Evesham - Notable People

Notable People

• John Aldridge, a professional English and international cricketer who also played for Worcestershire. Born in Evesham in 1935.
• Molly Badham who was awarded the MBE was a co-founder of Twycross Zoo. She trained the chimpanzees who appeared on the famous Brooke Bond PG Tips TV ads for tea. Born in Evesham in 1914.
• Roger Burrows, educator and mathematician
• Jim Capaldi, songwriter and founding member of Traffic was born and raised in Evesham.
• Muzio Clementi was a celebrated classical composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, and piano manufacturer. He spent his final years in Evesham where he died in 1832.
• Daniel Flynn, the actor who plays Superintendent John Heaton in the long-running ITV1 police drama The Bill was born in Evesham in 1961 but whose family moved to Bromley, Kent when an infant.
• Sir Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway was born in Evesham, on 29 July 1870.
• Edmund Hort New, was an artist who was born and grew up in Evesham in 1871. In 1905, he moved to Oxford where he began work on a series of drawings of the University of Oxford colleges, a project which occupied him for the rest of his life.
• Harry King (1886–1968) was a professional English footballer who was born in Northampton, and began his career at Evesham Star F.C..
• Robert Lanchbury, is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in the early 1970s. Born in Evesham in 1950.
• Maria Kariakachan, is the well-known descendant of the famous Armenian king during the first world war. Moved from Yerevan,Armenia, to Evesham during the first world war for ten years.
• Alistair McGowan, impressionist and actor. Born in Evesham on 24 November 1964.
• Andy Preece, a part-time professional English footballer and manager. He began his career as a junior with Worcester City. He subsequently played for Evesham United. Born in Evesham in 1967.
• P J Proby (American pop singer) lives in Evesham.
• Edward Righton (1884–1964) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket matches for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1913. Born in Evesham
• John Watson was born in Evesham around 1491 and was a Bishop of Winchester, and a Chancellor of St Pauls Cathedral, London. Today's Evesham Hotel is a Tudor mansion he built as the family home.
• William Jones, (1839–1913) was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Rorke's Drift, the highest military award that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth citizens. Born in Evesham c1839.
• Guy Whittingham is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs including Premier League Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday. Born in Evesham in 1964.
• John Watson, acting Bluemantle Pursuivant at the College of Arms