List of people from Newport

See also Category:People from Newport, Wales

This entry lists notable people who were born, resided or worked in Newport (Newportonians).

Arts, literature and media

• Keith Baxter (actor)
• Joyce Bland (actress)
• Rev Augustus Robert Buckland (writer)
• James Coombes (actor)
• Jack Crabtree (contemporary British artist)
• 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)
• Valerie Gearon (actress)
• Peter Greenaway CBE (film director)
• Fred Hando (writer, artist and schoolteacher)
• Lyn Harding (actor)
• 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)
• Matt Rees (novelist)
• Julian Richards (film director)
• Rex Richards (actor, rugby player)
• Caroline Sheen (actress)
• Michael Sheen OBE (actor)
• Leslie Thomas OBE (author)
• Paul Whitsun-Jones (actor)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Nicky Wire (bassist with Manic Street Preachers)

Politics

• Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (politician)
• John Batchelor (politician and anti-slavery campaigner)
• David Davies (Conservative MP for Monmouth)
• John Frost (Chartist and Mayor of Newport)
• Charles Gibbs (Canadian politician)
• Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn of Casnewydd (politician)
• 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 (politician)
• James Henry Thomas (politician)
• Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist)
• Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)

Sport

Football

• Mark Aizlewood
• Steve Aizlewood
• Byron Anthony
• Lewis Bamford
• Cliff Birch
• Nathan Blake
• Stan Bowsher
• Roy Clarke
• Graham Coldrick
• Aaron Collins
• James Collins
• Christian Doidge
• Lee Evans

• Michael Flynn
• Roger Freestone
• Riccardo Gabbiadini
• Albert Groves
• Chris Gunter
• Ellis Harrison
• Darren Jones
• Lee Kendall
• Jack Lewis
• Steve Lowndes
• Billy Lucas
• Peter Nicholas
• Chris Pearce

• Charlie Phillips
• Keith Pring
• Tony Pulis
• Graham Rathbone
• John Relish
• Derek Sullivan
• Barrie Vassallo
• Erin Vaughan
• Nigel Vaughan
• Arthur Weare
• Len Weare
• Rhys Wilmot
• Albert Young

Rugby

• George Andrews
• Len Attewell
• Mel Baker
• Stuart Barnes
• Fred Birt
• George Boots
• Nathan Budgett
• David Burcher
• Eddie Butler
• Glyn Davidge
• Harold Davies
• Harry Day
• Gareth Evans
• John Evans
• Charlie Faulkner
• Trevor Foster
• Billy Geen
• Arthur 'Monkey' Gould
• Bert Gould
• Bob Gould

• James Hannan
• 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
• Alix Popham
• Harry Peacock
• Lou Phillips
• Reg Plummer

• Charlie Pritchard
• Rex Richards
• Jamie Roberts
• Jerry Shea
• Reg Skrimshire
• Jeff Squire
• Malcolm Thomas
• Bunner Travers
• George Travers
• Tommy Vile
• 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)
• Paul Collier
• 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)
• Jon Mould (racing cyclist)
• Andrew Pagett (snooker player)
• David 'Bomber' Pearce (heavyweight boxer)
• 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 CBE (businessman and military commander)
• Perce Blackborow (Antarctic explorer)
• Cadoc (saint)
• Gwladys (queen: wife of King Gwynllyw)
• Gwynllyw (saint)
• Sarah Lang (game show contestant)
• Tom 'Toya' Lewis Albert Medal (Newport Docks disaster 2 July 1909)
• John Wallace Linton VC (Royal Navy Commander)
• Sir Terry Matthews OBE (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
• Raymond Steed (seaman)
• Jack Williams (VC) (Company Sergeant Major, South Wales Borderers), died in Newport 1953