Notable People With Worth Valley Links
The following people were born in the Worth Valley, have lived there in the past or are currently resident in the valley.
- Brontë Sisters, lived in the village of Haworth
- Anne. (1820–1849), Novelist
- Charlotte, (1816–1855), Novelist
- Emily, (1818–1848), Novelist
- Branwell Brontë, (1817–1848), painter and poet
- Rev Patrick Brontë, (1777–1861), clergyman and writer
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