It's Liam Payne!

Liam Payne is one of the five members of the British pop boy band One Direction.

Liam Payne was born in Wolverhampton, England. His early interest in music and performing led him to compete on television talent competition The X Factor in 2008 and again in 2010. On his second try he attracted positive notice. Although he didn't win, the judges combined him with four other competitors to form the pop boy band One Direction, who became a global success.

1. Liam Payne was born on 29th August 1993.


2. Liam is the One Direction middleman – Louis and Zayn are older than him while Harry and Niall are younger.

3. Along with Niall, Liam is a Virgo. According to the star sign he is analytical, observant, helpful, reliable and precise.

4. Liam has two older sisters called Ruth and Nicola.

5. Liam’s parents are called Karen and Geoff.

6. Liam’s favourite colour is purple.

7. Liam also took part the 2008 series of The X Factor making it through to Simon’s house in Barbados where he was cruelly eliminated. Simon thought he was too young and asked him to come back in two years – a move that worked out pretty well!!

8. Liam’s favourite film is the Toy Story trilogy.

9. Liam’s celebrity crush is Leona Lewis and his man crush is stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre?! Nope, us neither!

10. Liam spent his childhood in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, the birthplace of Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant and Slade’s Noddy Holder.

11. Liam once cried while watching Marley & Me. Bless.

12. Liam has a very unusual phobia – SPOONS! He admits it’s “very strange”.

13. Liam has just over seven minutes of solos on One Direction’s debut album ‘Up All Night’, the second most behind Harry.

14. Liam sang ‘Cry Me A River’ in his 2010 audition and received a standing ovation.

15. When he had progressed to bootcamp he covered Oasis’ ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out.’

16. Liam’s Twitter address is @Real_Liam_Payne. As of 10th August 2012 he had 5,204,974 followers.

17. Liam follows more fans than all of his One Direction bandmates do altogether!! As of 10th August 2012 he follows 8,951 people.

18. Liam is an avid fan of boxing. He took up the sport when he was bullied at high school.

19. Liam once confessed to owning a pair of pink hair straighteners. Nice!

20. Liam’s performance of ‘Cry Me A River’ on The X Factor back in the summer of 2010 was dedicated to an ex-girlfriend who cheated on him! He told The Sun: "One girl was the inspiration for me singing 'Cry Me A River' on The X Factor. That was my payback to her because she was unfaithful."

21. Liam shares the same middle name as Niall – James.

22. Liam started dating backing dancer Danielle Peazer during The X Factor in December 2010. They’re still together to this day.

23. After falling ill as a baby, Liam underwent years of tests until aged four when doctors discovered that one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. He had to have up to 32 injections a day to cope with the pain. Poor lad :(

24. Due to his kidney problems, Liam doesn’t drink alcohol and has to look after himself. He told Digital Spy: "I have to be careful not to drink too much, even water, and I have to keep myself as healthy as possible."

25. In August 2012, Liam dropped the bombshell that his damaged kidney had miraculously started working again. He tweeted: “Just been for an ultrasound on my kidney turns out its fixed form when I was a baby!!! :o so now I have two :) #weirdnewsoftheday”

26. Before The X Factor, Liam once performed in front of 26,000 people at Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.

27. When he auditioned for The X Factor, Liam was music technology student at the City of Wolverhampton College.

28. Liam says that Justin Timberlake is his biggest influence while Gary Barlow is also an inspiration.

29. Liam’s favourite animals are turtles! He has two pet turtles called Boris and Archimedes.

30. Liam can play the guitar.

31. Liam loves girls with nice eyes.

32. Liam hates it when girls are too confident. He likes them to be a little bit shy.

33. The one person guaranteed to make Liam smile is Louis. Ahhh! Liam said: “Even if I’m in a situation where I’m mad at him, the person who can make me smile is Louis. Whatever happens he’ll make me laugh about something because he’s that crazy.”

34. Liam would love to play a prank on Simon Cowell.

35. Liam says that just like his 1D bandmates, he’s grounded. Speaking about the One Thing video shoot, he said: "Our video for out new single was filmed in London. We're not divas, we've got no interest in jetting off to the Caribbean just to shoot a video.”

36. Liam would like to shave his hair off but worries he “wouldn’t get away with it.”

37. If Liam could interview one pop star it would be Usher.

38. Liam often defends his girlfriend Danielle on Twitter when she receives hatemail. One tweet reads: "#SometimesIHateTwitter when it becomes a place to abuse people who uve never met never did anything to you but you still choose to be cruel.”

39. In Sugarscape’s list of the 50 hottest males of 2011, Liam came eighth. In The Sun’s countdown he was 11th.

40. Liam’s nickname is Daddy Directioner as he’s the most mature member of the band.

41.  Liam loves singing in the shower. He often sings songs by The Script!

42. Liam often describes himself as “the clumsy one” in One Direction.

43. Liam was nicknamed Cheesy Head by his sisters as a kid because he ate cheese crisps all the time.

44. When Liam went fishing in San Diego earlier this year he caught a baby tiger shark! Thankfully he put it back in the water.

