''
* [[Terry Doran]] (1939–2020): music executive, manager of [[Grapefruit (band)|Grapefruit]], [[Mary Hopkin]], [[Apple Records]], oversaw the launch of [[James Taylor|James Taylor's]] career and well as notable artists [[Billy Preston]], [[Badfinger]], [[Doris Troy]], [[Ronnie Spector]] and [[Jackie Lomax]]
* [[James Francis Doyle]]: architect
* [[Ryan Doyle]]: two-time [[freerunning]] champion
* [[John Fraser Drummond]]: [[WWII]] [[flying ace]]
* [[Victoria Drummond]] (1894–1978): first female marine engineer for the [[Blue Funnel Line]] and its associated company [[Ocean Group plc]]
* [[Toni Duggan]]: footballer
* [[Geoff Duke]]: multiple [[Isle of Man TT]] winner and Motor Grand Prix road racing champion
* [[Aynsley Dunbar]]: musician, drummer, inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of American rock band [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
* [[William Henry Duncan]] (1805–1863): Britain's first [[Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)|chief medical officer]]
* [[Paul Du Noyer]]: music journalist and author of ''Liverpool: Wondrous Place''<ref name="drowned">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4693/reviews/5496|title=Paul Du Noyer – Liverpool:Wondrous Place|publisher=drownedinsound.com|access-date=30 October 2011|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020025107/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4693/reviews/5496|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Hilary Dwyer]]: actor and film producer
* [[Martin Dwyer]]: [[Epsom Derby]] winning flat racing jockey, competed at [[Aintree Racecourse]] and [[Haydock Park Racecourse]]
* [[Franklin Dyall]]: actor and film director, ''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]'' (1929 film)

== E ==
* [[William Earle (British Army officer)|William Earle]] (1833–1885): British Army officer
* [[Bill Eckersley]]: footballer, represented the [[England national football team]] in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[Taron Egerton]]: actor
* [[Lawrence Anderson Ellerbeck]] (1874–1963): photographer
* [[Gordon Ellis]] (1920–1978): maritime artist<ref name="TIB">{{cite book |last1=Tibbles |first1=Anthony |title=A Dictionary of Liverpool Ship Portraitists and Marine Artists |date=2023 |publisher=[[Liverpool University Press]] |isbn=9781837646524 |page=28}}</ref>
* [[Peter Ellis (architect)|Peter Ellis]] (1805–1884): British architect, inventor of the [[paternoster lift]] and pioneer of early [[skyscraper]]s 
* [[Jennifer Ellison]]: actress
* [[Fred Emney]]: comic actor
* [[Brian Epstein]] (1934–1967): member of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2014 as manager of [[the Beatles]]
* [[Terry Etim]]: former UFC fighter
* [[Arthur Evans (VC)|Arthur Evans]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* Sir [[Charles Evans (mountaineer)|Charles Evans]] (1918–1995): mountaineer
* [[Mal Evans]] (1935–1976): road manager for [[the Beatles]], [[record producer|producer]] for rock band [[Badfinger]]
* [[Roy Evans]]: footballer, manager of [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Shaun Evans]]: actor, played Morse in the [[ITV Studios|ITV]] series, ''[[Endeavour (TV series)|Endeavour]]''
* [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]] (1947–1983): musician, singer and songwriter, member of [[Badfinger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomevans.info/|title=Tom Evans Badfinger Iveys tomevans.info|work=tomevans.info|access-date=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216012857/http://www.tomevans.info/|archive-date=16 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Everett]] (1944–1995): radio and TV broadcaster and comic entertainer
* [[William Ewart (British politician)|William Ewart]] (1798–1869): pioneer of the idea of [[blue plaque]]s

== F ==
* [[Joe Fagan]] (1921–2001): footballer, assistant coach for twenty-seven years under [[Bill Shankly]] and [[Bob Paisley]], first manager to win three major competitions in one season including the [[1984 European Cup final]]
* [[Joe Fagin]]: singer and songwriter 
* [[David Fairclough]] (born 1957): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], one of the six Liverpool-born players to win the [[1977 European Cup Final]] and [[1978 European Cup Final]]
* [[Emily Fairn]] (born 1998): actor
* [[William Fawcett (engineer)|William Fawcett]] (1763–1844): engineer who commissioned the ''[[William Fawcett (paddle steamer)|William Fawcett]]'' paddle steamer, the first ship operated by [[P&O (company)|P&O shipping line]], and the {{SS|Royal William}}, the first primarily steam-powered crossing of the Atlantic
* [[John Fay (writer)|John Fay]] (born 1964): TV scriptwriter and playwright
* [[Leslie Fenton]] (1902–1978): actor and [[film director]]
* [[Rebecca Ferguson (singer)|Rebecca Ferguson]] (born 1986): singer-songwriter
* [[Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti]] (1864–1930): inventor and founder of [[Ferranti]] which built and produced the [[Ferranti Mark 1]], the first commercially available general purpose electronic computer and the 1956 [[Ferranti Pegasus]] which is the second oldest surviving computer, the [[electrical engineering]] pioneer built the first modern power station in the world at [[Deptford Power Station]]
* [[Rocky Fielding]] (born 1987): boxer, former [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] (regular) [[super middleweight]] champion
* [[Luke Fildes]] (1843–1927): painter, a [[blue plaque]] marks his former home, [[Woodland House]]
* [[Neil Fitzmaurice]]: actor
* [[Frederick Fleet]] (1887–1965): British sailor, ''[[Titanic]]'' crewman and survivor who sighted the iceberg
* [[The Easybeats|Gordon Snowy Fleet]]: drummer inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Easybeats]]
* [[Tommy Fleetwood]]: golfer
* [[Robert Flemyng]]: actor
* [[George Forrester and Company|George Forrester]]: marine engineer for ships including the SS ''Liverpool'' and the [[steam frigate]] ''[[Nemesis (1839)|Nemesis]]'', the first British ocean-going [[Ironclad warship|iron warship]] 
* [[Helen Forrester]]: author, wrote about her childhood from privileged child to slum kid in Liverpool in the 1930s (including ''Tuppence to Cross the Mersey'') 
* Sir [[William Bower Forwood]]: [[lord mayor of Liverpool]], director of the [[Cunard Line]] and the [[Bank of Liverpool]]
* [[John Foster (architect, born 1786)|John Foster]]: surveyor to the Corporation of Liverpool and designer of notable buildings in the city
* [[Bill Foulkes]] (1932–2013): footballer, one of only two players to survive the [[Munich air disaster]] and went on to win the [[1968 European Cup final]]
* [[Robbie Fowler]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2634 |title=Robbie Fowler – – details and stats |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ellis Abraham Franklin]] (1822–1909): banker
* [[Frederic Franklin]]: dancer<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4016187.stm |work=BBC News | title=Queen honours TV and dance stars | date=16 November 2004 | access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ian Edward Fraser]] (1920–2008): [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, [[scuba diving]] pioneer and attendee of [[HMS Conway (school ship)|HMS ''Conway'']] and [[HMS Eaglet (shore establishment)|HMS ''Eaglet'']]
* [[Jenny Frost]]: singer, member of [[Atomic Kitten]]
* [[Christian Furr]]: painter
* [[Billy Fury]] (1940–1983): pop singer-songwriter

== G ==
* [[Kate Gardiner]] (1885–1974): mountaineer who made many first ascents
* [[Gerald Gardner]] (1884–1964): founder of modern [[Wicca]]
* [[Tommy Gardner]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[James Garner (footballer, born 2001)|James Garner]]: footballer
* [[Len Garry]]: musician 
* [[Howard Gayle]]: footballer, first black footballer to play for [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[Newcastle United F.C.]] and [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]]
* [[Tom Georgeson]]: actor
* [[Steven Gerrard]]: footballer, captain of [[Liverpool F.C.]] and of the [[England national football team]] (114 caps)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15643 |title=Steven Gerrard – Liverpool – details and stats |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327043441/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=15643 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Spyridon Gianniotis]]: swimmer, Olympic silver medallist and two-time champion
* [[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790–1866): [[sculptor]] 
* [[John Gidman]]: footballer
* [[William Ewart Gladstone]] (1809–1898): four-time [[prime minister of the United Kingdom]] (the most of any British prime minister)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gladstone_william_ewart.shtml |title=History – Historic Figures: William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* Sir [[Richard Glazebrook]] (1854–1935): physicist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famousbrits.php?id=1908 |title=Richard Glazebrook, famous people from Liverpool |publisher=Information-britain.co.uk |date=12 June 2007 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Clive Glynn|Clive Beverley Glynn]]: [[WWI]] [[flying ace]]<ref>''Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920''. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. {{ISBN|0-948817-19-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-948817-19-9}}, pp. 169–170.</ref>
* [[William Godfrey]] (1889–1963): leader of England's Roman Catholics
* Lord [[Peter Goldsmith]]: British attorney general<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bushywood.com/lord_goldsmith_attorney_general.htm |title=Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, PC, QC |website=Great British Injustices |access-date=25 September 2024}}</ref>
* [[Leon Goossens]]: musician
* [[Sidonie Goossens]]: musician<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sidonie-goossens-689502.html |work=The Independent |location=London | title=Sidonie Goossens | date=16 December 2004 | access-date=8 May 2010}} {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Amelia Elizabeth Roe Gordon]]: president of the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union|Dominion Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] of Canada<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Obituary, Mrs. Asa Gordon, daughter of Edward Gee. Died in Columbus, Ohio, June 6, 1932. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115665398/obituary-mrs-asa-gordon-daughter-of/ |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=The Gazette |date=7 June 1932 |location=Montreal, Canada |pages=9}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Gordon (footballer)|Anthony Gordon]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Sylvia Gore]]: footballer, scored the first goal for the [[England women's national football team]] in its [[1972 Scotland v England women's football match|first official match]]
* [[John Gorman (entertainer)|John Gorman]]: comedian, musician
* [[Leslie Gossage]]: [[Royal Air Force]] commander-in-chief during [[WWII]], generally credited with playing a crucial role in defending Britain against aerial attack - in terms of loss of life and damage the [[Liverpool Blitz]] was second only to that of London, 4000 lost their lives in Merseyside
* [[Cyril Edward Gourley]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[James Graham (rugby league)|James Graham]] (born 1985): most capped player for the [[England national rugby league team]], captain of the [[Great Britain national rugby league team]]
* [[Leslie Graham]] (1911–1953): [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycle road racer]], 1953 [[Isle of Man TT]] winner
* [[Nina Cameron Graham]] (1891–1974): engineer
* [[Stephen Graham (actor)|Stephen Graham]] (born 1973): film actor, ''[[Greyhound (film)|Greyhound]]''
* [[Stuart Graham (motorcyclist)|Stuart Graham]] (born 1942): [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle racer]]
* [[Henry Grayson]] (1865–1951): [[Shipbuilding|shipbuilder]] for H. & C. Grayson Ltd, building Royal Navy ships during [[WWII]] including [[HMS Fidelity (D57)|HMS ''Fidelity'']], later MP
* [[Christopher Greener]] (1943–2015): actor, formerly Britain's tallest man 
* [[Alex Greenwood]] (born 1993): footballer, [[England women's national football team|woman's England international]]
* [[Debbie Greenwood]] (born 1959): TV presenter, former beauty queen
* [[Roly Gregoire]]: footballer, the first black footballer to play for [[Sunderland A.F.C.]]
* [[John Gregson]]: TV and film actor
* [[The Real People|Tony & Chris Griffiths]]: singer-songwriters of the indie/rock band [[the Real People]], co-wrote for [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
* [[Chelcee Grimes]]: singer-songwriter, footballer
* [[Augustus Radcliffe Grote]] (1841–1903): [[entomologist]]
* [[John Gustafson (musician)|John Gustafson]]: singer-songwriter, was originally included into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] among the list of inducted member for [[Roxy Music]] however, his name was dropped from the list
* [[Deryck Guyler]] (1914–1999): comedy actor

