Editing Ludlow (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Thomas 11Warwick.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick|Katherine Mortimer]] & Thomas de Beauchamp]]
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP crop 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP)|Philip Dunne]], 2020]]
=== Aristocracy, public servants and politicians ===
* [[Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick]] (ca. 1314 in [[ Ludlow Castle]] – 1369), aristocrat, wife of [[Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick]]
* [[Lady Philippa Mortimer]] (1375-1400) <ref>[[Alison Weir|Weir, Alison]]. (1999). ''Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy''. London: The Bodley Head. pp. 97–98.</ref> and [[Edmund Mortimer (rebel)|Sir Edmund Mortimer]] (1376 - 1409).<ref>Richardson, D. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). ''Magna Carta Ancestry''. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 195.</ref>, two of the children of [[Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March]], and [[Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster|Philippa Plantagenet]] (the only child of [[Lionel, 1st Duke of Clarence]], and [[Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster]]) were born in [[Ludlow Castle]] 
* [[Robert Mascall]] (died 1416), medieval Carmelite friar, Bishop of Hereford, 1404 / 1416, was born at Ludlow.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Mascall, Robert |volume= 36 |last= Pollard |first= Albert |author-link= Albert Pollard |pages= 405-406 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Bridgeman (judge)|John Bridgeman]] (1568/69 – 1638), a Chief Justice of The Marches in the 17th century is buried in St Laurence's church, within a tomb monument attributed to [[Francesco Fanelli]].
* Sir [[Timothy Littleton]] (ca.1608 – 1679) judge and politician, MP for [[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]], 1660 / 1670.
* Admiral [[James Vashon]] (1742–1827) lived in Ludlow, on Broad Street, following his distinguished service in the Royal Navy. He died in the town and is buried at St Laurence's. A civic society [[blue plaque]] commemorates him at 54 Broad Street;<ref>[http://www.ludlowcivicsociety.org/ludlowcivicsoci9.html Ludlow Civic Society] blue plaques</ref> there is a Vashon Close in Ludlow's eastern suburbs.
* [[Thomas Johnes]] (1748 in Ludlow – 1816) an MP, landscape architect, farmer, writer and social benefactor.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Johnes, Thomas |volume= 30 |last= Wroth |first= Warwick William |author-link= Warwick William Wroth |page= 2 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[William Steward (New Zealand politician)|Sir William Jukes-Steward]] (1841–1912), later [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives]], had a boyhood home marked by plaque in Ludlow, where he attended the Grammar School, 
* [[Uvedale Corbett (politician)|Uvedale Corbett]]  (1909–2005) a British Lieutenant-Colonel, politician, businessman and Conservative MP for [[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]] 1945 / 1951.
* [[Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP)|Philip Dunne]] (born 1958), local MP, was born in Ludlow.

