This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England.

Earlier centuries Humphrey Wollrich (1633–1707), Quaker writer. Philip Astley (1742–1814), equestrian, inventor and father of the modern circusBBC News Channel, Tuesday, 8 April, 2003. Retrieved December 2017. Silvester Harding (1745–1809), artist and publisher, who joined a company of strolling actors at age 14 John James Blunt (1794–1855), Anglican priest who wrote studies of the early Church.

19th century Henry Moseley (1801–1872), churchman, mathematician, and scientist. Joseph Mayer (1803–1886), goldsmith, antiquary and collector. Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (1808–1896), granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood and wife of Charles Darwin Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe (1812–1894), landowner and peer, inherited the Jacobean Crewe Hall and failed to prevent the construction of a Silverdale and Madeley Railway Company line. Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist, inventor and writer Arthur Howard Heath (1856–1930), industrialist, cricketer, Rugby Union international and local Conservative MPHANSARD 1803–2005, Mr Arthur Heath. Retrieved December 2017. Sir Joseph Cook (1860 in Silverdale – 1947), worked in the local coalmines before emigrating in 1885; Prime Minister of Australia, 1913–1914Australian Dictionary of Biography, Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947). Retrieved 11 February 2018. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, (1861–1929), lived in Keele Hall in 1900–1909.The London Gazette, publication date: 9 July 1901, Issue:27331, Page:4569. Retrieved December 2017. Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), writerYourDictionary Arnold Bennett, Facts. Retrieved December 2017. Ada Nield Chew (1870–1945), suffragist Alfred Herbert Richardson (1874–1951), policeman and Chief Constable of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1901-1903 Oliver William Foster Lodge (1878–1955), poet and author born in Newcastle Fanny Deakin (1883–1968), local politician born in Silverdale, who campaigned for child nourishment and maternity care.Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, 15 June 2004, Fanny Deakin 1883–1968. Retrieved December 2017. Vera Brittain (1893–1970), author, reformer and pacifist, and mother of Shirley WilliamsThe Guardian, 30 August 2003, The making of a peacenik, Retrieved December 2017. Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), designer of the Spitfire fighter planeRJ Mitchell website, A life in aviation. Retrieved December 2017.

20th century E. S. Turner (1909–2006), journalist and author, went to school in the town.The Guardian, 18 July 2006, Obituary: E. S. Turner, Stalwart of Punch. Retrieved December 2017. Fred Kite (1921–1993), only Second World War British soldier to receive the Military Medal three timesTracesOfWar.com, Kite, Frederick William "Buck". Retrieved 8 February 2018. Freddie Garrity (1936–2006), singer, lived in the town near the end of his life.BBC News, 20 May 2006. Retrieved December 2017. Jackie Trent (1940–2015), singer, songwriter and actressThe Guardian, March 22, 2015, Jackie Trent obituary. Retrieved December 2017. Neil Baldwin (born 1946), clown, Stoke City kit-man and honorary graduate of Keele University Kevin John Dunn (1950–2008), twelfth Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and NewcastleThe Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle, Bishop Kevin Dunn RIP. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Professor Alan Sinclair (born 1952), clinical scientist and diabetes specialistInternational Federation of Ageing, profile for Professor Alan Sinclair. Retrieved December 2017. Dylan Waldron (born 1953), artist in traditional techniques such as painting in egg tempera and silverpointDylan Waldron website, Biography. Retrieved December 2017. Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007), peace and disarmament campaigner Fran Unsworth (born 1957), journalist, head of BBC News since January 2018BBC News, 15 December 2017, BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news. Retrieved 30 January 2018. Emma Amos (born 1964), actress Andrew Van Buren (living), illusionist showman, co-founder of the Philip Astley Project Hugh Dancy, (born 1975), actor Charlotte Salt, (born 1985), actress as Sam Nicholls in Casualty (TV series) Dan Croll, (born 1990) singer and songwriterBBC Music, Don Croll. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Leon Cooke (born 1991), actor, singer and dancer Wes Nelson (born 1998), singer and reality television star Daniel Jones (born 1973), former professional ballet dancer with English National Ballet, choreographer, producer, documentary maker, and now doing wonders for the arts in Newcastle-under-Lyme Norman Berrisford (born 1928), architectural designer

