Celebrity Evertonians

They may have fame and fortune but there is a select band of celebrities who are as badly off as we are when it comes to football.

Below is a list of people in the public eye who are either known to or believed to follow Everton. Some of the following are tenuous, others disputable. Please feel free to write in and challenge a listing or suggest others. Remember, sports broadcasters are notorious for hiding their true allegiances; what someone heard them say in a bar one night may not necessarily be true! There is obviously a grey area to this feature and we haven't listed famous ex-players and managers who haven't gone on to post-football careers in the public eye, nor are we listing current Everton players, even if they are known Blues, like Alan Stubbs.

Music & Entertainment
Ian Astbury	Lead singer of The Cult
James Barton	Creator of Cream, the nightclub
Ian Bell	Lead singer with Gomez
Pete Best	Former Beatles drummer
Tony Blackburn	BBC Radio 2 stalwart
Cahill	Liverpool DJ who took his name from his favourite player and scored a Top 40 hit witth Trippin' on You
Neil Caple	Marty from Brookside
Robert Carlyle	The Scottish actor rose to fame in Cracker playing a Red-loving nutter and repeated the feat in the film, 51st State, but rumour has it that Everton are the English team for this Rangers fan.
Alan Clarke	Late film director
Paul & Oliver Collyer	The brains behind the successful Championship Manager computer games
Kenneth Cope	Randall and Hopkirk, deceased
Sharon Corr	One of the three stunning sisters from Irish band, The Corrs. Her uncle Peter Corr played for Everton — does that mean Andrea, Caroline and Jim are Blues as well then?
Dead 60s	Three of the four members of this new band are Blues, apparently
Bill Dean, RIP	Great scouse comedian; Harry Cross in Brookside
Dame Judy Dench	Oscar-winning actress and all-round good egg is a Blue according to Bill Kenwright
Katie Downes	Page 3 model
Paul Draper	Lead singer with Mansun
Jenifer Ellison	Brookside actress and lads mag favourite
Kenny Everett, RIP	Late comedian
Micky Finn	Comedian
Susan George	Actress
Will Hanrahan	Onetime "Anne & Nick" morning show regular and dotTV presenter
Joey Harrison	Member of the new band, The Crescent
Rex Harrison	Actor, star of My Fair Lady, apparently a "famous Blue"
Ian Hart	Actor, star of Clockwork Mice, Ken Loach's Land & Freedom, etc
Derek Hatton	Politician turned radio presenter
Amanda Holden	Actress and model expounded her Blue leanings on Sky Sports in April and has been seen in the gym with a "People's Club" wristband. She is the ex-wife of Les Dennis (see Unsubstatiated Connections below).
Gordon Honeycombe	ITN Newsreader of old
John Hurt	Actor — explains the permanently pained expression!
Dominic Johnson	Football commentator and Virgin Radio DJ
Gethin Jones	Blue Peter presenter
Sam Kane	Brookside, Coronation St actor; married to Linda Lusardi
Bill Kenwright	Theatre impresario, former Coronation St actor, now Everton chairman
Andrew Lancel	Currently starring in The Bill
Lee Latchford-Evans	Pop singer with Steps
Sophie Lawrence	Played Ricky's sister in EastEnders and had an aborted music career
John Lennon, RIP	Although none of the Fab Four came out strongly for either Merseyside team, the late Beatle attended the 1966 FA Cup Final with Paul McCartney, lending credence to the belief that John was more Blue than Red. Furthermore, former Beatle drummer Pete Best apparently recently confirmed that when pushed John was definitely a Blue.
Mike Lewis	Of UK band, Lost Prophets
Sean Longworth	Member of the new band, The Crescent
Lee Mavers	Ex of The La's
Sir Paul McCartney	Britain's wealthiest and perhaps most famous musician is a Blue of sorts: "I went occasionally to watch football. My family team was Everton and I went to Goodison Park a couple of times with my uncles Harry and Ron. They were nice memories for me, but I wasn't that keen on football."
Liz McLarnon	Pop singer with Atomic Kitten. Recently refused an autograph to Lineker, saying she hadn't forgiven him for leaving the Blues!
Andy McNair	"Dan Hunter" in Hollyoaks
Damon Minchella	Bassist with Ocean Colour Scene
Jimmy Mulville	Comedian, head of the prolific Hat-Trick Productions and major Everton shareholder
Gil Norton	Music engineer/producer of bands such as China Crisis, Pixies, Foo Fighters
Simon O'Brien	TV presenter/actor - Standing Room Only, Brookside
Tom O'Connor	Day-time TV presenter who now qualifies (see below)
Keith O'Neill	Drummer with Cast
Nicola Roberts	Member of girly band, Girls Aloud
Leonard Rossiter	Understated star of Rising Damp and the Rise & Fall of Reginald Perrin
Karl Rowlands	Member of the new band, The Crescent
Michael Ryan	Dream Team actor
Jenny Seagrove	Actress and Bill Kenwright's longtime squeeze
Ian Smith	Harold Bishop in Australian soap Neighbours is a Blue, apparently!
Sonia	Pop singer from the early 90s' — does she even count?!
Sylvestor Stallone	Famous Hollywood actor becomes a Blue overnight after being invited to his first Premiership game by friend and business partner, Robert Earl
Freddie Starr	Comedian
Ed Stewart	Radio personality
Sean Styles	Radio Merseyside
Claire Sweeney	Ex-Brookside actress
Dylan Taite	Eccentric New Zealand music journalist and ex-The Merseyman drummer who died in 2003 aged 63
Sid Tate	Veteran Liverpool comedian
Donny Tourette	Musician, Towers of London, and 2007 Celebrity Big Brother contestant
Trickie	Musician
'Comedy' Dave Vitty	Radio personality ('Comedy Dave' on BBC Radio 1)
Mary Whitehouse	The late but legendary campaigner against TV filth
Zutons	Two members of this band are apparently Blues as revealed on Soccer AM recently

