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Great Merseysiders Ken Dodd won the Great Merseysiders poll After weeks of voting Ken Dodd has been declared winner of Great Merseysiders in a special BBC poll. SEE ALSO Video Nation Liverpool WEB LINKS Capital of Culture bid The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. PRINT THIS PAGE View a printable version of this page. Ken Dodd beat off strong competiton from people including Lennon and McCartney who came in second and Noel Chavasse who came in third. Other Great Merseysiders include the likes of Michael Owen and William Gladstone. Almost five thousand people across Merseyside phoned in and e-mailed their votes, but the comedian emerged triumphant with forty-nine percent of the votes going to him. Listen to Ken Dodd receiving the award from Ricky Tomlinson and BBC Radio Merseyside's Roger Phillips Final Top Hundred 1. Ken Dodd 2. Lennon/McCartney 3. Noel Chavasse 4. Dixie Dean 5. Michelle Lewis 6. Kitty Wilkinson 7. John Moores 8. Bessie Braddock 9. William Gladstone 10. Michael Owen 11. Dr Duncan 12. Lord Leverhulme 13. Bill Shankly 14. George Harrison 15. Red Rum 16. Alan Bleasdale 17. Father Francis O'Leary 18. Billy Fury 19. Ricky Tomlinson 20. Lily Savage 21. William Roscoe 61. Bernard Hill 22. Ringo Starr 62. Ian McCulloch 23. Cilla Black 63. Jack Jones 24. Lee Mavers 64. Frank Hornby 25. Sir Simon Rattle 65. Margaret Simey 26. Eric Hardy 66. Tommy Handley 27. Billy Butler 67. Patricia Routledge 28. Bob Paisley 68. David Sheppard 29. Maggie May 69. John Laird 30. Mel C 70. Pete Price 31. Billy Liddell 71. Derek Nimmo 32. Anne Robinson 72. Cherie Blair 33. Robbie Fowler 73. Linda McDermott 34. Tom Baker 74. Derek Warlock 35. Arthur Dooley 75. Simon Weston 36. John Peel 76. Tom Murphy 37. Wayne Rooney 77. Libor Pesek 38. Johnny Vegas 78. James Barton 39. Arthur Askey 79. Father Nugent 40. Joseph Williamson 80. Beryl Bainbridge 41. Alexi Sayle 81. Charles Thompson 42. Roger Phillips 82. Leonard Rossiter 43. William Rathbone 83. Bob Azurdia 44. Brian Jacques 84. Bill Rodgers 45. Willy Russell 85. Abdullah Qulliam 46. Pete Burns 86. Rita Tushingham 47. Beth Tweddle 87. Stephen Yip 48. Harold Wilson 88. Rex Makin 49. Ian Rush 89. Joan Jonker 50. Kenny Everett 90. Lord Pilkington 51. Johnnie Walker 91. Peter Sissons 52. Alex Murphy 92. Lord Alton 53. Bill Kenwright 93. Terry Leahy 54. Frankie Vaughan 94. Eleanor Rathbone 55. Gerry Marsden 95. Adrian Henri 56. Rex Harrison 96. Glenda Jackson 57. Nigel Blackwell 97. Roger McGough 58. Andy McCluskey 98. Brian Epstein 59. Stan Boardman 99. Jimmy Tarbuck 60. William Huskisson 100. Michael Holliday Top | Features Index | Home STYLE Fit for 2004 New Year Resolutions Fashion Video Nation MUSIC, CLUBS & GIGS Chuck Berry/Jerry Lewis Lulu @ Summer Pops Todd Rundgren WEBCAMS Liverpool Skyline Cam Mathew Street Cam Runcorn Bridge Cam CONTACT US BBC Liverpool P.O Box 95.8 Liverpool L69 1ZJ (+44) 0151 708 5500 liverpool@bbc.co.uk

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