This is a list of people from Cornwall, a county of England in the United Kingdom. Those included are either native Cornish people or others who have been long-term residents. The demonym of Cornwall is Cornish. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname if available. There is also a list of women in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly dedicated to the notable women of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. A John Couch Adams (1819–1892), co-discoverer of the planet Neptune Michael Adams (born 1971), chess grandmaster Dr. Donald Adamson (born 1939), historian and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Jack Andrew, rugby player, Cornish Pirates prop forward Paul Andrew (born 1989), rugby player, brother of Jack Andrew, Cornish Pirates prop forward Michael An Gof (Michael Joseph) (died 1497), leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 John Arnold (1736–1799), watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometer Humphrey Arundell (c. 1513–1550), leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1549 Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle (c. 1502–1552), administrator and alleged conspirator, executed 1552 Candy Atherton (1955–2017), MP for Falmouth and Camborne B Steve Baker (born 1971), Conservative politician, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, born St Austell Morwenna Banks (born 1961), comedian and actress Jonah Barrington (born 1941), squash player the Basset family, landowners and tin mining entrepreneurs who owned Tehidy Country Park Tom Bawcock, legendary fisherman from Mousehole John Betjeman (1906–1984), British Poet Laureate William Bickford (1774–1834), inventor of the safety fuse Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), artist and member of the Newlyn School William Bligh (1754–1817), captain of the ship Bounty Thomas Bedford Bolitho (1835–1915), banker and industrialist Max Bodilly (born 1994), rugby player Exeter Chiefs full-back/centre Thomas Bond (1765–1837), topographer from Looe Arthur Boscawen (1862–1939), Anglican priest and horticulturist Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711–1761), a naval commander in the Royal Navy known as "Old Dreadnought" John Boson (1655–1730), Nicholas Boson (1624–1708), and Thomas Boson (1635–1719), 18th-century writers in the Cornish language Maria Branwell (1783–1821), mother of the Brontë sisters James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), author, journalist and traveller Barry Bucknell (1912–2003), the original DIY TV presenter, who lived at St Mawes W. J. Burley (1914–2002), author of the Wycliffe series of crime novels C Richard Carew (1555–1620), translator and antiquary Elizabeth Carne (1817–1873), geologist James Carne (1906–1986), Victoria Cross DSO, Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, in the Korean War Joseph Carne (1782–1858), geologist, industrialist and Fellow of the Royal Society John