Herefordshire - Notable People

Notable People

  • Richard Ashcroft, songwriter and lead singer of The Verve
  • Monty Don, BBC TV presenter
  • Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I
  • Sir Edward Elgar, famous composer
  • David Garrick, renowned actor of the 18th century
  • Lady Godiva, wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia
  • Harold Godwinson, Earl of Hereford and last Anglo-Saxon King of England
  • Ellie Goulding, musician
  • Nell Gwynne, mistress of King Charles II of England
  • Richard Hammond, Top Gear presenter
  • Terry Jenkins, professional darts player
  • St. John Kemble (martyr) Catholic priest
  • Francis Kilvert, 19th century diarist
  • Albert Lee, legendary country guitarist
  • John Masefield, Poet Laureate
  • George Nash, Archaeologist, writer and BBC Radio 4 presenter
  • Sidney Nolan, Australian Artist (from late 1970s)
  • John Oldcastle, Lollard leader and basis for Shakespeare's character Falstaff
  • Blanche Parry, Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I
  • Peter Scudamore, jockey
  • Tom Spring, bare-knuckle boxer, champion of England in 19th century
  • Thomas Traherne, 17th century poet
  • Alfred Watkins, pioneering archaeologist and photographer
  • Richard Johnson, jockey
  • Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, author

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