Editing Dartmouth, Devon (section)

==Notable residents==
* [[George Parker Bidder]] (1806–1878), the [[civil engineer]] and [[calculating prodigy]], notable for his work on railways over much of the world, as well as the docks of the [[East End]] in the [[Port of London]]. Bidder died at his home at Paradise Point near [[Warfleet Creek]] and is buried at nearby Stoke Fleming.
* [[Simon Drew]] (born 1952), a commercially successful cartoonist and illustrator, lives in Dartmouth and runs a shop on Fosse Street.
* [[John Flavel]] (ca.1627–1691), an English Puritan Presbyterian minister and author.
* [[Gordon Onslow Ford]] (1912–2003), a leading British [[surrealist]] painter, attended the Royal Naval College.
* [[Sir John Harvey Jones]] (1924–2008), businessman and television presenter, attended the Royal Naval College.
* [[Rachel Kempson]] (1910–2003), stage and film actress, was born in Dartmouth. She was the wife of Sir [[Michael Redgrave]] and mother of [[Vanessa Redgrave|Vanessa]], [[Lynn Redgrave|Lynn]] and [[Corin Redgrave|Corin]], and published her autobiography, ''Life Among the Redgraves'', in 1988.
* [[Christopher Robin Milne]] (1920–1996), son of [[A. A. Milne]], after whom the character [[Christopher Robin]] in the [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] books was named, used to own the Harbour Bookshop. The bookshop closed in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14563889 |title=Christopher Robin's Dartmouth bookshop to close |publisher=BBC News|date=19 August 2011 |access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Newcomen]] (1664–1729), the inventor of the [[atmospheric engine]] – the first successful steam-powered pumping engine—was born in Dartmouth in 1663. An 18th-century working [[Newcomen steam engine]] is on display in the town.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Newcomen, Thomas |volume= 19 |page=475 |short=1}}</ref>
* Sir [[Nicholas Harris Nicolas]] (1799–1848), an English antiquary.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris |volume= 19 |page=662 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Mary Nightingale]] (born 1963), ITV newscaster, lived in Dartmouth for much of her childhood.
* [[Jack Russell (priest)|John "Jack" Russell]] (1795–1883), an English parson, an enthusiastic fox-hunter and dog breeder.<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle= Russell, John (1795-1883) |volume=49|pages=464-465|short=1}}</ref>
* [[Flora Thompson]] (1876–1947), lived in Above Town between 1928 and 1940, writing ''[[Lark Rise]]'' and ''[[Over to Candleford]]'' during this time. The books were later published as ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford]]''. She is buried at Longcross Cemetery.
* [[Theodore Veale]] (1892–1980), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during the [[First World War]].
* [[John L. Wimbush]] (1854–1914), landscape and portrait painter.
* [[Stephen Beresford]], BAFTA winning screenwriter and playwright grew up in the town and has written several plays set in Dartmouth, including [[The Last of the Haussmans]] first performed at the [[Royal National Theatre]].