Sport & Sport Media
Eirik Bakke	Leeds player
Joey Barton	Newcastle United midfielder
Graham Beecroft	Talk sport presenter
Dan Bennett	Wrexham player
Gabriel Clark	ITV Sport reporter
Ian Cobain	Chief Reporter with The Times
Paul Connolly	Plymouth player
John Conteh	Boxer
Matt Dawson	England international & World Cup winning rugby player
John Duncan	Of The Observer
Cyril Dixon	Royal correspondent of the Daily Express
Sean Dundee	South African striker, once of Liverpool
Martin Dwyer	Classic-winning jockey
Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards	National and Olympic ski-jumping hero
David Eyes	Oldham Athletic player
Chris Foy	Premier League referee
George Gavin	Sky Sports TV presenter
Austin Healey	England international rugby player
Stephen Hendry	Snooker player; his dad was apparently a big Hearts fan and became a Blue when Alex Young moved south to Goodison
John Higgins	Snooker player; a Celtic man, primarily, but Everton are his team in England
Bryan Hughes	Birmingham City player
Gary Imlach	Presenter of the American football show on Channel 4, son of Stuart Imlach who was team coach under Catterick and Bingham
Kenny Irons	A Huddersfield Player
Henrik Larsson	Swedish international footballer
Graham Lee	National hunt jockey
Andy Mayers	When Saturday Comes
Charlie McCann	Does the horseracing on Talk Sport
Ken McKenna	Manager of Total Network Solutions
Phil McNulty	BBC Head Football Writer and ex-Echo journo that many say isn't an Evertonian
Ian Millward	St Helens Rugby League coach
Martin Moxon	Yorkshire cricketer
Shea Neary	Professional boxer
Gary Nelson	Ex-Brighton striker and author of Left Foot Forward and Left Foot in the Grave
David Nugent	Rising Preston North End star who was rumoured to be an Everton target in the summer of 2005
Iffy Onuora	Ex Mansfield, Gillingham, Swindon, Sheffield United, Tranmere and currently at Huddersfield Town
John Parrot	Professional snooker player and Question of Sport captain
Mike Parry	Talk Sport presenter
Wayne Rooney	Once a Blue, always a Blue?
Robbie Savage	Lairy Birmingham City midfielder
Graeme Sharp	Goodison legend turned local radio personality
Steve Smith	British Olympic high jumper
Gary Speed	Newcastle player, previously of Everton and Leeds
David Thompson	Blackburn player, previously of Liverpool and Coventry
Lee Trundle	Once a Wrexham player, now with Bristol City
David Unsworth	Now with Portsmouth
Elton Welsby	Sports presenter
Neil Wolstenholme	Great-nephew of Ken "They think it's all over!"
Steven Wright	Sunderland player, ex-Liverpool

