Present
- 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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“There is a Restlessness springing from the consciousness of power not fully utilized, which must be present wherever there is unused power of whatever kind. This is the restlessness of the germ within the seed, struggling upward and downward towards its proper life. ... it is a striving full of pain, the cutting of tender flesh by the fetters of the captive as he struggles against their pitilessness.”
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