Birmingham boasts some seriously talented exports, from movie stars and musicians to world class football players.
We’ve had a look at the famous faces - actors, musicians and even politicians - who were raised in and around the city in recent months. We’ve now taken a look at the famous faces of Sparkhill and Sparkbrook.
Sparkbrook is known as one of Birmingham’s inner-city areas where the Peaky Blinders operated. Sparkhill is also where the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan starring Adil Ray is set.
Let’s take a look at the famous faces that were brought up in the neighbourhoods.
9. Robert Melville
Melville was an art critic and journalist. Along with the artists Conroy Maddox and John Melville (his brother), he was a key member of the Birmingham Surrealists in the 1930s and 1940s. An early biographer of Picasso, he later become the art correspondent of the New Statesman | Christian Schwier - stock.adobe.
10. Sid Field
Field was an English comedy entertainer who was popular in the 1940s. He grew up around Sparkhill | Getty Images
11. Mona Washbourne
Born in Sparkhill, Mona was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award | FilmPublicityArchive/United Arch
12. Roy Hattersley
Hattersley was a member of the Labour Party and MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997, and served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. | AFP via Getty Images