•
John Middleton (1578–1623), the
Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside
St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin. •
Audrey Withers (1905–2001), editor of
Vogue between 1940 and 1960, was born in Hale, where her father was a local doctor. • Charles Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh (1905–1985), (usually known as Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh), was the last "lord of the manor" of Hale, and resided at The
Manor House, Hale from 1947 to 1985. An architect and architectural historian, he served in the Second World War, partly in co-ordination with the
Maquis (guerrilla fighters) in occupied France. •
Jermaine Pennant (born 1983), former
Liverpool footballer lived in Hale. ==Hale Head Lighthouse==