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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

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)
 * Sir Terry Matthews (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
 * 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)