The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) has created this People Roadmap activity to facilitate identification of opportunities for accelerating efforts to address major issues related to people (or personnel) challenges faced by the research software community. This recognises the evolution of a range of research and software areas, including 1) the rise of open science (which includes open software), 2) increased understanding of the need for advanced digital skills in the research community (including research software engineering (RSE)), and 3) the development of the RSE movement to recognise and support the Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who are involved in supporting software that is widely used, by researchers worldwide, This People Roadmap aims to increase community understanding of how to create an environment where research software personnel are recognised, have appropriate skill sets and access to inclusive communities, within policy and infrastructure environments that support their work. Significant cultural change is needed in the research sector in order to nurture highly skilled personnel and ensure recognition of their work.