45. In May 2012, poor Liam broke his toe by dropping his computer on it. Doh! He told Good Morning America: “I dropped a MacBook Pro on it, which is not a very exciting story at all.” That’s gotta hurt!

46. Liam’s favourite love song is ‘End of May’ by Michael Bublé.

47. When Liam was younger his older sisters Ruth and Nicola made him dress in women’s clothes! He told The Sun: “They used to try to influence my fashion a bit. Which you know... may have involved a heel or two.”

48. Liam’s favourite track on ‘Up All Night’ is ‘I Want’. The song was penned by McFly vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Tom Fletcher.

49. Along with Louis, in April 2012 Liam did a 192metre SkyJump jump off Auckland’s Sky Tower. David Beckham, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber has all previously done the big jump.

50. Liam’s One Direction bandmates call him the Gary Barlow of their group. Niall told The Sun: "Liam has that Barlow aura. He says things like, 'Come on boys, let's roll. Let's get going'. He knows it and can't deny it."

51. After the audition shows of The X Factor, bookmakers made Liam second favourite to win the talent competition behind Cher Lloyd. Liam, of course, was put together with Niall, Louis, Harry and Zayn to form One Direction later in the show.
52. Liam is a supporter of West Bromich Album Football Club.

53. Liam has a lot of respect for his chum Ed Sheeran. He calls him “such a talented guy.”

54. Liam says that One Direction’s phenomenal global success seems “surreal” to him. Referring to hitting number one in the US with ‘Up All Night’, Liam told Daybreak: “It still seems strange to say that, everything's happened this quickly. We didn't expect to be over here releasing an album. I don't think it's quite hit home yet.”

55. When Liam was a Hits Radio DJ for a day on 1DHQ earlier this year, his playlist was One Direction ‘One Thing’, Ed Sheeran ‘Lego House’, One Direction ‘I Want’, Lloyd ‘Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)’, Nicole Scherzinger ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’, Michael Bublé ‘Cry Me A River’ and One Direction ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.

56. Liam is preparing to move in with his girlfriend Danielle Peazer. Announcing the news via Twitter, he wrote: “I love this woman (Danielle), she is the one I want to be in the future. Danielle is the one for me, I am sure.”

57. As well as being heavily into boxing, at school Liam was a member of the cross-country team and got up most mornings at 6am to go on long runs.

58. Despite being madly in love with Danielle Peazer, Liam says he’s in “no rush” to get married. He sometimes takes to Twitter to rubbish media speculation!

59. Liam recently hooked up with Amy Winehouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield is a West London recording studio. Producer Jim Beanz posted pictures of the two singers together. It’s currently unclear whether Liam will appear on Dionne’s album.

60. Liam is five foot and 10 inches tall (about 1.78 metres).

61. Asked what name he would give his firstborn child, Liam says it would be Taylor. “I like the name Taylor,” he explained to KRB. “Taylor’s pretty neutral for a boy or a girl. That’s what I’m going to call my first child if I had children.”

62. Liam says he was “ecstatic and humbled” when One Direction passed the 12million record and DVD sales barrier.

63. In August 2012, Liam busked in the Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. Liam sang the ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ vocals while Niall accompanied him on guitar.

64. A true international jet setter, Liam likes nothing more than returning to Wolverhampton to spend time with his family. His dad Geoff told local newspaper Star & Express: “Liam likes to get back home. He likes to get back to normality.”

65. Liam often has nightmares where he’s naked in public places! “I dream of being back at school a lot and have been naked a few times,” he told The Sun. “And I have been in the park naked on a climbing frame.”


66. Liam has no plans to go solo in the future. In fact, he reckons it would be “massively boring.”

67. Liam has over 500 fan pages on Facebook.

68. Liam’s official page on Facebook has over 1.4million likes (as of August 2012).

69. Liam recently fessed up that he and the 1D lads played a prank on Harry earlier this summer. "He fell asleep in the dressing room last week," Liam told the Daily Star. "We poured water down his trousers to make it look like he weed his pants. He doesn't care really."

70. Liam reckons he’s the best dancer in One Direction. He told TOTP: “I have the best dance moves – I’m the king of the dancefloor! My signature dance move is the 1-2-3 flick. You’ll find it all over the internet…"

71. Liam got together with Danielle Peazer with a little help from Harry! He confessed: "This has never been told before, but when I actually got with my girlfriend, Harry was the boy that set us up… Harry is the magic match-up man."

72. Justin Bieber claims that Liam copied his trademark hairstyle. When he saw a photo of Liam’s old haircut, Biebs said: “I mean, does that look a little familiar? Just a touch!”

73. In October 2011, Liam was left highly embarrassed by his mum Karen. He explained to radio station TFM: “My mum fell over the other day in front of a load of our fans. And farted. She fell over a bump in the floor and it came out. Bless her.”

