List of people connected with Malvern, Worcestershire includes, in addition to those born in
Malvern, the many notable people who came to the town to provide or partake of its
hydrotherapy, to be educated or to teach at the large number of independent boarding schools such as
Malvern College with its
long list of notable alumni, and its elementary school,
The Downs, and
Malvern St James for girls, that still remain active into the 21st century.
Thomas Attwood, was a British banker, economist, politician and
Member of Parliament, and campaigner for electoral reform. He died in Malvern, on 9 March 1859.[4]
Basil Foster (1882–1959), English cricketer who played 34 first-class matches in the early 20th century, was born in Malvern.
Julius Harrison (1885–1963), was a contemporary of Elgar, and Professor of Composition at the
Royal Academy of Music. He was music director at Malvern College and director of the early Elgar Festivals in Malvern. He lived in Pickersleigh Road from most of the 1940s.[6]
Graeme Hick, cricketer, currently resides in the Malvern area, and coaches at Malvern College.Roosevelt plaque, Aldwyn Tower, Malvern
Dorothy Howell (1898 – 1982), composer ('the English Strauss') and was a contemporary of Elgar, lived and taught in Malvern. She is also buried in the graveyard of
St Wulstan's Church in the village of
Little Malvern.
Elsie Howey, suffragette, lived most of her life and died in Malvern.[7]
Nigel Kennedy, violinist and composer, and his Polish wife Agnieszka, have a home in Malvern.[8]
C. S. Lewis, novelist, was a pupil at the preparatory school Cherbourg House and Malvern College. He boarded at these two establishments between early 1911 and June 1914.[9]
Jenny Lind, opera singer, lived and died in Malvern, and is buried in Great Malvern cemetery.[10]
^Griffiths, Alan; Griffiths, Joyce B. (2001). Great Malvern – a photographic history of your town. Salisbury: Black Horse Books. p. 42.
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^Woodward, Philip (2006). Woodward on Time: A Compilation of Philip Woodward's Horological Writings. British Horological Institute Limited.
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