Notable People Associated With Newquay
- William Golding author of Lord of the Flies, was born in Newquay
- Singer-songwriter Ruarri Joseph lives in the Newquay area
- Former Sheffield Wednesday and Celtic footballer Chris Morris was born in Newquay
- Singer-songwriter James Morrison grew up in the Newquay area: he attended Treviglas College
- Phillip Schofield attended Newquay Tretherras School
- John Coulson Tregarthen, naturalist and novelist
- Sir David Willcocks the choral conductor, organist, and composer was born here in 1919
- British painter Nicholas Charles Williams is based in Newquay
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