Liverpool and Merseyside are home to many successful celebrities who first discovered their incredible talents while attending schools and colleges in and around Liverpool.
Award-winning actors like Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham are among famous alumni from Merseyside schools, as well as well-known news presenters, football stars and, of course, musical legends.
Below are 21 famous faces who went to school or college in Liverpool and Merseyside. See if they attended the same places as you or your children.

1. Jamie Carragher
Former footballer and now TV pundit, Jamie Carragher went to Savio Salesian College in Bootle and has continued to support the school ever since. | Getty Images

2. Fiona Bruce
Antiques Roadshow and Question Time host Fiona Bruce was born in Singapore but grew up in Heswall after her father got a job at Unilever at nearby Port Sunlight. The newsreader and journalist was educated at Gayton Primary School in Heswall, before heading down south and attending Hertford College at the University of Oxford. | Getty Images

3. Jodie Comer
Jodie Comer is an English actress known for appearances in television series, including BBC One drama Doctor Foster, E4 comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary, and BBC Three drama miniseries Thirteen. Comer rose to global prominence for her role in the spy thriller Killing Eve. Comer was born in Liverpool and grew up in Childwall. She attended St Julie’s Catholic High School in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton and began acting at a local weekend drama school called CALS in the Belle Vale area of Liverpool when she was 11. | Jason Mendez

4. James Nelson-Joyce
James Nelson-Joyce is a Liverpool actor who shot to fame after starring in This City is Ours, though he had appeared in many TV shows and films prior. He studied at the City of Liverpool College. | Tom Lally


