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.

Born before 1701 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 (1549–1607), 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), lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor. Thomas Yalden (1670–1736), poet Simon Ockley (1678–1720), orientalist. Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), writer Andrew Brice (1690–1773), printer and writer.

Born 1701–1850

Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), portrait painter Benjamin Heath (1704–1766), classical scholar and bibliophile. Francis Hayman (1708–1776), Rococo artist. John Rowe (1715–1787), merchant and owner of ship involved in Boston Tea Party Thomas Mudge (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 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 James Holman (1786–1857), noted blind traveller. Sir John Bowring (1792–1872), political economist and Governor of Hong Kong. Samuel Cousins (1801–1887), engraver. Mary Carpenter (1807–1877), educational and social reformer. Thomas Shapter (1809–1902), doctor and author of History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832 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" Alfred Merle Norman (1831–1918), clergyman and naturalist, born in Exeter 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

Born 1851–1950

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 Linda Bar-On (born 1945), Israeli quilt artist 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

Born since 1950 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 Mark Harmsworth (born 1969), Washington State Representative, USA Jane Griffiths (born 1970), poet and literary historian Chris Martin (born 1977), lead singer of Coldplay Mathew Theedom (born 1977), cricketer Dominic Wood (born 1977), 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. Dom Bess (born 1997), cricketer Ben Green (born 1997), cricketer Thomas Cameron (born 1999), classical singer, radio host Tom Lammonby (born 2000), cricketer Ethan Ampadu (born 2000), footballer for Leeds United F.C and Wales national football team Jem Hepworth (born 2000), racing driver James Theedom (born 2007), cricketer Xia Vigor (born 2009), actress for ABS CBN

See also List of people associated with the University of Exeter List of Bishops of Exeter

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