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The following is a list of notable former pupils, known as Old Paulines, of
St Paul's School (London) St Paul's School is a Selective school, selective Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent day school (with limited boarding school, boarding) for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre site by Rive ...
. The abbreviation OP is sometimes used.


16th century

* John Leland (''c''.1503–1555);
antiquary An antiquarian or antiquary () is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artefacts, archaeological and historic sit ...
* George Lily (died 1559); Catholic priest, biographer and topographer * Peter Carew (1514–1575); adventurer *
Thomas Gresham Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 151921 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gr ...
(1519–1579); founder of the Royal Exchange * William Harrison (1534–1593); clergyman and author of ''The Description of England'' *
William Camden William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of ''Britannia'', the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland that relates la ...
(1551–1623); antiquary


17th century

*
John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem ''Paradise Lost'' was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and politic ...
(1608–1674); poet *
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys ( ; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English writer and Tories (British political party), Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament (England), Member of Parliament, but is most r ...
(1633–1703); civil servant and diarist * James Hayes (1637–1694); Prince Rupert's secretary and first Deputy Governor, Hudson's Bay Company. * George Jeffreys (1645–1689); Lord Chief Justice * Samuel Johnson (pamphleteer) (1649–1703) English political writer * John Churchill (1650–1722); army officer and 1st Duke of Marlborough *
Edmond Halley Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (; – ) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. From an observatory he constructed on Saint Helena in 1676–77, Hal ...
(1656–1742); astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist *
Spencer Compton Spencer Compton may refer to: *Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601–1643), British politician *Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743), British statesman and Prime Minister *Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (1738– ...
(1674–1743); Earl of Wilmington and Prime Minister of Great Britain *
Roger Cotes Roger Cotes (10 July 1682 – 5 June 1716) was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the '' Principia'', before publication. He also devised the quadrature ...
(1682–1716); mathematician


18th century

*
Joshua Toulmin Joshua Toulmin ( – 23 July 1815) of Taunton, England was a noted theologian and a serial Dissenting minister of Presbyterian (1761–1764), Baptist (1765–1803), and then Unitarian (1804–1815) congregations. Toulmin's sympathy for bot ...
(1740–1815); Dissenting minister *
George Dance the Younger George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor as well as a portraitist. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artist ...
(1741–1825); architect *
John André Major John André (May 2, 1750 – October 2, 1780) was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War for Independence. In September 1780, he negotiated with Continental Army offic ...
(1750–1780); army officer and spy *
Thomas Taylor Thomas Taylor may refer to: Military *Thomas H. Taylor (1825–1901), Confederate States Army colonel *Thomas Happer Taylor (1934–2017), U.S. Army officer; military historian and author; triathlete *Thomas Taylor (Medal of Honor) (born 1834), Am ...
(1758–1835); scholar and translator *
Thomas Clarkson Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known ...
(1760–1846); anti-slavery campaigner * Daniel Alexander (1768–1846); architect