Authors, Journalists & TV Presenters
Ian Birrell	Deputy Editor of The Independent
Bill Bryson	Sardonic author of travel books and other excellent works
Kevin Dunn	ITV foreign correspondent
Liam Fogarty	BBC Reporter
Everton Fox	BBC Weatherman
Dominic Lawson	Former editor of The Spectator and son of ex-Chancellor, Nigel
Roger McGough	Liverpool-born poet
Mark Owen	Ex-Granada Tonight Presenter
Paul Preston, OBE	Professor of Spanish Studies, LSE; Franco biographer
Brian Viner	Columnist for The Independent
Gary Nelson	Former Charlton player and author of "Left Foot Forward"
Bill Tidy	Newspaper cartoonist
Alan Towers	Ex-BBC newsreader and reporter

Politics & Business
Brendan Barber	General Secretary of the TUC
Martin Beamount	Chief Executive of the Co-Op
Joe Benton	Labour MP for Bootle
Warren Bradley	Leader of Liverpool City Council
Andy Burnham	Labour MP for Leigh
Cllr Eddie Clein	Previous Lord Mayor of Liverpool
Cllr Mark Dowd	Chairman of MerseyRail
Lord Faulkner	Labour peer
Steve Fitzsimmons	"Cream" licensee, ex-Conservative councillor in Liverpool
Cllr Ron Gould	Lord Mayer of Liverpool
Lord Barry Jones	Ex-MP of Deeside N. Wales
Peter Kilfoyle	MP for Walton
Sir Terry Leahy	Tesco CEO
James Major	Son of former Prime Minister, John Major
Eric Moonman	Professor; former MP and ESCLA chairman
Bernie Mullin	President and CEO of Atlanta Spirit, owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team
Alan Simpson	Labour MP for Nottingham South
Steve Sinnott	General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers
Bob Wareing	MP for West Derby
Tony Woodley	Tony Woodley, Gen. Sec. of the Transport and General Workers Union