74. Liam sings the first solo on 13 of the 15 tracks on ‘Up All Night’.

75. When he was younger, Liam had to split 
his turtles up as they were turning to cannibalism. He said: “I came home and my turtle was missing a foot. Splitting them is sad, but it’s best.”

76. When asked what One Direction member he’d eat first if he had to survive, Liam responded: “That’s a bizarre question. Zayn, I don’t know why!”

77. Liam is “not very good” with hot food. At Nandos the hottest he can go is medium. Wimp! ;)

78. Liam’s favourite two words are “brilliant” and “fantastic”. He admits his enthusiasm annoys the boys: “I use them all the time and the boys hate it.”

79. Liam absolutely hates it when Harry steals his food.

80. One of the things that Liam most admires in life is Zayn’s huge quiff. However he doesn’t like it when Zayn gets moody!

81. Before Harry came up with the band name One Direction, Liam suggested the call themselves USP – which stood Unique Selling Point. Lucky escape there guys!!

82. If Liam could invent one app for a mobile phone it would be an “anti spoons” one. We’re not quite sure how that would work!

83. Liam still gets badly affected by nerves before gigs. In fact he sometimes gets stomach-aches.

84. Abbreviations aren’t Liam’s strongest point. He used to think that YOLO means Yummy Oreos Love Origami and DTF stands for Dedicated to Fans.

85. If Liam could make his own ice cream it would be Krispy-Kreme flavoured. Isn’t there one already?!

86. If you look closely on One Direction’s ‘One Thing’ video, Liam’s left eyebrow has a slit shaved into it. Harry did it while Liam was sleeping! Pesky scamp.

87. Liam is a closet fan of S Club 7!

88. Liam has a small birthmark on his neck.

89. If Liam could only eat one thing for the rest of his life it would be chocolate “because it’s chocolaty.”

90. Liam used to get into trouble at school and often spent time in the headmistress’s office. “I used to have water fights in the toilets and climb on the roof to get footballs back,” he told The Sun.

91. When he first started boxing, Liam picked up a number of nasty injuries including a perforated eardrum and a broken nose. “I was always coming home with a bruised, puffy face,” he says.

92. Liam once asked a called Emily out 22 times and she kept turning him down. He added to the Sun: “Finally I sang to her and she said she’d go out with me, but she dumped me the next day.” We’re pretty sure Emily will be regretting her move! Doh!


93. Liam owns a lollipop with Zayn’s name on it. Well, when we say ‘owns’ we mean he stole it off Zayn!

94. Liam says he emotional when singing 1D track ‘Moments’. The pop-ballad was penned by Ed Sheeran and appears on the deluxe version of ‘Up All Night’.

95. When he was younger Liam used to practise kissing on the back of his hand.

96. Asked what was the best thing about taking part in The X Factor, Liam said it was “meeting the four best people ever.” Awwwwww!

97. If Liam wasn’t a multi-million selling pop star, he says he’d like to be a fireman or gym teacher.

98. Liam always wanted a brother when he was younger. He says that now with One Direction “it’s like having four of them!”

99. Despite being a pop superstar, Liam says he still does his own washing and ironing. He joked: “You don’t see Take That doing that do you?!”

100. Just like Niall and Zayn, Liam has size 8 feet.

101. The three things Liam can’t live without are hair wax, Clearasil and Niall!


Payne is known for being the most sensible and grounded member of One Direction. He dated dancer Danielle Peazer, whom he met on the set of The X Factor, on and off from 2010 to 2013. He has also been romantically linked with British singer Leona Lewis.

Get Acquainted with Niall Horan

Niall Horan is best known as the only Irish-born member of the boy band One Direction.

Niall Horan was born on September 13, 1993, in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. During his school years, he showed talent for singing and performing. At the age of 16, he auditioned for the television show The X Factor and was accepted into the competition. Although he did not make the final rounds as a solo vocalist, he joined forces with four other contestants to form the successful boy band One Direction.

101 FACTS ABOUT NIALL JAMES HORAN:

1. Niall James Horan was born on 13th September 1993.

2. Just like his One Direction bandmate Liam, Niall is a Virgo. According to the star sign he is analytical, observant, helpful, reliable and precise.

3. Niall’s mum is called Maura Gallagher and his dad’s name is Bobby Horan.

4. Niall has an older brother called Greg. He’s 24-years-old.

5. Unfortunately Niall’s mum and dad split up when he was just five years old. He and Greg divided their time between the two homes but eventually they stayed with their dad Bobby in Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland.

6. Niall’s mum Muara remarried and lives in the nearby Edgeworthstown with her husband of seven years Chris.

7. Niall attended the Catholic secondary school Coláiste Mhuire in Mullingar.

8. Before secondary school, Niall attended St Kenny National School.

9. Niall’s ideal woman is Cheryl Cole and his man crush is Michael Bublé.

10. Niall’s nickname is Nialler. Makes sense!

11. On One Direction’s debut album ‘Up All Night’, Niall has about 1minute and 

25 seconds of solos – the least out of all five members.

