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The following people of renown were either born or lived in Cornwall or are strongly associated with Cornwall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Cornwall
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- John Couch Adams (1819-1892) Mathematician and astronomer born in Launceston - co-discoverer of the planet Neptune
- Michael Adams, chess grandmaster
- Michael An Gof (Michael Joseph), leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
- John Arnold, watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometer
- Humphrey Arundell, leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1549
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- Morwenna Banks, comedian and actress
- Jonah Barrington, squash player
- Tom Bawcock, legendary fisherman from Mousehole
- Vanessa Beeman Former Grand Bard of Gorseth Kernow
- William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuse
- Lamorna Birch, artist and member of the Newlyn School
- Sheila Bird, local history writer from Falmouth
- William Bligh, captain of the ship Bounty
- Janie Bolitho, crime writer
- Thomas Bond, topographer from Looe
- Admiral Edward Boscawen, a naval commander in the Royal Navy known as "Old Dreadnought"
- John Boson, Nicholas Boson, and Thomas Boson, 18th-century writers in the Cornish language
- Maria Branwell, mother of the Brontë sisters
- James Silk Buckingham, author, journalist and traveller
- Barry Bucknell, the original DIY TV presenter, who lived at St Mawes
- W. J. Burley, author of the Wycliffe series of crime novels
C
- Richard Carew, translator and antiquary
- Elizabeth Carne, geologist
- James Power Carne, Victoria Cross DSO, Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment who was an instrumental figure at the Battle of the Imjin River in the Korean War
- Joseph Carne, geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society
- John Carter, smuggler known as the "King of Prussia", who operated from Prussia Cove
- Charles Causley, poet
- William Clift, naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society
- Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist
- Myrna Combellack academic researcher and writer of Cornish history
- Constantine of Cornwall, Cornish ruler and saint
- William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall
- Saint Corentin, missionary to Brittany
- Corineus, the legendary founder of Cornwall in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (aka 'Q'), author and literary critic
- Jonathan Couch, naturalist and physician
- Richard Quiller Couch, naturalist
- John Kevin Curtice, political scientist
D
- Nick Darke, playwright
- Frederick Hamilton Davey, botanist
- Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal Society
- Anne Dowriche, historian, poet and protestant writer
- Daphne du Maurier, novelist
- Edwin Dunkin, FRS, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of Cornwall
- John Dyer, painter
E
- Richard Edmonds, geologist and antiquary
- John Passmore Edwards, Chartist and philanthropist
- Joseph Antonio Emidy black composer who lived in Truro
- Enys family of Enys in Cornwall, includes many landowners, MPs and public officials
- Matthew Etherington, professional footballer who played in two FA Cup finals with two different teams, West Ham United and Stoke City
F
- Thomas Flamank, leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
- Mick Fleetwood, drummer
- Samuel Foote, dramatist
- Stanhope Forbes, artist and member of the Newlyn School
- Fox family of Falmouth, entrepreneurs and philanthropists
- Robert Were Fox the Elder, Quaker and businessman
- Robert Were Fox, FRS, geologist
G
- Richard Gaisford, GMTV presenter and reporter who trained at University College Falmouth
- Susan Elizabeth Gay, chronicler of Falmouth
- Richard Gendall, linguist and musician
- Ken George, scholar and Cornish nationalist
- Davies Gilbert, applied mathematician and technocrat, President of the Royal Society
- William Golding, novelist
- Winston Graham, novelist, author of the Poldark series
- William Gregor, clergyman and scientist, discoverer of titanium
- Pascoe St Leger Grenfell (1761–1838) British business man & politician, merchant in the tin and copper business. Joined the business of Thomas Williams of Llanidan - brass and copper producer Served as Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company from 1829 to 1838.
- Daniel Gumb, mathematician and stonemason who lived in a cave near the Cheesewring at Linkinhorne
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelight
H
- Robert Stephen Hawker, Anglican priest and poet, Vicar of Morwenstow
- John Hawkins, geologist, traveller and FRS
- Harrison Hayter Civil engineer
- Tim Heald, author and journalist
- Donald Healey, automotive engineer
- John Hellins, FRS, mathematician, curate of Constantine.
