Notable Residents
- Richard Chorley (1927–2002), noted physical geographer.
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), science fiction writer, was born in Minehead.
- Peter Hurford (born 1930), organist and composer, was born in Minehead.
- Stephen Mulhern (born 1977), television presenter, was born in Minehead.
- Sir Nick Partridge OBE, Chief Executive of The Terrence Higgins Trust, and a key campaigner on HIV and AIDS, lived in the town in the 1970s when his family moved there to run a hotel.
- Tim Kevan writer, blogger and barrister, author of the Baby Barista series of books, was raised in Minehead
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