Notable residents,
Well-known former residents of the town include:
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
Ritchie Blackmore – guitarist for Deep Purple and Rainbow
John Cleese – actor and member of Monty Python
Roald Dahl – author, journalist
Jill Dando – broadcaster and journalist
Arthur Stanley Eddington – one of the foremost astrophysicists of the early twentieth century, grew up in the town.
Rupert Graves – actor
Sean Martin – writer and film director
Mandy Miller – actress
Con O'Neill – actor
Dr Sir John Polkinghorne – particle physicist and theologian
Hans Price – architect
Paul Radmilovic – Olympic gold medal winner
Gareth Taylor – Tranmere Rovers footballer (previously with Sheffield United, Burnley and Nottingham Forest)
