List of famous people from Birmingham, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Birmingham, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Birmingham you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Birmingham, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.
People on this list include Reginald C. Lindsay and Shane Battier.
If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Birmingham?" or "Which celebrities were born in Birmingham?" then this list is a great resource for you.
Courteney Coxage 53 - Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, producer, and director. She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream, and as ...more
Cat Deeleyage 41 - Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley is an English television presenter, actress, singer and model. Since 2006, Deeley has been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, ...more
Emmylou Harrisage 71 - Emmylou Harris is an American singer and songwriter. She has released many popular albums and singles over the course of her career, and as of 2015 she has won 13 Grammys as well as numerous ...more
Kate Jacksonage 69 - Kate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer, best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels. She is a three-time Emmy Award ...more
Lionel HamptonDied at 94 (1908-2002) - Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to ...more
Carl Lewisage 56 - Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. ...more
Angela Davisage 74 - Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, ...more
Rob Halfordage 66 - Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is considered ...more
Mel AllenDied at 83 (1913-1996) - Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and ...more
Nick Masonage 74 - Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English musician and composer, best known as the drummer of Pink Floyd. He is the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965. ...more
Christine Lahtiage 68 - Christine Ann Lahti is an American actress and film director. She has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Lahti's first Academy Award nomination was for Best ...more
Wayne Rogersage 85 - William Wayne McMillan Rogers III is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the role of "Trapper John" McIntyre in the CBS television series, M*A*S*H. He is a ...more
Sun RaDied at 79 (1914-1993) - Sun Ra was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," prolific musical output, and performances. He ...more
Ibrehem Rahmanage 41 - Ibrehem Rahman is a former contestant on the reality television show Survivor: Palau.
Kenneth TynanDied at 53 (1927-1980) - Kenneth Peacock Tynan was an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at The Observer, he praised Osborne's Look Back in Anger, and encouraged the emerging wave ...more
Bobby Bowdenage 88 - Robert Cleckler "Bobby" Bowden is a retired American football coach. He coached the Florida State Seminoles football team from the 1976 to 2009 seasons. During his time at Florida ...more
Gucci Maneage 38 - Radric Delantic Davis, better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House, followed by Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon, and Back to the Trap ...more
Louise Fletcherage 83 - Estelle Louise Fletcher is an American film and television actress. She initially debuted in television series such as Maverick in 1959 before being cast in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us. The ...more
Walton Gogginsage 46 - Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles as Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified. He has appeared in films such as ...more
Simon Fowlerage 52 - Simon Geoffrey Fowler is an English singer and acoustic guitarist, best known as the frontman of Ocean Colour Scene.
Rickey Smiley Rickey Smiley is an American standup comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality best known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a ...more
Geezer Butlerage 68 - Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler is an English musician and songwriter. Butler is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also ...more
Amber Bensonage 41 - Amber Nicole Benson is an American writer, director, producer, and actress. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, ...more
Alan Hunterage 61 - Alan C. Hunter was one of the original five video jockeys on MTV from 1981 to 1987. He is a host on SiriusXM Radio’s The 80s on 8 channel and co-owns the production company Hunter Films with his ...more
Rebekah Teasdaleage 38 - Rebekah Teasdale(born 17 April 1979 in Birmingham) is a British DJ andadult model who appeared as a Page 3 girl between 2000 and 2003. She has worked as a journalist with the British men's ...more
Barriemore Barlowage 68 - Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980. Christened Barrie, the ...more
Dorothy SebastianDied at 54 (1903-1957) - Dorothy Sebastian was an American film and stage actress.
Arthur Darvillage 35 - Thomas Arthur Darvill, known professionally as Arthur Darvill, is an English actor and musician. He is perhaps most recognised as Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor's companions in the ...more
Oscar Harrisonage 52 - Oscar Lloyd Harrison is an English musician who currently plays drums with Birmingham-based band Ocean Colour Scene, where he gained prominence. He also plays piano and bass guitar, and ...more
Austen ChamberlainDied at 74 (1863-1937) - Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.
Robert Lee Minorage 74 - Robert Lee Minor or Bob Lee Minor is an African-American stunt performer, television and film actor, best known for doubling many celebrities such as: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Bernie Mac, ...more
George Schlatterage 85 - George Schlatter is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and founder of the American Comedy Awards. For his work on television, Schlatter ...more
Sax RohmerDied at 76 (1883-1959) - Arthur Henry Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.
Edgar GuestDied at 78 (1881-1959) - Edgar Albert Guest was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.
Victor SavilleDied at 84 (1895-1979) - Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962.
Alfred Radcliffe-BrownDied at 74 (1881-1955) - Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown was an English social anthropologist who developed the theory of Structural functionalism.
Mike Skinnerage 39 - Michael Geoffrey "Mike" Skinner is an English rapper, musician, record producer, and actor, best known for the music project The Streets.
Lili Gentleage 78 - Lili Gentle is a former American film and television actress.
Mary AndersonDied at 96 (1918-2014) - Mary Anderson was an American actress, who appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965. She was best known for her small supporting role in the iconic film Gone With ...more
Melvin FranklinDied at 53 (1942-1995) - David Melvin English better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, was an American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a member of Motown singing group The Temptations from ...more
Daniel Wallaceage 59 - Daniel Wallace is an American author, best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish and the Broadway musical of the same name. ...more
Lauren Rose Craceage 31 - Lauren Rose Crace is an English actress known for playing Danielle Jones in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.
Tony Martinage 60 - Anthony Philip Harford, better known by his stage name Tony Martin, is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was ...more
Andy Harrisage 47 - Andrew "Andy" Harris is an English former professional footballer who made 40 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Oxford United and Exeter City. He played ...more
Irv Eatmanage 57 - Irvin Humphrey "Irv" Eatman is a former American football offensive tackle, who played professionally for 3 seasons in the United States Football League and 11 seasons with the ...more
Michael BalconDied at 81 (1896-1977) - Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios. Balcon had earlier worked for Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont British and MGM-British.
