• Local councillor and village resident
Cathy Bakewell was made Baroness of Hardington Mandeville in 2013. • Sir
Herbert Bartlett (1842 – 1921), English civil engineer and contractor, was born in Hardington Mandeville. • Roger Burridge (1957-2020), folk musician, recording artist, and member of
Fairport Convention was born at Hill End and lived there until he left school. • Rev. Henry Holditch Thomas Cleife (1849-1914), author of ''England's Greatest National Sin: being selections and reflections on our Asiatic opium policy and traffic,
and Mutual Recognition in the Life Beyond,'' was rector 1883-1914. • Rev. Richard James Hunt (1874-1938), missionary and linguist, author of
The Livingstone of South America, was rector 1934-38. •
Harald James Penrose O.B.E. (1904-1996), experimental test pilot, naval architect and aviation author, lived at Broadhill Cottage for the last decade of his life. • Rev. Canon
Leonard Sharland (1904-78), missionary to the Sudan and Canon of Khartoum Cathedral, was rector 1969-76. •
Gilbert Vassall (1876-1941), the top-flight sportsman who excelled at cricket, football, and long jump, was born at Hardington Rectory (now Hardington House). •
Harry Vassall (1860-1926), Oxford and international rugby player, author of
Football: the Rugby Game, and a leading figure in rugby's history, spent his childhood at Hardington Rectory (now Hardington House). ==Governance==