== H ==
* [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead]]: former [[director general]] of the [[BBC]], member of the [[House of Lords]]
* [[William Halsall]] (1841–1919): [[marine painter]]
* [[Antony Hamilton]] (1952–1995): film actor
* [[Natasha Hamilton]]: singer, member of [[Atomic Kitten]]
* [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]]: singer-songwriter with hits in both UK and US - his song "[[Rainbow (Russ Hamilton song)|Rainbow]]" reached number 10 in US in 1957<ref name="Obituary">[http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/10/16/obituary-russ-hamilton-64375-22045707/ Obituary: Russ Hamilton], 16 October 2008 by David Charters, ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]''.</ref>
* [[Harry Hanan]]: cartoonist of the syndicated [[comic strip]] ''Louie''
* [[Tommy Handley]] (1892–1949): comedian
* [[Gerald Hanley]]: novelist and brother of James Hanley
* [[James Hanley (novelist)|James Hanley]]: novelist and playwright<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faber.co.uk/author/james-hanley/|title=James Hanley|work=faber.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[David Hanson (politician)|David Hanson]]: politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhanson.org.uk/index.php?id=10&no_cache=1 |title=David Hanson MP: About David |publisher=Davidhanson.org.uk |date=5 July 1957 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[E. Chambré Hardman]]: Irish-born photographer, took the well known photograph, ''Birth of the [[HMS Ark Royal (R09)|Ark Royal]]''
* [[John Hardman (businessman)|John Hardman]]: businessman, former chairman of [[Asda]]
* [[John Hargreaves (businessman)|John Hargreaves]]: businessman, founder of [[Matalan]]
* [[Alan Harper (footballer)|Alan Harper]]: footballer, Everton F.C.
* [[Gus Harris]] (1908–2000): mayor of [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]], Canada, 1978 to 1988
* [[George Harrison]] (1943–2001): singer-songwriter, member of [[the Beatles]] and founder of the [[Traveling Wilburys]] and [[HandMade Films]] - inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] - in 1971 pioneered [[the Concert for Bangladesh]], the first humanitarian benefit rock concert 
* Sir [[Rex Harrison]] (1908–1990): actor, inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
* [[Thomas Harrison (ship-owner)|Thomas Harrison]] (1815–1888): shipping magnate, co-founded with James Harrison the [[Harrison Line]], which lost 30 of its 46 ships during WWII
* [[William Harrison (sea captain)|William Harrison]] (1812–1860): captain of the [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel|Isambard Kingdom Brunel's]] {{SS|Great Eastern}}, the largest ship for four decades 
* [[Bill Harry]] (born 1938): creator of ''[[Mersey Beat]]'', an important newspaper of the early 1960s focused on the Liverpool music scene - author of 25 books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mersey-beat.com/|title=www.mersey-beat.com|work=mersey-beat.com}}</ref>
* [[Ian Hart]] (born 1964): actor known for playing [[John Lennon]] in ''[[Backbeat (1994 film)|Backbeat]]'' and for playing [[Professor Quirrell]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Jesse Hartley]] (1780–1860): first full-time dock engineer, designed [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool|Royal Albert Dock]], [[Stanley Dock]] and [[Bramley-Moore Dock]]
* [[John Hartnup Jr.]] (1841–1892): astronomer, second director of the Liverpool Observatory
* [[Colin Harvey]] (born 1944): footballer, manager of [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Derek Hatton]] (born 1948): controversial former politician, most famous for his opposition to [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyt.co.uk/derek.htm |title=After Dinner Speaker and Celebrity Derek Hatton |publisher=Nyt.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907144252/http://www.nyt.co.uk/derek.htm |archive-date=7 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Liptrot Hatton]] (1810–1886): [[composer]] and singer
* Sir [[Bertram Fox Hayes]] (1864–1941): captain of the [[troopship]] [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']] and the [[RMS Majestic (1914)|RMS ''Majestic'']]
* [[Paul Heaton]]: singer-songwriter with [[the Beautiful South]]
* [[Rose Heilbron]] (1914–2005): Britain's first female [[king's counsel]]
* [[Felicia Hemans]]: poet, wrote "[[Casabianca (poem)|Casabianca]]" ("The boy stood on the burning deck&nbsp;...")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/johnhussey1%40btinternet.com/felicia.htm|title=Felicia Hemans|website=Webcitation.org|access-date=20 July 2017 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524163035/https://www.webcitation.org/5kny1YgXM?url=http://www.geocities.com/johnhussey1@btinternet.com/felicia.htm|archive-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[Adrian Henri]]: painter and poet<ref>{{cite news|first=Emma |last=Pinch |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2007/10/06/something-to-really-bragg-about-64375-19905088/ |title=Entertainment – Specials Features – Something to really Bragg about |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=6 October 2007 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Joseph W. Herbert]]: actor, singer and dramatist
* [[Iz Hesketh]]: actress and [[drag performer]]
* [[Kenneth Hesketh]]: composer and professor
* [[Harold Hilton]]: golfer, twice won [[the Open Championship]], inducted to the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]
* [[George Hinckley]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Hinckley VC – victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/george-hinckley-vc/4586999805 |access-date=24 November 2021 |website=Victoria Cross Online}}</ref>
* [[Les Hinton]]: journalist and chairman of [[Fox Television Stations]] and [[News International]] and CEO of [[Dow Jones & Company]]
* [[William Patrick Hitler]]: nephew of [[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1382115/Getting-to-know-the-Hitlers.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London | title=Getting to know the Hitlers | first=David | last=Gardner | date=20 January 2002 | access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Paul Hodkinson]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[featherweight]] champion
* [[Charles Thurstan Holland]] (1863–1941): pioneer of [[radiology]] 
* [[Michael Holliday]]: 1950s singer with two number-one singles, "[[The Story of My Life (Marty Robbins song)|The Story of My Life]]" and "[[Starry Eyed (Michael Holliday song)|Starry Eyed]]"
* [[Andy Holligan]]: boxer, former two-time British and Commonwealth champion
* [[Alfred Holt]] (1829–1911): shipping magnate, [[Blue Funnel Line]], [[SS Agamemnon (1865)|SS ''Agamemnon'']], the first commercially successful steamship with the fuel economy to trade between [[China]] and Britain
* [[George Holt (merchant)|George Holt]] (1828–1896): shipping magnate, art collector, co-founder of the [[Lamport and Holt]] shipping line
* [[John Holt (businessman)|John Holt]] (1841–1915): shipping magnate, founder of [[John Holt plc]], and co-founder of the [[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine]]
* [[Robert Durning Holt]] (1832–1908): first lord mayor of Liverpool
* [[Peter Hooton]]: musician and singer
* [[Clive Hornby]]: actor, played [[Jack Sugden]] in ''[[Emmerdale]]''
* [[Frank Hornby]] (1863–1936): businessman, founder of [[Hornby Railways]], [[Meccano]] and [[Dinky Toys]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/collections/liverpoollives/frank_hornby.aspx |title=Frank Hornby, inventor of the world's most famous toy |publisher=Liverpool museums |date=21 September 1936 |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203031114/http://liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/collections/liverpoollives/frank_hornby.aspx |archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>
* [[Jeremiah Horrocks]] (1618–1641): astronomer, first person to accurately predict the [[transit of Venus]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3776889.stm |work=BBC News | title=Celebrating Horrocks' half hour | date=5 June 2004 | access-date=8 May 2010 | first=Paul | last=Burnell}}</ref>
* [[Ewart Horsfall]]: gold medallist in the [[1912 Stockholm]] Olympic Games, member of the [[Horsfall family]]
* Sir [[Max Horton]] (1883–1951): [[Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches]], credited as a crucial figure in the Allied victory in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]], headquartered at [[Exchange Flags|Derby House]], Liverpool
* [[Tommy Horton]]: golfer
* [[Mary Hottinger]] (née Mackie): Liverpool born, Scottish translator and editor of crime, ghost and horror stories<ref>{{Cite book|last=M.|first=Wirtz, Irmgard|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/905990716|title=Literatur – Verlag – Archiv.|date=2015|publisher=Wallstein Verlag|isbn=978-3-8353-2745-0|oclc=905990716}}</ref>
* [[John Houlding]] (1833–1902): key figure who created two of the most significant clubs in football, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]] 
* [[Arthur Benison Hubback]] (1871–1948): architect and soldier who designed several important buildings in [[British Malaya]]
* [[William Hutchinson (privateer)|William Huchinson]] (1715–1801): inventor of the first [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat station]] in [[Formby]]
* [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]]: actor
* [[Graham Hughes]]: filmmaker, TV presenter, [[Guinness World Records]] holder for being the first person to visit all 193 [[United Nations]] member states and several other territories without air travel
* [[Sir Harrison Hughes, 1st Baronet]] (1881–1958): businessman, chairman of the [[Harrison Line]] and vice-president of the [[Suez Canal Company]] 
* [[John Hughes (architect)|John Hughes]]: gold medallist in the [[art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ken Hughes]]: film director, most famous for writing and directing the film ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' 
* [[Laurie Hughes]]: footballer, Liverpool F.C., represented [[England national football team]] in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]
* [[Shirley Hughes]] (1927–2022): illustrator and author
* [[Stan Hugill]] (1906–1992): [[sea shanty]] singer and marine artist who sailed on the ''[[Garthpool (barque)|Garthpool]]''{{'s}} final trip
* [[John Hulley]] (1832–1875): [[gymnasiarch]] of Liverpool and founder of the British Olympic movement in 1865
* [[Paul Humphreys]]: musician, co-founded [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]
* [[Carl Hunter]]: film director, screenwriter and bassist in [[the Farm (British band)|the Farm]]
* [[William Huskisson]] (1770–1830): [[member of Parliament]], first widely reported [[passenger train]] death during the [[opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway]], he was struck and fatally injured by locomotive [[Stephenson's Rocket|Stephenson's ''Rocket'']]
* [[Chris Huston]]: musician, record producer and [[recording engineer]], successful albums with [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[the Who]]
* [[John Hutchinson (industrialist)|John Hutchinson]] (1825–1865): chemist and industrialist
* [[Eunice Huthart]]: [[stuntwoman]] and [[stunt coordinator]] in [[Hollywood films]]
* [[James Hype]] (born 1989): DJ and music producer

