10 Characters Based On Historical Figures In Peaky Blinders

The smash-hit historical drama series, Peaky Blinders, includes multiple characters based on real-life figures. Peaky Blinders follows the exploits of the Shelby family as they build a criminal empire in early 20th-century England. While there was a real gang called the Peaky Blinders in Birmingham, England around this time, they were not nearly as powerful as the gang in Peaky Blinders. What’s more, the Shelby family is fictional and most of the other characters in their gang were invented for the show as well.