List of people from Devon

This is a list of people from Devon, a county in South West England. The demonym of Devon is Devonian. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname.

A more complete listing is at Category:People from Devon.

Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* Y

* See also
* References

## A[edit]

* Henry Avery (1659 – after 1696), pirate

## B[edit]

* Charles Babbage (1791–1871), inventor
* Baldwin of Exeter (d. 1190), Archbishop of Canterbury
* W. N. P. Barbellion: pen name of Bruce Frederick Cummings, diarist
* Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (1740–1810), banker
* Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), scholar, clergyman, novelist and antiquary
* Sue Barker (born 1956), tennis player and television presenter
* Kenneth Barnes (1878–1957), director of RADA
* Cliff Bastin (1912–1991), Arsenal and England footballer
* Phil Beer (born 1953), musician and composer (born at Exminster)
* Matthew Bellamy (born 1978), guitarist, pianist, and vocalist of rock band Muse
* John Bidlake (1755–1814), clergyman, author, artist
* John Carne Bidwill (1815–1853), botanist, first Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
* Margaret Bingham (1740–1814), countess, painter and writer[1]
* Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library at Oxford
* Zachary Bogan (1625–1659), English scholar
* Saint Boniface (c. 675–754), patron saint of the Netherlands and Germany
* Sir John Bowring (1792–1872), political economist and Governor of Hong Kong
* Henry de Bracton (d. 1268), jurist
* Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), writer
* Tony Burrows (born 1942), pop singer
* Richard Burton (1821–1890), explorer and linguist

## C[edit]

* Michael Caines (b. 1969), chef and restaurateur
* Edward Capern (1819–1894), poet
* Mary Carpenter (1807–1877), educational and social reformer
* William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), physiologist and naturalist
* Pearl Carr (1921-2020), entertainer and runner up in Eurovision 1959, born in Exmouth
* Raymond Cattell (1905–1998), psychology pioneer
* Jim Causley (b. 1980, Heavitree), folk singer and radio presenter
* Jimmy Cauty (b. 1956), pop musician
* Henry Chadwick (1824–1908), journalist, "the father of baseball"
* Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), aviator and sailor
* Agatha Christie (1890–1976), novelist
* Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), early feminist and poet
* William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), mathematician
* Eleanor Coade (1733–1821), inventor of Coade stone
* Lily Cole (b. 1988), supermodel and actress
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet
* David Collins (1756–1810), first Governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
* Peter Cook (1937–1995), comedian, born in Torquay
* William Cookworthy (1705–1780), pharmacist and industrialist
* Tommy Cooper (1921–1984), comedian, was born in Caerphilly but lived in Exeter from the age of 3
* William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), educator and poet
* Samuel Cousins (1801–1887), engraver
* Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), novelist and composer
* Lisa Cross (b. 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder
* William Crossing (1847–1928), author
* Richard Cosway (1742-1821), miniature painter
* Thomas Cameron (born 1998), classical singer/radio host

## D[edit]

* Thomas Daley (born 1994), diver
* Sharron Davies (born 1962), Olympic swimmer and television presenter
* David Rodgers (born 1952), Former TSW Presenter and Radio Station owner
* Roger Deakins (born 1949), cinematographer
* Kristian Digby (b. 1977 Torquay. d. 2010 London), television presenter
* Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540–1596), sailor
* Thomas d'Urfey (1653–1723), dramatist

## E[edit]

* Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865), artist
* Marc Edworthy (born 1972), footballer
* Samuel Eyles Pierce (1746–1829), preacher, theologian, and Calvinist divine
* Henry Every (c. 1653/59–?), pirate
* Sir Richard Eyre (born 1943), theatre, television, and film director

## F[edit]

* Percy Fawcett (1867–1925), archaeologist and explorer
* Michael Foot (1913–2010), Labour politician
* Trevor Francis (born 1954), professional footballer
* Dawn French (born 1957), comedian
* George Friend (born 1987), professional footballer for Middlesbrough F.C.
* Luke Friend (born 1996), X Factor finalist

## G[edit]

* John Gay (1685–1732), poet and dramatist
* Geraint (died 710), King of Dumnonia
* Beth Gibbons (b. 1965), singer with Portishead
* Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539–1583), sailor and explorer
* John Glanville (1542–1600), MP and High Court Judge
* Elizabeth Godwin, first female officer of The Life Guards
* Matthew Goode (b. 1978), actor in such movies as Brideshead Revisited and Watchmen
* Dan Gosling (born 1990), English footballer
* Francis Carruthers Gould (1844–1925), caricaturist and politician
* William Greening, politician
* Richard Grenville (1542–1591), sailor and explorer