== I ==
* [[Charlotte Iliffe, Baroness Iliffe]] (1881–1972): aristocrat, philanthropist and [[Suffrage|suffragist]]
* [[William Imrie]] (1836–1906): shipping magnate, co-founder of the [[White Star Line|Oceanic Steam Navigation Company]] known as the [[List of White Star Line ships|White Star Line]]
* [[Philip Ingham]] (born 1955): scientist
* [[Charles Inman (banker)|Charles Inman]] (1791–1858): director of the [[Bank of Liverpool]] that became [[Martins Bank]] in 1928
* [[William Inman]] (1825–1881): shipping magnate, owner of the [[Inman Line]] and the [[SS City of Glasgow (1850)|SS ''City of Glasgow'']] also [[SS City of Boston|SS ''City of Boston'']]
* [[Nigel Ipinson]] (born 1970): musician, songwriter, music producer for [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]], [[the Stone Roses]], [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]]
* [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]] (1902–1924): mountaineer
* [[Colin Irwin (footballer)|Colin Irwin]] (born 1957): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Samuel Isaac]] (1812–1886): merchant and promoter of the [[Mersey Railway|Mersey Railway tunnel]], the oldest underground railway line outside London
* [[Jason Isaacs]] (born 1963): actor, played Lucius Malfoy in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]]
* [[J. Bruce Ismay]] (1862–1937): chairman of the [[White Star Line]] and president of the [[International Mercantile Marine Company]], highest ranking officer to survive the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] disaster
* [[Thomas Henry Ismay]] (1837–1899): shipping magnate, established [[White Star Line]] in 1868

== J ==
* [[Amy Jackson]] (born 1992): actor
* [[Glenda Jackson]] (1936–2023): multiple [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning actress and former Labour Party MP
* [[Tony Jackson (singer)|Tony Jackson]] (1940–2003): musician, of [[the Searchers (band)|the Searchers]]
* [[Brian Jacques]] (1939–2011): author of the ''[[Redwall]]'' series of children's fantasy books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redwall.org/ |title=Brian Jacques: the Official Website |publisher=Redwall.org |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Raza Jaffrey]]: actor, singer
* [[Daniel Willis James]] (1832–1907): merchant of [[Phelps Dodge]]
* [[Frank Linsly James]] (1851–1890): [[explorer]]
* [[Hilda James]] (1904–1982): swimmer, inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]]
* [[Andy Jameson]] (born 1965): swimmer, Olympic medallist
* [[Helen Jameson]] (born 1963): swimmer, Olympic medallist
* [[Tony Jardine]] (born 1952): motorsports journalist
* [[Francis Jeffers]] (born 1981): footballer
* [[Edward Turner Jeffery]] (1843–1927): railway executive
* [[William Stanley Jevons]]: political economist and logician, one of the initiators of the [[marginal utility|marginal revolution]], developer of [[Jevons paradox]]
* [[Paul Jewell]]: footballer, club manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3913 |title=Paul Jewell – details and stats |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Johnson (footballer, born 1879)|Arthur Johnson]]: (1879–1929): footballer, historic player of [[Real Madrid CF]] having been part of first-ever team and serving as the first-ever manager 
* [[David Johnson (footballer, born 1951)|David Johnson]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]], won three European cups and was one of seven Liverpool-born footballers who won the [[1981 European Cup final]]
* [[Holly Johnson]]: singer-songwriter, [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollyjohnson.com/largeFrameset.html |title=Holly Johnson ex- Frankie Goes To Hollywood lead-singer and artist |publisher=Hollyjohnson.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=23 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723214602/http://www.hollyjohnson.com/largeFrameset.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Johnson (watch maker)|Joseph Johnson]] (1780–1827): master maker of clocks, watches, and chronometers
* Sir [[Thomas Johnson (Liverpool merchant)|Thomas Johnson]] (1664–1723): politician, helped promote the [[Old Dock]], the first commercial [[Floating dock (impounded)|wet dock]]
* [[Katarina Johnson-Thompson]]: heptathlete, [[2024 Summer Olympics]] silver medallist
* [[Banner Johnstone]] (1882–1964): rower, Olympic gold medallist
* [[Natasha Jonas]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] and [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] [[welterweight]] champion, first black female boxing manager
* [[Alfred Jones (engraver)|Alfred Jones]] (1819–1900): artist
* Sir [[Alfred Lewis Jones]] (1845–1909): shipping magnate, owner of the [[Elder Dempster Lines]] (the sinking of [[SS Falaba|SS ''Falaba'']] gave rise to the [[Thrasher incident]] during [[WWI]]), founded [[Bank of British West Africa]] and [[First Bank of Nigeria]] (Nigeria's oldest bank), founded [[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine]]
* [[Alfred Stowell Jones]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Curtis Jones (footballer, born 2001)|Curtis Jones]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[David Jones (VC)|David Jones]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Jack Jones (trade union leader)|Jack Jones]]: union leader
* [[Ken Jones (actor)|Ken Jones]]: actor, appeared in TV shows such as ''[[The Liver Birds]]'', ''[[The Squirrels (TV series)|The Squirrels]]'' and ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''
* [[Laurence Jones (musician)|Laurence Jones]]: blues rock musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/laurence-jones/ |title=Laurence Jones |website=Allaboutbluesmusic.com |date=2015-04-07 |access-date=2017-07-18}}</ref>
* [[Philip Jones (Royal Navy officer)|Philip Jones]]: [[First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff]]
* [[Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet]] (1857–1933): buried at [[Liverpool Cathedral]]
* [[Simon Jones (musician)|Simon Jones]]: guitarist in the rock band [[the Verve]]
* [[Stephen Jones (milliner)|Stephen Jones]]: milliner
* [[Charles Joughin]]: [[Titanic survivors|baker on the ''Titanic'']] (last survivor to leave the ''Titanic'')

== K ==
* [[Odel Kamara]]: boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/boxing/liverpool-pair-named-gb-boxing-32138889|title=Liverpool pair named in GB Boxing squad for historic World Boxing Championships|publisher=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=11 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[Miles Kane]]: singer and musician
* [[Ravi Kapoor]]: actor and filmmaker
* [[Mikinosuke Kawaishi]] (1899–1969): "father of British Japanese judo", established a school in Liverpool with [[Gunji Koizumi]], introducing [[judo]] to the UK
* [[Ben Kay]]: [[rugby union]] player, member of England's [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] [[England national rugby union team|winning team]]
* [[Gillian Kearney]]: actress, ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Emmerdale]]''
* [[Missy Bo Kearns]]: footballer
* [[Claire Keelan]]: actress
* [[Angela Kelly]]: fashion designer and dressmaker, who served as personal assistant and senior dresser to [[Queen Elizabeth II]]
* [[Margaret Kelly (swimmer)|Margaret Kelly]]: swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
* [[Stan Kelly-Bootle]]: academic, author, folk singer-songwriter, author of several books on computing
* [[John Philip Kemble]] (1757–1823): actor 
* [[Henry George Kendall|Captain Henry George Kendall]] (1874–1965): of the [[RMS Empress of Ireland|RMS ''Empress of Ireland'']] when it sank with the crew almost entirely from Merseyside 
* [[Paul Aloysius Kenna]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* Sir [[Anthony Kenny]]: academic, writer on religion and philosophy, former president of the [[British Academy]] and current president of the [[Royal Institute of Philosophy]]
* [[Bill Kenwright]] (1945–2023): [[West End theatre]] and film producer and former [[Everton F.C.]] chairman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/club/bill-kenwright-profile.html |title=Bill Kenwright Profile / Club Officials / Club / evertonfc.com – The Official Website of Everton Football Club |publisher=Evertonfc.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915094137/http://www.evertonfc.com/club/bill-kenwright-profile.html |archive-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Phil Kenzie]]: multi-saxophone player, one of the greatest of all-time, working on albums with [[the Beatles]], [[the Eagles]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Stevie Nicks]], [[Carly Simon]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[David Bowie]] and many others 
* [[Billy Kinsley]]: musician who had chart success with [[the Merseybeats]] and [[Liverpool Express]]
* [[Edmund Kirby]] (1838–1920): architect
* [[Josh Kirby]]: artist and illustrator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lspace.org/art/joshkirby.html |title=Art: Josh Kirby |publisher=Lspace.org |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[John Kirk (VC)|John Kirk]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Ian Kirkham]]: [[saxophonist]], best known for his playing with soul band [[Simply Red]]
* [[Billy Kirsopp]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Billy J. Kramer]]: pop singer
* [[Dorothy Kuya]]: political and anti-racism activist

== L ==
* [[Brian Labone]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]], [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Alexander Lafone]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Keith J. Laidler]]: pioneer in chemical kinetics and the physical chemistry of enzymes
* [[John Laird (shipbuilder)|John Laird]] (1805–1874): founder of [[Cammell Laird]], a ship building and repair company founded in 1828, including [[HMS Ark Royal (91)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']] and [[HMS Rodney (29)|HMS ''Rodney'']] that played a major role in [[Last battle of Bismarck|sinking the German battleship ''Bismarck'']] during WWII and was involved in building the [[Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier|''Queen Elizabeth''-class aircraft carrier]]s
* [[Macgregor Laird]] (1808–1861): founder of the [[British and American Steam Navigation Company]] ([[SS Sirius (1837)|SS ''Sirius'']] was the first holder of the [[Blue Riband]] for the fastest westbound transatlantic crossing), founded the [[African Steamship Company]]
* [[William Laird (shipbuilder)|William Laird]] (1780–1841): shipbuilder and developer of [[Hamilton Square]] and [[Birkenhead]]
* [[Rickie Lambert]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[John Lander (rower)|John Lander]]: [[British Rowing|British rower]], gold medal in the [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Olympics]]
* [[Judd Lander]]: musician, director at [[Warner Music Group]], [[harmonicist]] on [[Culture Club]]'s ''[[Colour by Numbers]]'' album 
* [[Charlie Landsborough]]: musician, songwriter and [[country singer]]
* [[Carla Lane]] (1928–2016): TV writer, creator of sitcoms ''[[The Liver Birds]]'', ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'' and ''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]''
* [[Lynda La Plante]] (born 1943): screenwriter and actress{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[James Larkin]] (1874–1947): trade unionist and socialist, co-founder of the Irish [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] 
* [[Rupert de Larrinaga]] (born 1928): skier who competed at the [[1952 Winter Olympics]], owner of the Larrinaga Steamship Company and [[Larrinaga Palace]] 
* [[Frank Laskier]] (1912–1949): WWII sailor who was a public icon for recruiting new mariners
* [[Eddie Latta]] (1902–1972): songwriter, wrote songs for [[George Formby]]
* [[Chris Lawler]] (born 1943): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Fred Lawless]]: playwright and TV writer{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* Sir [[Terry Leahy]]: businessman, credited with taking [[Tesco]] to market dominance
* [[Sammy Lee (footballer)|Sammy Lee]]: footballer, coach of the [[England national football team]] and a member of the [[Joe Fagan]] team that won the [[1984 European Cup Final]]
* [[Zack Lee]]: martial arts actor
* [[Spencer Leigh (actor)|Spencer Leigh]]: film and TV actor<ref name=maincast>{{cite web |url=http://one-summer.tv83.net/cast.htm |title=Main Cast |work=One Summer fansite |access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>
* [[Spencer Leigh (radio presenter)|Spencer Leigh]]: presenter of the [[BBC Radio Merseyside]] show ''On the Beat''<ref name=bbcspencerleigh>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/06/29/radiomerseyside_pres_spencerleigh_feature.shtml |title=Saturday Presenters: Spencer Leigh |date=26 June 2007 |work=BBC |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>
* [[Cynthia Lennon]]: artist, author and first wife of John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon
* [[John Lennon]] (1940–1980): singer-songwriter inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Beatles]] and later formed the [[Plastic Ono Band]]
* [[Julian Lennon]]: musician, photographer and philanthropist, son of John and Cynthia Lennon
* [[Frank Lester (VC)|Frank Lester]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme|William Lever]] (1851–1925): industrialist and shipowner of the [[Palm Line]], founder [[Lady Lever Art Gallery]] at [[Port Sunlight]] ([[Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight|Hume Hall]] was the venue for Ringo Star's first official performance as a Beatle) 
* Sir [[Brian Leveson]]: high court judge
* [[Paul Lewis (pianist)|Paul Lewis]]: musical artist
* [[Frederick Richards Leyland|Frederick Leyland]] (1831–1892): shipping magnate, the [[Leyland Line]] ship the [[SS Californian|SS ''Californian'']] arrived after the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the ''Titanic'']] and looked for survivors 
* [[Phil Liggett]]: cycling commentator<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_philliggett.html |title=Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France – The Official Website |publisher=Wiredtowinthemovie.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222213844/http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_philliggett.html |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref>
* [[William Linton (artist)|William Linton]] (1791–1876): artist
* [[Jimmy Lloyd (boxer)|Jimmy Lloyd]]: boxer who earned a [[bronze medal]] at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Matt Lloyd (Paralympian)|Matt Lloyd]]: sledge hockey player
* Sir [[Oliver Lodge]] (1851–1940): first professor of physics at University College Liverpool, pioneer in the science and technology that led to the development of radio
* [[Janice Long]]: influential [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] DJ of the 1980s, sister of [[Keith Chegwin]]
* [[Gordon Lorenz]] (1943–2011): record producer and songwriter
* [[Chris Lowe]]: musician, singer and songwriter, studied architecture at University of Liverpool before joining synth-pop duo [[Pet Shop Boys]] in 1985 
* [[Malcolm Lowry]]: poet and novelist
* [[Gertrud Luckner]]: social worker involved in the German resistance to Nazism
* Sir [[Henry Lucy]]: [[Political journalism|political journalist]], first great [[Lobby correspondent]], [[Mount Henry Lucy]] is named for him
* [[Arthur Lyon (rugby union)|Arthur Lyon]] (1851–1905): [[rugby union]], [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool F.C.]] provided three to play in the [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match|first international rugby match]] 
* [[Mick Lyons (English footballer)|Mick Lyons]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Nigel Lythgoe]]: former dancer, now producer of talent shows such as ''[[American Idol]]'' and ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (US)|So You Think You Can Dance]]''