12. Niall sang Ne-Yo’s ‘So Sick’ in the X Factor first round and received glowing praise from Louis Walsh.

13. A big Oasis fan, Niall covered ‘Champagne Supernova’ at X Factor bootcamp.


14. Niall’s favourite colour is green. He also likes blue.

15. Niall says he’s only read one book in its entirety – the American classic ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’.

16. Niall has a very bizarre good luck mascot – a pair of white socks. Erm, ok then! 

17. Niall supports English football club Derby County. After attending his first game aged four, throughout his childhood Niall regularly flew from Ireland to the UK to attend games.

18. In 2006 Niall was the Derby County mascot at an away game against Luton 
Town.

19. Niall is an accomplished guitar player and was a fervent follower of indie music growing up.

20. Just like Liam, Niall’s middle name is James.

21. In December 2011 Niall had transparent white braces fixed to his teeth.

22. Niall’s favourite song of all time is ‘Viva La Vida’ by Coldplay.

23. Niall is the second youngest member of 1D – behind Harry.

24. In early 2010, months before his appearance on the X Factor, Niall supported Lloyd Daniels at the Academy 2 in Dublin. There are clips of his performance of Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ at the gig on YouTube. 

25. Niall is approximately 5 feet and 7 inches tall.

26. Niall says the best Christmas present he has ever received is his guitar.

27. One of Niall’s biggest idols is Michael Bublé. He describes the Canadian crooner as an “absolute hero.”

28. Alongside Coldplay, Niall is a big fan of rock bands The Eagles, Bon Jovi and The Script.

29. Niall’s first pets were two goldfish called Tom and Jerry. Unfortunately they died when Niall’s older brother Greg accidentally overfed them!

30. When One Direction reached number one in the US with ‘Up All Night’, Katy Perry personally took to Twitter to congratulate Niall. A guest judge on The X Factor in 2010, she was initially hesitant to put Niall through to the next round and told him at the time “Don’t let us down.” Referencing this, she tweeted: “@NiallOfficial congratulations, you didn't let me down! xo,”

31. Niall’s Twitter address is @NiallOfficial. At the time of writing (August 2012) he has 5,360,356 followers – wow!

32. Justin Bieber follows Niall on Twitter and the good friends regularly chat on the social networking site. We spot a bromance!!

33. Niall suffers from claustrophobia – a fear of small and confined spaces. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror about the condition recently, Niall’s dad Bobby said: "There are hordes of young girls around him, and not much room to breathe anywhere. He says it can be frightening. Coming out of airports and girls crowding around their cars, he's started to get really claustrophobic."

34. Niall’s dad describes him as “a real gent, a lovely, well-mannered, well brought-up lad."

35. As well as claustrophobia, Niall has a fear of pigeons. He explains: “I get really nervous if pigeons are flying around before shows. I can't stand them after one once flew in through my bathroom window and went for me while I was having a wee. That was enough. I think pigeons target me." Poor Niall!

36. In 2012, Niall presented a #1DHQ show for The Hits Radio. His playlist was: Katy Perry ‘Last Friday Night’, Maroon 5 ‘Moves Like Jagger’, One Direction ‘One Thing’, JLS ‘Do You Feel What I Feel?’, Kelly Rowland ‘Commander’, Ne-Yo ‘So Sick’ and One Direction ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.

37. Niall told The Hits Radio that his ideal way to relax is to “sit back, get the feet up on the couch. On a Monday watch some Monday night football; through the week watch movies and on a weekend watch the sports channels.” He also likes to play the Playstation and chill at the 1D lads’ houses.

38. Despite the eight-year age gap, Paloma Faith says she fancies Niall! She told We Love Pop: " I love him. He can be my toyboy. I wouldn't mind having a younger boyfriend."

39. Niall was starstruck when he met Michelle Obama at The White House. He told Digital Spy: “She's an amazing-looking lady, and I'm a massive Barack Obama fan anyway.”

40. Niall would like One Direction to collaborate with Eminem on their next record. Sadly, it’s highly unlikely that Mr Mathers would agree to do it!

41. Niall got food poisoning after 1D’s spring tour of Australia and New Zealand. As he was about to board the 11,000 mile flight home, he tweeted: "Not feeling the best! sore all over! under the weather as they say!"

42. A piece of vegemite toast that Niall had half-eaten in Sydney, Australia was put up on eBay earlier this year. Bogus bids reached over £100,000!!

43. Niall has been romantically linked with Skins actress Freya Mavor and singer Demi Lovato. Both rumours were rubbished by Niall!

44. Niall is left-handed. A variety of studies suggest that approximately one in ten people are left-handed.

45. Niall likes to swear a lot and often stays quiet in interviews in case he accidentally says a rude word!

46. Unlike ink-obsessives Harry and Zayn, Niall doesn’t have any tattoos.

47. In July 2012, Niall jokingly called a group of girl fans at Dublin airport a “shower of c***s”. Despite most One Directioners knowing it was said in jest, the media backlash forced Niall to apologise. He tweeted: "Really sorry if I caused any offence. It was just banter with fans who I think of more as mates. But I understand that it's not a word I should be using at all."

