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John Bishop
John Joseph Bishop was born in Liverpool on 30 November 1966, the son of homemaker Kathleen ("née" Hackett) and labourer Edward Bishop from nearby Huyton. 
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John Bishop [SEP] Early life
John Joseph Bishop was born in Liverpool on 30 November 1966, the son of homemaker Kathleen ("née" Hackett) and labourer Edward Bishop from nearby Huyton. He has an older brother, Eddie, and two older sisters, Kathy and Carol. Eddie would later become a professional footballer. Bishop grew up mostly in the Cheshire towns of Winsford and Runcorn, and attended Murdishaw West Primary School and Brookvale Academy in the latter. He briefly studied English at Newcastle Polytechnic, and gained a BA in Social Science from Manchester Polytechnic. He later worked as a medical representative for the pharmaceutical company Syntex, leaving in 2006 to pursue a career in comedy.