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- 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 impressario
- Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949), actress
- William Temple (1881–1944), Archbishop of Canterbury
- W. G. Hoskins (1908–1992), historian of the English landscape
- Cliff Bastin (1912–1991), Arsenal and England footballer
- Tommy Cooper (1921–1984), comedian, was born in Caerphilly but lived in Exeter from the age of 3
- Tony Burrows (born 1942), pop singer
- Clare Morrall (born 1952), novelist
- Stuart Hooper (born 1963), adventurer and businessman
- Beth Gibbons (born 1965), singer with Portishead
- Andy Costello (born 1967), mixed martial artist & chessboxer
- Michael Caines (born 1969), chef and restaurateur
- Sean Parker (born 1975), singer/songwriter with Sean Parker Band
- Chris Martin (born 1977), singer with Coldplay
- Mathew Theedom (born 1977), cricketer
- David Lye (born 1979), cricketer
- Scott C Shephard (born 1979), music executive
- Jim Causley (born 1980), folk singer
- Rebecca Worthley (born 1981), singer-songwriter
- Trevor Anning (born 1982), English cricketer
- Robin Davis (born 1982), pianist
- Bradley James (born 1983), actor
- Liam Tancock (born 1985), World Champion swimmer
- Tim Shaw (born 1984), American football player for the Tennessee Titans
- Aaron Jarvis (born 1986), Wales Rugby Union International
- Joe Launchbury (born 1991), England Rugby Union International
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Famous quotes containing the word present:
“... it is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy: to be present at this great spectacle of life and never to be liberated from a small hungry shivering self—never to be fully possessed by the glory we behold, never to have our consciousness rapturously transformed into the vividness of a thought, the ardour of a passion, the energy of an action, but always to be scholarly and uninspired, ambitious and timid, scrupulous and dim-sighted.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man’s hand.”
—Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944)
“At present our only true names are nicknames.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)