Editing Worcester, England (section)

==Notable people==
{{see also|Category:People from Worcester, England}}
[[File:Edward Elgar.jpg|thumb|[[Edward Elgar]]]]
In birth order:
*[[Hannah Snell]] (1723–1792), famous for impersonating a man and enlisting in the [[Royal Marines]], was born and brought up in Worcester.
*[[Elizabeth Blower]] (c. 1757/63 – post-1816), novelist, poet and actress, was born and raised in Worcester.
*[[Ann Hatton]] (1764–1838), writer of the Kemble family, was born in Worcester.
*[[James White (1775–1820)|James White]] (1775–1820), founder of first advertising agency in 1800 in London, was born in Worcester.
*[[John Mathew Gutch]] (1776–1861), journalist, lived with his second wife at Barbourne, a suburb north of Worcester, from 1823 until his death.
*[[Jabez Allies]] (1787–1856), a Worcestershire folklorist and antiquarian lived at Lower Wick, now part of Worcester.
*[[Sir Charles Hastings]] (1794–1866), British Medical Association founder, lived in Worcester for most of his life.
*[[Thomas Davis (priest)|Revd Thomas Davis]] (1804–1887), a hymn-writer born in Worcester.
*[[Philip Henry Gosse]] (1810–1888), naturalist, was born in Worcester.
*[[Ellen Wood (author)|Mrs. Henry Wood]] (1814–1887), writer, was born in Worcester.
*[[Alexander Clunes Sheriff]] (1816–1878), City Alderman, businessman and Liberal MP, grew up in Worcester.
*[[Edward Leader Williams]] (1828–1910), designer of the [[Manchester Ship Canal]], was born and brought up at Diglis House in Worcester.
*[[Benjamin Williams Leader]] (1831–1923), brother of previous, landscape artist
*Sir [[Thomas Brock]] (1847–1922), [[sculpture|sculptor]], best known for the [[Victoria Memorial, London|London Victoria Memorial]], was born in Worcester in 1847. Worcestershire Royal Hospital is in a road named after him.
*[[Vesta Tilley]] (1864–1952), music hall performer who adopted this stage name aged 11, was born in Worcester. She became a noted male impersonator.
*Sir [[Edward Elgar]] (1857–1934), composer, was born in Lower Broadheath, just outside Worcester, and he lived in the city from the age of two. His father ran a music shop in High Street; a statue of Elgar stands near the original site. His early musical career was based around the city, and his first major work was commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival there.
*[[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield]] (1877–1963), founder of Morris Motors and philanthropist, spent the first three years in Worcester.
*[[Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy]] (1883–1929, "Woodbine Willy"), poet and author, was Vicar of St Paul's Church. As an army chaplain in the First World War he would hand out Woodbine cigarettes to men in the trenches.
*[[Ernest Payne (cyclist)|Ernest Payne]] (1884–1961) was born in Worcester and rode for St Johns Cycling Club, winning a gold medal in team pursuit at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in London.
*[[Sheila Scott]] (1922–1988), aviator, was born in Worcester.
*[[Louise Johnson]] (1940–2012), biochemist and protein crystallographer, was born in Worcester.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/105683 |title=Johnson, Dame Louise Napier (1940–2012), biophysicist and structural biologist |first=Elspeth F. |last=Garman |date=7 January 2016 |access-date=23 November 2018 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/105683 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302022337/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/105683 |archive-date=2 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Timothy Garden, Baron Garden]] (1944–2007), Air Marshal and Liberal Democrat politician, was born and educated in Worcester.
*[[Dave Mason]] (born 1946), musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, was born in Worcester.
*[[Martin Gale]] (born 1949), painter, based in Ireland.
*[[Lee Cornes]] (born 1951), comedian and actor known for television roles in ''Blackadder'', ''The Young Ones'' and ''Bottom'' series, was born in Worcester.{{citation needed|date=July 2016|reason=Birth place needs clarification. Worcester and Hayes are both claimed as birthplace. Birth records cannot be found to verify which is correct. Please add a verifiable source to clarify.}}
*[[David McGreavy]] (born 1951, the "Monster of Worcester"), lived and committed child murders in Worcester.
*[[Imran Khan]] (born 1952), cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan, attended the [[Royal Grammar School Worcester]] and played cricket for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]] (1971–1976).
*[[Stephen Dorrell]] (born 1952), English Conservative politician and former government minister, was born in Worcester.
*[[Karl Hyde]] (born 1957), English musician, frontman of trance music group [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] was born in Worcester.
*[[Vincenzo Nicoli]] (born 1958), British actor.
*[[Isabelle Jane Foulkes]] (1970–2001), Anglo-Welsh artist, textile designer and disability campaigner
*[[Donncha O'Callaghan]] (born 1979), Irish Rugby Union player. Joined Worcester Warriors in 2015 from Munster Rugby Irish and British and Irish Lions International.
*[[Ben Humphrey]] (born 1986), British actor, director and writer, associate director of the [[Worcester Repertory Company]].
*[[Kit Harington]] (born 1986), actor, lived in Worcester and attended the Chantry School and Worcester Sixth Form College. He plays the character Jon Snow in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.
*[[Kai Alexander]] (born 1997), British actor, born in Worcester.
*[[Matt Richards (swimmer)|Matt Richards]] (born 2002), British Swimmer, born and raised in Worcester. Double Olympic champion.