See also :Category:People from Newport, Wales This entry lists notable people who were born, lived or worked in Newport (Newportonians).
Arts, literature and media
Keith Baxter (actor) Alison Bielski (poet) Rev Augustus Buckland (writer) James Coombes (actor) Jack Crabtree (contemporary British artist) Charles Danby (actor) Josie d'Arby (actress and television presenter) Gareth David-Lloyd (actor) W. H. Davies (poet, tramp) Dirty Sanchez (actors based in Newport) Lisa Diveney (actress) Aimee-Ffion Edwards (actress) Adrian Finighan (newsreader reporter and journalist) Valerie Gearon (actress) Raymond Glendenning (BBC sports commentator) Denys Graham (actor) Peter Greenaway (film director) Harry Greene (trained as an engineering draughtsman at Newport College of Art) Fred Hando (writer, artist and schoolteacher) Lyn Harding (actor) Anne Hegerty (TV celebrity, South Wales Argus journalist 1980s) Frederick William Horner (playwright, publisher and politician) Colin Jeavons (actor) Charles William King (writer) Mark Labbett (professional quizzer and TV personality; lived in Newport 2003) David Langford (author) Roger Lewis (academic) Desmond Llewelyn (actor; James Bond movies) Bernard Lloyd (actor; BBC's The Signalman) Arthur Machen (author) James May (journalist, TV presenter, Top Gear; attended Caerleon Endowed School) Johnny Morris (presenter, BBC's Animal Magic) Darragh Mortell (actor) Matt Rees (novelist) Julian Richards (film director) Rex Richards (actor, rugby player) Alexandria Riley (actor) Craig Roberts (actor and director) Nathan Rogers (writer) Banita Sandhu (actress) Keiron Self (actor) Caroline Sheen (actress) Michael Sheen (actor) Tayce (drag artist) Leslie Thomas (author) Paul Whitsun-Jones (actor) Stanley L. Wood (illustrator, artist)
Music
60 Ft. Dolls (1990s rock trio) The Darling Buds (indie band) Desecration (death metal band) Dub War (rock band) Nick Evans (trombonist notable in the Canterbury scene) Green Gartside (songwriter and musician with Scritti Politti, attended Newport Art College) Goldie Lookin Chain (satirical rap group) Holly Holyoake (soprano) Gerard Johnson (keyboard player with Saint Etienne) Mai Jones (songwriter, entertainer and radio producer) Jon Langford (musician) Jon Lee (drummer with Feeder) Lemfreck (hip hop and rap artist) Jon Lilygreen (Eurovision 2010 contestant and singer with pop duo Lilygreen & Maguire) Maggot (rapper with Goldie Lookin Chain) Donna Matthews (lead guitarist with Elastica) Grant Nicholas (lead singer with Feeder) Jack Perrett (singer, songwriter, and musician) Skindred (reggae metal band) Joe Strummer (guitarist with The Clash, lived in Newport for a year 1973–1974) Joe Talbot (lead singer, Idles) Terris (indie band) John Rogers Thomas (singer, pianist and composer 1829–1896)
Politics
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (MP and life peer) John Batchelor (anti-slavery campaigner) Matt Bishop (MP) William Brace (former Liberal and Labour MP for South Glamorganshire and later Abertillery) Jayne Bryant (MS) Dame Rosemary Butler Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, Member of the Senedd for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg David TC Davies (MP) Joseph Davies1871 United Kingdom census, Fremantle Square, Bristol St James’s & St Paul, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 26 June 2021 Chris Elmore Thomas Firbank (high sheriff of Monmouthshire and MP for Kingston upon Hull East) Paul Flynn John Frost (Chartist and mayor of Newport) Lionel Gibbs (Canadian politician) John Griffiths (MS) William Herbert (MP) Roy Hughes (Baron Islwyn of Casnewydd) Ruth Jones (MP) Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire) Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (MP, landowner and philanthropist) Giles Morgan (soldier and MP) Octavius Morgan (MP for Monmouthshire (1841–1874)) William Morgan (MP) Dame Janet Paraskeva (senior government official) Thomas Phillips (mayor of Newport during the Chartist Uprising) William Pritchard-Morgan (the 'Welsh Gold King' and Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil (1888–1900)) Thomas Prothero (local politician and landowner, opponent of John Frost) John Savage (premier of Nova Scotia) Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill James Henry Thomas (trade unionist) Florence Tunks (suffragette) Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist) Amelia Womack (deputy leader of the Green Party)