== M ==
* Sir [[Donald MacAlister]]: educated at [[Liverpool Institute for Boys]]<ref>http://venn.csi.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=MLSR873D&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 {{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref>
* [[William MacDonald (serial killer)|William MacDonald]] (1924–2015): serial killer who committed his crimes in Australia
* [[Jem Mace]] (1831–1910): heavyweight boxing champion, 34th inductee into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990, lived in Liverpool and buried in [[Anfield Cemetery]]
* [[Charles MacIver]] (1866–1935): shipping magnate, co-founder of the [[Cunard Line]] and Olympic silver medallist, sailing in the 12 Metre class, lived in [[Calderstones House]] 
* [[David MacIver]] (1840–1907): shipping magnate, pioneer of transatlantic shipping, D&C MacIver was closely associated with [[Sir Samuel Cunard]] in the formation of the [[Cunard Line]] 
* [[William MacKune]] (1882–1955): gymnast, Olympic medalist 
* [[Hattie Mahood]]: Baptist deacon, suffragist and temperance campaigner<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taking liberties|url=https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/museum-of-liverpool/exhibition/taking-liberties|access-date=21 May 2021 |website=National Museums Liverpool}}</ref>
* [[Callum Makin]]: boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/boxing/liverpool-pair-named-gb-boxing-32138889|title=Liverpool pair named in GB Boxing squad for historic World Boxing Championships|publisher=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=11 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[Beryl Marsden]]: [[R&B]] pop singer, [[Shotgun Express]]
* [[Betty Marsden]] (1919–1998): actress
* [[Gerry Marsden]]: singer with [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]], number 1 UK hit "[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]" went on to become a [[Football chant|football anthem]]
* [[John P. Marshall]]: investor and owner of Hungarian football clubs [[Vác FC]] and [[Egri FC]]
* [[Michael Marshall (skeptic)|Michael Marshall]]: skeptical activist, editor of ''[[The Skeptic (British magazine)|The Skeptic]]'' magazine, director of the [[Good Thinking Society]]
* [[Alvin Martin]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[John Martin (comedian)|John Martin]]: comedian
* [[Frank Mason (jockey)|Frank Mason]]: jockey, [[Grand National]] winner
* [[Richard George Masters]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Charles James Mathews]] (1803–1878): actor, theatre manager and playwright
* [[Derry Mathews]] (born 1983): boxer, former British and Commonwealth lightweight champion
* [[Robert Maudsley]] (born 1953): serial killer, in solitary confinement in a glass cell since 1979 and the longest serving prisoner in Britain 
* [[Sharon Maughan]] (born 1950): actress
* [[James Maury (consul)|James Maury]] (1746–1940): first [[consulate of the United States, Liverpool|consul of the United States in Liverpool]]
* [[Gary Mavers]] (born 1964): actor
* [[Lee Mavers]] (born 1962): singer-songwriter and rhythm guitarist with [[the La's]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/05/popandrock.music|title=The search for La's singer Lee Mavers|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|work=The Guardian|date=5 December 2003}}</ref>
* [[James Maybrick]] (1838–1889): [[Jack the Ripper]] suspect<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casebook.org/suspects/james_maybrick/maybrick.html |title=Jack the Ripper – Background of the Maybrick Family |publisher=Casebook |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> 
* [[Michael Maybrick]] (1841–1913): [[composer]] and singer
* [[John McAlle]]: footballer
* [[Jason McAteer]]: footballer, [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland international]]
* [[Les McAteer]]: boxer, former [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] middleweight champion 
* [[Pat McAteer]]: boxer, former [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] middleweight champion 
* [[Dave McCabe]]: singer-songwriter, guitarist for [[the Zutons]]
* [[John McCabe (composer)|John McCabe]]: musician and composer
* [[Nick McCabe]]: guitarist with rock band [[the Verve]]
* [[Ginger McCain|Donald "Ginger" McCain]]: racehorse trainer, four-time winner of the [[Grand National]] [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]], including a record-breaking three wins with [[Red Rum]]
* [[Molly McCann]]: mixed martial artist, [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* Sir [[Paul McCartney]]: singer-songwriter inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Beatles]] and later formed [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]], founded [[MPL Communications]]
* [[Jim McCarty]]: musician inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Yardbirds]]
* [[Liz McClarnon]]: singer, member of the former girl group [[Atomic Kitten]]{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Andy McCluskey]]: musician, singer-songwriter with [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omd.uk.com/html/biography.html |title=OMD &#124; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark &#124; home |publisher=Omd.uk.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311003621/http://www.omd.uk.com/html/biography.html |archive-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> founder of [[Atomic Kitten]]
* [[Len McCluskey]]: general secretary of [[Unite the Union]]
* [[Natalie McCool]]: singer-songwriter and guitarist signed to [[Steve Levine]]'s label Hubris Records<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130111222320/http://www.nataliemccool.co.uk/ "Natalie McCool"]. ''Natalie McCool''. Retrieved 12 August 2012.</ref>
* [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]]: singer-songwriter, [[lead vocalist]] in rock band [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
* [[Herbert Gladstone McDavid]] (1898–1966): war-time minister of sea transport, managing director of the [[Blue Funnel Line]]
* [[Terry McDermott]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]], won three [[European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics|European Cup]]s
* [[John McDonnell]]: politician 
* [[Roy McFarland]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Joe McGann]]: actor, ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and played Edward Hutchinson in ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
* [[Mark McGann]]: actor, played John Lennon in the TV film ''[[John and Yoko: A Love Story]]'' and several other roles
* [[Paul McGann]]: actor, starred in cult classic film ''[[Withnail and I]]'', ''[[The Monocled Mutineer]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', amongst others{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Stephen McGann]]: actor and science communicator best known for his portrayal of Dr Turner in ''[[Call the Midwife]]''
* [[Mike McGear]]: photographer, musician, member of [[the Scaffold]], younger brother of Beatles bassist [[Paul McCartney]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/mike-mccartney-being-a-beatle-brother-or-a-guinness-heir-you-relax-and-enjoy-your-heritage-1.2846912/ |title=Mike McCartney: Being a Beatle brother or a Guinness heir, you relax and enjoy your heritage |publisher=irishtimes.com |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Roger McGough]]: performance poet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth202 |title=Roger McGough |publisher=Contemporarywriters.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009174215/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth202 |archive-date=9 October 2009}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy McGovern]]: (born 1945): writer on ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' he went on to write ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]'' and the film ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' as well as the reality based drama ''[[Hillsborough (1996 film)|Hillsborough]]''
* [[Victor McGuire]]: actor
* [[Grace McKenzie]]: swimmer, Olympic medallist
* [[Hugh McKenzie (VC)|Hugh McKenzie]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Steve McMahon]]: footballer [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[Everton F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Steve McManaman]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[Real Madrid CF]] and [[England national football team|England international]], first English player to win the [[UEFA Champions League]] with a non-English club and first English player to win twice
* [[Jack McMullen]]: actor
* [[Ian McNabb]] (born 1960): singer-songwriter with [[the Icicle Works]]
* [[John McNally (musician)|John McNally]] (born 1941): musician and singer for [[the Searchers (band)|the Searchers]], the longest running pop group since 1957
* [[Tony McNamara (footballer)|Tony McNamara]] (1929–2015): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]], first footballer to play in all four divisions 
* [[Esther McVey]] (born 1967): politician, TV presenter
* [[Jimmy Melia]] (born 1937): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[George Melly]] (1926–2007): jazz and blues singer; art critic and historian
* [[Sergeant]] [[Joe Mercer (footballer, born 1889)|Joe Mercer]] (1889–1927): footballer, father of [[Everton F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]] captain and manager [[Joe Mercer]]
* [[Freddie Mercury]] (1946–1991, born Farrokh Bulsara): singer-songwriter, born [[Zanzibar]] and moved to England in 1964, in 1969 lived in [[Penny Lane, Liverpool]], playing in the band Ibex, Liverpool radio broadcaster [[Kenny Everett]] was an advisor and mentor to Mercury
* [[John Middleton (giant)|John Middleton]] (1578–1623): claimed at the time to be the tallest man, lived in [[Speke Hall]]
* [[John Milne]] (1850–1913): professor, geologist, and mining engineer, who invented a [[seismometer]] to detect and measure earthquakes 
* [[Jeannie Mole]] (1841–1912): pioneer of socialism and woman’s trade unions 
* [[Joey Molland]] (1947–2025): guitarist, singer-songwriter, member of [[Badfinger]]
* [[Tommy Molloy]]: boxer, former [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] [[welterweight]] champion
* [[Dick Molyneux]]: football manager, in 1891 [[Everton F.C.]] was the first club to lift the league championship trophy at [[Anfield]], it was the first season where nets, penalty kicks and the trophy were used
* [[George Molyneux]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Stephen Molyneux]]: British e-learning guru<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elc.edu.sa/4thseminar/english/participants.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007052246/http://www.elc.edu.sa/4thseminar/english/participants.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2011 |title=The Fourth Seminar |publisher=Elc.edu.sa |date=24 February 1955 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Nicholas Monsarrat]]: author of ''[[The Cruel Sea (novel)|The Cruel Sea]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/nicholas-monsarrat/ |title=Nicholas Monsarrat |publisher=Fantasticfiction.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling]]: banker, founder of [[Samuel Montagu & Co.]] 
* [[Richard Moon]] (1814–1899): chairman of the [[London and North Western Railway]] 
* Dr [[Benjamin Moore (biochemist)|Benjamin Moore]]: credited with the first use of the words [[History of the National Health Service|National Health Service]] and the foundation of the [[State Medical Service Association]]
* [[Peter Moore (businessman)|Peter Moore]]: British-American business executive
* [[Pippa Moore]]: ballet dancer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dancing-times.co.uk/sense-and-talent/|title=Sense and talent|work=Dancing Times|last=Anderson|first=Zöe|date=December 2015}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Moores (British businessman)|John Moores]] (1896–1993): businessman and founder of [[Littlewoods Pools]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/Features/CaseStudies/673837/Littlewoods-Direct---Putting-new-life-catalogues/ |title=Marketing news & marketing jobs – Marketing magazine – Resource for marketers |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |access-date=26 June 2010}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[George Moorhouse]]: footballer, played in the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] and [[1934 FIFA World Cup]]s, first English footballer to play in a [[FIFA World Cup]]
* [[Mark Moraghan]]: actor, in [[Holby City]] and narrator of ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike |last=Chapple |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/25/ex-brookside-star-to-head-eric-s-cast-64375-21403435/ |title=News – Liverpool News – Ex-Brookside star to head Eric's cast |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Trevor Morais]]: musician and drummer
* [[Ronnie Moran]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] a member of [[the Boot Room]] coaching staff
* [[Fidelis Morgan]]: actress and writer<ref>{{cite book |last=Coveney |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Coveney |date=1993 |title=The Citz: 21 Years of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre |publisher=[[Nick Hern Books]] |isbn=978-1-85459-038-1}}</ref>
* [[Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton]]: politician, member of the [[House of Lords]]
* [[Steve Morgan (businessman)|Steve Morgan]]: businessman, former chairman of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.]]
* [[Jerry Morris]]: pioneer public health physician and reformer
* [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] (1734–1806): American [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]], financier and signatory of the [[United States Declaration of Independence#Signatures|Declaration of Independence]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colonialhall.com/morrisr/morrisr.php |title=Biography of Robert Morris, page 1 |publisher=Colonial Hall |date=31 January 2004 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> established the [[Bank of North America]], [[Ship-owner|owner]] of the ship ''[[Empress of China (1783)|Empress of China]]''
* [[Roger Morris (engineer)|Roger Morris]] (1933–2001): pioneering railway engineer on the [[Channel Tunnel]] 
* [[Tom Morris (businessman)|Tom Morris]]: businessman, founder of [[Home Bargains]]
* [[David Morrissey]]: actor, [[David Morrissey filmography|filmmaker, director and producer]] 
* [[Johnny Morrissey]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Dennis Mortimer]]: footballer, captain of [[Aston Villa F.C.]] in the [[1982 European Cup Final]]
* [[Eddie Mosscrop]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Derek Mountfield]]: footballer
* [[Bernie Mullin]]: sports executive and writer<ref name='hawksbio'>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/Bernie_Mullin_Bio.html |title=Bernard J. Mullin |website=[[Atlanta Hawks]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219122216/http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/Bernie_Mullin_Bio.html |archive-date=19 February 2007 |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Mulville]]: comedian, comedy writer, producer and TV presenter
* [[John Murphy (composer)|John Murphy]]: musician and composer
* [[Margaret Murphy (writer)|Margaret Murphy]]: crime novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretmurphy.co.uk/about_margaret.htm |title=The Official Web Site of Author Margaret Murphy |publisher=Margaretmurphy.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Matthew Murphy]]: musician, lead singer of indie rock band [[the Wombats]]
* [[Tom Murphy (artist)|Tom Murphy]]: artist known for bronze sculptures
* [[Musk family|Cora Musk]] (born [[Mossley Hill]] 1923–2011): paternal grandmother of [[Elon Musk]], leaving England to settle in [[South Africa]] where she married Walter Musk in 1944
* [[Max Muspratt]]: chemist and politician<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/08/28/jimmy-molloy-father-james-nugent-100252-19693411/ |title=News – Liverpool Local News – Jimmy Molloy – Father James Nugent |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=28 August 2007 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Myles-Lea]]: painter

