List of people from Swindon

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, England; its residents are called Swindonians and many have achieved notability throughout its history.


 * Heidi Alexander – former Labour Party MP for Lewisham East
 * Sam Allen – football manager at Swindon Town
 * Joseph Armstrong – engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway lived, worked and is buried in Swindon
 * Dean Ashton – Premiership footballer, played for West Ham United, born in Swindon
 * Colin Bailey – drummer
 * Ralph Bates – writer
 * Carl Benjamin – YouTuber, political commentator better known as Sargon of Akkad
 * Billy Bodin – footballer, born in Swindon
 * Mark A. Brennan – Canadian landscape painter, born in Swindon, 1968
 * Jazz Carlin – swimmer, World Champion in 400m and 800m freestyle
 * Lucy Cohu – actress, born in Swindon, 1968
 * Julian Clary – comedian, formerly a resident of Rodbourne, but not born in Swindon. His family still lives in the area.
 * Jamie Cox – boxer, ABA light-welterweight champion. Won a gold medal for the England team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
 * Jack Dangers – musician, producer, founder of electronic band Meat Beat Manifesto
 * Rick Davies – founder and member of the band Supertramp
 * Diana Dors – actress, born in Swindon; celebrated by a larger-than-life-statue outside the West Swindon cinema complex
 * John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, economist and Labour peer
 * Harold Fleming (footballer) – Swindon Town footballer 1907–1924, capped nine times for England
 * John Francome – novelist, sports commentator and former jockey
 * Sam Fuller - drummer for punk rock band Peter and the Test Tube Babies
 * Charlie George - comedian and comedy writer
 * Mark Harper – Conservative Party politician was born in Swindon
 * Tommy Hatto – actor, most notable in the films Thor: The Dark World and Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again 3D. Born in Swindon.
 * Justin Hayward – lead guitarist, vocalist and composer for The Moody Blues
 * David Hempleman-Adams – explorer
 * Alex Henshall – footballer for Manchester City. Born in Swindon.
 * Nick Hewer – public relations officer and businessman. One of Alan Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice. Born in the town.
 * David Howell – Ryder Cup golfer and five-time winner on the European Tour
 * Richard Jefferies – Victorian nature writer, born at Coate
 * David Murray John – Swindon's town clerk 1938–1974 and a driving force behind Swindon's development and growth
 * Bob Kilby – speedway rider
 * Samuel Knaggs – British colonial administrator born in Swindon
 * Josh Kumra – singer and songwriter
 * Mark Lamarr – TV presenter, comedian, and radio DJ. Grew up in Park South.
 * Jon Lewis – England and Gloucestershire cricketer
 * Melinda Messenger – former glamour model and television presenter
 * Antony Micallef – artist
 * Hannah Miley – swimmer, 400m medley champion at the World Short Course Championships
 * Desmond Morris – zoologist, ethologist and artist, born just outside Swindon and moved to the town as a child
 * Levi Lapper Morse – grocer and draper and Liberal Party politician who was 2nd mayor of Swindon and an MP.
 * William Ewart Morse – Son of Levi Lapper Morse, Liberal Party politician, mayor of Swindon for 2 years and an MP.
 * Edith New – suffragette, born in Swindon
 * Gilbert O'Sullivan – Irish born, Swindon raised, singer/songwriter
 * William Overton – cricketer
 * Charlie Paynter – manager of West Ham United, 1932–1950
 * Bob Peart – football player with Burnley, Swindon Town, Headington United, Cheltenham Town
 * Billie Piper – actress and former pop singer, played Rose in the 2005/2006 seasons and the 2008 season final of BBC Sci-Fi TV programme Doctor Who
 * Don Rogers – Swindon Town footballer
 * Leonard Rwodzi (known professionally as S1mba) – rapper, born in Zimbabwe but grew up in Swindon
 * Rachel Shelley – actress (The L Word, Ghost Whisperer), born in Swindon
 * Tim Smith – Radio 2 broadcaster and co-presenter of Radio 2's "Steve Wright in the Afternoon"
 * Sir William Arthur Stanier – Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, member of the Royal Society, designed Princess Coronation Class engines, born in Wellington Street, Swindon in 1876
 * Ben Thatcher – football player with Ipswich Town F.C.
 * Mark G. Thomas – scientist
 * Alfred Williams – hammerman at the GWR works 1892–1914, author, poet and collector of folk songs
 * Tom Wisdom – actor (300, The Boat That Rocked)
 * XTC – pop rock band from Swindon
 * Terry Chambers – founding member, drummer from 1972 to 1982. Born in Swindon.
 * Dave Gregory – lead guitarist from 1979 to 1999. Born in Swindon.
 * Colin Moulding – founding member, second songwriter, vocalist, and bassist for the band. Born in Swindon.
 * Andy Partridge – founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter. Born in Malta, raised in Swindon, where he lives.
 * Thaila Zucchi – Italian/British singer and actress, starred in Balls of Steel