Editing Ludlow (section)

=== 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>