- Source: 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 – Labour Party MP for Swindon South
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
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