List of people from Cornwall

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This is a list of people from Cornwall, a county of England in the United Kingdom. Those included are either native Cornish people or others who have been long-term residents. The demonym of Cornwall is Cornish. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname if available:-

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z • See also • References

A

• John Couch Adams, co-discoverer of the planet Neptune^[1]
• Michael Adams, chess grandmaster
• Dr. Donald Adamson, historian and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• Michael An Gof (Michael Joseph), leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497^[2]
• John Arnold, watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometer^[3]
• Humphrey Arundell, leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1549^[4]

B

• Morwenna Banks, comedian and actress
• Jonah Barrington, squash player^[5]
• the Basset family, landowners and tin mining entrepreneurs who owned Tehidy Country Park
• Tom Bawcock, legendary fisherman from Mousehole
• Vanessa Beeman, former Grand Bard of Gorseth Kernow
• William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuse^[6]
• Jonny Biggins, rugby player for Falmouth; police officer in Bristol^[7]
• Lamorna Birch, artist and member of the Newlyn School
• Sheila Bird, local history writer from Falmouth^[8]
• William Bligh, captain of the ship Bounty
• Janie Bolitho, crime writer^[9]
• Thomas Bond, topographer from Looe^[10]
• Admiral Edward Boscawen, a naval commander in the Royal Navy known as "Old Dreadnought"
• John Boson, Nicholas Boson, and Thomas Boson, 18th-century writers in the Cornish language^[11]
• Maria Branwell, mother of the Brontë sisters^[12]
• James Silk Buckingham, author, journalist and traveller
• Barry Bucknell, the original DIY TV presenter, who lived at St Mawes
• W. J. Burley, author of the Wycliffe series of crime novels

C

• Richard Carew, translator and antiquary^[13]
• Elizabeth Carne, geologist^[14]
• James Power Carne, Victoria Cross DSO, Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, in the Korean War
• Joseph Carne, geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society^[15]
• John Carter, smuggler known as the "King of Prussia", who operated from Prussia Cove
• Charles Causley, poet^[16]
• Jack Clemo, blind poet and novelist
• William Clift, naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society ^[17]
• Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist ^[18]
• Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of Cornish history
• Constantine of Cornwall, Cornish ruler and saint
• William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall ^[19]
• Saint Corentin, missionary to Brittany^[20]
• Corineus, the legendary founder of Cornwall in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae^[21]
• Dr Jonathan Couch, naturalist and physician^[22]
• Richard Quiller Couch, naturalist^[23]
• John Kevin Curtice, political scientist^[24][25]
• Serena Cutler, singer

D

• Nick Darke, playwright^[26]
• Frederick Hamilton Davey, botanist
• Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal Society^[27]
• Jamie Day footballer
• Anne Dowriche, historian, poet and protestant writer^[28]
• Samuel Drew, Methodist theologian
• Daphne du Maurier, novelist^[29]
• Edwin Dunkin, FRS, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of Cornwall^[30]
• John Dyer, painter

E

• Richard Edmonds, geologist and antiquary^[31]
• John Passmore Edwards, Chartist and philanthropist^[32]
• Joseph Antonio Emidy, black composer who lived in Truro
• Enys family of Enys in Cornwall, includes many landowners, MPs and public officials^[33]
• Matthew Etherington, professional footballer who played in two FA Cup finals with two different teams, West Ham United and Stoke City

F

• Thomas Flamank, leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497^[34]
• Mick Fleetwood, drummer ^[35][36][37]
• Samuel Foote, dramatist ^[38]
• Stanhope Forbes, artist and member of the Newlyn School
• Fox family of Falmouth, entrepreneurs and philanthropists
• Robert Were Fox the Elder, Quaker and businessman
• Robert Were Fox, FRS, geologist^[39]

