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 in the United Kingdom.
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[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
- Eustace Budgell (1686-1737), writer
- Tony Burrows (b 1942), pop singer
- Richard Burton, explorer and linguist
[edit] C
- Michael Caines (b 1969), chef and restaurateur
- Mary Carpenter (1807-1877), educational and social reformer
- William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885), physiologist and naturalist
- Jim Causley, folk singer
- Jimmy Cauty, pop musician
- Henry Chadwick (1824-1908), journalist, "the father of baseball"
- Sir Francis Chichester - Aviator and Sailor.
- Agatha Christie, novelist
- William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879), mathematician
- Eleanor Coade (1733-1821), inventor of Coade stone
- David Collins (1756-1810), first Governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
- Peter Cook, comedian
- Tommy Cooper (1921-1984), comedian, was born in Caerphilly but lived in Exeter from the age of 3
- Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), engraver
[edit] D
- Roger Deakins, cinematographer
- 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
- Beth Gibbons (b 1965), singer with Portishead
- Francis Carruthers Gould - Caricaturist and Politician.
- Richard Grenville, sailor and explorer
[edit] H
- 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
- Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), portrait painter
[edit] I-J
- Layla Jade, erotic actress
- 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
[edit] L
- 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
[edit] R
- Walter Raleigh, sailor and writer
- John Rainolds (1549-1605), Puritan scholar
- John Rowe (1715–1787), merchant and owner of ship involved in Boston Tea Party
[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
[edit] T
- William Temple (1881-1944), Archbishop of Canterbury
[edit] U-V
- Irene Vanbrugh (1872-1949), actress
- Phil Vickery - Rugby Player.
[edit] W
- Snowy White - Guitarist
- William John Wills, explorer
- Rebecca Worthley (b 1981), singer-songwriter
[edit] X-Z
- Thomas Yalden (1670-1736), poet
