Nick Blackwell, professional boxer and former British middleweight champion, is from Trowbridge, as are footballer Nathan Dyer (who played for Leicester City in the 2015 season when they won the Premier League), disgraced snooker player Stephen Lee, and Daniel Talbot (winner of the relay at the London Stadium on 12 August 2017 at the World Athletics Championships in a time of 37.47sec – the 3rd fastest time in history). Mary Mortimer, born in Trowbridge in 1816, became an American educator.