G

• Richard Gaisford, Good Morning Britain chief correspondent who trained at University College Falmouth^[40]
• Susan Elizabeth Gay, chronicler of Falmouth
• Richard Gendall, linguist and musician^[41]
• Ken George, scholar and Cornish nationalist^[42]
• Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal Society^[43]
• Sir William Golding, novelist^[44]
• Julia Goldsworthy, former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne
• Gorlois, a mythical Duke of Cornwall
• Winston Graham, novelist, author of the Poldark series^[45]
• William Gregor, clergyman and scientist, discoverer of titanium^[46]
• Daniel Gumb (died 1776), mathematician and stonemason who lived in a cave near the Cheesewring at Linkinhorne^[47]
• Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelight^[48]

H

• James Hawes, television director, re-launched Doctor Who
• Robert Stephen Hawker, Anglican priest and poet, Vicar of Morwenstow
• John Hawkins, geologist, traveller and FRS^[49]
• Harrison Hayter, civil engineer
• Tim Heald, author and journalist^[50]
• Donald Healey, automotive engineer ^[51]
• John Hellins, FRS, mathematician, curate of Constantine^[52]
• Charles Napier Hemy, landscape and seascape artist, of Falmouth
• Barbara Hepworth, sculptress
• Antony Hewish, astronomer^[53]
• Robert Peverell Hichens DSO & Bar, DSC & Two Bars, most highly decorated officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
• William Robert Hicks, asylum superintendent^[54]
• Emily Hobhouse, humanitarian during the Boer War^[55]
• Silas Hocking, author and preacher^[56]
• Roger Hosen, rugby player, born in Mabe, who played rugby for England ten times in the 1960s
• Joseph Wellington Hunkin, Bishop of Truro^[57]

J

• Jago, children's book illustrator.
• Richard D. James, electronica producer who works under pseudonyms including Aphex Twin and AFX
• Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, Cornish historian, especially of Cornish tin mining
• Henry Jenner, scholar and leader of the revival of the Cornish language^[58]
• George Birch Jerrard, mathematician ^[59]
• Johns, C. A., F.L.S., historian and naturalist
• Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer^[60]
• Richard Jose, singer^[61]

K

• Tony Kellow, footballer
• Allin Kempthorne, actor
• Kenneth Kendall, newsreader and broadcaster
• Henry Killigrew, 16th century diplomat and ambassador
• Dame Laura Knight, artist and member of the Newlyn School

L

• Richard Lander, explorer of Africa^[62]
• Peter Lanyon, abstract artist
• Walter Langley, artist and a member of the Newlyn School
• Cassandra Latham, contemporary witch and "village wisewoman" of St. Buryan, Cornwall^[63]
• John Lawn, gold miner in New Zealand
• John le Carré, novelist^[64]
• Bernard Leach, potter who set up a studio pottery in St. Ives in the 1920s
• Janet Leach, potter, wife of Bernard Leach
• Charles Lee, novelist^[65]
• Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine^[66]
• Richard Lower, blood transfusion pioneer^[67]
• Stanley Lucas (15 January 1900 – 21 June 2010) from Bude, Cornwall was a British supercentenarian
• Benjamin Luxon, baritone singer

M

• Jessica Mann, crime writer^[68]
• Mark of Cornwall, ruler of Cornwall in the legend of Tristan and Iseult (see also Tristan)
• Archibald Pellow Marshall, politician and judge
• William Marshall, potter for Bernard Leach
• Nigel Martyn, former England footballer ^[69]
• John Mayow, physiologist^[70]
• Rory McGrath, comedian ^[71]
• Kevin Miller, footballer who played for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Watford
• Chris Morris, footballer who played for Glasgow Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday
• Matthew Paul Moyle, meteorologist and mining writer^[72]
• David Mudd, Conservative Party MP, local historian and broadcaster
• William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident^[73]

N

• Robert Morton Nance, scholar and archaeologist^[74]
• John Nettles, actor^[75]
• Thandie Newton, actress
• William Nichols, mariner
• William Noye, Victorian entomologist^[76]

O

• William Oliver, FRS, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath^[77]
• Alan Opie, baritone
• John Opie, portrait painter, the only Cornishman to be buried in St Paul's Cathedral