Sport
Football
Mark Aizlewood Steve Aizlewood Byron Anthony Cliff Birch Nathan Blake Stan Bowsher Ryan Broom Roy Clarke Graham Coldrick Aaron Collins James Collins Lewis Collins Ellie Curson Albert Derrick Ollie Dewsbury Christian Doidge Redvern Edmunds Jack Edwards Lee Evans Owen Evans Michael Flynn Roger Freestone Riccardo Gabbiadini Albert Groves Chris Gunter Ellis Harrison Ryan Hillier Dom Jefferies Harold Jenkins Darren Jones Lee Kendall Jack Lewis Sonny Lewis Steve Lowndes Billy Lucas Peter Nicholas Tanatswa Nyakuhwa Howard Passadoro Chris Pearce Charlie Phillips Keith Pring Arthur Pritchard Tony Pulis Graham Rathbone John Relish James Rowberry Billy Shergold Martyn Sprague Derrick Sullivan Omar Taylor-Clarke Jeff Thomas Barrie Vassallo Erin Vaughan Nigel Vaughan Bill Waite Arthur Weare Len Weare Andy White Rhys Wilmot James Wilson Finlay Wood Albert Young George Young
Rugby
George Andrews Len Attewell Mel Baker Stuart Barnes Taine Basham Fred Birt George Boots Leon Brown Mark Brown Nathan Budgett David Burcher Joe Burke Eddie Butler Glyn Davidge Harold Davies Harry Day Elliot Dee Rio Dyer Gareth Evans John Evans Charlie Faulkner Trevor Foster Billy Geen Arthur 'Monkey' Gould Bert Gould Bob Gould Dalton Grant Cerys Hale Keith Jarrett Ceri Jones Ryan Jones Thomas Baker Jones Llewellyn Lloyd Horace Lyne Ossie Male Gus Merry Tyler Morgan Jack Morley Steve Morris Richard Mullock Lyndon Mustoe Charlie Newman Harry Peacock Lou Phillips Reg Plummer Alix Popham Charlie Pritchard Rex Richards Jamie Roberts Jerry Shea Reg Skrimshire Jeff Squire George Thomas Malcolm Thomas Bunner Travers George Travers Tommy Vile Aaron Wainwright Alex Walker Nick Walne Matthew J. Watkins Stuart Watkins Jack Wetter Jack Whitfield Stanley Williams Bobby Windsor Chris Wyatt
Other sports
Johnny Basham (boxer) Mark Bennett (snooker player) Darren Campbell (athlete; Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter) Dan Cherry (cricketer) Paul Collier (snooker referee) Matthew Compton (cricketer) Abbas Farid (freestyle footballer) Adam Harrison (cricketer) Venissa Head (athlete; shot putter and discus thrower) Robert Henderson (cricketer) Len Hill (footballer and cricketer) Gary Hocking (motorcycle racer) Christian Malcolm (athlete; Olympic sprinter) Sean McGoldrick (bantamweight boxer) Darren Morgan (snooker player) Jon Mould (racing cyclist) Andrew Pagett (snooker player) David 'Bomber' Pearce (heavyweight boxer) Reginald Phillips (cricketer) Ian Preece (snooker player) Phillip Price (golfer) Alan Rees (Grand Prix motor racing driver) Dick Richardson (heavyweight boxer) Tony Ridler (darts player) Sallyanne Short (athlete)
Other notable people
Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet (businessman and military commander) Perce Blackborow (Antarctic explorer) Cadoc (saint) Lee Dainton (star of MTV's Dirty Sanchez) Graham Dixon-Lewis (combustion engineer) Lewis Evans (mathematician) Joseph Firbank (English railway contractor Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company) Gwladys (queen: wife of King Gwynllyw) Gwynllyw (saint) Mary Jane Innes (brewery manager) Edward Lewis (minister) John Wallace Linton (Royal Navy commander and Victoria Cross recipient) John Llewelyn (philosopher) Sir Terry Matthews (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire) Samuel Baldwyn Rogers (inventor, chemist & radical pamphleteer) Fulton J. Sheen (archbishop of the titular see of Newport) Raymond Steed (seaman) Matt Tebbutt (chef and TV food presenter) Ruth van Heyningen (biochemist) John Williams (company sergeant major, South Wales Borderers), Victoria Cross recipient; died in Newport 1953)
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