One Direction's Liam Payne

         Liam James Payne, born 29 August 1993 (age 19), is from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. 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 scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child. As a student, Payne was heavily involved in sports. Payne was bullied in secondary school and took up boxing lessons at the age of twelve. He was a music technology student at city of  Wolverhampton College.

Payne had once performed in front of a 26,000 crowd at a Wolverhampton Wanderers' football match. He made it to the judges' houses, but Cowell thought he was not ready for the competition 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.

Studied Music Technology before auditioning for The X Factor for the second time.  Payne first auditioned in 2008 series when he was fourteenDuring One Direction's time on "The X Factor" (2004), Payne often sang lead vocals and sang solos during every performance.

Auditioned for "The X Factor" (2004) twice - the first time in 2008, when he reached the judges house stage and was then sent home. And the second time in 2010 where he was given the opportunity to form a boy band with Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik. He was mentored by Simon Cowell both times.

His band One Direction were formed at the bootcamp stage of "The X Factor" (2004) as he and his fellow members were thought to be too good to throw away, but not interesting enough to progress as soloists.

He was born with one functional kidney.

He named his first turtle Harry.

He is a big fan of singer Leona Lewis.

If he wasn't a singer he would want to be a firefighter or a gym teacher.

Liam was on the reserve list for sprinting, for the 2012 London Olympics.

Favorite movies are all the "Toy Story" films and "Click".

His first pet was a terrapin named Frederick.

Liam has two older sisters named Nicola and Ruth.

He doesn't drink alcohol because he only has one kidney.

His favorite TV shows are "Friends" and "Everybody Loves Raymond".

Parents are Karen and Geoff Payne.

Has two older sisters, Nicola and Ruth Payne.

Is in a relationship with Danielle Clare Peazer since 2010. They met during the X Factor when she was a backup dancer.