## H[edit]

* George Hakewill (1578–1649), clergyman and author
* William Hakewill (1574–1655), legal antiquarian
* Carl Harbord (1908–1958), film actor
* Theodore Bayley Hardy (1863–1918), Army chaplain and VC
* Miranda Hart (b. 1972), actress and comedian
* Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), English topographer, geologist, naturalist and surveyor
* Harriet Hawkins (b. 1980), professor of cultural geography
* Matt Harvey, poet
* Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846), painter and writer
* Francis Hayman (1708–1776), Rococo artist
* Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), mathematician
* Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547–1619), portraitist
* Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011), writer, journalist, and literary critic
* James Holman (1786–1857), noted blind traveller
* John Hooker (c. 1527–1601), constitutionalist
* Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian
* W. G. Hoskins (1908–1992), historian of the English landscape
* Ben Howard (b. 1987), folk musician
* Dominic Howard (b. 1977), musician, drummer of rock band Muse
* Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), portrait painter
* Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (b. 1987), model

## J[edit]

* Bradley James (born 1983 or 1984), actor
* Thomas B. Jeffery (1845–1910), automotive pioneer who emigrated to the United States
* Richard Roach Jewell (1810–1891), architect
* Joseph of Exeter (12th century), poet

## K[edit]

* Fred Karno (1866–1941), comedy pioneer and impresario
* Benjamin Kennicott (1718–1783), Hebrew scholar
* Peter King, 1st Baron King (1669–1734), Lord Chancellor
* Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist
* Steve Knightley (born 1954), musician (born in Poole, Dorset)
* George Knight-Bruce (1853–1896), clergyman becoming Bishop of Bloemfontein, then translated to be the first Bishop of Mashonaland

## L[edit]

* Seth Lakeman (b. 1977), folk musician (Born in Frome, Somerset to Cornish parents)
* William Elford Leach (1791–1836), scientist
* Jon Lee (b. 1982 Newton Abbot), singer with S Club 7
* Zion Lights (b. 1984), writer
* Chris Lintott (b. 1980), scientist and writer
* Matthew Locke (ca. 1621–1677), baroque composer.

## M[edit]

* Chris Martin (b. 1977), singer with Coldplay
* Jane McGrath (1966–2008), co-founder of the McGrath Foundation and late wife of fast bowler Glenn
* Liam Mooney (b. 1972), entrepreneur
* Penny Mordaunt (b. 1973), politician
* Clare Morrall (b. 1952), novelist
* Ian Mortimer (b. 1967), historian
* Dean Moxey (b. 1986), professional footballer for Crystal Palace
* Jerri Mumford (1909–2002), British-born Canadian servicewoman during World War II
* Dermot Murnaghan (b. 1957), TV journalist and news presenter

## N[edit]

* Ben Nealon (b. 1966), actor
* Luke Newberry (b. 1990), actor

## O[edit]

* Simon Ockley (1678–1720), orientalist
* Ponsonby Ogle (1855–1902), British writer and journalist

## P[edit]

* Richard Parker (1767–1797), sailor and mutineer
* James Parsons (1705–1770), physician, antiquary and author
* Jo Pavey (b. 1973), Olympic Runner
* William Peryam (1534–after 1603), lawyer
* St Petroc (c. 468 – c. 564), saint
* Sergio Pizzorno (b. 1980), guitarist from the band Kasabian
* John Prince (1643–1723), clergyman and biographer
* Poker Alice (1851–1930), American frontier gambler
* John Skinner Prout (1805–1876), writer and artist in Tasmania
* Samuel Prout (1783–1852), watercolour artist

## R[edit]

* John Rainolds (1549–1605), Puritan scholar
* Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618), sailor and writer
* Chris Read (b. 1978), English test cricket wicket-keeper
* Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), influential English painter
* Peter Richardson (b. 1952), actor, comedian, director and writer
* Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870–1907), author, journalist, editor and sportsperson
* Philip Hutchins Rogers (1794–1853), artist
* Sir Henry Rosewell (1590–1656), Puritan, of Forde Abbey, adventurer of the Dorchester Company
* John Rowe (1715–1787), merchant and owner of ship involved in the Boston Tea Party
* John "Jack" Russell (1795–1883), eponymous dog-breeder and a founder member of the Kennel Club
* Lobsang Rampa (1910–1981), author and plumber

