Beswick is a surname, possibly derived from the town of

Beswick, East Riding of Yorkshire Beswick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the A164 road, about north of Beverley and 6 miles south of Driffield. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Beswick and Kilnwi ...

and/or from the ancient village of

Beswick, Greater Manchester Beswick is an area of east Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it neighbours the district of Openshaw to the east. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal both run through it. History Around 1200–1230 it was known as ''Bexw ...

. The surname is common in the Manchester and Bolton area.

List of people with surname Beswick

Allan Beswick Allan Beswick (born 8 October 1948 in Warrington, Lancashire) is a radio broadcaster who presents the late night phone-in on BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Lancashire. Before starting his late-night phone show, Beswick presented the breakf ...

, English radio broadcaster *

Bill Beswick Bill Beswick is an English sports psychologist and former basketball coach. Beswick has had roles with English football clubs Derby County, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland, and FC Twente in the Netherlands. A ...

, British sports psychologist *

Bob Beswick Robert James Beswick (born 8 December 1984) is a former rugby league footballer who played as a or . He started his professional career in 2004 with the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. He left the club in 2006 and spent the next ten season ...

, English Rugby League player *

Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick, (21 August 1911 – 17 August 1987) was a British Labour Co-operative politician. Born in 1911 in Nottingham,'Strong Co-op voices', ''The Co-operative News'', p. 18, 13 May 2008. Beswick's father was a coal miner. ...

, British Labour Co-Operative politician * Hannah Beswick, the 'Manchester Mummy' *James Wright Beswick, founder of

Beswick Pottery John Beswick Ltd, formerly J. W. Beswick, was a pottery manufacturer, founded in 1894 by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. In 1969, the business was sold to Doulton & Co. Ltd. The factory closed in 20 ...

in Staffordshire, England * John Beswick, Tasmanian politician *

Joseph Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick Joseph Jabez Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick (3 June 1922 – 26 February 1999) was a British Labour Party politician. Dean was born and grew up in Manchester. He left school aged 14 and became an engineering apprentice, later working at the Gorton ...

, British Labour Party politician * Marc Beswick, Canadian footballer *

Martine Beswick Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is Jamaica-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) and '' Thunderball'' (1965), who went on to appear in several other n ...

, Jamaican born actress and model * Sammy Beswick, English footballer *Steve Beswick, drummer with the band

Slipstream A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or mustard) is moving at velocities comparable to that of the moving fluid, relative to the ambient fluid through which the object is churning. The term slip ...

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