# 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)
* 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)
* Jimmy Johnston (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)
* Johnny Morris (presenter, BBC's Animal Magic)
* Darragh Mortell (actor)
* Matt Rees (novelist)
* Julian Richards (film director)
* Rex Richards (actor, rugby player)
* 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)
* 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)
* Goldie Lookin Chain (satirical rap group)
* Green Gartside (songwriter and musician - Scritti Politti attended Newport Art College)
* 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)
* Jack Perrett (singer, songwriter, and musician)
* 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)
* Joe Talbot (singer) (Lead Singer Idles)
* 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 TC Davies
* Joseph Davies
* Chris Elmore
* Thomas Firbank (High Sheriff of Monmouthshire and MP for Kingston upon Hull East)
* 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
* Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire
* Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist)
* Giles Morgan
* Octavius Morgan (MP for Monmouthshire 1841–1874)
* 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 Uprising)
* Thomas Prothero (opponent of John Frost, local politician and landowner)
* John Savage (politician; Premier of Nova Scotia)
* Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill
* James Henry Thomas
* Florence Tunks (suffragette)
* Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)

## 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
* 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
* 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)
* 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)
* Sarah Lang (game show contestant)
* Edward Lewis (minister)
* Tom 'Toya' Lewis (Newport Docks disaster 2 July 1909 - received the Albert Medal)
* John Wallace Linton (Royal Navy Commander and Victoria Cross recipient)
* John Llewelyn (philosopher)
* Sir Terry Matthews (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
* Raymond Steed (seaman)
* Fulton J. Sheen Archbishop of the titular see of Newport
* Matt Tebbutt (chef and TV food presenter)
* Ruth van Heyningen (biochemist)
* Graham Dixon-Lewis (combustion engineer)
* John Williams (company sergeant major, South Wales Borderers), Victoria Cross recipient; died in Newport 1953)