19th century

* Richard Ryan (1797–1849); biographer, poet and playwright * Joseph Blakesley (1808–1885); clergyman *
Benjamin Jowett Benjamin Jowett (, modern variant ; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English writer and classical scholar. Additionally, he was an administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, theologian, Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato ...
(1817–1893); Master of Balliol College, Oxford * Henry Baden-Powell KC (1847–1921); older brother of
Robert Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with ...
, founder of
Sea Scouts Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...
, angler and notable canoe author & designer *
Ray Lankester Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.New International Encyclopaedia. An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was th ...
(1847–1929); zoologist *
Cecil Clementi Smith Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (23 December 1840 – 6 February 1916),. was a British colonial administrator of the Government, administrator. Background The son of an Essex rector, John Smith, and his wife Cecilia Susanna Clementi (daughter of Muz ...
(1849–1916); colonial administrator * Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864–1945); Royal physician * Sidney Alexander (1866–1948); Newdigate Prize Winner and Canon, St. Paul's * Gilbert Walker (1868–1958); Physicist and Statistician * Charles Beazley (1868–1955); Historian and academic *
Laurence Binyon Robert Laurence Binyon, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, ...
(1869–1943); poet *
Sidney Barton Sir Sidney Barton (26 November 1876 – 20 January 1946) was a British barrister and diplomat, serving as consul-general in Shanghai and as minister to Ethiopia. Early life Sidney Barton was born in Exeter, Devonshire, England on 26 November ...
(1876–1946); diplomat * Sir Walter Willson (1876–1952), member of the Legislative Assembly of India. * William Martin Geldart (1870–1922); jurist *
Aurobindo Ghose Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian yogi, maharishi, and Indian nationalist. He also edited the newspaper ''Bande Mataram''. Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's ...
(1872–1950); Indian mystic, philosopher, poet, yogi and guru *
G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, journalist and magazine editor, and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brow ...
(1874–1936); writer *
Edmund Clerihew Bentley Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley and E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse ...
(1875–1956); journalist and poet * Leslie Mathews (1875–1946); cricketer and educator * Edward Thomas (1878–1917); poet * Ernest Shepard (1879–1976); illustrator of ''Winnie the Pooh'' and ''The Wind in the Willows'' * James Garnett (1880–1958); educationist, barrister, and peace campaigner *
Leonard Woolf Leonard Sidney Woolf (; – ) was a British List of political theorists, political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Fabian Socie ...
(1880–1969); civil servant and political theorist *
Edward Ayrton Edward Russell Ayrton (17 December 1882 – 18 May 1914) was an English Egyptologist and archaeologist. Early life Ayrton was the son of William Scrope Ayrton (1849-1904), a British consular official in China, and his wife Ellen Louisa McClatc ...
(1882–1914); Egyptologist and archaeologist *
Compton Mackenzie Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of t ...
(1883–1972); writer *
Otto Niemeyer Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer (23 November 1883 – 6 February 1971) was a British banker and civil servant. He served as a director of the Bank of England from 1938 to 1952 and a director of the Bank for International Settlements from 1931 to 1965. ...
(1883–1971), director at the Bank of England * John Littlewood (1885–1977); mathematician * Philip Clayton (1885–1972), founder of Toc H *
Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major ...
(1885–1978), Bloomsbury painter * Theodore Just (1886–1937), Olympic athlete *
Valentine Vivian Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian CMG CBE (March 17, 1886–April 15, 1969) was the vice-chief of the SIS or MI6 and the first head of its counterespionage unit, Section V. Vivian, while he was attempting to introduce new blood into the ...
(1886–1969); vice-chief of
SIS Sis or SIS may refer to: People *Michael Sis (born 1960), American Catholic bishop Places * Sis (ancient city), historical town in modern-day Turkey, served as the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. * Kozan, Adana, the current name ...
; head of counter-espionage * George Watson (1886–1965); mathematician * Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), World War II General and Field Marshal *
Archibald Low Archibald Montgomery Low (17 October 1888 – 13 September 1956) developed the first powered drone aircraft. He was an English consulting engineer, research physicist and inventor, and author of more than 40 books. Low has been called the "f ...
, (1888–1956); scientist and inventor *
Eric Kennington Eric Henri Kennington (12 March 1888 – 13 April 1960) was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official British official war artists, war artist in both of the world wars. As a war artist, Kennington specialised in depictions ...
, (1888-1960); artist * G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959), political philosopher * Leonard Hodgson (1889–1969), theologian * Paul Nash (1889–1946); artist * Isaac Rosenberg, (1890–1918); poet * Roualeyn Cumming (1891–1981); cricketer and colonial police officer * John Armstrong (1893–1973); artist *
Victor Gollancz Sir Victor Gollancz (; 9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher and humanitarian. Gollancz was known as a supporter of left-wing politics. His loyalties shifted between liberalism and communism; he defined himself as a Christian ...
(1893–1967); publisher * Baron Hannen ; judge * Ewart Alan Mackintosh MC (1893–1917), war poet and an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders *
Henry Daniell Charles Henry Pywell Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as '' Camille'' ( ...
(1894–1963); actor * Leonard Barnes (1895–1977); anticolonialist writer and educationalist * B. H. Liddell Hart (1895–1970); military strategist *
George Catlin George Catlin ( ; July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the Wes ...
(1896–1979); political scientist and philosopher * Indra Lal Roy (1898–1918); World War I fighter ace * Paul Shuffrey (1889-1955); colonial administrator, editor and publisher