=== The Arts ===
[[File:William Owen - Self-Portrait.jpg|thumb|140px|[[William Owen (painter)|William Owen]], self-portrait, ca.1800]]
[[File:PD James Cologne.JPG|thumb|140px|[[P.D. James]], 2013]]
[[File:Alastair McGowan 2016.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Alistair McGowan]], 2016]]
* [[Thomas Holland (translator)|Thomas Holland]] (1549 in Ludlow – 1612) Calvinist scholar, theologian and translator of the [[King James Version]] of the Bible.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Holland, Thomas (d.1612) |volume= 27 |last= Boase |first= George Clement |author-link= George Clement Boase |pages= 158-159 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Butler (poet)|Samuel Butler]] (1613–1680), poet, lived at Ludlow while working as steward to the Lord President of the Marches in 1661–62, during which time he completed the first part of his well-known satire ''[[Hudibras]]''.<ref>{{citation |last=Dickins|first=Gordon |year=1987 |title=An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire |publisher=Shropshire Libraries |pages=12, 101 |isbn=0-903802-37-6}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Johnes]] FRS (1748–1816, MP, landscape architect, farmer, printer, writer and social benefactor.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Johnes, Thomas |volume= 30 |last= Wroth |first= Warwick William |author-link= Warwick William Wroth |page= 2 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Scott (painter)|Samuel Scott]] (1702–1772), painter, moved to Ludlow in 1765,<ref name="Twickenham">{{cite web|last1=The Twickenham Museum|title=Samuel Scott|url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.php?aid=110&cid=11&ctid=1|website=The Twickenham Museum|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref>
* [[William Owen (painter)|William Owen]] (1769–1825), portrait painter was born in Ludlow.
* [[Thomas Wright (antiquarian)|Thomas Wright]] (1810–1877), an English antiquarian and writer.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle= Wright, Thomas (antiquarian) |volume= 28 |page= 847 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Badham]] (1813–1884), classical philologist, textual critic, headmaster, and university professor. <ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle= Badham, Charles |volume= 3 |pages= 188-189 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Henry Peach Robinson]] (1830–1901), [[Pictorialism|pictorialist]] photographer was born in the town.
* [[Adrian Jones (sculptor)|Adrian Jones]] (1845–1938), sculptor, his works included the Peace Quadriga on the London [[Wellington Arch]]
*  [[Stanley J. Weyman]] (1855 in Ludlow – 1928) an English writer of historical romance.
* Captain [[Geoffrey Bennett (historian)|Geoffrey Bennett]]  (1909–1983), naval officer and author, writing novels such as ''Sea Lion'' and naval histories, he retired to a cottage in central Ludlow in 1976, where he died.
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] (1912–1994), an English film and television actor. 
* [[P. D. James]], ''Baroness James of Holland Park'' (1920–2014) spent part of her youth in Ludlow and attended the British School there.
* Fr. [[John Fitzgerald (poet)|John Fitzgerald]] (1927–2007) a Carmelite friar, priest, poet and philosopher was from Ludlow.
* [[Anthony Howard (journalist)|Anthony Howard]] (1934–2010), senior political journalist, obituary writer and social commentator, home there.
* [[Dick Heckstall-Smith]] (1934–2004) from Ludlow was an English jazz and blues saxophonist.
* [[Sheena Porter]] (born 1935) a British author of children's novels, lives in Ludlow.
* [[John Challis]] (1942–2021), actor, he played [[Boycie]] in ''Only Fools & Horses'' lived near Ludlow, 
* [[Pete Postlethwaite]] (1946–2011), character actor, lived near [[Bishop's Castle]]
* [[Kate Charles]] (born 1950) an American crime writer, lives in Ludlow. 
* [[Lucy Jones (artist)|Lucy Jones]] (born 1955) a British painter and printmaker, lives in Ludlow.
* [[Holly Davidson]] (born 1980), actress (from ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and ''[[The Bill]]'') grew up locally.
* [[Hollie Robertson]] (born 1985), winner of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Strictly Dance Fever]]'' in 2006 is from Ludlow.
* [[Alistair McGowan]] (born 1964), impressionist, lives in Ludlow, where he is patron of the Ludlow Fringe Festival, where he has performed live.<ref>{{cite news|title=Star's show in new home town|work=Shropshire Star|date=19 July 2021|page=3}}Report by Rory Smith.</ref>

=== Academia, science and business ===
[[File:Official portrait of Lord Rees of Ludlow crop 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Martin Rees|Lord Rees of Ludlow]], 2019]]
* [[John Senex]] (1678–1740) cartographer, engraver and explorer.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Senex, John |volume= 51 |last= Norgate |first= G.le G.|author-link= |page= 244 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Molly Morgan]] (1762 in Ludlow as Mary Jones -1835) lived in the area until transported in 1788 as a convict to Australia, where she eventually became a landowner and benefactor in [[New South Wales]].
* Sir [[Charles Hastings (English physician)|Charles Hastings]] (1794 in Ludlow – 1866), was a pioneering Victorian doctor and founder of the [[British Medical Association]].
* [[Henry Hill Hickman]] (1800–1830), a very early pioneer of anaesthetics, at Lady Halton, near [[Bromfield, Shropshire|Bromfield]].
* [[Thomas Taylor Lewis]] (1801–1858), geologist and antiquarian.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Lewis, Thomas Taylor |volume= 33 |last= Archbold |first= W.A.J. |author-link= |page= 198 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Cardale Babington]] (1808–1895), botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist.<ref>{{Cite DNBSupp |wstitle= Babington, Charles Cardale |volume= 1 |pages= 90-92 | first= George Simonds |last= Boulger |author-link= George Simonds Boulger |year= |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Badham]] (1813 in Ludlow–1884), a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] scholar and professor at [[Sydney University]]
* [[Charles Lethbridge Kingsford]] (1862–1926), historian, his father was headmaster at Ludlow Grammar School.
* [[John Marston (businessman)|John Marston]] (1836–1918), the founder of the [[Sunbeam Motor Car Company|Sunbeam]] racing car and [[Sunbeam Cycles|motorcycle]] company.
* [[Martin Rees]], ''Baron Rees of Ludlow'' (born 1942), the current [[Astronomer Royal]], is associated with the town where he grew up,

=== Sport ===
* [[Cyril Lello]] (1921–1997) from Ludlow was a footballer, notably for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]. 
* [[Jamie Tolley]] (born 1983), a footballer who has played over 330 games, incl. 180 for [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] 
* [[Harry Burgoyne]] (born 1996 in Ludlow), a footballer who played for Shrewsbury Town until 2024.
* [[Lark Atkin-Davies]] (born 1995), a rugby union player, she has played 62 games for [[England women's national rugby union team|England women]].