List of famous residents of Birmingham, England
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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England.
Born in Birmingham
- Albert Austin --- (Silent film star)
- Bishop Francis Asbury - (Founder of the American Methodist Church)
- Alfred Bird - (Inventor of custard powder)
- Matthew Boulton --- (Pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society)
- Pogus Caesar --- (TV Director and Photographer)
- John Cadbury --- (Founder of the Cadbury chocolate company)
- Barbara Cartland --- (Novelist)
- Jasper Carrott --- (Comedian)
- Austen Chamberlain --- (Politician)
- Neville Chamberlain --- (Former Prime Minister)
- Lisa Clayton --- (Solo yachtswoman)
- David Cox --- (Artist)
- Oscar Deutsch --- (Founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain)
- Sir Francis Galton --- (Scientist, founder of eugenics)
- Hunt Emerson --- (Cartoonist)
- Sid Field --- (Comedian)
- Tony Hancock --- (Comedian and actor)
- George Jacob Holyoake --- reformer
- Jamelia --- (R&B singer)
- Ann Jones --- (Tennis player)
- Edward Burne-Jones -- (Pre-Raphaelite painter)
- Albert William Ketèlbey --- (Composer)
- Frederick William Lanchester --- (builder, with his brother, of the first petrol-driven car in Britain)
- Phil Lynott --- (Musician - Thin Lizzy)
- David Lindermann --- (Master Swordsman)
- Nick Mason* --- (Musician - Pink Floyd)
- Shazia Mirza --- (Comedian)
- Henry Vollam Morton --- (Journalist and travel writer)
- Ozzy Osbourne --- (Musician - Black Sabbath, TV star)
- Carl Palmer --- (Musician - Emerson Lake and Palmer)
- Alexander Parkes --- (Inventor of the first thermoplastic and celluloids)
- Enoch Powell -- (Politician, poet and classical scholar)
- Nick Rhodes --- (Musician - Duran Duran)
- Pat Roach --- (Actor and wrestler)
- Mike Skinner --- (Musician - The Streets)
- Roger Shannon --- (Film Producer)
- Andrew Symonds --- (Famous cricketer now playing in Australia)
- John Taylor --- (Musician - Duran Duran)
- Roger Taylor --- (Musician - Duran Duran)
- Murray Walker --- (Racing driver and commentator)
- Toyah Willcox --- (Singer, actress and television presenter)
- Steve Winwood --- (Musician)
- Benjamin Zephaniah --- (Poet)
* Born in Birmingham but never lived there
Lived in, or associated with, Birmingham
- Joan Armatrading --- (Singer/Songwriter)
- W. H. Auden --- (Poet and author)
- John Baskerville --- (Printer and inventor of typefaces)
- John Bright --- (Politician)
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury --- (Social worker and philanthropist)
- Joseph Chamberlain --- (Politician, Mayor of Birmingham)
- Arthur Conan Doyle --- (Author)
- John Boyd Dunlop --- (Industrialist, built Fort Dunlop)
- James Hinks --- (Bred the Bull Terrier dog)
- Washington Irving --- (Author)
- Josiah Mason --- (Industrialist and philanthropist)
- Nigel Mansell --- (Racing driver)
- Sir Peter Brian Medawar --- (Zoologist)
- William Murdoch --- (Inventor of gas lighting)
- Bill Oddie --- (Comedian and ornithologist)
- Joseph Priestley --- (Chemist and dissenting clergyman)
- J. R. R. Tolkien --- (Author)).
- James Watt --- (Inventor and member of the Lunar Society)
- William Withering --- (Doctor, discoverer of digitalis)
External links
- Famous People (http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=31047&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=15) Birmingham City Council feature page on Birmingham-related celebrities