20th century

*
John Charles Burkill John Charles Burkill (1 February 1900 – 6 April 1993) was an English mathematician who worked on analysis and introduced the Burkill integral. Career Burkill was born in Holt, Norfolk, and educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, ...
(1900-1993); mathematician. * Hugh Schonfield (1901–1988); biblical scholar, critic of St Paul * Desmond Nethersole-Thompson (1908–1989); renowned British ornithologist, naturalist and author *
Magnus Pyke Magnus Alfred Pyke (29 December 1908 – 19 October 1992) was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and di ...
(1908–1992); author, scientist *
Isaiah Berlin Sir Isaiah Berlin (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks ...
(1909–1997); political philosopher and historian of ideas * Arthur Barmby (1909–1976); cricketer *
Max Beloff Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, (2 July 1913 – 22 March 1999) was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingham. Early life Beloff was born ...
(1913–1999); historian *
George Ignatieff Count George Pavlovich Ignatieff (; 16 December 1913 – 10 August 1989) was a Russian-born Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period. Early life and education Count Ignatieff was born in ...
(1913–1989); Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations *
Frederick Valentine Atkinson Frederick Valentine "Derick" Atkinson (25 January 1916 – 13 November 2002) was a British mathematician, formerly of the University of Toronto, Canada, where he spent most of his career. Atkinson's theorem and Atkinson–Wilcox theorem are nam ...
(1916–2002); mathematician. *
Eric Newby George Eric Newby (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006) was an English travel writer. His works include '' A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'', '' The Last Grain Race'' and '' A Small Place in Italy''. Early life Newby was born in Barnes, Lond ...
(1919–2006); writer * John Russell (1919–2008); chief art critic, NY Times * Leonard Berney (1920–2016);
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Bergen-Belsen (), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen, Lower Saxony, Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, ...
liberator *
John Chadwick John Chadwick, (21 May 1920 – 24 November 1998) was an English linguist and classical scholar who was most notable for the decipherment, with Michael Ventris, of Linear B. Early life, education and wartime service John Chadwick was born at ...
(1920–1998); linguist, assisted Michael Ventris in the 1953 decipherment of Linear B. * Norman Mischler (1920–2009); cricketer *
Dennis Brain Dennis Brain (17 May 19211 September 1957) was a British French horn, horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served ...
(1921–1957); horn player *
Lister Sinclair Lister Sheddon Sinclair, OC (January 9, 1921 – October 16, 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster, playwright and polymath. Early life Sinclair was born in Bombay, India, to Scottish parents. His father, William Sheddon Sinclair, was a chemical engi ...
(1921–2006); writer, actor, playwright and presenter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation *
Anthony Hinds Anthony Frank Hinds (19 September 1922 – 30 September 2013
(1922–2013); film producer and scriptwriter, known for Hammer Films * Ian Allan (1922–2015); book publisher and railwayman *
Sir Ninian Stephen Sir Ninian Martin Stephen (15 June 1923 – 29 October 2017) was an English-born Australian judge who served as the 20th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1982 to 1989. He was previously a justice of the High Court of Australia from ...
(1923–2017); Governor-General of Australia, Justice of the High Court of Australia *
Donald Nicol Donald MacGillivray Nicol, (4 February 1923 – 25 September 2003) was an English Byzantinist. Life Nicol was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to a Church of Scotland minister, and received a classical education at King Edward VII School in ...
(1923–2003); byzantinist *
Nicholas Parsons Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show ''Just a Minute'' and hosted the game show '' S ...
(1923–2020); actor and television presenter *
Peter Hilton Peter John Hilton (7 April 1923Peter Hilton, "On all Sorts of Automorphisms", ''The American Mathematical Monthly'', 92(9), November 1985, p. 6506 November 2010) was a British mathematician, noted for his contributions to homotopy theory and f ...
(1923–2010); mathematician *
Clement Freud Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009) was a British media personality, broadcaster, writer, politician and chef. The son of Ernst L. Freud and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Clement moved to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany ...
(1924–2009); writer, broadcaster and politician *
James Moorhouse James Moorhouse (19 November 1826 – 9 April 1915) was an Anglican Bishop of Melbourne and a Bishop of Manchester, and a Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Early life and career Moorhouse was born in Sheffield, England, the only son ...
(1924–2014); politician *
Pete Murray (DJ) Peter Murray James, (born 19 September 1925), known professionally as Pete Murray, is a British radio and television presenter and actor. He is known for his career with the BBC, including stints on the Light Programme, Radio 1, Radio 2 an ...
(born 1925); broadcaster and disc jockey *
