Notable People
- Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
- Lieutenant William Cox (1764–1837), Australian pioneer born in Wimborne. He was responsible for building the first road across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and thus allowed the expansion and development of the new colony.
- Montague John Druitt, one of the people on the list of proposed Jack the Ripper suspects, was born and buried in Wimborne.
- Andrew Edmonds, contestant in Big Brother 2010 (UK)
- Robert Fripp of King Crimson
- Jimmy Glass
- George_W._Gray
- Isaac Gulliver
- Thomas Hardy
- Saint Lioba
- Michael Medwin
- Al Stewart
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