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Note: This list includes people of Cornish birth, parentage, or longtime residence. A list of people of Cornish ethnicity might be more restrictive.
Historical figures
Inventors and scientists
- John Couch Adams: discovered the planet Neptune
- John Arnold: Watchmaker and inventor of Chronometer
- William Bickford: Inventor of safety fuse
- William Cookworthy: Discoverer of china clay in Cornwall
- Jonathan Couch: Scientist
- Humphrey Davy: inventor and scientist
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney: Inventor of the limelight
- Richard Lower: Invented blood transfusion
- William Murdoch: Inventor (one time resident)
- Richard Pearse : is said by some to have designed, built and flew the world's first airplane before the Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk, of Cornish parentage
- Henry Trengrouse: invented the rocket powered rescue system for ships in distress.
- Richard Trevithick: engineer and inventor
Literary figures
Military
Musicians, actors and artists
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