This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England, who have a Wikipedia page.
Lived in or associated with Birmingham
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet and author
- W. V. Awdry (1911–1997) – author of The Railway Series
- Sir Granville Bantock (1868–1946) – composer
- Connor Ball (born 1996) – bassist and singer, The Vamps
- John Baskerville (1707–1775) – printer and inventor of typefaces
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845–1897) – first female shorthand teacher and reporter in England
- William Booth (1776–1812) – forger
- John Bright (1811–1889) – politician
- Herbert Tudor Buckland (1869–1951) – architect
- Elihu Burritt (1810–1879) – US consul to Birmingham
- Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – broadcaster and artist
- Jazzy B – (born 1975) Punjabi singer
- Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) – politician, Mayor of Birmingham
- Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) – author
- Lee Child (born 1954) – author
- George Dawson (1821–1876) – preacher
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) – author of Sherlock Holmes
- John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921) – industrialist, built Fort Dunlop
- Lucy Edwards, disability rights activist, educator, and TikToker
- Rev. Richard Enraght (1837–1898) – vicar, religious controversialist
- Allan Ford (born 1968) – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Philippa Forrester (born 1968) – television presenter, attended Birmingham University
- Foji Gill – singer, music producer
- Joseph Gillott (1799–1872) – industrialist
- Tommy Godwin (1920–2012) – racing cyclist and Olympic medallist
- Ashia Hansen (born 1971) – track and field athlete
- James Hinks (1829–1878) – bred the Bull Terrier dog
- William Ick (1800–1844) – botanist
- Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author
- Elizabeth "Tetty" Johnson (1689–1752) – wife of Samuel Johnson
- John Joubert (1927–2019) – South African-born composer
- Roi Kwabena (1956–2008) – author
- Simon Le Bon (born 1958) – studied drama at the University of Birmingham before joining Duran Duran in 1980
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963) – poet
- Stuart Maconie (born 1961) – radio DJ and television presenter
- Josiah Mason (1795–1881) – industrialist and philanthropist
- Nigel Mansell (born 1953) – racing driver
- Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) – theologian and founder of the English Oratory
- William McGregor – (1846–1911) Instrumental in forming the football league
- William Murdoch (1754–1839) – inventor of gas lighting
- Bill Oddie (born 1941) – comedian and ornithologist
- John Peel (1939–2004) – radio DJ
- Geoffrey Pernell (born 1971) – soldier, convicted of manslaughter
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) – chemist and dissenting clergyman
- Sir Simon Rattle (born 1955) – conductor of CBSO 1980–1998
- John Ray (1627–1705) – "Father of English natural history"
- Sir Peter Rigby (born 1943) – entrepreneur
- Mary Rollason (1764/5–1835) – steel toy maker and businesswoman
- Kevin Rowland (born 1953) – singer for Dexys Midnight Runners, formed in Birmingham
- Frank Skinner (born 1957) – comedian
- Mike Skinner (born 1979) – musician, The Streets
- Meera Syal (born 1961) – actor, writer
- Dave Swarbrick (1941–2016) – musician
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – author
- Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815) – non-conformist preacher
- Ruby Turner (born 1958) – singer (originally from Montego Bay, Jamaica)
- UB 40 – Reggae group
- James Watt (1736–1819) – inventor and member of the Lunar Society
- Una White (1938/9–1997) – subject of public art-work
- William Withering (1741–1799) – doctor, discoverer of digitalis
- Victoria Wood (1953–2016) – actress
- John Skirrow Wright (1822–1880) – Social improver
- Alastair Yates (1952–2018) – radio and television presenter
- Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) – Pakistani activist
- Lauren Zhang (born 2001) – winner of BBC Young Musician 2018 (Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America)
∗ Leon Edwards (born 1991) – professional Mixed Martial Artist (Originally from Kingston, Jamaica)