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)
- Joyce Bland (actress)
- 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)
- 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)
- Anne Hegerty (TV celebrity, South Wales Argus journalist 1980s)
- 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)
- Nathan Rogers (writer)
- Caroline Sheen (actress)
- Michael Sheen OBE (actor)
- Leslie Thomas OBE (author)
- David Martyn Jones (Pianist, conductor and Musical Director)
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)
- Jack Perrett (singer, songwriter, and musician)
- 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 (politician)
- Dame Rosemary Butler (politician)
- David Davies (politician)
- John Frost (Chartist and Mayor of Newport)
- Charles Gibbs (Canadian politician)
- John Griffiths (politician)
- Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn of Casnewydd (politician)
- Giles Morgan (politician)
- William Morgan (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)
- Florence Tunks (suffragette)
- Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)
Sport
Football
Rugby
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)
- Phillip Price (golfer)
- Alan Rees (Grand Prix motor racing driver)
- Dick Richardson (heavyweight boxer)
- Tony Ridler (darts player)
- Sallyanne Short (athlete)
- Ian Preece (snooker player)
Other notable people
- Sir John Beynon, 1st Baronet CBE (businessman and military commander)
- Perce Blackborow (Antarctic explorer)
- Cadoc (saint)
- Lee Dainton, star of MTV’s Dirty Sanchez
- Lewis Evans (mathematician)
- Gwladys (queen: wife of King Gwynllyw)
- Gwynllyw (saint)
- Mary Jane Innes (brewery manager)
- Sarah Lang (game show contestant)
- Tom 'Toya' Lewis Albert Medal (Newport Docks disaster 2 July 1909)
- Edward Lewis (minister)
- John Wallace Linton VC (Royal Navy Commander)
- Sir Terry Matthews OBE (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
- Raymond Steed (seaman)
- Ruth van Heyningen (biochemist)
- Jack Williams (VC) (Company Sergeant Major, South Wales Borderers), died in Newport 1953