== N ==
* [[Brian Nash (musician)|Brian Nash]]: guitarist, [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
* [[Tom Neil]]: (1920–2018)  [[WWII]] [[flying ace]]
* [[Ken Nelson (British record producer)|Ken Nelson]]: record producer, three-time [[Grammy Awards]] winner with rock band [[Coldplay]] 
* [[James Nelson-Joyce]]: film actor
* [[Mike Newell (footballer)|Mike Newell]] footballer, [[Blackburn Rovers]]
* [[Billy Newnes]]: jockey, won [[Epsom Oaks]]
* [[John Newton]] (1725–1807): Liverpool sea captain who composed "[[Amazing Grace]]"
* [[Vincent Nichols]]: leader of England's Roman Catholics<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/03/vincent-nichols-profile |work=The Guardian |location=London | title=Profile: Archbishop Vincent Nichols | date=3 April 2009 | access-date=8 May 2010 | first=Alexandra | last=Topping}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Nickell-Lean]]: operatic singer
* [[Derek Nimmo]] (1930–1999): actor
* Sir [[Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)|Percy Noble]] (1880–1955): [[Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches]], responsible for the safety of British shipping during the [[Battle of the Atlantic]], headquarters at [[Exchange Flags|Derby house]], Liverpool 
* [[Kevin Nolan]]: footballer
* [[Steven Norris]]: politician and businessman<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2000/london_mayor/726055.stm |work=BBC News | title=Steve Norris: Tory who ran as a liberal | date=5 May 2000 | access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Sally Nugent]]: journalist, TV presenter ''[[BBC Breakfast]]''

== O ==
* [[Tom O'Connor (comedian)|Tom O'Connor]] (1939–2021): comedian and TV quiz show host<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomoconnor.co.uk/system/index.html |title=Tom O'Connor. TV presenter, comedian, corporate entertainer and golfer. Personal appearances, golf days, voice overs, after dinner speaking and cabaret |publisher=Tomoconnor.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701132334/http://www.tomoconnor.co.uk/system/index.html |archive-date=1 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Paul O'Grady]] (1955–2023):, comedian and TV presenter
* [[Kele Okereke]]: singer-songwriter in the indie rock band [[Bloc Party]]
* [[John Okill]] (1687–1773): shipbuilder for the [[Royal Navy]] and [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]]
* [[Nigel Olsson]]: musician, drummer and [[backing vocalist]] for [[Elton John]] in the [[Elton John Band]]
* [[Anyika Onuora]]: Olympic sprinter
* [[Phina Oruche]]: actress and model
* [[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]]: singer-songwriter in [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
* [[Brian Oulton]]: actor
* [[Alun Owen]]: screenwriter, brought up in Liverpool, wrote [[the Beatles]]' film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
* [[Terry Owen]]: footballer, father of the [[2001 Ballon d'Or]] winner [[Michael Owen]]
* Sir [[Leonard Owen|William Leonard Owen]]: engineer, [[nuclear engineering]]
* Lord [[Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh]]: [[geologist]], [[geophysics|geophysicist]], member of the [[House of Lords]]

== P ==
* [[Louis Page (footballer, born 1899)|Louis Page]] (1899–1959): footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Bob Paisley]] (1919–1996): footballer and football manager, associated with [[Liverpool F.C.]] for 50 years, Liverpool's most successful manager 
* [[Mark Palios]] (born 1952): footballer, former chief executive of [[the Football Association]]
* [[Amy Parkinson]] (1855–1938): poet
* [[Jack Parkinson (footballer, born 1883)|Jack Parkinson]] (1883–1942): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Lily Parr]] (1905–1978): first woman inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Nikita Parris]] (born 1994): footballer, [[England women's national football team|women's England international]]
* [[John Parrott]] (born 1964): championship-winning snooker player and TV personality<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/sport/johnparrott.shtml |title=Press Office – John Parrott |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=23 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423223801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/sport/johnparrott.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Alan Parry]] (born 1948): TV football commentator<ref>{{cite web|author=Solsoft – www.solsoft.co.uk |url=http://www.gordonpoole.com/?artistID=1023 |title=Latest News |publisher=Gordonpoole.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Rick Parry]] (born 1955): chairman of the [[EFL Championship|EFL]] and former chief executive of the [[Premier League]]
* [[Konstantinos Paspatis]] (1878–1903): possibly the first Liverpool-born Olympic medallist, at the [[1896 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] 
* [[Brian Patten]]: poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brianpatten.co.uk/biog.html |title=biography.html |publisher=Brianpatten.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Larry Paul]]: boxer, former British light-middleweight champion
* [[John Peel]] (1939–2004): radio presenter, noted for bringing many artists such as [[Fleetwood Mac]] and [[Pink Floyd]] to the mainstream 
* [[John West Foods|T. L. Pelling]]: co-founded the seafood company [[John West Foods]] 
* [[Mike Pender]]: musician, [[lead guitar]] and [[lead vocalist]] of [[the Searchers (band)|the Searchers]], the longest running pop group
* [[Tricia Penrose]]: actress
* [[Zak Perzamanos]]: athlete, trampoline gymnast
* Lady [[Mary Peters (athlete)|Mary Peters]]: athlete, [[pentathlon]] gold medallist in the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympics]]
* [[George Philip (cartographer)|George Philip]] (1800–1882): cartographer and map publisher
* [[Dom Phillips]]: journalist<ref>{{cite news |title=Bodies found in Amazon feared to be Wirral journalist and Brazilian expert |url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/20206697.bodies-found-amazon-feared-wirral-journalist-brazilian-expert/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=Wirral Globe}}</ref>
* [[Phillips' Sound Recording Services|Percy Phillips]]: recording engineer, noted for early recordings of [[the Quarrymen]], a [[blue plaque]] marks his former home
* [[Tony Phillips (painter)|Tony Phillips]]: artist and printmaker<ref name="Diaspora-artists">{{cite web |title=Tony Phillips |url=http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=145&table=artists |website=Diaspora-artists |access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>
* Sir [[James Picton]] (1805–1889): architect who established [[Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library]]
* [[Paddy Pimblett]]: mixed martial artist, [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* [[Pete Postlethwaite]] (1946–2011): actor 
* [[John Power (singer-songwriter)|John Power]]: singer-songwriter with [[Cast (band)|Cast]] and bassist with [[the La's]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/video/10/beat_john_power.shtml |title= BBC – Liverpool08 – Video – How to be a Musician: John Power|website=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114060706/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/video/10/beat_john_power.shtml |archive-date=14 November 2012}}</ref>
* [[Philip Louis Pratley]]: architect and civil engineer
* [[Edward Carter Preston]] (1885–1965): artist of [[sculpture]] and [[medallist|medals]]
* [[Steve Prestwich]] (1954–2011): former drummer of Australian band [[Cold Chisel]]
* [[David Price (boxer)|David Price]] (born 1983): boxer, former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion
* [[Richard Priestman]] (born 1955): Olympic archer and coach
* [[Arthur Herbert Procter]] (1890–1973): [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Dominic Purcell]] (born 1970): actor
* [[Richard Pyros]] (born 1987): actor

