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Beecham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *
Audrey Beecham Helen Audrey Beecham (21 July 1915 – 31 January 1989) was an English poet, teacher and historian. She was born in Weaverham in 1915. Her grandfather was Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet, eldest son of Thomas Beecham, who had created a fortune ...
(1915–1989), poet and niece of the conductor *
Betty Humby Beecham Betty Humby Beecham, Lady Beecham (8 April 1908 – 2 September 1958) was a British pianist. She married English conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham in February 1943. Biography Betty Humby was the daughter of Daniel Morgan Humby, a denti ...
(1908–1958), British pianist and wife of the conductor * Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football player *
Emily Beecham Emily Beecham (born 12 May 1984) is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the Coen Brothers film ''Hail, Caesar!'', the AMC series '' Into the Badlands'' and the title role in the 2017 film ''Daphne''. She starred in the 2019 fil ...
(born 1984), English actress * Ernie Beecham (1906–1985), English footballer *
Jeremy Beecham Jeremy Hugh Beecham, Baron Beecham (born 14 November 1944) is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of the Local Government Association. He ...
(born 1944), British Labour politician * John Beecham (1787–1856), English Wesleyan writer *
Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet (8 June 1848 – 23 October 1916) was a British businessman. Beecham was the eldest son of Thomas Beecham and Jane Evans. He played a large part in the growth and expansion of his father's medicinal pill busin ...
(1848–1916), eldest son of Thomas Beecham the chemist *
Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philh ...
(1879–1961), British conductor *
Thomas Beecham (chemist) Thomas Beecham (3 December 1820 – 6 April 1907) was a British businessman who founded Beechams, a large pharmaceutical business. In 1859, he focused on marketing the business by advertising in newspapers and using a network of wholesale agents ...
(1820–1907), British chemist, grandfather of the conductor *
Sinclair Beecham Pret a Manger (; French for "ready to eat") is a British multinational sandwich shop chain founded in London, England, in 1983. It is popularly referred to simply as Pret. As of January 2025, Pret had over 700 locations across 19 countries and ...
, British entrepreneur


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* Beecham baronets, a baronetcy created for Joseph Beecham *
Beecham Group The Beecham Group plc was a British pharmaceutical company. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Founded by Thomas Beecham who opened the first factory in St Helens, Lancashire in 1859, Beecham focused on marketing the business b ...
, a British pharmaceutical business founded Thomas Beecham, now part of GlaxoSmithKline **
Beecham's Pills Beecham's Pills were a laxative first marketed about 1842 in Wigan, Lancashire. They were invented by Thomas Beecham (1820–1907), grandfather of the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879–1961). The British pharmaceutical firm, established in 18 ...
. a laxative and first product * Beacham *
Beauchamp (disambiguation) Beauchamp may refer to: People Surname * Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767–1832), French historian * Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor (1894–1921), South African airman * Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (d. 1449) * Antony Beauchamp (1918†...
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