title: List of people from Swindon
text: # 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
  