Warwickshire - Famous People

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Famous People from Warwickshire

The following people of renown were either born or lived inWarwickshire; or are strongly associated with Warwickshire.

listed Alphabetically by surname

A

• John Altham
• Bartholomew Ashwood
• Peter Atwood B
• Faris Badwan
• David Barr (cricketer)
• Richard Barret (divine)
• Thomas Baskerville (general)
• William Basset (divine)
• Richard de Beresford
• Tamasin Berry-Hart
• Leo Bill
• Walter Blith
• Thomas Pownall Boultbee
• Richard Bremmer
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
• Andrew Brookes (cricketer)
• Andrew Bryan (cricketer)
• Robert Burdett (died 1549)
• Simon Burton
• Nicholas Byfield

C

• June Chadwick
• William Chaloner
• Captain R. T. Claridge
• Henry Clerke
• Ian Clifford
• William Clowes (surgeon)
• William Compton (courtier)
• Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway
• Henry Couchman
• Charles Craven
• Michael Crossley
• Aleister Crowley (1875 Royal Leamington Spa – 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion and philosophy of Thelema, in which role he identified himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century.

D

• Richard Dandy
• Jonathan Darlington
• Richard Davies (cricketer)
• Michael Dean (cricketer)
• Mabel Digby
• Charlie Dixon (English footballer)
• Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza

E

• Bill Ellerington (footballer born 1892)
• Beryl E. Escott
• Robert Evett

F

• George Fane
• Sir Henry Fane
• Edward Ferrers
• Henry Ferrers (antiquary)
• Robert Fielding
• William Feilding 1st Earl of Denbigh
• Orlando le Fleming
• Robert Fletcher (writer)
• Giles Foden

G

• William Getliff
• Robert Glover (martyr)
• John Gray (sportsman)
• William Gresley (divine)
• Paul Griffiths (cricketer)

H

• Bob Harriott
• Jim Hawkins (radio presenter)
• Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford
• High Sheriff of Warwickshire
• Vernon Hill (cricketer, born 1978)
• Dorothy Hodgkin
• Dean Hoffman
• Henry Holyoake
• Thomas Holyoake
• Walter Horton (MP)
• Robert Hughes (cricketer)

I

J

• Richard Jacques
• Albert Ariel Bedwin Johnson
• Eben Samuel Johnson
• Victor Johnson (cyclist)
• Bhavin Joshi

K

• Felicity Kendal
• Andy King (politician)

L

• Thomas L'Archer
• John L'Archers
• Jay Lewis
• Salathiel Lovell

M

• Thomas Malory
• Imraan Mohammad
• Lady Elizabeth Montacute
• Simon Mountford (died 1537/38)

N

• Charles Newdigate Newdegate
• Robbie Newman

O

P

• Wendy Padbury
• Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Harburn
• William Perkins (puritan)

* Edward Pickard 

• Julia Pirie
• Spencer Platt

R

• Guriq Randhawa
• Frank H. T. Rhodes
• Lucy Rose

S

• Fasal Shahid
• Gavin Shephard
• John Sinclair (physician)
• Siward Barn
• David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1962)
• Thomas Southorn
• John Spencer (died 1586)
• William Spencer (Sheriff)
• Jamie Spires
• Christopher St. Germain

T

• Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet, of Stowe
• Henry Teonge
• John Throckmorton
• Job Throckmorton
• Robert Throckmorton
• Sir Robert Throckmorton, 8th Baronet
• Richard Turpin (cricketer)

U-V-W

• Sir John Underhill
• Julian Vedey
• Jacqueline Voltaire
• Richard Waldron
• Steve Walwyn
• Fred Wilkes
• Gareth Williams (cricketer)
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
• Ian Wilmut
• David Gordon Wilson
• Jack Wilson (pianist)
• Jeremy Wright
• Martin Wyldeck

X-Y-Z

• David Young (cricketer)

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