Notable Residents
- Lars Andersen - carpenter, builder, saw mill operator, insurance agent and undertaker
- Anita Bell - Writer of books for young adults and on Finance
- Troy Cassar-Daley - multi-award-winning country musician.
- William Robert (Fred) From- Queensland rock climber and Himalayan Mountaineer.
- Sally Harrison - Aboriginal Artist
- Cr Graeme Lehmann - Councillor in Local Government since 1994. Graeme was Deputy Mayor of the former Esk Shire Council from March 2000 until March 2004, and since March 2004 has held the position of Mayor of the former Esk Shire Council, now Somerset Regional Council.
- Hon Bill Hayden - former Member for Oxley, former Federal Government Minister and former Governor General of Australia
- Craig Lowndes - multi-championship winning Australian racing driver
- Hon Di McCauley - formerly the Member for Callide and Local Government Minister.
- Bodo Muche - sculptor
- Ian "Bunny" Pearce- Queensland Rugby League Player
- Hon Beryce Nelson - formerly the Member for Aspley, Deputy Government Whip then Minister for Family Services in the 1980s
- Henry Plantagenet Somerset (1852–1936) - landowner who attempted to warn Brisbane of the 1893 Brisbane flood
- Katarina Vesterberg - an artist and sculptor
- Sister Mary Denise Coghlan AM {Denise Coghlan}- humanitarian, Director of the Jesuit Refugee Services, Cambodia
- Clive Palmer owns 3 properties in the Somerset region and deployed his helicopter to assist local residents who were stranded on rooftops during the 2011 Queensland Floods
- Kevin James Ryan- Dual international Rugby Union- Rugby League, Queensland Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion, ABC TV Commentator, Mayor of Hurstville NSW, Barrister
- Everald Ernest Compton AM- Chairman of ATEC Rail Group Inland Railway, former Chairman of the National Seniors Association
- Tom Cross- Pioneer, WW1 Artist
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