From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of people from
Exeter , a city in south-west England. People from Exeter are known as Exonians. This list is arranged chronologically by date of birth.
Thomas Bodley was born in
Exeter in 1545
Baldwin of Exeter (died 1190),
Archbishop of Canterbury
Joseph of Exeter (12th century), poet
Robert Stone (1516–1613), composer and member of the
Chapel Royal
John Hooker (1525–1601), constitutionalist
William Peryam (1534 – after 1603), lawyer
Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), diplomat and founder of the
Bodleian Library
Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547–1619), portraitist
John Rainolds (1549–1605),
Puritan scholar
Richard Hooker (1554–1600),
Anglican theologian
William Hakewill (1574–1655), legal antiquarian
George Hakewill (1578–1649), clergyman and author
Matthew Locke (c. 1621–1677),
Baroque composer
Henrietta Anne Stuart (1644–1670), daughter of
King Charles I
Peter King, 1st Baron King (1669–1734),
Lord Chancellor
Thomas Yalden (1670–1736), poet
Simon Ockley (1678–1720), orientalist
Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), writer
Andrew Brice (1690–1773), printer and writer
Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), portrait painter
Francis Hayman (1708–1776),
Rococo artist
John Rowe (1715–1787), merchant and owner of ship involved in
Boston Tea Party
Thomas Mudge (horologist) (1715-1794), horologist who was responsible for the
Lever escapement mechanism
Samuel Stennett (1727–1795),
Baptist minister and hymnwriter
Richard Langdon (1729–1803), organist and composer
William Jackson (1730–1803), referred to as Jackson of Exeter, was an organist and composer
Robert Trewman (1738/39–1802), first proprietor of
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post , published 1763–1917
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (1740–1810), banker
Richard Eastcott (baptised 1744–1828), Anglican clergyman and writer on music
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Robert Hawker (1753–1827), Anglican clergyman
David Collins (1756–1810), first governor of
Van Diemens Land (
Tasmania )
John Stockham (1765–1814), naval officer
Richard Parker (1767–1797), sailor and mutineer
John Blackall (1771–1860), physician
George Oliver (1781–1861), Catholic churchman and historian
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James Holman (1786–1857), noted blind traveller
Sir John Bowring (1792–1872), political economist and Governor of
Hong Kong
Thomas Shapter (1809–1902), doctor and author of History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832
Samuel Cousins (1801–1887), engraver
Mary Carpenter (1807–1877), educational and social reformer
William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), physiologist and naturalist
John Carne Bidwill (1815–1853), botanist, first director of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902), US painter
Lavington Glyde (1824-1890), South Australian politician and accountant
Henry Chadwick (1824–1908), journalist, "father of
baseball "
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), writer, clergyman, antiquary and folklorist
Sir Harry James Veitch (1840–1924), horticulturist
William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), sculptor
William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), mathematician
Eva Luckes (1854–1919), matron of
The London Hospital 1880–1919, pioneer of training for nurses
Theodore Bayley Hardy (1863–1918), Army
chaplain and
VC
Fred Karno (1866–1941), comedy pioneer and impresario
Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949), actress
Herbert Augustine Carter (1874–1916), army officer and
VC
William Temple (1881–1944),
Archbishop of Canterbury
Ernest Kennaway (1881–1958), pathologist who suggested a link between smoking and lung cancer
Gordon Steele (1891–1981), recipient of the
Victoria Cross
Primrose Pitman (1902–1998), artist
W. G. Hoskins (1908–1992), historian of the English landscape
Cliff Bastin (1912–1991),
Arsenal and England footballer
John Manners (1914–2020), English cricketer and Royal Navy officer; oldest living first-class cricketer
Tommy Cooper (1921–1984), comedian born in
Caerphilly but living in Exeter from the age of three
Denis Pereira Gray (born 1935), physician
Tony Burrows (born 1942), pop singer
Sarah Harrison (born 1946), novelist
Peter Rutley (born 1946), former professional footballer
Doug Finley (1946–2013), Canadian
Senator and principal operational strategist of the
Conservative Party of Canada
Clare Morrall (born 1952), novelist
John Scott (born 1954), England rugby union international
Beth Gibbons (born 1965), singer with
Portishead
Ben Nealon (born 1966), actor
Toby Buckland (born 1969), gardener, TV presenter and author
Michael Caines (born 1969), chef and restaurateur
Jane Griffiths (born 1970), poet and literary historian
Chris Martin (born 1977), lead singer of
Coldplay
Mathew Theedom (born 1977), cricketer
Dominic Wood (born 1978), TV presenter
Matthew Goode (born 1978), actor
David Lye (born 1979), cricketer
Scott C Shephard (born 1979), music executive
Jim Causley (born 1980), folk singer
Stuart Hooper (born 1981), rugby union player
Rebecca Worthley (born 1981), singer/songwriter
Trevor Anning (born 1982), cricketer
Bradley James (born 1983), actor
Kate Bushell (born 1983), victim of a high-profile child murder in the city in 1997, her murder remains unsolved as of 2022
Tim Shaw (born 1984), American football player for
Tennessee Titans
Harry Treadaway (born 1984), actor
Ben Aldridge (born 1985), actor
Liam Tancock (born 1985), world champion swimmer
Aaron Jarvis (born 1986), Wales rugby union player
Liam Lewis (born 1986), cricketer
Kour Pour (born 1987), artist
James Yeoburn (born 1987), theatre producer and entrepreneur
Liam Sercombe (born 1990), professional footballer
Luke Newberry (born 1990), actor
Joe Launchbury (born 1991), England rugby union international
Harry Tincknell (born 1991), professional
racing driver ,
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2-class winner
Tristan Evans (born 1994), drummer in
The Vamps
Matt Grimes (born 1995), footballer for
Swansea City A.F.C.
Xia Vigor (born 2009), actress for ABS CBN
Thomas Cameron (born 1999), classical singer, radio host