Notable People
- Hermione Baddeley, the film and theatre actress.
- John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, the 18th century industrialist, was a resident of Broseley, and it was here that he first mastered his unique art of boring cannons for increased accuracy.
- Abraham Darby I, an industrialist of an earlier period is buried there.
- John Guest, who started the legacy of GKN
- William Whitehead Watts, geologist, born there son of local farmer.
- Shane Embury, the bassist in the grindcore band Napalm Death.
- John Pritchard (1797–1891), English lawyer, banker and Conservative MP for nearby Bridgnorth.
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