48. One of Niall’s dream 1D collaborations is Labrinth who he believes is “super talented.”

49. Niall absolutely loves singing in the shower. He told TOTP magazine: "I sing all the time in the shower! I'll sing whatever's in the charts. Today I was singing 'It Will Rain' by Bruno Mars."

50. Niall’s first kiss was with a French exchange student when he was “11 or 12” years old. He admits he was “really nervous” at the time.

51. When One Direction were involved in a minor car accident in January, Niall laughed afterwards! He explained to Now Magazine: “I don’t know why, but I thought it was funny – it felt like being in bumper cars.”

52. Niall fancies the pants off 33-year-old Northern Irish TV presenter Christine Bleakley. He enthused: "I'm in love. Christine is amazing, so amazing. I love her! Seriously, she is my NBF, my new best friend - she is utterly incredible. I also think she's gorgeous... I like the older woman." Sadly for Niall, Christine is engaged to footballer Frank Lampard!

53. Niall’s (European) shoe size is eight.

54. Niall’s favourite movie of all time is Grease. He’s also a fan of horror movies.

55. Always a showman, when he was nine Niall played the lead role of Oliver in the St Kenny National School production of Oliver Twist.

56. Niall has too many favourite foods to mention! He’s especially fond of pizza and jokes that he’d rather eat a slice than kiss a girl.

57. Niall decided to audition for The X Factor on the night Joe McElderry won, on 13th December 2009.

58. Niall would date a fan one on condition – she didn’t scream in his face!

59. Niall is a flatulent fella. His 1D bandmates say he’s the biggest farter in the group!

60. While waiting outside for his first X Factor audition in Dublin, Niall entertained the crowd by performing a cover of Justin Bieber’s ‘One Time’ on his guitar.

61. Niall was voted the hottest male of 2011 by Sugarscape magazine, beating all of his One Direction bandmates!

62. Niall’s natural hair colour is dark brown.

63. When fans ask Niall to marry him he always jokingly responds with a “yes.”

64. When Niall first landed in Los Angeles with One Direction he celebrated by singing Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party In The USA’.

65. Niall’s dream date would be with iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove.

66. Niall’s favourite Valentine’s Day song is Van Morrison’s 1972 classic ‘Crazy Love’. Niall became aware of the track when Michael Bublé covered it in 2009.

67. Niall thinks that it would be a huge achievement if One Direction could get close to achieving Take That, N’Sync and The Backstreet Boys’ success. He said: “Hopefully we can emulate a tiny bit of their success because if we were to get anywhere near that it would be a very big achievement.”

68. Niall has a big crush on Katy Perry. He says: ““Katy Perry still gets me every time. She's very funny in person! We met at the Teen Choice Awards and she pulled my cheeks apart and told me how cute I was. My life was literally flashing before my eyes!"

69. Niall thinks he’s “literally the luckiest person in the world.”

70. Niall’s favourite album of all time is Bon Jovi’s ‘Greatest Hits’. Michael Bublé’s ‘Crazy Love’ is a close second.

71. Niall would make “a wonderful husband”, according to his dad Bobby.   

72. While he loves his female followers, Niall would like more male One Direction fans. He told blog Storyboard: "We want to see more boy fans, as seeing them in the crowd is cool. It's 90% girls, but we want to expand our fan base. We want different people to like us."

73. Niall owns his own personalised cap. In emerald green (his home nation Ireland’s colour) it has his name embroidered on the back.

74. Niall has read the saucy novel Fifty Shades of Grey… well, a tiny part of it. He told the Daily Mirror: "A girl gave it to me the other day! I read the first page and put it down. But it was good."

75. Although she has denied tabloid reports of a romance, Demi Lovato thinks that Niall is “sweet.”

76. Niall himself admits he’s “an emotional guy” who wears his heart on his sleeve.

77. On some days Niall chooses not to wear any underwear! “I like to go free 
and easy from time to time,” he told Metro.

78. When 1D are on the road, Niall loves to chat to his friends and family via Skype on the tour bus.

79. When he was little, Niall had an imaginary friend called Michael. He’s since tried to deny it in interviews claiming Michael was a real person.

80. Niall doesn’t like it when girls pretend to act dumb. He tweeted: "I hate it when girls act stupid 'cause they think it's cute. Intelligence is sexy."

81. Niall admits he still gets nervous before live shows. He told Digital Spy: “When we first started out the thought of getting up on stage freaked us all out. The kind of crowds we get are very, very loud which helps. The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves."

82. Niall likes natural beauties. He tweeted: “Well I like a girl who don't wear make up.”

83. When in America, Niall often gets invited to school leavers’ parties. “I always get asked to go to proms,” Niall told The Sun. “I've been asked about ten times.”

84. In January 2012, Louis pulled Niall’s pants down at a motorway service station in front of fans. Niall said afterwards he was “so embarrassed.”