Unsubstantiated Connections
Cherie Blair	The Prime Minister's wife apparently watched the Blues in the late 1960s, but we're told she's a Kopite. Thank God!
Richard Branson	This one keeps coming up but so far we have nothing conclusive. Apparently he has roots in Maghull but we're also told he's a Southampton fan
Helena Bonham-Carter	Actress (Planet of the Apes, Fight Club, numerous period dramas)
Frank Carson	Irish comedian who we're told could have been more into Arsenal
Helena Christiansen	Apparently the Super Model's Blue credentials were in The Echo, but along with Bonham-Carter, could be made up
David Coleman	BBC presenter and MotD commentator for many years, when presenting Grandstand on FA Cup day in February 1966 that "his team" Everton had just beaten Bedford Town away 3-0.
Dickie Davies	Badger-haired Sports TV presenter
Les Dennis	Family Fortunes host who we're told is a Red
Nate Dogg	A reader writes: "In a recent magazine interview, Nate Dogg said when asked Liverpool or Everton: 'Everton. I actually saw them play when I was a little boy; they are my team.'"
Andy Gray	If he could have two favourite teams, Sky's loud-mouthed summariser would choose Everton and Aston Villa, but his real soft spot does appear to be for Villa.
Rod Hull	Late entertainer and operator of Emu. Is claimed to be a Blue but is believed to have fallen off his roof while trying to improve his TV reception so he could watch a Manchester United game.
Sam Kelly	aka Warren in Porridge
Jay-Z	A reader writes: "The rapper loves the colour blue and this was shown when he joined in the chants at a recent Charlton game when he was over here last."
Ken Jones	aka Ives of Porridge and The Golden Vision
Anders Limpar	Former Everton winger who apparently named Bob Latchford as his all-time favourite player
Gerry Marsden	Of "Ferry cross the Mersey" fame who, like Cilla Black, apparently started out Blue but was enticed to the Dark Side.
Stella McCartney	Fashion Designer; daughter of Beatle Paul, although we're told her dog's name is "Red" and wears a red collar so...
Shane McGowan	A reader writes of The Pogues's lead singer: "I recently saw the Pogues play in Manchester and Shane McGowan announced his utter dissapointment at Man United's win over Everton and branded Rooney as a traitor."
Brian Nash	Guitarist with Frankie Goes To Hollywood; the only 'Bluenose' in the band we thought, but his cousin writes to tell us that he's a Red.
Stephen Norris	Conservative MP, Mayor of London candidate. Evertonian by birth, he is now a Fulham season ticket holder.
Tom O'Connor	We've had e-mails insisting he's devout a red and yet more attesting to his Blue leanings: 1) His Everton memorabilia was on Through the Keyhole recently 2) "A couple of years ago I met him at the match of the day exhibition. As I was walking out he came over to talk to me because I was wearing my Everton shirt. He said whilst giving the talk he had spotted me on the front row because of the shirt and wanted to talk to me. He also asked if I had seen a stand that was selling Everton shirts, so he could buy one. I had my photo taken with him and then, later on, I saw him again he said (holding up a an everton shirt), 'got one,' smiled and walked off." - Andy 3) I challenge the fact that Tom O'Connor is a Blue. He was my teacher in a distant past and wore a Red badge in his lapel. Always! 4) He is definitley a Blue, he said so in a column in last Saturday's Echo 01/10/05. I was suprised as I thought he followed the team from the crypt.
Michael Owen	Along with Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Jamie Carragher and Ian Rush. All boyhood Blues who were lured to the Dark Side, so it's hard to say whether any of them can be regarded as Evertonians now.
Matthew Perry	Could Chandler Bing be a Blue? Surely a wind-up!
The Queen Mother	This has neither been proved nor disproved but there is a persistent connection between Everton and the Queen Mum, probably due to vivid memories of that handsome devil Dixie Dean in the 1933 FA Cup Final and Everton's towering status being on everyone's lips back when the old girl was in her heyday.
Slick Rick	Brit musician. During his child hood his favourites were, we're told, Andy Gray and Paul Bracewell
Jeff Stelling	Sky Sports presenter is a Hartlepool United supporter, apparently.
Graham Stuart	Hero of that game, the "Diamond Geezer" has apparently been converted and plans to move back to Merseyside when his playing days are over.
Roger Taylor	Queen drummer who apparently fell in love with the Blues after the Cup Winners' Cup triumph in Rotterdam
Ian Thorpe	According to Blue Kipper, the Australian Olympic swimming hero is a lifelong Blue. A reader insists he supports Spurs.
Rita Tushingham	An ESCLA member of old, apparently, but we've also been told she's a red.
Mike Tyson	Took a liking to Thomas "Mad Dog" Gravesen after seeing him play. Whether that means he now follows the Blues is another matter.
Venus Williams	The tennis star fell in love with Wayne Rooney during Euro 2004 and said that she would probably support whichever team he played for. Hopefully that will be Everton...
Sir Norman Wisdom	Comic genius of another generation was a lifelong Brighton & Hove Albion supporter and a member of their Board. Did he have a soft spot for the Blues?
Sir Clive Woodward	England Rugby chief. Is he Everton Blue or Chelsea blue? We've had adamant proclamations both ways.

Ridiculous Assertions
Adolf Hitler	"Rumoured to have lived in Dingle in the early twenties, was supposed to be that fond of the Blues that he watched them regularly and was a big fan of the dangerous 'Dixie Dean', who inspired early thoughts of aerial bombardment. Also the Observer / Independent wrote a ditty on Everton a few years ago regarding Hitler, saying "the most hated man in the world followed the Blues." Well, let's hope his penchant for red had him leaning the other way!
Colonel Gadaffi	If you believe a persistent and surely ridiculous story, the controversial Libyan leader has a thing for Everton. Rumour has it that after the Blues played there under Gordon Lee in the late 70's, the Colonel was impressed enough to change the Libyan national strip from green to Royal Blue! But his son's recent enquiries about Liverpool show that the family tradition does not extend to Tripoli.
John F. Kennedy & Family	A reader writes: "Due to their Irish ancestry. Tommy Eggo was a great favourite with some of their elders."
The Sultan of Brunei	No one is sure where the laughable story that the world's then second-richest man wanted to buy a stake in our beloved Blues came from, but it certainly wasn't true. Ironically, though, ex-Blue Mike Lyons became the coach of the Sultan's team in Brunei in 2002, so you never know what Mick might whisper into his "shell-like".

