1. Mary Webb (1881)

English Writer

An English author of works set in the Shropshire countryside, she is best known for Gone to Earth, a novel that inspired a 1950 film of the same title. Her...

2. Toby Hadoke (1974)

British Actor

Toby Hadoke is an English actor writer and stand-up comedian. He is known for his work on the Manchester comedy circuit where he performs regularly. He runs the XS Malarkey...

3. Thomas Beddoes (1760)

British Doctor

Thomas Beddoes English physician and scientific writer was born in Shifnal Shropshire. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine and an associate of leading scientific figures. Beddoes was...

4. John Parker (1798)

Actor

5. Gary Watson (1930)

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Gary Watson is a retired British television actor who started out as a stage actor most notably acting in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play Judith at Her Majesty's Theatre in London...

6. Len Murray (1922)

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Lionel Murray Baron Murray of Epping Forest OBE PC known as Len Murray was a British Labour politician and union leader.

7. Humphrey Mackworth (Unknow)

English Politician

Sir Humphrey Mackworth was a British industrialist and politician. He was involved in a business scandal in the early 18th century and was a founding member of the Society for...

8. George Talbot, 4th Earl Of Shrewsbury (1468)

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9. Henry Mainwaring (1587)

Royal Navy Admiral

Sir Henry Mainwaring was an English lawyer soldier author seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He was for a time a pirate...

10. Anna Richardson (1970)

British Television Presenter

Anna Clare Richardson is an English presenter television producer writer and journalist as well as author of a book.

11. Ambrose Philips (1674)

Irish Politician

Ambrose Philips was an English poet and politician.

12. Eliza Haywood (1693)

British Actor And Writer

Eliza Haywood born Elizabeth Fowler was an English writer actress and publisher. Since the 1980s Eliza Haywood’s literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. Described as prolific even...

13. John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782)

Poet And Naturalist

John Freeman Milward Dovaston was a British poet and naturalist.