Editing Bodmin (section)

==Notable people==
See also [[:Category:People from Bodmin]]
* [[John Arnold (watchmaker)|John Arnold (1736–1799)]], watchmaker, of London
* [[John Thomas Blight]], artist
* Sir [[E. A. Wallis Budge]], Egyptologist and Assyriologist
* [[Chula Chakrabongse]], philanthropist, Prince of Siam
* [[James Henry Finn]], soldier who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Thomas Flamank]], lawyer, co-leader of the Cornish Rebellion, 1497
* [[John Gale (journalist)|John Gale]], Australian journalist
* [[Francis Hamley]], British Army officer who administered the South Australian government from 1868 to 1869
*[[Joseph Osbertus Hamley]], British Army officer who administered the New Zealand station of the British Army [[Military Stores Department (New Zealand)|Military Store Department]] during the [[New Zealand Wars]]
*[[William Hamley]], founder of [[Hamleys]] toyshop
*[[Alice Hext]], garden developer
*[[William Robert Hicks]], superintendent of the Asylum
*[[Al Hodge (rock musician)|Al Hodge]] former guitarist with the Cornish band [[The Onyx]]
*[[H. C. McNeile|Herman Cyril McNeile, "Sapper"]], novelist
*[[Peter D. Mitchell]], Nobel prizewinner, spent the latter part of his career in Bodmin
*[[Ben Oliver (athlete)|Ben Oliver]], Cornwall County record holder for the 100m and 400m [[Wheelchair racing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Truro-College-wheelchair-athlete-Ben-Oliver-sets/story-20971878-detail/story.html |title=Truro College wheelchair athlete Ben Oliver sets his sights on competing at 2020 Paralympic Games &#124; West Briton |work=westbriton.co.uk |year=2014 |access-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102163132/http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Truro-College-wheelchair-athlete-Ben-Oliver-sets/story-20971878-detail/story.html |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ranked best in the world at 800 metres, having set a new European record.<ref name="cornishguardian.co.uk">[http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/wheeelchair/story-29345394-detail/story.html] {{Dead link|date=June 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* Sir [[Arthur Olver]], expert in animal husbandry
*[[Saint Petroc]]
*[[Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch]], poet, novelist and critic
*[[Andy Reed (rugby union)|Andy Reed]], rugby union player
*[[Dan Rogerson]], MP
*[[Henry Southwell (bishop)|Henry Southwell]], vicar of Bodmin, afterwards Bishop of Lewes
*[[Thomas Vivian]] or Vyvyan, Prior of Bodmin, titular Bishop of Megara<ref>Brown, H. Miles (1964) ''The Church in Cornwall''. Truro: Oscar Blackford; p. 40</ref>