## S[edit]

* Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), RN officer and Antarctic explorer
* Sir Nicholas Slanning (1606–1643), MP, Royalist soldier in the English Civil War
* Wayne Sleep (b. 1948), dancer and choreographer
* Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902), US painter
* Samuel Stennett (1727–1795), Baptist minister and hymnwriter
* John Stockham (1765–1814), naval officer
* Robert Stone (1516–1613), composer and member of the Chapel Royal.
* Henrietta Anne Stuart (1644–1670), daughter of King Charles I
* Anthony Sullivan (b. 1969), TV commercial pitchman, and co-star of the show Pitchmen on Discovery Channel
* Sam Simmonds (b. 1994), Exeter Chiefs and England rugby player

## T[edit]

* Liam Tancock (b. 1985), Olympic swimmer
* William Temple (1881–1944), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Clive Toye (b. 1932), first general manager of New York Cosmos[1]

## V[edit]

* Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949), actress
* Phil Vickery (b. 1976), rugby player
* David Vine (1935–2009), TV sports presenter

## W[edit]

* Snowy White (b. 1948), guitarist
* William John Wills (1834–1861), explorer
* Chris Wolstenholme (b. 1978), musician, bass player for the band Muse
* Rebecca Worthley (b. 1981), singer-songwriter
* Rosemary West (b. 1953), serial killer with Fred West
* Josh Widdicombe (b. 1983), comedian

## Y[edit]

* Thomas Yalden (1670–1736), poet

## See also[edit]

* List of people from Exeter
* List of people from Plymouth

## References[edit]

1. ^ Wikisource:Bingham, Margaret (DNB00)

## Further reading[edit]

* Burton, S. H. Great Men of Devon. (Men of the Counties Series; no. 8.) London: John Lane, 1956

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Ceremonial county of Devon

Devon Portal

Unitary authorities|

* Plymouth
* Torbay

Boroughs or districts|

* East Devon
* Exeter
* Mid Devon
* North Devon
* South Hams
* Teignbridge
* Torridge
* West Devon

Major settlements
(cities in italics)|

* Ashburton
* Axminster
* Bampton
* Barnstaple
* Bideford
* Bovey Tracey
* Brixham
* Buckfastleigh
* Budleigh Salterton
* Chagford
* Chudleigh
* Chulmleigh
* Colyton
* Crediton
* Cullompton
* Dartmouth
* Dawlish
* Exeter
* Exmouth
* Great Torrington
* Hatherleigh
* Holsworthy
* Honiton
* Ilfracombe
* Ivybridge
* Kingsbridge
* Kingsteignton
* Lynton
* Moretonhampstead
* Newton Abbot
* North Tawton
* Northam
* Okehampton
* Ottery St Mary
* Paignton
* Plymouth
* Plympton
* Plymstock
* Salcombe
* Seaton
* Sidmouth
* South Molton
* Tavistock
* Teignmouth
* Tiverton
* Topsham
* Torquay
* Totnes
See also: List of civil parishes in Devon

Rivers|

* Ashburn
* Avon
* Axe
* Barle
* Bovey
* Bray
* Burn
* Clyst
* Creedy
* Culm
* Dart
* East Dart
* West Dart
* Erme
* Exe
* Heddon
* Lemon
* Lew
* Lumburn
* Lyd
* East Lyn
* West Lyn
* Meavy
* Mole
* Okement
* East Okement
* West Okement
* Otter
* Plym
* Sid
* Swincombe
* Tamar
* Tavy
* Taw
* Teign
* Thrushel
* Torridge
* Walkham
* Wallabrooke
* East Webburn
* West Webburn
* Wolf
* Yealm

Topics|

* Flag
* Devon County Council
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Economy
* Places
* Towns by population
* SSSIs
* Country houses
* Grade I listed buildings
* Grade II* listed buildings
* Scheduled monuments
* Bridges
* History
* Schools
* Museums
* Lord Lieutenants
* High Sheriffs
* Notable people
* Dartmoor
* Exmoor
* South Devon AONB
* Tamar Valley AONB
* Jurassic Coast
* South West Coast Path
* Two Moors Way
* North Devon's Biosphere Reserve

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