British people of Cornish descent

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

British politician (1926–2015)

British welfare campaigner (1860–1926)

Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh-Cornish musician, known mononymously as Gwenno, who has received critical acclaim in the UK. After a series of EPs, she released four albums as a solo artist: (2014), a Welsh Music Prize winner; Le Kov (2018), her first album in Cornish; (2022), which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize; and Utopia (2025).

English military officer (1880–1915); Victoria Cross holder

British Army officer (1841-1925)

British athlete and politician (1855-1945)

British writer (1888-1915)

British actress and writer (born 1949)

British politician and writer (1855–1909)

navy officer and diplomat of the Empire of Brazil (1800-1869)