Well-known Squatters
- Black Donnellys, James Donnelly squatted on the southeastern quarter of Lot 18, Concession 6 (also known as the Roman Line), Biddulph Township, Canada West.
- Robert Harrill, known as "The Fort Fisher Hermit", set up a simple home in an abandoned World War II era bunker near the Cape Fear River, NC, along a salt marsh.
- Randy Quaid, arrested in 2010 for squatting in a home he had previously owned
- Curtis Howe Springer, found guilty of the charge of squatting on federal land
- Amir Taaki, free software programmer and hacker
- Denis Roio, software freedom activist and developer of multimedia applications
- Richard Stallman, American software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer, called himself a squatter on campus.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
- Joe Strummer, the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash
- Monckton Synnot, prominent squatter in Victoria, Australia
- Stza, fronted several skacore bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack
- Sid Vicious, English musician best known as the former bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols
- Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer and political activist during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
- S'bu Zikode, elected head of the South African shackdwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo
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