85. Niall once challenged Olly Murs to a fight. Thankfully it was just Twitter banter and the good friends never got involved in fisticuffs!

86. For his 18th birthday, Niall’s 1D bandmates bought him a life-size model of President Barack Obama. Niall later accidentally knocked one of Obama’s arms off. Doh!

87. Niall shares his birthday (13th September) with a number of famous people including cricketer Shane Warne, legendary author Roald Dahl and US athlete Michael Johnson.

88. In May 2012, Niall performed an acoustic rendition of ‘Heart Skips A Beat’ with Olly Murs. The video, shot backstage during 1D’s North American tour, has now racked up almost 1million views on YouTube.

89. The first gig Niall ever went to was Busted in Dublin when he was 10-years-old.

90. Niall is notoriously noisy. Liam Payne commented: “You usually hear Niall before you see him.” Hilarious!

91. Niall is a big fan of giraffes. He’s even been photographed by paparazzi cuddling a toy one! Explaining why he loves them so, Niall said: “They’re so long, I wish I was one, then maybe I’d be taller.”

92. Niall is great at mimicking accents – especially Scottish, Geordie and American ones.

93. Niall’s favourite Justin Bieber songs are ‘U Smile’ and ‘One Less Lonely Girl’.

94. Niall thinks his millions of followers are better looking than him. He said: “The fans always tell me I’m beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them.”

95. In October 2011, Niall was late for a 4music interview. As his 1D bandmates waited, in the background Niall fell flat on his bum when he tripped over as he raced to make it on time. Rather than take sympathy, Harry asked the TV crew “Did you get that on camera?!”

96. Niall thinks that his best qualities are he’s “a good laugh, honest and generous.”

97. Niall thinks that not having a boyfriend or girlfriend isn’t a bad thing. He explains: “Being single doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re strong enough to wait for what you deserve”

98. Niall didn’t think he’d progress very far in The X Factor. He said: “When I was in Dublin I looked around, and there’s like 8,000 people at the auditions, and I’m thinking ‘not a hope, there’s not a chance of me getting anywhere’.”

99. Niall often speaks in his sleep, a condition called somniloquy.

100. Niall’s favourite song on ‘Up All Night’ is the Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk and Savan Koetcha penned ‘One Thing’. The single reached number 9 in the UK back in January.

101. According to former Boyzone star Keith Duffy, Niall is “a smashing lad” and is “really down to earth.” 

Horan is the only One Direction member born outside England, and he is the second youngest member of the band. He claims to be inspired by classic swing music and by the vocalist Michael Bublé. He is known for his blonde good looks and boy-next-door appeal, and he has been romantically linked with the actresses Demi Lovato and Freya Mavor, despite denying both rumors.

Dating & Romance with Harry Styles

Styles is known as "the flirt" of One Direction, and his romantic relationships have been followed obsessively by the press and his fans. 

 In 2011, he began dating television presenter Caroline Flack, whom he met when he was competing on The X Factor and she was hosting its companion show, The Xtra Factor. The difference in their ages—Styles was 17 at the time, and Flack was 32—was the subject of much discussion among Styles' fan base.

Since his breakup with Flack in January 2012, Styles has been romantically linked with photographer Sarah-Louise Colivet, models Emma Ostilly and Cara Delevingne, and singers Lily Halpern and Rita Ora. 






His most-publicized relationship of 2012 was a two-month liaison with pop star Taylor Swift. The two were frequently photographed together, and Swift reportedly referred to Styles in song lyrics and performances after they stopped dating.

Getting To Know with Mister Styles

English-born singer and teen heartthrob Harry Styles is best known as one of the five members of boy band One Direction.

Harry Styles was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, on February 1, 1994. He first sang in a band in a school competition, and in 2010 he performed on the television show The X Factor, where the judges combined him with four other young male singers to form One Direction. Despite finishing third in the contest, One Direction received a recording contract and became a best-selling boy band.


Fun facts about Harry Styles you should know.

