- After appearing on The X Factor in 2010, he and One Direction band mate Harry Styles moved in together.
- He used to work at Toys R Us.
- He is the oldest member of boy band One Direction.
- He played the lead role of Danny in a school production of "Grease".
- His twin sisters were on a show called "Fat Friends" (2000) when they were babies. Louis started doing extra work in TV and films during that time.
- Is known as "The Leader" but as Harry Styles stated "it was the only one left!".
- He plays piano.
- If he wasn't a singer, he would be a drama teacher.
- Not long after The X Factor ended in 2010, Tomlinson faced criticism from first X Factor Winner Steve Brookstein in which Brookstein claimed Tomlinson wasn't a very good singer and couldn't believe he'd made it to the finals. However, Tomlinson received a lot of support from a number of celebrities and fans on twitter, with many claiming that Brookstein was just bitter and jealous due to failing to gain much success following his win in 2004.
- He has seven younger half-siblings, named Charlotte "Lottie," Felicite "Fizzy," and twin sisters Daisy and Phoebe and twins Doris and Ernest from his mum's side and Georgia Austin from his dad's side.
- Was signed as a footballer to Doncaster Rovers Football Club on a non-contract basis. His proceeds will be donated to children's hospice Bluebell Wood. (02 August 2013).
- Is good friends with James Corden.
- Owner of his former local football pub team, Three Horseshoes.
- He applied for The X Factor in 2009, but didn't get through the first initial round before you audition for the judges.
- Speaks French, and France is his favorite country.
- He tried out for X Factor in 2010 and was denied as a solo contestant. However, he was called back to be placed in the band, One Direction, with four other boys he had never met before.
- One Direction is highest paid boy band in history. In 2015, they earned 130 million dollars.
- Is an avid philanthropist. He is a patron of several charities including Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice and The Eden Dora Trust, as well as having participated in several charity football games benefiting various organizations.
- Mother, Johannah Deakin b. 1973 died of leukemia on 7 December 2016. She was 43 years .She was a midwife.
- Louis is of mostly English ancestry. One of Louis's maternal great-great-grandmothers, Josephine Caroline Van Egghen (or Vanegghen), was Belgian (of Flemish background). Louis also has more distant Jersey Island and Irish ancestry.
- One Direction became first group in history to have 4 first debut albums on no 1 in USA.
- His first pet was a dog named Ted.
- Midnight Memories became best-selling album in the world in 2013.
- Louis has written or co-written many of One Direction's songs.
- One Direction were formed at the bootcamp stage of The X Factor UK (2004) in 2010 when the judges felt Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles were too good to throw away, but not interesting enough to make it as soloists. The decision to put the five boys in the group proved to be popular as they made it to The X Factor final and were the only band to be included on the 2011 X Factor Tour.
- First in One Direction to become father at 24 to son, Freddie Reign Tomlinson born 21 January 2016 in Thousand Oaks, California with Briana Jungwirth, 23. But never had a paternity test to confirm.
- United States and Canada on One Direction's US One Direction tour. (June 2012)
- Bought an house for about 3 million dollar in London in 2012. Lives also in Los Angeles since 2016.
- In 2014, Billboard named One Direction, Artist of the year.
- Is a member of boy band One Direction.
- After releasing his debut solo album "Walls", with well over 350 million streams on Spotify, Louis Tomlinson sold out his first solo world tour in minutes. On the US leg of the tour, Louis has consistently put on unforgettable performances in places like New York City and Los Angeles California.
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