List of people from Newport

See also Category:People from Newport, Wales

This entry lists notable people who were born, resided or worked in Newport (Newportonians).

Arts, literature and media

• Keith Baxter (actor)
• Joyce Bland (actress)
• Rev Augustus Robert Buckland (writer)
• James Coombes (actor)
• Jack Crabtree (contemporary British artist)
• Josie d'Arby (actress and television presenter)
• Gareth David-Lloyd (actor)
• W. H. Davies (poet, tramp)
• Dirty Sanchez (actors based in Newport)
• Aimee-Ffion Edwards (actress)
• Adrian Finighan (newsreader reporter and journalist)
• Valerie Gearon (actress)
• Peter Greenaway CBE (film director)
• Fred Hando (writer, artist and schoolteacher)
• Lyn Harding (actor)
• Frederick William Horner (playwright, publisher and politician)
• Colin Jeavons (actor)
• Charles William King (writer)
• David Langford (author)
• Roger Lewis (academic)
• Desmond Llewelyn (actor; James Bond movies)
• Bernard Lloyd (actor; BBC's The Signal-Man)
• Arthur Machen (author)
• Johnny Morris OBE (presenter, BBC's Animal Magic)
• Darragh Mortell (actor)
• Matt Rees (novelist)
• Julian Richards (film director)
• Rex Richards (actor, rugby player)
• Caroline Sheen (actress)
• Michael Sheen OBE (actor)
• Leslie Thomas OBE (author)
• Noah Meinrath (millionaire)

Music

• 60ft 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)
• 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)
• 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 (politician)
• John Batchelor (politician and anti-slavery campaigner)
• Jayne Bryant (Welsh Labour Party AM for Newport West)
• Dame Rosemary Butler (Welsh Labour Party former AM for Newport West)
• David Davies (Conservative MP for Monmouth)
• John Frost (Chartist and Mayor of Newport)
• Charles Gibbs (Canadian politician)
• John Griffiths (Welsh Labour Party AM for Newport East)
• Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn of Casnewydd (politician)
• William Pritchard Morgan ('The Welsh Gold King' and Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil 1888-1900)
• Thomas Phillips Mayor of Newport during the Chartist Uprisng
• John Savage OC (politician; Premier of Nova Scotia)
• Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill (politician)
• James Henry Thomas (politician)
• Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist)
• Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)

Sport

Football

Mark Aizlewood Steve Aizlewood Byron Anthony Lewis Bamford Cliff Birch Nathan Blake Stan Bowsher Ryan Broom Roy Clarke Graham Coldrick Aaron Collins James Collins Christian Doidge Redvern Edmunds Jack Edwards Lee Evans Michael Flynn

Roger Freestone Riccardo Gabbiadini Albert Groves Chris Gunter Ellis Harrison Darren Jones Lee Kendall Jack Lewis Steve Lowndes Billy Lucas Peter Nicholas Howard Passadoro Chris Pearce Charlie Phillips Arthur Pritchard Keith Pring

Tony Pulis Graham Rathbone John Relish Billy Shergold Derrick Sullivan Martyn Sprague Barrie Vassallo Erin Vaughan Nigel Vaughan Arthur Weare Len Weare Andy White Rhys Wilmot Finlay Wood Albert Young George Young

Rugby

George Andrews Len Attewell Mel Baker Stuart Barnes Fred Birt George Boots Nathan Budgett David Burcher Eddie Butler Glyn Davidge Harold Davies Harry Day Gareth Evans John Evans Charlie Faulkner Trevor Foster Billy Geen Arthur 'Monkey' Gould Bert Gould Bob Gould

James Hannan 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 Alix Popham Harry Peacock Lou Phillips Reg Plummer

Charlie Pritchard Rex Richards Jamie Roberts Jerry Shea Reg Skrimshire Jeff Squire Malcolm Thomas Bunner Travers George Travers Tommy Vile 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)
• 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)
• Jon Mould (racing cyclist)
• Andrew Pagett (snooker player)
• David 'Bomber' Pearce (heavyweight boxer)
• 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 CBE (businessman and military commander)
• Perce Blackborow (Antarctic explorer)
• Cadoc (saint)
• Gwladys (queen: wife of King Gwynllyw)
• Gwynllyw (saint)
• Sarah Lang (game show contestant)
• Tom 'Toya' Lewis Albert Medal (Newport Docks disaster 2 July 1909)
• John Wallace Linton VC (Royal Navy Commander)
• Sir Terry Matthews OBE (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
• Raymond Steed (seaman)
• Jack Williams (VC) (Company Sergeant Major, South Wales Borderers), died in Newport 1953