Notable People
Notable residents of Gloucester have included:
- Hubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner
- Alastair Cook (b. 1984), cricketer
- Stuart Fleetwood (b. 1986), footballer
- Marcel Garvey (b. 1983), rugby player
- Tom Goddard (1900–1966), cricketer
- Phil Greening (b. 1975), rugby player
- Paul Groves (b. 1947), poet
- Ivor Gurney (1890–1937), composer and poet
- Andy Hazell (b. 1978), rugby player
- William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), poet, critic, and editor
- Thomas Machen (c. 1541–1614), mayor of Gloucester three times and MP once
- Tina May (b. 1961), jazz vocalist
- Simon Pegg (b. 1970), actor, comedian, and writer
- Robert Raikes the Elder (1690–1757), "the printer of Gloucester", founder of the Gloucester Journal, early pioneer of press freedom, buried in church of St Mary de Crypt
- Robert Raikes (1735–1811), English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools
- Thomas Raikes (1741–1813), banker and merchant in London, who as Bank of England governor issued the first £1 and £2 English pound notes in 1797
- Scott Redding (b. 1993), motorcyclist
- John Stafford Smith (1750–1836), composer of the American national anthem
- Nathan Sykes (b. 1993), youngest member of British boyband The Wanted
- Mike Teague (b. 1960), former England rugby union footballer
- Wayne Thomas (b. 1979), footballer
- Fred West (1941–1995) and Rose West (b. 1953) serial killers who tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young women.
- Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), scientist and inventor
- George Whitefield (1714–1770), Church of England minister and a leader in the Methodist movement
- John Clarke Whitfield (1770–1836), organist and composer
- Dick Whittington (1350–1401), in the real story of Dick Whittington
- Jemmy Wood (1756–1836), legendary miser and owner of the Gloucester Old Bank.
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