Klaus Roth Klaus Friedrich Roth (29 October 1925 – 10 November 2015) was a German-born British mathematician who won the Fields Medal for proving Roth's theorem on the Diophantine approximation of algebraic numbers. He was also a winner of the De ...
(1925–2015); mathematician, Fields medallist *
Patrick David Wall Patrick David Wall (25 April 1925 – 8 August 2001) was a British neuroscientist described as 'the world's leading expert on pain' and best known for the gate control theory of pain. Early life and education Wall was born in Nottingham on ...
(1925–2001); neuroscientist *
John Thorn John Abraham Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a German-born American sports historian, author, and publisher. Since 2011, he has served as the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Early life Thorn was born in Stuttgart, Germany ...
(1925–2023); headmaster of Repton and Winchester, chairman of the Headmasters' Conference for 1981 * Anthony Shaffer (1926–2001); author, playwright * Richard Wilson (1926–2018); physicist *
Peter Shaffer Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for the plays '' Equus'' and '' Amadeus'', the latter of which was adapted for the screen by Miloš Forman, with an ...
(1926–2016); author, playwright *
Alexis Korner Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major i ...
(1928–1984); blues musician *
Ioan James Ioan Mackenzie James FRS (23 May 1928 – 21 February 2025) was a British mathematician working in the field of topology, particularly in homotopy theory. Life and career James was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, and was educated at St Paul ...
(born 1928); mathematician *
Greville Janner Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, (11 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a British politician, barrister and writer. He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leicester in the 1970 general election as a last-minute ...
(1928–2015), politician (Labour) *
John Dunwoody John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (3 June 1929 – 26 January 2006) was a British Labour politician. Dunwoody was educated at St Paul's School, then trained as a doctor at King's College London, and Westminster Hospital Medical School. A surgeon ...
(1929–2006); politician (Labour) *
Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was published as the first edition ...
(1930–2005); musicologist, editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians *
Chris Barber Donald Christopher Barber (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and Trombone, trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur ...
(1930–2021); trombonist, jazz band leader *
Antony Jay Sir Antony Rupert Jay, (20 April 1930 – 21 August 2016) was an English writer and broadcaster. With Jonathan Lynn, he co-wrote the British political-satirical comedies ''Yes Minister'' and '' Yes, Prime Minister'' (1980–88). He also wrote ' ...
(1930–2016); writer of ''
Yes Minister ''Yes Minister'' is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ran for 16 episodes f ...
'', broadcaster *
Graeme MacDonald Graeme Patrick David MacDonald (30 July 1930 – 30 September 1997), sometimes credited as Graeme McDonald or Graham McDonald, was a British television producer and executive. Early life MacDonald was educated at St Paul's School, London an ...
(1930–1997); television producer and executive *
Brian Widlake Nigel Brian Windsor Widlake (13 April 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a British journalist, broadcaster and presenter. Early life Widlake was born in Fiji on 13 April 1931. Education Widlake was educated at two independent schools for boys, at the ...
(1931–2017); presenter of ''
The World at One ''The World at One'' (or ''WATO'', pronounced "what-oh") is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs radio programme, broadcast weekdays from 13:00 to 13:45 and produced by BBC News. The programme describes itself as "Bri ...
'' and '' PM'' (
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...
) and ''
The Money Programme ''The Money Programme'' is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which ran between April 1966 and November 2010. It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davi ...
'' (
BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...
) *
Oliver Sacks Oliver Wolf Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurology, neurologist, Natural history, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. Born in London, Sacks received his medical degree in 1958 from The Queen's College, Oxford ...
(1933–2015); neurologist, author *
Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public perc ...
(1933–2020); classical guitarist * Kenneth Baker (born 1934); politician (Conservative) *
Jonathan Miller Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 19 ...
(1934–2019); theatre and opera director *
Basil Moss Basil David Moss (25 May 1935 – 28 November 2020) was a British character actor, who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s. Early life He was educated at St Paul's School, which he followed with actor's tra ...
(1935–2020); television and radio actor *
Bob Jeffery Robert Martin Colquhoun Jeffery , commonly known as Bob Jeffery (30 April 193521 December 2016), was an Anglican priest. Jeffery was educated at St Paul's School, London, trained for the priesthood at King's College London and ordained in 1960. Hi ...
(1935–2016), Dean Emeritus of Worcester *