Notable sports people Dick Ray (1876–1952) professional footballer and manager with Port Vale and Manchester CitySoccerBase database. Retrieved December 2017. Frederick Bailey (1919–1985), left-handed English cricketerESPN cricinfo Database. Retrieved December 2017. Don Ratcliffe (1934–2014), footballer with Stoke CityPost War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved December 2017. Mike Pejic (born 1950), footballer with Stoke City and Everton Ian Moores (1954–1998) footballer with Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur Robbie Earle (born 1965), footballer with Port Vale and WimbledonSoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017. Graham Shaw (born 1967) footballer with Stoke CitySoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017. Dominic Cork, (born 1971) cricketerESPN cricinfo Database. Retrieved December 2017. Simon Wakefield (born 1974), professional golfer Lizzie Neave (born 1987), slalom canoeist in women's kayak, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics Oliver Sadler (born 1987), first-class cricketer Peter Wilshaw (born 1987), cricketerESPN cricinfo Database=. Retrieved December 2017.] Eddie Hall (born 1988), professional strongmanThe World’s Strongest Man website. Retrieved December 2017. Danielle Wyatt (born 1991), professional England cricketer Curtis Nelson (born 1993), footballer for Plymouth Argyle F.C.SoccerBase Database. Retrieved December 2017. Aaron Ramsdale (born 1998), footballer

Notable politicians Sir John Merrick (1584–1659), politician and Newcastle-under-Lyme MPh2g2 Parliamentary Generals in the 1640s – Sir John Merrick. Retrieved December 2017. Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (1587/88–1653), supporter of Charles I; MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Addled Parliament in 1614.The History of Parliament Trust, NEEDHAM, Robert (1587/8–1653). Retrieved December 2017. Sir Richard Leveson (1598–1661), MP for Newcastle in the Long ParliamentThe History of Parliament Trust, LEVESON, Richard (1598-1661). Retrieved December 2017. Samuel Terrick (1602–1675), local politician.The History of Parliament Trust, TERRICK, Samuel (c. 1602-1675). Retrieved December 2017. In 1658 he went bankrupt for £20,000. Major-General Thomas Harrison (1606–1660) sided with Parliament in the English Civil War. In 1649 he signed the death warrant of Charles I and in 1660, after the Restoration, was found guilty of regicide and hanged, drawn and quartered. Sir Richard Lloyd (1606–1676), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1676. In April 1640, Lloyd was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Short Parliament.The History of Parliament Trust, LLOYD (FLOYD), Sir Richard I (1606–76). Retrieved December 2017. Sir Alfred Seale Haslam (1844–1927) engineer, three times Mayor of Newcastle, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1900–1906Hansard 1803–2005, Sir Alfred Haslam. Retrieved December 2017. Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), Josiah Wedgwood IV, great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1906-1919, then its Labour MP 1919-1942HANSARD 1803–2005, Colonel Josiah Wedgwood. Retrieved December 2017. Sir Oswald Mosley (1896–1980), founder of British Union of Fascists lived in Apedale Hall in early 1900s John David Mack (c. 1899–1957), Labour Party MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1942–1951. Stephen Swingler (1915–1969) Labour MP for Stafford, 1945–1950, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1951–1969Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Stephen Swingler. Retrieved December 2017. John Golding (1931–1999), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1969-1986Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr John Golding. Retrieved December 2017. Llin Golding, Baroness Golding (born 1933), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1986-2001Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mrs Llin Golding. Retrieved December 2017. Jeremy Lefroy (born 1959) Westlands councillor, MP for Stafford since 2010 Paul Farrelly (born 1962), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and journalist Karen Bradley (born 1970), MP for Staffordshire Moorlands and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Aaron Bell (born 1980) politician, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2019Aaron Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme TheyWorkForYou, retrieved 28 April 2021. Gareth Snell (born 1986), graduate of Keele University 2008, leader of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 2012–2014 and MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central since 2017

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