• Captain Smith, skipper of the ill fated Titanic lived at No 17 Marine Terrace Crosby.
• Joseph Bruce Ismay, MD of the  'White Star' company who owned the Titanic was born and raised in Crosby.
• More Titanic crew from Crosby were:
  Joseph Bell -  Chief Engineer
  Charles Herbert Lightoller - 2nd Officer
  Andrew Latimer - Chief Steward
  John Reginald Rice - Assistant Purser
• Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen the murderer was the first criminal to be caught using radio telegraphy. The morse code message was received by   Seaforth Radio Station, 2 miles south of Crosby.
• Sefton Coast Line has the largest sand dune system in England and provides a safe home for the very rare Natterjack toad and Red Squirrel population.

 

Captain Smith


Dr Crippen

• Cherrie Blair QC   - Educated at Seafield Convent School Crosby
  Enjoying a flourishing career as QC, and also married to the ex Prime Minister Tony Blair.
• His Holiness The Pope took shelter in Crosby during WWII
• Corrie Star Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) memorial is at SS Peter Pauls - see images below.
• Famous Author Ruth Hamilton lives in Crosby
• Kenny Everett - famous comedian, educated St Bedes in Crosby
• Anne Robinson - You ARE the weakest link! - born in Crosby
• Baroness Shirley Williams of Crosby - Local MP (for a while)
• Robbie Fowler - footballer
• Fmr Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie born in Crosby