Rejected Connections
Craig Bellamy	Newcastle striker who was alleged to have an Everton tattoo on his arm, claims to have been a boyhood RS supporter
Halle Berry	Hollywood actress. Her Liverpool-born mother is supposedly a Blue. But Halle has now categorically denied being an Everton fan. Can it possibly get any worse?
John Birt	Government guru and former head of the BBC has been linked with the Blues, but someone who went to his school claims he was torn between Liverpool and Manchester United.
Georgina Bowman	Radio 1 News presenter ditched the Blues along with her Evertonian boyfriend and now follows Macclesfield Town.
Bobby Davro	Cheesey 80s comedian/TV personality who developed an affection for the Blues in 83/84 but apparently supports Tottenham
Michael Foot	Although a confirmed Plymouth Argyle fan, he wrote a poem extolling Everton's footballing virtues. It seems the Blues were clearly his second team.
Michael Head	Once lead singer of the Pale Fountains and, more recently, Shack; apparently a Red, despite moves to put him forward as an Evertonian.
Lenny Henry	Comedian most notable for his work with Comic Relief is a West Brom devotee.
Sophie Howard	The Page 3 model rose to prominence as the Everton rep in FHM Magazine's crass "Premiership of Women" but her Wikipedia entry says she's a Liverpool fan.
Goran Ivanisevic	May have grown fond of the Blues when Slaven Bilic was at Goodison but he has recently declared his allegience to West Brom of all teams!
Samuel L Jackson	Developed an affinity for football while filming 51st State on Merseyside. While it was at first thought that he favoured the Blues, his recent TV appearance sporting a Liverpool cap confirms he was brainwashed by the dark side.
John Motson	Football commentator whose first match was Everton; they say he has retained a fond spot for Everton but he is known more for his Tottenham leanings. Others have suggested a fondness for Charlton Athletic.
Dermot Murnaghan	Suave ITV News anchor. His Blue credentials have been challenged by readers. A Gooner we're told.
Christian O'Connell	X-FM DJ revealed his Southampton leanings and Liverpool sympathies in 442 magazine
Bill Oddie	Says he was a Chelsea fan in the 60s (used to go to games with Eric Idle), stopped going when they sold Osgood et al but picked it up again and has been a Man Utd fan for the last twenty years... Glory hunter!
Heidi Range	Ex-Atomic Kitten now of Sugababe... apparently prefers the Shite
Matt Smith	Even though a reader writes: "My Uncle went to school with him, and now works with him. He is most certainly a Blue," he's a red according to a few irate e-mails and his own entry on the Radio 5 Live site where he makes a couple of references to Liverpool, including wanting to be Steven Gerrard for a day.
Sharlene Spiteri	Apparently once featured in The Mirror with a Blues strip on, Thierri Henry once celebrated a goal by revealing a T-shirt congratulating the Texas singer on the birth of her baby indicating she might be a Gooner, but we're told she's a confirmed Celtic fan.
Phil Taylor	A reader writes of the darts champion: "Where is Phil "the power" Taylor? Wasn't he paraded at goodison as a fan recently?" Apparently not, as we're told he's a Port Vale fan.
Clive Tyldesley	Football commentator whose voice graces the video of the 1986-87 Championship season, but is apparently a follower of Manchester United, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, or Liverpool, depending who heard what from whom...
Simon Weston	Falklands survivor made famous by a heroic battle against potentially fatal burns is a confirmed Man United fan.
Paul Whitehouse	The Fast Show funnyman was rumoured to have been hooked on the Blues since his dad took him to see the Blues play Luton years ago but he's a Spurs fan.