List of people from Birmingham

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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England, who have a Wikipedia page.

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Famous people born in Birmingham

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Lived in or associated with Birmingham

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The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:

  1. English and Scottish: A patronymic surname based on the English and Scottish name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas.
  2. Norse: From the Old Norse personal name "Kollungr", a form of "koli" which in Old English became 'Cola', meaning swarthy or dark.
  3. Irish: The medieval surname was Ua Cuiléin, which has usually become Ó Coileáin today.
  4. Welsh: Collen; "hazel, hazel grove".

Rhodes is an English surname deriving from the Old English word "rod", meaning "a clearing in the woods". It arose as a locational surname for a person who either lived near woodland clearings, or was originally from one of many locations with the name, and is not connected to the Greek island of the same name. Topographical features provided intuitive and convenient means of identification in small mediaeval communities, and former inhabitants of a given location who moved to another town or area would often be identified using the name of their birthplace.

Wallace is a Scottish surname stemmed from the Anglo-Norman French Waleis "Welshman". It is a northern variant form of Gualeis "Welshman" ; adjectiv gualeis "Welsh" ; same as walois "the oil language".

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  1. ↑ "John Hemming: Self-styled 'love rat of the year' who became the scourge of". The Independent. 9 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Napier, Jim (14 May 2012). "Maureen Jennings". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "MANTLE, Lee, 1851–1934". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Lonely Death of Janet Parker".
  5. ↑ Laws, Roz. "Budding Birmingham film star Kia Pegg gets to be very naughty on screen". Birmingham Mail . (Reach plc). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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