Famous poets born east of Worcestershire include William Wordsworth (born in Cockermouth, Cumbria), Alfred Lord Tennyson (born in Lincolnshire), and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born in Devon).
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John Wilkinson - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1892.
William Price - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1900.
Charles Toppin - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1906.
Richard Turner - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1886.
John Jackson - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1880.
George Mills - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1923.
George Harris - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1906.
John Price - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1908.
John Nichols - Worcestershire cricketer - was born in 1878.
The Last Poets were formed on May 19, 1968 at Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem, New York. The date chosen was Malcolm X's birthday.
Cher Lloyd was born in Malvern, Worcestershire.