I have just taken a teaching post in Liverpool & I am currently covering 2 subjects. As local history is not really my forte. I am setting the class an assignment on 'Famous Locals'. I don't want to cover the usual people associated with L'pool such as The Beatles - as they are very well known, or Footballers as there may be a conflict on who supports who. I am more keen on famous people that they may have come in to contact with ie. a local tv celeb. Basically someone well known & interesting enough for them to want to research!
If anyone can suggest names to put to them, or where I can find out about famous Liverpool people, Please help me (and year 9!).
Thank you so much
Claire xx.
2006-10-11 07:28:24 · 14 answers · asked by claire j 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I think that you are all stars in Liverpool!
2006-10-15 01:27:09 · update #1
Lilly Savage aka Paul O'Grady, Ricky Tomlinson (Jim Royal from the Royal Family & Brookside) Clare Sweeney also from Brookside and that home makeover show.
2006-10-11 07:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by andipandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Club no but I admit I used to support Brazil when I was a little kid cause of Ronaldo. It was during the WC 2002. Then I grew up and started supporting England in tournaments since Malta never qualifies and I have some English blood in me. edit: When I first say football I remember it was an Italian league game. I know Juventus were playing the other team I don't know. Ever since then I started liking football and Edgar Davids was my fav player but I didn't like Juventus kit and I never understood the Italian language. Then later on when I grew up ( maybe I was 5 or 6 ) I got more into football and I selected Chelsea as my team. Blue was always my fave colour and the Lion was always my fave animal.
2016-03-18 07:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Liverpool
not only does it list famous and semi-famous people from liverpool, all the names are links so you can click one and get detailed information about them rather than investigating at a different site.
for example, there is frank hornby - inventor of meccano. keith chegwin, les dennis, several members of atomic kitten, william ewart gladstone (ex prime minister), pete best, ron atkinson, many footballers etc etc.
for another list, which you will have to look into elsewhere for background information on them, see here:
http://www.liverpoolcityportal.co.uk/history/famous_scoucers.html
that one has mel chisholm (spice girls), ken dodd, kenny everett, billy fury, and so on and so forth.
EDIT: mike myers (austin powers) who was suggested below isn't from liverpool he was born in canada, his parents are however originally from liverpool.
2006-10-11 07:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by piquet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I a scouser...where are you based, ive got lots of friends in teaching.............as for your question, did you know the guy who plays Austin Powers was from Liverpool, Ricky Tomlinson maybe another good one, he was on the strike for the Dockers.
Apart from that I cant really think of any more, kinda scraping the barrel with the likes of Cilla Black and Denzel from only fools and Horses lol!!!!!
Best of Luck.
2006-10-11 07:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of the famous celebs are from the 60s to 70s when there was an expolsion of scouser culture. since the 90s there's been one for the mancunians. since then (which is the time era that will be more relevant for your target age group)
tom baker - voice of little britain and former dr who
krishnan guru-murthy - presenter of channel 4 news
jennifer ellison - brookside actress/model turned footballer girlfriend and celeb
2006-10-11 07:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by Chintot 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jimmy McGovern (writer of The Street, Cracker, Hillsborough, etc); Anne Robinson (though she may deny it); Daniel Craig (new James Bond); Kim Catrell (actress form Sex in the City); Ken Dodd; Clive Barker (the horror author); Alex Cox (film director & critic); me (one day).
2006-10-11 10:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by EvilEdd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adolf Hitler studied art in Liverpool. Not so much famous as infamous?
2006-10-11 07:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by Tony T 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about the Moore's brothers, or Mike Storey (politician)
2006-10-12 07:52:12 · answer #8 · answered by Emma O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may all ready have this one , the lady MP Bessie Braddock sher was quite a character in her time.
2006-10-11 07:52:23 · answer #9 · answered by john r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ther are so many ,you have got your work cut out.sir william gladstone,4 times prime minister,willy russell writer,alexi sayle ,comedian,sir simon rattle orchestra conductor,leonard rossiter actor.tom baker(dr who) i could go on ages.good luck with your research.
2006-10-11 08:12:28 · answer #10 · answered by wozza.lad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