List of people from Newport

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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)
  • Joyce Bland (actress)
  • 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)
  • Aimee-Ffion Edwards (actress)
  • Adrian Finighan (newsreader reporter and journalist)
  • Valerie Gearon (actress)
  • Peter Greenaway CBE (film director)
  • 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)
  • David Langford (author)
  • Roger Lewis (academic)
  • Desmond Llewelyn (actor; James Bond movies)
  • Bernard Lloyd (actor; BBC's The Signal-Man)
  • Arthur Machen (author)
  • Johnny Morris OBE (presenter, BBC's Animal Magic)
  • Darragh Mortell (actor)
  • Matt Rees (novelist)
  • Julian Richards (film director)
  • Rex Richards (actor, rugby player)
  • Nathan Rogers (writer)
  • Keiron Self (actor)
  • Caroline Sheen (actress)
  • Michael Sheen OBE (actor)
  • Leslie Thomas OBE (author)
  • Tayce (drag artist)

Music[]

  • 60ft 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)
  • Goldie Lookin' Chain (satirical rap group)
  • Holly Holyoake (soprano)
  • Gerard Johnson (keyboard player with Saint Etienne)
  • Mai Jones (songwriter, entertainer and radio producer)
  • Jack Perrett (singer, songwriter, and musician)
  • Jon Langford (musician)
  • Jon Lee (drummer with Feeder)
  • 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)
  • Nigel Pulsford (original lead guitarist with Bush)
  • Ray Ennis (guitarist with Racing Cars and Swingin' Blue Jeans)
  • Skindred (reggae metal band)
  • Joe Strummer (guitarist with The Clash), lived in Newport for a year 1973–1974
  • Terris (indie band)
  • John Rogers Thomas (singer, pianist and composer 1829–1896)

Politics[]

  • Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
  • John Batchelor (also anti-slavery campaigner)
  • Jayne Bryant
  • Dame Rosemary Butler
  • David T. C. Davies
  • Joseph Davies
  • Chris Elmore
  • Paul Flynn former Newport West MP
  • John Frost (Chartist and Mayor of Newport)
  • Charles Gibbs (Canadian politician)
  • John Griffiths
  • Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn of Casnewydd
  • Ruth Jones
  • Giles Morgan
  • William Morgan
  • William Pritchard Morgan ('The Welsh Gold King' and Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil 1888–1900)
  • Thomas Phillips Mayor of Newport during the Chartist Uprisng
  • John Savage OC (politician; Premier of Nova Scotia)
  • Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill
  • James Henry Thomas
  • Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist)
  • Florence Tunks (suffragette)
  • Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)

Sport[]

Football[]

Rugby[]

Other sports[]

Other notable people[]

Caerwyn Clement, Owner of Ashby’s (businessman and all around great person)

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