Home›Places›United Kingdom›Birmingham
Famous people who grew up or lived in and around Birmingham
5 notable people grew up or lived in and around Birmingham. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Geezer Butler1949–1968
📍 Aston, Birmingham B6, UK
Terence Michael Joseph Butler was born in Aston, Birmingham, in July 1949, the youngest of seven children of James and Mary Butler, devout Irish Catholics who had moved to Birmingham from…
Ozzy Osbourne1948–1968
📍 Lodge Road, Aston, Birmingham B6, UK
I was born John Michael Osbourne in December 1948, and grew up at 14 Lodge Road in Aston, a working-class district of Birmingham still scarred by wartime bombing, in a small terraced house…
Rob Halford1951–1973
📍 Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Robert John Arthur Halford was born in Sutton Coldfield in August 1951 and grew up in Walsall, in the industrial Black Country, at 38 Kelvin Road on the Beechdale estate, a new council…
Robert Plant1948–1966
📍 Halesowen, West Midlands, UK
Robert Plant was born in West Bromwich in August 1948 and grew up in Hayley Green, on the leafy edge of Halesowen, where suburbia meets the North Worcestershire countryside in the shadow of…
Tony Iommi1948–1968
📍 Aston, Birmingham B6, UK
Anthony Frank Iommi was born in Birmingham in February 1948, to a Catholic family of Italian origin, and grew up in Aston and Handsworth, the industrial heart of the city. His parents ran a…