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== Notable people == [[File:Guardian angel clarence.jpg|thumb|Berwick actor [[Henry Travers]] (left) appearing in ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1946) with [[James Stewart]] (right)|242x242px]] [[File:Lucy Bronze 2018 OL (cropped).jpg|thumb|310x310px|Berwick athlete [[Lucy Bronze]], playing for [[Olympique Lyonnais]] (2018)]] * [[Torben Betts]], award-winning playwright, lives in Berwick * [[William Bowyer (died 1628)]], Captain and Mayor of Berwick * [[Lucy Bronze]], footballer for [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea F.C.]] and [[England women's national football team|England]], born in Berwick-upon-Tweed * [[Jessie Greengrass]], author, lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed * [[James Cockburn (politician, born 1819)|James Cockburn]], first speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, born in Berwick * [[George Frederick Cooke]] (1756β1811), widely called the first Romantic actor in England * [[Anne Hepple Dickinson]] (1877β1959), writer * [[Thomas Herriot]] (1887β1949), cricketer * [[George Johnston (naturalist)|George Johnston]] (1797β1855), naturalist. * [[Alexander Knox]], the Hollywood actor, made Berwick his adopted home and died there. * [[Robert Lee (minister)|Rev Prof Robert Lee]] (1804β1868), raised in Tweedmouth * [[John Leonard (architect)|John Leonard]] (born 1857), architect, born in Berwick-upon-Tweed * [[Eric Lomax]], the author of ''The Railway Man'', lived in Berwick-upon-Tweed * [[Alan Martin (writer)|Alan Martin]], co-creator of the comic and movie character [[Tank Girl]], lives in Berwick * [[W. H. Paxton]] (1844β1887), prominent Australian businessman * [[Jeremy Purvis]], Liberal Democrat MSP, and youngest person in [[Scottish Parliament]] at time of election. Since 2013 Purvis has been a life peer in the House of Lords, sitting on the Liberal Democrat benches. * [[James Redpath]] American anti-slavery activist and journalist, born in Berwick * [[Ian Sarfas]], English darts player, played in the 1994 BDO World Darts Championships * [[Thomas Smith (English soldier)|Thomas Smith]], soldier and writer * [[Trevor Steven]], England and Everton footballer, born in Berwick * [[Joseph Stevenson]], prominent English Catholic archivist and Jesuit priest, born in Berwick * [[Tweedy John Todd]], born in Berwick in 1789, doctor and naturalist * [[Patrick Tonyn]], born in Berwick in 1725, a military general and Governor of British [[East Florida]] * [[Henry Travers]], grew up in Berwick (although actually born in Prudhoe), was a character actor, most famously as [[Clarence Odbody]] in ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
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