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

• Mehdi Hasan – British-American broadcaster and journalist, 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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