List of people from Newport

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 Davies
• 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)