Liam James Payne

Liam was born on the 29th of August 1993 (age 18) in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. He was born three weeks early to mother Karen and father Geoff. He has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola. Until the age of four, Payne had regular tests done in hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys was dysfunctional. As a student, Payne was heavily involved in sports. Payne was bullied in secondary school and took up boxing lessons as a result at the age of twelve. He was also a music technology student at the City of Wolverhampton College. Before The X Factor, Payne had once performed in front of a 26, 000 crowd at a Wolverhampton Wonderers' football match. Payne first auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth seson when he was fourteen. He made it to the judges' houses, but Cowell thought he was not ready and asked him to come back in two years. Payne cites Justin Timberlake as one of his biggest influences. He also says he draws inspiration from Take That member Gary Barlow when performing. He is currently in a relationship with dancer Danielle Peazer, who has performed with numerous cool kids such as the The Saturdays, Jessie J and many more. They met on The X Factor in 2010 and have been in a relationship ever since.