== Q ==

* Sir [[Anthony Quayle]] (1913–1989): actor
* [[Sam Quek]]: hockey player, [[gold medal]]list in [[2016 Summer Olympics]] and first female captain on the quiz show ''[[A Question of Sport]]''
* [[Richard Quest]]: CNN TV presenter and journalist
* [[Tommy Quickly]]: singer, formerly of [[the Remo Four]]
* [[Tony Quigley]]: boxer, former British [[super middleweight]] champion
* [[Abdullah Quilliam]] (1856–1932): founder of England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and founder of [[Association of British Muslims]] 
* [[Ged Quinn]]: artist and musician, member of [[the Teardrop Explodes]]
* [[Micky Quinn]]: footballer

== R ==
* [[Lynne Randell]] (1949–2007): singer, Australia's first teen pop star
* [[Heidi Range]] (born 1983): singer, former member of the [[Sugababes]]
* [[J. B. Ranson]] (1860–1935): captain of the [[RMS Baltic (1903)|RMS ''Baltic'']] which rescued 1700 passengers and crew from the [[RMS Republic (1903)|RMS ''Republic'']] - this was the first marine rescue made possible by radio - it brought worldwide attention to the new technology 
* [[Frederick Morton Radcliffe|Sir Frederick Radcliffe]] (1861–1953): known as the "Father of the [[Liverpool Cathedral]]" which is the worlds tallest non spired church tower and has the largest footprint after [[St Peter's, Rome]], only [[Seville Cathedral]] out ranks it in gothic volume 
* [[William Ratcliffe]] (1884–1963): [[Victoria Cross]] recipient<ref name="homeusers.prestel.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/liverpoo.htm |title=Liverpool |publisher=Homeusers.prestel.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514040931/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/liverpoo.htm |archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[James Ravenscroft (cricketer)|James Ravenscroft]] (1854–1931): cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Ravenscroft Profile - Cricket Player England {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/james-ravenscroft-19593 |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Eleanor Rathbone]] (1872–1946): independent member of Parliament and pioneer of family allowance and women's rights
* [[Richard Rathbone]] (1788–1860): merchant who attended the 1840 [[World Anti-Slavery Convention]]
* [[William Rathbone II]] (1696–1746): prominent citizen, philanthropist and founder of [[Rathbones|Rathbones Group]] 
* [[William Rathbone V]] (1787–1868): politician, merchant, [[ship-owner]], responsible of distribution of [[British Relief Association|New England Relief]] funds during the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Irish Famine]] of 1845–1852
* [[William Rathbone VI]] (1819–1902): politician and philanthropist, established the first district nursing service at the [[Liverpool Royal Infirmary]] in 1862, established Liverpool Training School and Home for Nurses and the [[Queen's Nursing Institute]]
* Sir [[Simon Rattle]] (born 1955): orchestra conductor<ref name="homeusers.prestel.co.uk" />
* [[Austin Rawlinson]] (1902–2000): swimmer, inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]]
* [[Paul Raymond (publisher)|Paul Raymond]] (1925–2008): publisher, [[pornographic magazine]] mogul 
* [[J. A. Raynes]] (1870&nbsp;- after 1916): composer and conductor best known for his contributions to Broadway musicals<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4tEDwAAQBAJ&dq=John+Arthur+Raynes+composer&pg=PT286|chapter=Raynes, J[ohn] A[rthur]|title=Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, Volume 3: Biographical and Critical Commentary - Alphabetical Listings from Edgar Stillman Kelley to Charles Zimmerman|first=John|last= Franceschina|publisher=Bear Manor Media|year=2018}}</ref>
* [[Zack Gibson|Jack Rea]]: [[WWE NXT UK|NXT UK]] wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/zack-gibson|title=Zack Gibson|website=WWE}}</ref>
* [[Phil Redmond]]: [[screenwriter]], created ''[[Grange Hill]]'', ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'' and ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
* [[Jamie Reid]]: punk visual artist and anarchist
* [[Peter Reid]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6648 |title=Peter Reid – details and stats |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Robin Reid (boxer)|Robin Reid]]: boxer, [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] champion, won a [[bronze medal]] at the 1992 Summer Olympics
* [[Alberto Remedios]]: opera singer 
* [[James Renwick (physicist)|James Renwick]] (1790–1863): scientist and engineer, his son [[James Renwick Jr.]] was the architect of [[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)|St. Patrick's Cathedral]], New York
* [[Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson]]: [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Miranda Richardson]]: actress
* [[Bill Ridding]]: footballer, [[1958 FA Cup Final]] winning manager
* Sir [[Peter Rigby]]: entrepreneur, founder of [[Rigby Group]]
* [[Ellis Rimmer]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Jimmy Rimmer]]: football goalkeeper, first English player to win [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] with two clubs
* [[John Rimmer (athlete)|John Rimmer]]: athlete, Olympic gold medallist
* [[Andy Ripley]]: rugby union player for {{nrut|England}} (24 caps) and the [[British and Irish Lions]] on their [[1974 British Lions tour to South Africa|unbeaten 1974 tour of South Africa]]<ref name="Scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/7880.html Andy Ripley Profile] scrum.com</ref>
* [[Kate Robbins]]: [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], cousin of [[Paul McCartney]], sister of [[Ted Robbins]]{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Ted Robbins]]: comic, actor and broadcaster, cousin of [[Paul McCartney]], brother of [[Kate Robbins]]{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Nigel Roberts]]: computer scientist
* [[Anne Robinson]]: journalist, host of TV game show ''[[The Weakest Link]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Bertram Fletcher Robinson]]: sportsman, journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party campaigner
* Sir [[Ken Robinson (educationalist)|Ken Robinson]]: educationalist
* [[Robert Robinson (broadcaster)|Robert Robinson]] (1927–2011): broadcaster 
* [[James Roby]]: [[rugby league]] international for [[England rugby league team]] and [[Great Britain national rugby league team]]
* [[Crissy Rock]]: actress and comedian
* [[Ernie Roderick]]: boxer, former British and European [[welterweight]] and [[middleweight]] champion
* [[Alfred Edward Rodewald]] (1862–1903): composer and conductor
* Lord [[William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank|Bill Rodgers]]: politician, member of [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] [[Gang of Four (SDP)|Gang of Four]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liberalhistory.org.uk/history/rodgers-bill-lord-rodgers/ |title=Bill Rodgers|access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[Paul Rooney (artist)|Paul Rooney]]: visual and sound artist<ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://vimeo.com/paulrooney|title=Paul Rooney|work=Vimeo}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Rooney]]: footballer, [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] all-time record scorer, all-time most-capped outfield footballer with the [[England national football team]] (120 caps)
* [[William Roscoe]] (1753–1831): banker, writer, best known as one of [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|England's first abolitionists]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/citizen/71798.htm |title=Roscoe – a true son of Liverpool |access-date=22 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213094445/http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/citizen/71798.htm |archive-date=13 February 2009}}</ref>
* [[Milton Rosmer]] (1881–1971): actor who played George Burns in ''[[Atlantic Ferry]]'' about Liverpool brothers [[David MacIver]] and Charles MacIver and the early formation of the [[Cunard Line]]
* Sir [[Ronald Ross]] (1857–1932): [[Medical officer of health|medical officer]], director of [[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine]] and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel prize winner]], discover of the mosquito transmission of [[malaria]] 
* [[Norman Rossington]]: actor, best remembered for is roles in [[the Beatles]] film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Double Trouble (1967 film)|Double Trouble]]'' starring [[Elvis Presley]]
* [[Leonard Rossiter]]: actor who played landlord Rigsby in the Yorkshire TV series ''[[Rising Damp]]'', and the title character in ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' and other roles
* [[Steve Rotheram]], Labour politician (former MP and metro mayor of Liverpool)
* [[Alan Rouse]] (1951–1986): mountaineer, first British climber to summit [[K2]], the [[List of highest mountains on Earth|second-highest mountain on Earth]] 
* [[Patricia Routledge]] (born 1929): actress, star of ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''
* [[Stan Rowan]] (1924–1997): boxer, [[List of British bantamweight boxing champions|British]] and [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council champions|British Empire bantamweight]] champion
* [[Geoff Rowley]] (born 1976): pro skate boarder<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volcom.com/team/team_rider_detail.asp?TeamID=2&riderID=12&SectionId=1 |title=Youth Against Establishment &#124; Geoff Rowley |publisher=Volcom |date=6 June 1976 |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408150314/http://www.volcom.com/team/team_rider_detail.asp?TeamId=2&SectionId=1&RiderId=12 |archive-date=8 April 2008}}</ref>
* [[Herbert James Rowse]] (1887–1963): architect whose works included [[India Buildings]] and [[Martins Bank Building]]
* Dr [[Maude Royden|Agness Maude Royden]]: suffragist, author, preacher, philosopher, pacifist, who was in [[The Black Book (list)|The Black Book]]
* [[Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden]] (1871–1950): chairman of the shipbuilding company [[Thomas Royden & Sons]] and went on to be chairman of the [[Cunard Line]]
* [[Joe Royle]] (born 1949): footballer, [[England national football team|England international]], manager of [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Lita Roza]] (1926–2008): singer, first woman to have a number-one record in the [[UK music charts]] 
* [[Stephen Rubin]] (born 1937): chairman and co-owner of the [[Pentland Group]], originally the Liverpool Shoe Company founded in 1932 
* [[Alan Rudkin]] (1941–2010): boxer, former British and [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council champions|Commonwealth]] and European champion
* [[Robert Runcie]] (1921–2000): Anglican archbishop<ref>{{cite web|first=Denis |last=Griffiths |url=http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/Runcie.htm |title=Robert Runcie |publisher=Stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Edward Rushton]] (1756–1814): blind anti-slavery campaigner who founded the [[Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool|Royal School for the Blind]], the oldest school for the blind in continuous operation
* [[Willy Russell]]: playwright, screenwriter
* [[Mike Rutherford]]: musician and songwriter, inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] and [[Mike and the Mechanics]] 
* [[Paul Rutherford (singer)|Paul Rutherford]]: singer-dancer, [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
* [[John Rylands]] (1801–1888): owner of the largest [[Textile manufacturing|textile]] company

