Notable People
- See also Category:People from Weston-super-Mare
Notable current and former residents of the town include:
- Aaron Allard-Morgan: Winner of Big Brother 2011 (UK)
- A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough: Minister of Defence in the Attlee government, raised in Weston-super-Mare
- Jeffrey Archer: author, politician and convicted perjurer
- Jhonn Balance: musician, founding member of Psychic TV and founder of Coil
- Ritchie Blackmore: guitarist and founding member of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night.
- Peter Christopherson: musician, founding member of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV
- John Cleese: actor and member of Monty Python
- Jill Dando: murdered broadcaster and journalist, after whom the sixth form centre at Weston College and a garden in Grove Park are named
- Arthur Stanley Eddington: one of the foremost astrophysicists of the early 20th century, grew up in the town
- Daphne Fowler: game show champion
- Baron Glanely (William Tatem), ship- and racehorse-owner, died during an air raid at 16 Malvern Road in June 1942.
- Rupert Graves: actor, born in the town 30 June 1963
- Bob Hope: comedian and actor, lived here as a child
- Sean Martin: writer and film director
- Con O'Neill: actor
- John Oldmixon (1673–1742): historian; born in Oldmixon
- The Revd. Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS: particle physicist and theologian.
- Hans Price: (1835–1912) architect; responsible for much of the architecture of the built environment in Weston-super-Mare and the distinctive character of the town
- Paulo Radmilovic: Olympic gold medal athlete
- Gareth Taylor: footballer; born 25 February 1972 in the town
- Peter Trego: cricketer
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