Carter (1738–1803), smuggler known as the "King of Prussia", who operated from Prussia Cove Charles Causley (1917–2003), poet Ollie Chenoweth (born 1992), retired professional football goalkeeper Jack Clemo (1916–1994), blind poet and novelist William Clift (1775–1849), naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society Joseph Henry Collins (1841–1916), mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of Cornish history Constantine of Cornwall, Cornish ruler and saint William Cookworthy (1705–1780), 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 Dr Jonathan Couch (1789–1870), naturalist and physician Richard Quiller Couch (1816–1863), naturalist Luke Cowan-Dickie (born 1993), rugby player Exeter Chiefs and England hooker John Kevin Curtice (born 1953), political scientist D Nick Darke (1948–2005), playwright Frederick Hamilton Davey (1868–1915), botanist Grenville Davey (1961–2022), artist, Turner Prize winner in 1992 Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), scientist, inventor and president of the Royal Society Jamie Day (born 1986), footballer Anne Dowriche (before 1560 – after 1613), historian, poet and protestant writer Samuel Drew (1765–1833), Methodist theologian Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), novelist Edwin Dunkin (1821–1898), FRS, president of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institution of Cornwall Herbert Dyer (1898–1974), coppersmith E Richard Edmonds (1801–1886), geologist and antiquary John Passmore Edwards (1823–1911), Chartist and philanthropist Joseph Antonio Emidy (1775–1835), black composer who lived in Truro Enys family of Enys in Cornwall, includes many landowners, MPs and public officials Matthew Etherington (born 1981), professional footballer who played in two FA Cup finals with two different teams, West Ham United and Stoke City F John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869), early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), world champion bare knuckle fighter Thomas Flamank (died 1497), leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 Mick Fleetwood (born 1947), drummer Samuel Foote (1720–1777), dramatist Stanhope Forbes (1857–1947), artist and member of the Newlyn School Robert Were Fox the Elder (1754–1818), Quaker and businessman Robert Were Fox (1789–1877), FRS, geologist G Richard Gaisford (born 1972), Good Morning Britain chief correspondent who trained at University College Falmouth Susan Elizabeth Gay (1845–1918), chronicler of Falmouth Richard Gendall (1924–2017), linguist and musician Ken George (born 1947), scholar and Cornish nationalist Davies Gilbert (1767–1839), applied mathematician and technocrat, president of the Royal Society Helen Glover (born 1986), Olympic gold medal winning rower William Golding (1911–1993), novelist Julia Goldsworthy (born 1978), former Liberal Democrat