• His full name is HAROLD EDWARD STYLES
• Harry came up with the name One Direction
• Harry loves back massages
• Harry talks in his sleep
• Harry hates olives
• Harry had his first kiss when he was 12
• His favorite movies are Titanic, The Notebook and Love Actually
• Harry’s party trick is juggling or getting naked
• Harry speaks fluent French
• Louis is trying to convince Harry to date a fan
• Harry thinks it is cute when girls wear soccer jerseys
• Harry can’t wait for a girlfriend, he can spoil rotten
• Harry loves it if a girl falls asleep with her head on his lap
• Harry can tie a cherry stem with his tounge
• He prefers tea over coffee
• He says his girlfriend needs to be a hugger
• Harry thinks Niall looks like a Furby
• Harry likes cat
• Harry collects turtles he gets from the fans (fake turtles)
• Harry likes a girl with a good appetite
• Harry is the most ticklish out of all the boys
• Harry gets a total of 7 minutes and 18 seconds worth of solos in One Direction’s 53 minute, 14 seconds long album
• He has a cat named Dusty
• He wants to get married on Valentine’s Day
• One time Harry is on a plane and he got naked.  He went to the bathroom  with only a blanket around him.
• Harry says the best part of his job is touring.
• His aunt taught him how to knit when he was very young.
• His mom and sister already warned him about Caroline Flack
• According to One Direction, Harry flirts the most.
• “Louis is worst than my mom, he gives me kisses and touches my curls.” - Harry “I bet any fans want to be in my place.” – Louis
• Harry can identify the perfume a girl is wearing just by smelling.
• His favorite date venue is restaurant
• Harry was once hit in the face with a tampon
• Whenever Zayn swears around Harry, he has to apologize because Harry doesn’t like it
• Harry always kisses on the first date
• Harry doesn’t like reading
• Harry cuddles with his pillow at night
• Harry’s turnoffs are when girls swear and squeal
• Harry confirmed that the nude photo isn’t him
• Harry likes to eat crumpets with peanut butter on them
• Harry loves going to the beach
• Harry loves Abercrombie and Fitch
• Harry says his hair is bipolar,  some days it’s curly and some days it’s straight
• Harry wishes he has a girl to cuddle up with at night rather than his pillow
• Harry says that he’d look ugly with all his hair shaved off but he would do it for charity
• On a date, he would wear a nice pair of jeans, a nice top and a blazer
• Harry’s dream valentine is Louis
• He stood up to management that Louis and Niall needed more solos
• Harry’s favorite show is Family Guy
• “I really get upset some days, and I really just wish I had someone there to cuddle
• Harry has been going to Pilates once a week to fix his bad posture
• Some of his secret turn-ons includes Spanish and American accents
• Harry is not a fan of his girlfriend giving him cutesy nicknames. “If she called me something like ‘sugglebug’ it would make me cringe
• “I love cougars though. Age is nothing but numbers.” – Harry
• He went ice skating once when he was really young and spent the whole time hanging onto the side of the shrink
• Harry and Zayn got their tattoos together. Harry held Zayn’s hand because it was his first tattoo
• “I’d still be a virgin if I wasn’t on the XFactor” – Harry
• Harry was born with a straight hair
• “I think I can be a very loyal boyfriend like to think I’m romantic too” – Harry
• Harry loves a girl with a sense of humor
• Harry has been down lately since he’s seen tweets such as “Harry’s voice gotten terrible since it gotten deeper”
• Harry wants a girlfriend who won’t take stuff seriously  and wants to have fun
• Wherever Harry is, the first thing he notices about a girl is their eyes. He really likes blue eyes
• Harry says that his relationship with Caroline was ‘not worth the hassle’
• Harry wants to name his first child Darcy
• Once, Harry set out a bunch of candles on a bridge for his girlfriend, but she ended up not coming out to the bridge. The rest of the night, Harry kicked the candles into the water
• Liam is the only one that calls Harry Hazza
• Harry’s most played songs on his ipod is Paradise by Coldplay
• Harry says he would date  no one older than his mom
• His first word as a baby was ‘cat’
• Harry and Louis have inside jokes together that none of the other boys  will ever understand
• Harry’s favorite color is blue
• Harry had a pet hamster named HAMPSTER
• If Harry could sing to anyone, he would sing with Chris Martin
• Harry thinks if you go see someone in concert and they can’t perform without autotune, then they’ve used it to cheat and that’s wrong
• Harry said he’d pose for naked for 100
• Harry says he personally doesn’t think auto tune fits his voice and that it just sounds weird
• Harry wants a girl that is funny, sarcastic, can take a joke, likes to cuddle, and can cope with his career
• The boys all agree that Harry is a good driver
• Harry likes it when girls hold his hand and wear pink, but he hates it when they cuss or scream
• When he was younger, he used to write on his toast with food coloring
• Harry and Louis first met in the toilets at Xfactor
• Harry shaved a ‘H’ into Zayn’s leg hair while Zayn was sleeping
• Louis bites Harry after watching vampire movies
• Harry once paid Niall 20 Euros to make him a sandwhich, Niall took the money, made the sandwhich then eat it himself
• Harry says he knows hes got loads of girlfriends and wives  in the world and he loves all of them
• Harry sponsors a charity that is trying to find a cure for brain tumors
• Harry takes long showers
• One thing Harry can’t live without is his laptop
• If Harry had a sloth, he would name it Sid
• When Harry likes a girl,  he will continuously make eye contact with her – he wants her to notice him