- Charles Napier Hemy, landscape and seascape artist, of Falmouth
- Barbara Hepworth, sculptress
- Antony Hewish, astronomer
- Graham Hicks (born 1990), guitarist and comedian
- William Robert Hicks, asylum superintendent
- Emily Hobhouse, humanitarian during the Boer War
- Silas Hocking, author and preacher
- Roger Hosen, born in Mabe, who played rugby for England ten times in the 1960s
- Joseph Wellington Hunkin, Bishop of Truro
J
- Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin, Cornish historian, especially of Cornish tin mining
- Henry Jenner, scholar and leader of the revival of Cornish
- George Birch Jerrard, mathematician
- Thomas Brown Jordan, engineer
- Richard Jose, singer
K
- Tony Kellow footballer
- Allin Kempthorne, actor
- Kenneth Kendall, newsreader and broadcaster
- Henry Killigrew, 16th century diplomat and ambassador
- Dame Laura Knight, artist and member of the Newlyn School
- Edsel Kragg, performance artist
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- Richard Lander, explorer of Africa
- Walter Langley, artist and a member of the Newlyn School
- Cassandra Latham, contemporary witch and "village wisewoman" of St. Buryan, Cornwall
- John Lawn (miner) miner of gold in New Zealand
- John le Carré, novelist
- Bernard Leach, potter who set up a studio pottery in St. Ives in the 1920s
- Charles Lee (1870–1956), novelist
- Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine
- Richard Lower, blood transfusion pioneer
- Stanley Lucas (15 January 1900 – 21 June 2010) from Bude, Cornwall was a British supercentenarian.
- Benjamin Luxon baritone singer
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- Jessica Mann, crime writer
- Mark of Cornwall, ruler of Cornwall in the legend of Tristan and Iseult (see also Tristan)
- Nigel Martyn, former England footballer
- John Mayow, physiologist
- Rory McGrath, comedian
- Kevin Miller, footballer who played for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Watford
- Chris Morris, footballer who played for Glasgow Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday
- Matthew Paul Moyle, meteorologist and mining writer
- David Mudd, Conservative Party MP, local historian and broadcaster
- William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish resident
N
- Robert Morton Nance, scholar and archaeologist
- John Nettles, actor
- Thandie Newton, actress
- William Nichols, mariner
- William Noye, Victorian entomologist
O
- William Oliver, FRS, inventor of the Bath Oliver and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital at Bath
- John Opie, portrait painter, the only Cornishman to be buried in St Paul's Cathedral
P
- Alex Parks, singer/songwriter who won Fame Academy in 2003
- Philip Payton historian and Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies
- Andrew Pears, soap manufacturer who invented Pears soap
- William Pengelly, geologist and archeologist
- David Penhaligon, Liberal Member of Parliament
- Susan Penhaligon, actress and writer
- Dolly Pentreath, fish pedlar who claimed to be the last native speaker of the Cornish language.
- Saint Petroc, a patron saint of Cornwall
- John Arthur Phillips, FRS, geologist, metallurgist, mining engineer
- Rosamunde Pilcher, novelist.
- Saint Piran (or Perran), a patron saint of Cornwall and of tin miners
- Kenneth Plummer, Born January 17, 1947, Falmouth; English rugby player
Q
- Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (aka 'Q'), author and literary critic
R
- John Ralfs, botanist
- Andy Reed, rugby union player who played for Bath RFC and won 18 caps for Scotland
- Rick Rescorla, a hero of the Twin Towers terrorist attack of September 11th 2001
- Henry Chidley Reynolds, dairy farmer who started the Anchor brand of butter
- Edward Hearle Rodd, ornithologist
- Geoffrey Rowe, Cornish comedian better known as Jethro
- A. L. Rowse, historian, novelist and poet
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- William Scawen, soldier and linguist
- Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress
- Richard Sharp, Rugby union player of the 1960s who captained England and won 14 caps
- Tim Smit head gardener at the Eden Project
- Barney Solomon, Rugby union player who captained the silver medal winning Great Britain team in the 1908 Olympics
- John Spargo Socialist and scholar
- Howard Spring novelist
- Rick Stein celebrity TV chef, owns a restaurant in Padstow and his pet dog Chalky
- Claude Brian Stevens, known as "Stack Stevens", born in Godolphin, rugby player who won 25 caps for England
T
- Derek Tangye, writer who wrote the "Minack Chronicles"
- Nigel Tangye, airman, author and hotelier at Newquay
- Richard Tangye, engineer
- Roger Taylor, Rock drummer with the group Queen
- E. V. Thompson author of historical novels
- Sam Toy, former chairman of the Ford Motor Company, UK
- Mike Trebilcock, footballer who won the FA Cup in 1966 with Everton
- David Treffry, colonial administrator and international financier
- Giant Tregeagle, lawyer
- Jack Trelawny, writer for children
- Jonathan Trelawny, Anglican bishop and antagonist of James II
- Petroc Trelawny, journalist and BBC Radio 3 presenter
- Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue system
- Silvanus Trevail, architect, mayor of Truro and President of the Society of Architects
- Raleigh Trevelyan, author and publisher
- Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotive
- Elizabeth Trewinnard, Lady Killigrew, aristocrat who was convicted of piracy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
- Tristan, hero of the Tristan and Iseult legend, nephew of Mark of Cornwall
V
- John Verran, Prime Minister of South Australia
- Phil Vickery, England rugby player
- Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath Mine
W
- William Wagstaff, ornithologist and naturalist
- Samuel Wallis, explorer of the Pacific
- Patrick Woodroffe fantasy artist
- Brenda Wootton Folk singer and poetess
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