P

• Alex Parks, singer/songwriter who won Fame Academy in 2003
• Philip Payton, historian and Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies
• Andrew Pears, soap manufacturer who invented Pears soap
• William Pengelly, geologist and archeologist^[78]
• David Penhaligon, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Susan Penhaligon, actress and writer
• Dolly Pentreath, fish pedlar who has been described as the last native speaker of the Cornish language^[79]
• Saint Petroc, a patron saint of Cornwall^[80]
• John Arthur Phillips, FRS, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer^[81]
• Rosamunde Pilcher, novelist^[82]
• Saint Piran (or Perran), a patron saint of Cornwall and of tin miners^[83]
• Kenneth Plummer, rugby player^[84]

Q

• Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (aka 'Q'), author, academic and literary critic^[85][86]

R

• John Ralfs, botanist^[87]
• Andy Reed, rugby union player who played for Bath RFC and won 18 caps for Scotland
• Rick Rescorla, a hero of the Twin Towers terrorist attack of September 11th 2001
• Henry Chidley Reynolds, dairy farmer who started the Anchor brand of butter
• Edward Hearle Rodd, ornithologist^[88]
• Geoffrey Rowe, Cornish comedian better known as Jethro
• Dr A. L. Rowse, CH, historian, novelist and poet

S

• Sweet Saraya, professional wrestler and promoter
• William Scawen, soldier and linguist^[89]
• Kristin Scott Thomas, actress ^[90]
• Hugh Scully, television presenter who lives in Truro
• Richard Sharp, Rugby union player of the 1960s who captained England and won 14 caps
• Nicola Shaw, professional female bodybuilder
• Tim Smit, Executive Vice-Chairman and Co-founder of the Eden Project
• Barney Solomon, Rugby union player who captained the silver medal winning Great Britain team in the 1908 Olympics
• John Spargo, Socialist and scholar
• Howard Spring, novelist
• Emily Stackhouse, botanical artist and plant collector
• Rick Stein, chef who owns a restaurant in Padstow and has a pet dog Chalky
• Tristan Stephenson, mixologist and drinks industry expert^[91]
• Claude Brian Stevens, known as "Stack Stevens", born in Godolphin, rugby player who won 25 caps for England

T

• Derek Tangye, writer who wrote the Minack Chronicles
• Nigel Tangye, airman, author and hotelier at Newquay
• Richard Tangye, engineer^[92]
• Roger Taylor, Rock drummer with the group Queen
• D.M. Thomas, novelist, poet, playwright and translator
• Joanna Thomas, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• E. V. Thompson, historical novelist
• Sam Toy, former chairman of the Ford Motor Company, UK
• Sheila Tracy, BBC Radio 2 presenter
• Mike Trebilcock, footballer who won the FA Cup in 1966 with Everton
• David Treffry, colonial administrator and international financier^[93][94]
• Giant Tregeagle, lawyer^[95]
• Jonathan Trelawny, Anglican bishop and antagonist of James II^[96]
• Petroc Trelawny, journalist and BBC Radio 3 presenter^[97]
• Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue system^[98]
• Silvanus Trevail, architect, mayor of Truro and President of the Society of Architects^[99]
• Raleigh Trevelyan, author and publisher^[100]
• Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotive^[101]
• Joseph Trewavas, able seaman who won the Victoria Cross
• Elizabeth Trewinnard, Lady Killigrew, aristocrat who was convicted of piracy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
• Tristan, hero of the Tristan and Iseult legend, nephew of Mark of Cornwall

V

• John Verran, Premier of South Australia
• Phil Vickery, England rugby player
• Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath Mine ^[102]

W

• William Wagstaff, ornithologist and naturalist^{[103][104][105]}
• Samuel Wallis, explorer of the Pacific^[106]
• Williams family of Caerhays and Burncoose, landowners and entrepreneurs
• Patrick Woodroffe, fantasy artist
• Brenda Wootton, folk singer and poetess

See also

• Category:Cornwall-related lists
• Cornish people
• List of Cornish Christians
• List of Cornish saints

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