• Harry said he is very bad at hiding emotions. He says he is bad at being mysterious
• One Direction were the first act this year to beat Adele to an award
• Harry says his worst habit is being naked all the time
• Harry’s tweet about admitting to saying ‘Pussy’ on live TV to Matt Cardle was quickly deleted by management
• Harry thinks if weren’t for One Direction, people wouldn’t like him as much as they do
• Harry said he is through with older woman
• Harry’s mom says he’s romantic
• The boys pinch each other’s bums when a photo is being taken of them to make their photo look more natural
• Harry prefers Nandos over carrots
•  Harry has moved out to Louis’ flat
• Harry’s favorite app is Texts from Last Night
• Harry loves apple juice
• A turn on for Harry is messy hair
• Harry describes his naked body as a little disappointing
• Harry wears the perfume Bleu de Chanel
• Harry’s the only one in the family with naturally curly hair
• Harry gets sanitary towels shoved under his door because he does not have a letter box
• Harry and Louis have an intense BROMANCE
• Harry has a fear of snakes
• If harry could be any a piece of furniture, he would be a bed because people could have fun times on him
• Harry says the word ‘SEX’ makes him laugh
• Harry uses Bumble and Bumble shampoo
• Harry gets turned on when people tweets him ‘meow’
• Harry’s favorite perfume is Alien by Thierry Mugler
• Harry’s guilty pleasure is ‘Love Actually’
• If Harry could be in any other boy band, he’d be in Take That
• Harry’s favorite song is Flowers in the Window by Travis
• Harry once ran through a train station with only his boxers on
• Singing isn’t the only musical talent Harry possesses. He also plays the Kazoo
• Harry signs his name with one ‘R’
• Zayn said, “I was calling Harry and didn’t answer. I later found out it was because he like his ringtone”
• “Runway girls really aren’t as pretty” – Harry
• Harry gotten fans number at a signing before
• “I’d like to take care of someone but at the same time I like girls who are independent” – Harry
• Harry only looks through his timeline not his mentions
• Harry wants to one day get an infinity tattoo
• Harry always takes food off of people’s plate
• Harry would kill for an intelligent girl
• The boys said Harry is the biggest game cheater out of all them
• The boys say Harry is the smartest in the group
• Harry has always wanted to win a stuffed animal for a girl in the carnival
• “Harry is a ladies’ man” – Gemma Styles
• Harry has gotten his number changed most out of all the boys
• The boys went to a farm and the farmers wanted them to ride their horses, but there were 4, so Harry rode a cow
• Harry set Louis and Eleanor up
• Harry’s nudity is ‘DANGEROUS’ – Niall Horan
• Harry wants to live on a beach, when he gets older
• Harry likes girls who wear PINK
• Harry hates the word ‘fuck’ and gets mad when the other boys say it
• Harry’s facebook account name used to be: HARRY NUGGET STYLES
• Harry likes nutella
• “He’s emotional and very thoughtful. When I’ve had a bad day at work, I’ll come home and he’ll have me a bath with candles and music playing. He’s very sweet and caring.” – Mumma Ann Styles
• Harry has played twister completely naked
• Fan: “Would you ever date someone considered ‘fat’?” Harry: “There’s no such thing as fat”
• Harry said that if he had the chance he would tap Sophia Vergara
• Interviewer: “Describe yourself in three words!” Harry: “Cheeky, curly and cheeky again”
• Interviewer: “How does it feel to be single?” Harry: “It’s cool. I have Louis, so I wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m single.”
•  Harry is a fan of ‘The Hunger Games’
• Harry once rejected a girl by telling her he was gay
• Someone said Harry’s nose is shaped like penis
• The boys all agree that Harry’s girlfriend will be the luckiest girl in the world coz’ he’d give everything and anything for her
• Haters made him cry before
• Harry and Louis have matching blue and Pink blankets
• Harry once cried because Liam and Lou gave him a wedgie
• If Harry could change one thing about his body, it would be his ears
• He’s been head butted by a horse before
• Harry described the complex, where the boys live, as ‘like the teletubbies hut gathering’
• He hates it when he meets fans who just scream and squeal at him when he’s trying to talk
• “My hair isn’t an afro. It’s sex hair! It’s sex hair!” – Harry
• Harry usually sleeps with a blanket he’s had since he was little
• When a girl he likes, likes him back,  he’d ask her on a proper date
• “I’d want a girlfriend I can call in the middle of the night, I’d love that.” – Harry
• When Harry’s stepdad caught him on the bed with a girl, he asked “what are you doing?” Harry replied saying “uumm .. looking for the remote.”
• Harry once said that he is glad he has a sister, as it helps him know how to treat girls
• “Gay marriage has been accepted in New York? C’mon Harry, we’re moving!” – Louis Tomlinson
• Harry teared up during the Toronto show while singing Moments
• In a survey on facebook, Niall came out the favorite member with 60% and Harry came last with less than 5%
• Harry is 5’10 (178cm)
• “Where do you like to kiss girls?” Harry: “Around the neck”

Styles is the youngest member of One Direction, and his curly hair, wide smile and sweet-yet-naughty demeanor have made him a fan favorite. He sang some of the lead vocals on the band's first single, "What Makes You Beautiful," which was released in September 2011 in the United Kingdom. One Direction's debut album, Up All Night, was a best seller in both the United Kingdom and the United States the following year. In another highlight of 2012, Styles and the rest of One Direction performed at the Olympics closing ceremony in London.