== S ==
* [[Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel|Herbert Samuel]] (1870–1963): political statesman and [[British Jews|British Jewish]] diplomat
* [[Robert Sangster]] (1936–2004): businessman, founded [[Vernons Pools]], racehorse owner/breeder, established the [[Coolmore Stud]]
* Sir [[Charles Santley]] (1834–1922): opera singer, first singer to be honoured with a [[knight]]hood
* [[Sunetra Sarker]]: actress
* [[Kevin Satchell]]: boxer, former British, Commonwealth and European champion
* [[Ron Saunders]]: footballer, [[Aston Villa F.C.]] manager who won the league and European cups in the [[1981–82 Aston Villa F.C. season|1981–82 season]]
* [[Alexei Sayle]]: comedian and writer{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Gia Scala]] (1934–1972): [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] film actress
* [[Gustav Christian Schwabe]] (1813–1897): [[Hamburg]]-born financier
* [[Richard Seddon]] (1845–1906): politician, former [[prime minister of New Zealand]]
* [[Peter Serafinowicz]]: actor and comic writer, wrote the satire ''[[Look Around You]]'', and voiced [[Darth Maul]] in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Will Sergeant]]: musician, guitarist in [[Echo and the Bunnymen]]
* [[Reginald Servaes]]: commander of the Reserve Fleet, [[vice admiral]]
* [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]: dramatist of ''[[Sleuth (play)|Sleuth]]'' and ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]'', twin brother of [[Peter Shaffer]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/feb/10/arts.artsnews |work=The Guardian |location=London | title=Playwright's family fight off mistress's claim to share legacy | date=10 February 2004 | access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Peter Shaffer]]: dramatist of ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]'' and ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', twin brother of [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/16/Peter-Shaffer.html |title=Peter Shaffer Biography (1926–) |publisher=Film Reference |date=15 May 1926 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Shannon]]: menswear designer
* [[Chris Sharrock]]: drummer for the band [[Beady Eye]], former member of [[the Icicle Works]], [[the La's]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
* [[Alia Shelesh]]: YouTuber known for her [[reaction video]]s
* [[Chris Shepherd]]: TV writer, film writer, producer
* [[Kate Sheppard]] (1848–1934): New Zealand's most famous suffragette
* [[Cornelius Sherlock]]: architect, co-designed the [[Walker Art Gallery]] with [[Henry Hill Vale]]
* [[Danny Shone]]: footballer
* [[Peter Shore]]: Labour politician<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1437718.stm |work=BBC News | title=Peter Shore: Principled man of politics | date=24 September 2001 | access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Pete Shotton]]: businessman, member of [[the Quarrymen]] that later became [[the Beatles]]
* Lady [[Sheila Sim|Sheila Sim, Baroness Attenborough]]: film and theatre actress
* [[Mark Simpson (clarinetist)|Mark Simpson]]: composer and clarinettist
* [[Princes Group|William Muirhead Simpson]] (1844–1926): founder of international food and drink [[Princes Group]]<ref>[https://letslookagain.com/tag/history]</ref>
* [[Joey Singleton]]: boxer, former British light-welterweight champion
* [[Peter Sissons]]: journalist and newsreader<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_95279.htm |title=News Update |publisher=ljmu.ac.uk |access-date=14 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620002828/http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_95279.htm |archive-date=20 June 2009}}</ref>
* [[Carly Skelly]]: boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/boxing/liverpool-nurse-carly-skelly-lands-22819952|title=Liverpool nurse Carly Skelly lands world title fight in Phoenix, Arizona|publisher=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=11 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[James Skelly]]: musician, songwriter and record producer, [[the Coral]]
* [[Ken Skupski]]: tennis player 
* [[Neal Skupski]]: tennis player 
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]]: actress, best remembered as a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' assistant{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Callum Smith]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] (super) and ''[[The Ring (magazine)|Ring]]'' [[super middleweight]] champion
* [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] (1850–1912): captain of the [[White Star Line]] ship [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]
* [[Herbert Tyson Smith]]: artist and sculptor
* Sir [[John Smith (football chairman)|John Smith]]: football chairman, [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Liam Smith (boxer)|Liam Smith]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] light-middleweight champion
* [[Michael Smith (darts player)|Michael Smith]]: 2023 darts champion
* [[Paul Smith (boxer)|Paul Smith]]: boxer, former British super-middleweight champion
* [[Stephen Smith (boxer)|Stephen Smith]]: boxer, former British and Commonwealth champion
* [[Steve Smith (British high jumper)|Steve Smith]]: Olympic high-jumping medallist
* [[Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)|Tommy Smith]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], scored the second goal in the [[1977 European Cup final]], former owner of [[the Cavern Club]]
* [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby]] (1752–1834): of [[Knowsley Hall]] whose family had a long history of horse racing, established the [[Epsom Derby]] and [[Epsom Oaks]]
* [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]]: three-time [[prime minister of the United Kingdom]], noted as the longest serving party leader in Britain
* [[Sonia (singer)|Sonia]]: pop singer
* [[Frank Soo]] (1914–1991): footballer, the only person of Asian background to play for the [[England national football team]]<ref>[https://www.thefranksoofoundation.org.uk]</ref>
* [[Annie Speirs]]: swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
* [[John West Foods|C. H. Stanley]]: established and co-founded seafood company [[John West Foods]]
* [[Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby]]: president of the [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)|Professional Golfers' Association]], involved in the inclusion of continental European golfers in [[the Ryder Cup]]
* [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]]: [[lord mayor of Liverpool]], governor general of Canada, bequeathed the [[Stanley Cup]], racehorse owner/breeder, established [[Godolphin Stables|Stanley House Stables]]
* [[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby]] (1607–1651): established the [[Manx Derby]] precursor of now celebrated [[Derby (horse race)|Derby]] 
* [[Olaf Stapledon]]: author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0501stapledon.html |title=Page title goes here |publisher=Archives Hub |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Graham Stark]]: actor
* [[Michael Starke]]: actor
* [[Freddie Starr]]: comedian, [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], singer and [[1994 Grand National]]-winning owner
* Sir [[Ringo Starr]]: drummer, singer-songwriter, inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Beatles]]
* [[Alison Steadman]]: actress{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[A. G. Steel]]: [[Amateur status in first-class cricket|amateur cricketer]], noted for recording the first [[Test cricket|Test]] [[Century (cricket)|century]] and [[five-wicket haul]] at [[Lord's|Lord's cricket ground]]
* [[Robert Steel (chess player)|Robert Steel]] (1839–1903): chess player, conceived and organised the first international, long-distance chess match
* [[Harry Steere]]: [[WWII]] [[flying ace]] 
* [[Thomas Steers]] (1672–1750): England's first [[civil engineer]], built the first commercial wet dock in Liverpool and the first mercantile dock system
* [[George Stephenson]] (1781–1848): "Father of Railways", pioneered the first transport tunnels under cities, [[Wapping Tunnel]], [[Waterloo Tunnel]] and [[Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool)|Victoria Tunnel]]
* [[Nessie Stewart-Brown]] (1864–1958): co-founder of [[Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society]] the sister of [[Julia Solly]]
* [[Adrian Scott Stokes]] (1854–1935): artist known for landscape paintings<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drawpaintsculpt.com/artist-biographies/stokes-adrian-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815195411/http://www.drawpaintsculpt.com/artist-biographies/stokes-adrian-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2011 |title=Stokes, Adrian &#124; Lara |publisher=Drawpaintsculpt.com |date=30 November 1935 |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* Sir [[Wilfred Stokes]] (1860–1927): inventor of the [[Stokes mortar]] used during [[WWI]], the first single-person transportable [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] 
* [[Robert Stopford (bishop)|Robert Stopford]] (1901–1976): bishop of London
* [[Brad Strand]]: boxer, former [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] European champion
* [[Gordon Stretton]] (1887–1983): musician, credited with introducing [[jazz]] to [[Latin America]]
* [[Ronald Stuart]] (1886–1954): [[Victoria Cross]] recipient during [[World War I]] and captain of the [[RMS Empress of Britain (1930)|RMS ''Empress of Britain'']] from 1934 to 1937
* [[Alan Stubbs]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7696 |title=Alan Stubbs – – details and stats |publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806042412/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7696 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[George Stubbs]] (1724–1806): artist, known for horse paintings<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/stubbs/stubbs.html |title=George Stubbs Biography |publisher=Mezzo-mondo.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303224504/http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/stubbs/stubbs.html |archive-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Stevenson Stubbs]] (1894–1963): [[WWI]] flying ace
* [[Stuart Sutcliffe]]: early member of [[the Beatles]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artinliverpool.com/index.php/maingalleries/university-liverpool/liv-uni-arch/633-uni-sutcliffe |title=University of Liverpool – Stuart Sutcliffe |publisher=Artinliverpool.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Swain]]: one of four footballers from Merseyside who was a member of [[Ron Saunders]]' team that won the league and [[1982 European Cup Final]] with [[Aston Villa F.C.]]
* [[Claire Sweeney]]: actress, singer and TV presenter
* [[Clive Swift]]: actor and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last=Krotosky |first=Lauren |url=http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/?content_id=6768 |title=Entertainment &#124; Features And Reviews |publisher=TotallyJewish.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081810/http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/?content_id=6768 |archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[David Swift (actor)|David Swift]]: actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/issue26.htm |title=Magazine Of Jewish Culture |publisher=Jewish Renaissance |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518194247/http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/issue26.htm |archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[Joy Swift]]: inventor of the murder mystery weekend
* [[John Samuel Swire]] (1825–1898): shipping magnate, founder of [[China Navigation Company]] and [[Swire]]<ref>[http://www.swire.com]</ref>
* [[Terry Sylvester]]: singer-songwriter inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[the Hollies]]
* [[Magda Szubanski]]: Australian actress

== T ==
* [[Raymond Tallis]]: professor of geriatric medicine and poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.granta.com/Contributors/Raymond-Tallis |title=Raymond Tallis &#124; Contributors &#124; Granta Magazine |publisher=Granta.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Tarbuck]]: comedian, entertainer, TV host
* [[Liza Tarbuck]]: actress, TV and radio presenter, daughter of [[Jimmy Tarbuck]]
* [[Banastre Tarleton]] (1754–1833): politician, led the [[British Legion (American Revolution)|British Legion]] in the [[American War of Independence]]
* [[Nel Tarleton]]: boxer, former [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] champion on three separate occasions and first to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]] outright twice
* Sir [[Henry Tate]] (1819–1899): sugar magnate, established the [[Tate Britain]] and [[Tate Liverpool]] art galleries 
* [[Tanya Tate]]: adult film star<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=TanyaTate/gender=female |title=Tanya Tate |website=Iafd.com |date=1979-03-31 |access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[Troy Tate]]: musician, [[the Teardrop Explodes]]
* [[Derek Taylor]]: publicist for [[the Beatles]], [[the Byrds]], [[the Beach Boys]], [[the Mamas & the Papas]], co-founded the pioneering [[Monterey International Pop Festival]]
* [[Jodie Taylor]]: footballer, [[England women's national football team|England international]] 
* [[Ted Taylor (footballer)|Ted Taylor]]: football goalkeeper, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Derek Temple]]: footballer [[Everton F.C.]]
* [[Wally Thom]]: boxer, won the [[Lonsdale Belt]] outright, European and [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] champion twice
* [[Heidi Thomas]]: screenwriter and playwright best known for screen adaptations including ''[[I Capture the Castle (film)|I Capture the Castle]]'', ''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]'' and ''[[Call the Midwife]]''
* [[Walter Aubrey Thomas]]: architect, designed the [[Royal Liver Building]]
* [[George Thompson (abolitionist)|George Thompson]]: one of the most important [[abolitionism|abolition]] and [[human rights]] lecturers in the UK and US, attended the 1860 [[World Anti-Slavery Convention]]
* Sir [[Ivan Thompson]] (1894–1970): [[Commodore (rank)|commodore]] of the [[Cunard Line]], [[troopship]] captain in [[WWI]] and [[WWII]]
* [[Phil Thompson]]: footballer, captain of [[Liverpool F.C.]] in the [[1981 European Cup Final]], captain of the [[England national football team]]
* [[Bill Tidy]]: cartoonist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billtidy.com/biography.asp |title=Bill Tidy Biography |publisher=Billtidy.com |date=9 October 1933 |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129161232/http://www.billtidy.com/biography.asp |archive-date=29 January 2010}}</ref>
* [[Dick Tiger]] (1929–1971): boxer, former world middleweight champion (twice) and light-heavyweight champion<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.boxing.com/dick_tiger_vs._henry_hank_a_golden_era_of_middleweight_boxers.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121222195837/http://www.boxing.com/dick_tiger_vs._henry_hank_a_golden_era_of_middleweight_boxers.html| archive-date=22 December 2012 | title = Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers |website=Boxing.com}}</ref>
* [[Darren Till]]: mixed martial artist, UFC welterweight
* [[John Tinniswood]]: accountant and [[supercentenarian]], world's oldest living man until his death in 2024
* [[Frank Tobin]] (1849–1927): [[rugby union]], [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool F.C.]], played for the oldest rugby union club and played in the [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match|first international match]], also the first international match in any code of football
* [[Ricky Tomlinson]]: actor and comedian
* [[Mirabel Topham]]: actress and former owner of [[Aintree Racecourse]] home of the [[Grand National]] and [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]] that hosted [[Formula One]] [[British Grand Prix]] five times
* [[Charles Towne (artist)|Charles Towne]] (1763–1840): painter of landscapes and animals including [[Old Billy]], the longest-living horse on record 
* [[Robert Tressell]] (1870–1911): Irish author of ''[[The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists]]'' 
* [[Norman Tunna]]: [[George Cross]] recipient
* [[Jack Turner (boxer)|Jack Turner]]: boxer, [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] international super-flyweight champion 
* [[William Thomas Turner]] (1856–1933): captain of the [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] when it [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sank]], the first of 22 [[Cunard Line|Cunard]] ships lost in [[WWI]]
* [[George Turpin]]: boxer who won a [[bronze medal]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/merseysides-100-olympians-no-22-3339009 |title=Merseyside's 100 Olympians: No. 22 George Turpin |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=9 April 2019 |work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>
* [[Rita Tushingham]]: actress
* [[Tommy Tynan]]: footballer
* [[Cathy Tyson]]: actress
* [[Liam Tyson]]: [[guitarist]], a band member of [[Cast (band)|Cast]], performed, recorded and wrote with [[Led Zeppelin]] front man [[Robert Plant]]

