List of people from Slough

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This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents or associates of the town of Slough in Berkshire.

• Cecil Aldin (1870–1935), painter of animals and rural life
• Gerry Anderson (1929–2012), television drama maker and creator of supermarionation
• Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Ministerp. 93, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, Slough 1973
• Steve Bell (born 1951), political cartoonist
• Cliff Bennett (born 1940), of Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
• Keith Bosley (born 1937), poet and translator
• Alan Bown (1942–2014), of The Alan Bown Set
• Fenner Brockway (1888–1988), anti-war activist and politician
• Mark Brzezicki (born 1957), drummer with Big Country, Procol Harum
• Jimmy Carr (born 1972), comedian
• Alma Cogan (1932–1966), singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School
• Kenton Cool (born 1973), climber and mountain guide
• Graham Cooley (born 1964), entrepreneur and investor
• Rod Evans (born 1947), original lead singer of Deep Purple
• Sean Foley (born 1964), comedian[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1644941,00.html Where you're smiling | | guardian.co.uk Arts]
• Thomas Gray (1716–1771), poet, classical scholar, and professor of history
• Geri Halliwell (born 1972), entertainer
• Chip Hawkes, of The Tremeloes
• Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Herschel, Caroline Lucretia | volume= 13 | page = 391 |short= 1}}
• John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Herschel, Sir John Frederick William| volume= 13 |last1= Clerke |first1= Agnes Mary |author1-link= Agnes Mary Clerke |last2= Pritchard |first2= Charles |author2-link= Charles Pritchard | pages = 393–395 |short=1}}
• William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Herschel, Sir Frederick William | volume= 13 |last1= Clerke |first1= Agnes Mary |author1-link= Agnes Mary Clerke |last2= Pritchard |first2= Charles |author2-link= Charles Pritchard | pages = 391–393 |short=1}}
• Alan Johnson (born 1950), former Slough postal worker and Cabinet minister
• Simon Kernick (born 1967), author
• Danny King (born 1969), author
• Jayne Kitt (born 1970), Big Brother 7 contestant
• Iain Lee (born 1973), entertainer
• Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore (born 1975), politician
• Keith Mansfield (born 1940), composer and arranger
• Forrest Mars Sr. (1904–1999), entrepreneur
• Marian McPartland (1918–2013), jazz pianist
• John Nash (1893–1977), painter
• Gary Numan (born 1958), musician
• Richard of Cornwall (1209–1272), royal aristocrat, Plantagenet.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Richard, Earl of Cornwall | volume= 29 |last1= Davis |first1= Henry William Carless |author1-link= Henry William Carless Davis | page = 294 |short=1}}
• Helen Sharman (born 1963), scientist and astronaut
• Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), journalist and Muslim activist
• Billy Smart, Jr (1934–2005), circus owner
• Una Stubbs (1937–2021), actress.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102223935/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/una-stubb-something-about-una-571000.html Something about Una – Independent on Sunday, 22 February 2004, accessed 28 May 2009]
• Ellen Ternan (1839–1914), actress
• Thousand Yard Stare (formed 1989), indie pop band
• Tracey Ullman (born 1959), comedian and first appearance for the Simpsons
• Robert Watson-Watt (1892–1973), scientist
• Justin Sullivan Singer/Guitarist New Model Army. Born in nearby Jordans, Buckinghamshire