Notable people from Devon

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This is a list of notable people who were either born in, or lived for a substantial time in, the county of Devon, England.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I-J 10 K 11 L 12 M 13 N 14 O 15 P-Q 16 R 17 S 18 T 19 U-V 20 W 21 X-Z

[edit] A

[edit] B

• Charles Babbage, inventor
• Baldwin of Exeter (d 1190), Archbishop of Canterbury
• W. N. P. Barbellion : nom-de-plume of Bruce Frederick Cummings - Diarist.
• Sir Francis Baring (1740-1810), banker
• Sabine Baring-Gould, writer
• Kenneth Barnes (1878-1957), director of RADA
• Sue Barker, tennis player and television presenter
• Cliff Bastin (1912-1991), Arsenal and England footballer
• Phil Beer, musician and composer
• John Carne Bidwill (1815-1853), botanist, first Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
• Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613), diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library
• Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), political economist and Governor of Hong Kong
• Henry de Bracton (d 1268), jurist
• Eustace Budgell (1686-1737), writer
• Tony Burrows (b 1942), pop singer
• Richard Burton, explorer and linguist
• Matthew Bellamy (b 1978), Guitarist, pianist, and vocalist of popular rock band Muse

[edit] C

• Michael Caines (b 1969), chef and restaurateur
• Edward Capern (1819-1894), poet
• Mary Carpenter (1807-1877), educational and social reformer
• William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885), physiologist and naturalist
• Raymond Cattell, psychology pioneer
• Jim Causley, folk singer
• Jimmy Cauty, pop musician
• Henry Chadwick (1824-1908), journalist, "the father of baseball"
• Sir Francis Chichester (1901-1972), Aviator and Sailor.
• Agatha Christie, novelist
• Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), early feminist and poet
• William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879), mathematician
• Eleanor Coade (1733-1821), inventor of Coade stone
• Lily Cole (b. 1988), supermodel and actress
• David Collins (1756-1810), first Governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
• Peter Cook (1937-1995), comedian
• Tommy Cooper (1921-1984), comedian, was born in Caerphilly but lived in Exeter from the age of 3
• Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), engraver
• Edmund Crispin (1921-1978), novelist & composer
• William Crossing (1847-1928), author

[edit] D

• Roger Deakins, cinematographer
• Sir Francis Drake, sailor
• Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), dramatist

[edit] E

• Marc Edworthy, Footballer.
• Sir Richard Eyre - Theatre, Television, Film director.

[edit] F

• Percy Fawcett, archaeologist and explorer
• Dawn French, comedienne
• Michael Foot, politician

[edit] G

• John Gay, poet and dramatist
• Geraint, King of Dumnonia
• Beth Gibbons (b 1965), singer with Portishead
• Francis Carruthers Gould - Caricaturist and Politician.
• Richard Grenville, sailor and explorer

[edit] H

• Hannah Harper (1982), Adult Actress
• George Hakewill (1578-1649), clergyman and author
• William Hakewill (1574-1655), legal antiquarian
• Theodore Bayley Hardy (1863-1918), Army chaplain and VC
• Miranda Hart, actress and comedienne
• Matt Harvey, poet
• Francis Hayman (1708-1776), Rococo artist
• Oliver Heaviside, mathematician
• Nicholas Hilliard (c1547-1619), portraitist
• James Holman (1786-1857), noted blind traveller
• John Hooker, constitutionalist
• Richard Hooker (1554-1600), Anglican theologian
• W. G. Hoskins (1908-1992), historian of the English landscape
• Dominic Howard (1977), Musician, drummer of rock band Muse
• Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), portrait painter
• Christopher Hitchens (1949), writer, journalist, and literary critic

[edit] I-J

• Layla Jade, erotic actress
• Richard Roach Jewell - Architect
• Joseph of Exeter (12th century), poet

[edit] K

• Fred Karno (1866-1941), comedy pioneer and impresario
• Benjamin Kennicott, Hebrew scholar
• Peter King, 1st Baron King (1669-1734), Lord Chancellor
• Charles Kingsley, novelist
• Steve Knightley, musician

[edit] L

• Seth Lakeman folk musician
• Godfrey 'Loppy' Lerwill Noted pre-WW2 and WW2 soldier in the Middle East and the Far East, and (post-war) in Africa. Eventually Brigadier-General and Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall. d. 1990.
• Matthew Locke (ca. 1621-1677), baroque composer

[edit] M

• Chris Martin (b 1977), singer with Coldplay
• Clare Morrall (b 1952), novelist

[edit] N

[edit] O

• Simon Ockley (1678-1720), orientalist

[edit] P-Q

• Richard Parker (1767-1797), sailor and mutineer
• James Parsons - physician, antiquary and author
• William Peryam (1534-after 1603), lawyer
• St Petroc, saint
• John Prince, vicar and biographer
• Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist from the band Kasabian

[edit] R

• Walter Raleigh, sailor and writer
• John Rainolds (1549-1605), Puritan scholar
• Sir Henry Rosewell (1590-1656), Puritan, of Forde Abbey, Adventurer of the Dorchester Company
• John Rowe (1715–1787), merchant and owner of ship involved in Boston Tea Party
• John "Jack" Russell (1795-1883), eponymous dog-breeder and a founder member of the Kennel Club

[edit] S

• Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902), US painter
• Samuel Stennett (1727-1795), Baptist minister and hymnwriter
• John Stockham (1765-1814), naval officer
• Joss Stone, pop singer
• Robert Stone (1516-1613), composer and member of the Chapel Royal.
• Henrietta Anne Stuart (1644-1670), daughter of King Charles I
• Sir Nicholas Slanning Royallist soldier and MP in the English Civil War

[edit] T

• William Temple (1881-1944), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Clive Toye, first general manager of New York Cosmos[1]

[edit] U-V

• Irene Vanbrugh (1872-1949), actress
• Phil Vickery - Rugby Player.

[edit] W

• Snowy White - Guitarist
• William John Wills, explorer
• Chris Wolstenholme (b 1978), Musician, bass player for the band Muse
• Rebecca Worthley (b 1981), singer-songwriter

[edit] X-Z

• Thomas Yalden (1670-1736), poet