== V ==
* [[Henry Hill Vale (architect)|Henry Hill Vale]]: architect, co-designed the [[Walker Art Gallery]] with [[Cornelius Sherlock]]
* [[Frankie Vaughan]] (1928–1999): singer, dancer and film actor
* [[Ivan Vaughan]]: musician and author, introduced the future Beatles [[Lennon–McCartney|Lennon and McCartney]]
* [[Norman Vaughan (comedian)|Norman Vaughan]] (1923–2002): comedian, show host and actor
* [[Colin Vearncombe]] (1962–2016): singer with 1987 hit "[[Wonderful Life (Black song)|Wonderful Life]]"
* [[F. X. Velarde]]: architect
* [[Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Baronet|Sir Edmund Vestey]]: shipping magnate of the [[Blue Star Line]], co-founder of [[Vestey Holdings]], an international business focused on food products and services
* Lord [[William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey|William Vestey]]: shipping magnate of the [[Blue Star Line]] and co-founder of [[Vestey Holdings]], pioneers of refrigeration technology to supply meat, poultry, eggs and fish globally <ref>[http://letslookagain.com/2015/04/invested-a-history-of-vestey-brothers]</ref>

== W ==
* [[James Iredell Waddell]]: commander of the Liverpool ship {{ship|CSS|Shenandoah}} the vessel was surrendered in Liverpool marking the last official surrender of the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Tony Waddington (songwriter)|Tony Waddington]]: songwriter, record producer
* [[Engine (British band)|Pete Wade]]: blues/rock guitarist with [[Engine (British band)|Engine]], and Connie Lush & Blues Shouter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/petewademusic |title=Pete Wade op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
* [[Neville Wadia]] (1911–1996): member of the [[Wadia family]] and chairman of [[Bombay Dyeing]] of the [[Wadia Group]], pioneers of the shipbuilding industry that oversaw the building of Asia's first [[dry dock]] in 1750 
* [[Walter Wadsworth]]: footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]]
* [[Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield]]: founder of [[Castrol]] [[lubricant]] company<ref>[https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap28768/wakefield-charles-cheers]</ref>
* [[Bianca Walkden]]: three-time [[taekwondo]] champion and Olympic medallist
* Captain [[Frederic John Walker]] (1896–1944): the most successful [[anti-submarine warfare]] commander during the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] buried at sea in [[Liverpool Bay]]
* [[Horace Walker]] (1838–1908): mountaineer who made many notable [[first ascent]]s, including [[Mount Elbrus]] and [[Grandes Jorasses]]
* [[Lucy Walker (climber)|Lucy Walker]] (c. 1836–1916): pioneer [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]], first woman to climb the [[Matterhorn]]
* [[William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree|William Walker]] (1856–1933): [[Grand National]] winning owner who helped establish [[the National Stud]] and [[Irish National Stud]]
* [[Keith Wallace (boxer)|Keith Wallace]] (1961–2000): boxer, former [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth]] [[flyweight]] champion, was [[Frank Warren (promoter)|Frank Warren]]'s first professional signing
* [[Nigel Walley]] (born 1941): musician
* [[Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley]] (born 1943): politician, member of the [[House of Lords]]
* [[Jonathan Walters]] (born 1983): footballer, [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland international]]
* [[Samuel Walters (artist)|Samuel Walters]] (1811–1882): [[marine painter]], of the [[SS Atlantic (1870)|SS ''Atlantic'']] and ''[[Ocean Monarch (barque)|Ocean Monarch]]''
* [[Stephen Walters]] (born 1975): actor
* [[Tom Waring]]: footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Curtis Warren]]: [[Gangs in Liverpool|Liverpool Mafia]] boss
* [[William Warwick]]: first captain of the ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' [[ocean liner]], his son Commodore Ronald W. Warwick was the first master of the ''[[Queen Mary 2]]''
* [[Alfred Waterhouse]] (1830–1905): [[architect]]
* [[Edwin Waterhouse]] (1841–1917): co-founded [[PriceWaterhouse]], one of [[Big Four accounting firms]]
* [[Sid Watkins]] (1928–2012): president of [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] and [[Formula One]] institute of motorsport safety
* [[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]] (1856–1921): likely the first black professional footballer, played for [[Bootle F.C. (1879)|Bootle F.C.]]
* [[Billy Watson (footballer, born 1890)|Billy Watson]] (1890–1955): footballer, [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Dave Watson]] (born 1961): footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[William Watson (motoring pioneer)|William Watson]] (1873–1961): racing driver, won the 1908 Isle of Man [[RAC Tourist Trophy]], the oldest automobile race 
* [[Jamie Webster]] (born 1994): singer-songwriter
* [[John Webster (RAF officer)|John Webster]] (1916–1940): [[WWII]] [[flying ace]] 
* [[Richie Wenton]] (born 1967): boxer, former British [[super bantamweight]] champion
* [[Frank Westerton]] (1866–1923): stage and silent-film actor
* [[James Wharton (boxer)|James Wharton]] (1813–1856): pioneer boxer inducted to the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]
* [[Johnny Wheeler]] (1928–2019): footballer, [[Liverpool F.C.]], [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Albert White (VC)|Albert White]] (1892–1917): [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Charley White]] (1891–1959): boxer, world title challenger on several occasions
* [[Wildman Whitehouse]] (1816–1890): inventor, sent the first [[telecommunications]] to the United States
* [[Alan Whittle]] (born 1950): footballer, [[Everton F.C.]]
* Dame [[May Whitty]] (1865–1948): film actress, first stage and film actress to receive a [[dame]]hood 
* [[Henry Tingle Wilde]] (1872–1912): [[Chief mate|chief officer]] on the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]
* [[Kitty Wilkinson]] (1785–1860): called the "Saint of the Slums" due to her public wash house movement
* [[Anne Williams (activist)|Anne Williams]]: campaigned for justice following the [[Hillsborough disaster]]
* [[Cliff Williams]]: musician, inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Australian hard rock band [[AC/DC]]
* [[Kathryn Williams]]: singer-songwriter
* [[Martyn S. Williams]]: mountain and wilderness guide, first person to lead expeditions to the three extremes, South Pole (1989), North Pole (1992) and Everest (1991)
* [[Joseph Williamson (philanthropist)|Joseph Williamson]] (1769–1840): philanthropist and builder of the [[Williamson Tunnels]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.williamsontunnels.com/story.htm |title=Friends of Williamson's Tunnels |publisher=Williamsontunnels.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831061840/http://www.williamsontunnels.com/story.htm |archive-date=31 August 2009}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Willis]]: songwriter, husband and manager of [[Cilla Black]]
* [[Tony Willis]]: boxer, former British champion and won a bronze medal in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Harold Wilson]]: [[prime minister of the United Kingdom]], educated at [[Wirral Grammar School for Boys]], member of Parliament for [[Huyton]] 1950 to 1983, a statue was erected in Huyton town centre in 2006
* [[Robb Wilton]] (1881–1957): comedian and actor
* [[Peter Withe]]: footballer, [[Aston Villa F.C.]] [[England national football team|England international]], scored the winning goal in the [[1982 European Cup Final]]
* [[Gustav Wilhelm Wolff]] (1834–1913): [[Hamburg]]-born co-founder of [[Harland & Wolff]], [[List of ships built by Harland & Wolff (1930–2002)|a shipbuilding company founded in 1861]]
* Sir [[Corbet Woodall (gas engineer)|Corbet Woodall]] (1841–1916): gas engineer, governor of the [[Gas Light and Coke Company]], the first public supplier of gas
* [[Lord Woodbine]] (1929–2000): [[Trinidad]]-born musician, music promoter, first manager of [[the Beatles]] 
* [[Marsala wine|John Woodhouse]]: merchant, pioneer of mass production and commercialisation of [[Marsala wine]] in 1773
* [[Patricia Woodlock]]: artist and [[suffragette]], served the longest prison sentence among suffragettes, attended the 1910 [[Black Friday (1910)|Black Friday]] march 
* [[Max Woosnam]]: [[England national football team|England international footballer]], also won [[Wimbledon tennis]] doubles, and a [[gold medal]] in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Eleanor Worthington Cox|Eleanor Worthington-Cox]]: actress
* [[Richard Wright (painter)|Richard Wright]] (1723–1775): painter
* [[Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1944)|Tommy Wright]]: footballer, [[Everton F.C.]] and [[England national football team|England international]]
* [[Pete Wylie]]: singer-songwriter with the band the Mighty Wah!<ref>Rees, Dafydd & Crampton Luke, ''Rock Movers & Shakers: An A-Z of People Who Made Rock Happen''. ABC-CLIO, 1991. {{ISBN|0-87436-661-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-87436-661-7}}. ''Pete Wylie (b. Mar. 22, 1958, Liverpool)''</ref>
* [[Arthur Wynne]] (1871–1945): inventor of the [[crossword]] puzzle

== X ==
* [[Michael Xavier]]: actor and singer

== Y ==
* [[Pauline Yates]] (1929–2015): actress 
* [[Henry Yates Thompson]] (1838–1928): newspaper publisher
* [[David Yip]]: actor 
* [[Mal Young]]: TV producer and executive who oversaw ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* [[Ozzie Yue]]: actor, musician for [[Merseybeat]] group [[the Hideaways (band)|the Hideaways]]

== Z ==
* [[Anne Ziegler]] (1910–2003): singer

== See also ==
* [[List of bands and artists from Merseyside]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|People of Merseyside}}

{{Liverpool related articles}}
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[[Category:People from Merseyside|People from Merseyside]]
[[Category:Lists of English people by location]]