Notable People
- Henry Disston (industrialist) was born in Tewkesbury on May 24, 1819.
- Robert Harold Compton (South African botanist) was born in Tewkesbury on August 6, 1886.
- Kathleen Hawkins (poet) was born in Tewkesbury on 17 November 1883.
- Alfred Jones (cricketer) was born in Tewkesbury on August 6, 1900.
- Henry Green (author) was born in Tewkesbury on October 29, 1905.
- Anna Ford (newsreader and TV presenter) was born in Tewkesbury on October 2, 1943.
- Eric Morecambe (British comedian) collapsed backstage at the town's Roses Theatre on 24 May 1984.
- John Moore (writer) was born in Tewkesbury on November 10, 1907.
- Eunice Spry (sadistic foster mother and subject of a high-profile case) lived in Tewkesbury.
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