John Philip Kemble Shakespearean actor, born in Prescot, became most famous actor of the 18th century in roles such as Hamlet and Macbeth Edward
Lear 19th-century poet and artist, wrote The Owl and the Pussycat while employed by the 13th Earl of Derby Harold Wilson Twice Prime Minister, Yorkshire-born and bred, but became MP for Huyton and as PM was responsible for founding Knowsley as a borough Sir Rex Harrison Actor, star of Doctor Dolittle, My Fair Lady, born on Tarbock Road, Huyton, attended St Gabriel’s school