Richard Gombrich Richard Francis Gombrich (; born 17 July 1937) is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist studies. He was the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 2004. He is currently Founder-Preside ...
(born 1937), professor of Sanskrit *
Benjamin Zander Benjamin Zander (born 9 March 1939 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English conductor, who is currently the musical director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Biography Benjami ...
(born 1939); conductor *
Robert Winston Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour peer. Early life Robert Winston was born in London to Laurence Winston and Ruth Winston-Fox, ...
(born 1940); biologist and television presenter *
Nicolas Belfrage Nicolas Belfrage MW (19 July 1940 – 17 September 2022) was a British Master of Wine, a wine writer and considered one of the foremost experts on Italian wine. Life and career Belfrage was born in Los Angeles in 1940, the son of British soci ...
(1940–2022), Master of Wine * Neil Trevor Kaplan, (born 1942) High Court judge, Hong Kong * Chris Green (born 1943); railway manager * John Gilbert (born 1943), television writer, director and producer * Rooney Massara (born 1943); Olympian * Tim Razzall (born 1943), politician (Liberal Democrat) and solicitor * John Simpson (born 1944); journalist *
Serge Lourie Alexander Serge Lourie CF (22 February 1946 – 10 September 2024) was Leader of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and was a local government councillor there from 1982 to 2010. He was Chairman of the United Kingdom Housing Trust, K ...
(born 1946); local politician and Leader of
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () in south-west Greater London, London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London boroughs, London borough on both sides of the River Thames. It was created in 1965 when three smaller ...
(Liberal Democrat) *
Paul Cartledge Paul Anthony Cartledge (born 24 March 1947)"CARTLEDGE, Prof. Paul Anthony", ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010online edition/ref> is a British ancient historian and academic. From 2008 to 2014 he was the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek ...
(born 1947); Levantis Professor of Greek Culture,
Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
*
Duncan Fallowell Duncan Fallowell FRSL (born 26 September 1948) is an English novelist, travel writer, memoirist, journalist and critic. Early life Fallowell was born on 26 September 1948 in London, son of Thomas Edgar Fallowell, of Finchampstead, near Woking ...
(born 1948); author *
David Abulafia David Samuel Harvard Abulafia (born 12 December 1949) is an English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He spent most of his career at the University of ...
(born 1949); historian *
Jon Blair Jon Blair, CBE (born 1950), is a South African-born British writer, film producer, and director of documentaries, drama, and comedy. Biography Jon Blair was born in South Africa in 1950. After evading conscription into the South African Defen ...
(born 1950); television & film writer, director and producer *
Tim Hunkin Timothy Mark Trelawney Hunkin (born 27 December 1950 in London) is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist living in Suffolk, England. He is best known for creating the Channel Four television series ''The Secret Life of Machines'', i ...
(born 1950); inventor *
Lloyd Dorfman Sir Lloyd Marshall Dorfman (born 25 August 1952) is a British entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded Travelex, the world's largest retailer of foreign exchange. According to The '' Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2020, Dorfman is worth £72 ...
(born 1951); billionaire, philanthropist *
Terence Etherton Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton, Baron Etherton (21 June 1951 – 6 May 2025) was a British judge and member of the House of Lords. He was the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice from 2016 to 2021 and Chancellor of the High Cou ...
(born 1951);
Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)#Civil Division, Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ...
* Tim Fywell (born 1951), television and film director *
Philip Hardie Philip Russell Hardie, FBA (born 13 July 1952) is a specialist in Latin literature at the University of Cambridge. He has written especially on Virgil, Ovid, and Lucretius, and on the influence of these writers on the literature, art, and ideolo ...
(born 1951), professor and specialist in Latin literature, Cambridge University *
Duncan Haldane Frederick Duncan Michael Haldane (born 14 September 1951) is a British physicist who is currently the Sherman Fairchild University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He is a co-recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, along wit ...
(born 1951), 2016
Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the ...
laureate *
Richard Davenport-Hines Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines (born 21 June 1953 in London) is a British historian and literary biographer, and a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Early life Davenport-Hines was educated at St Paul's School, London (1967 ...
(born 1953); historian, writer * Roly Bain (1954–2016), clown-priest * David Bean (born 1954), judge * Nicholas Kroll (born 1954) civil servant * Rob Manzoli (born 1954); musician, lead guitarist
Right Said Fred Right Said Fred are an English pop band formed by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass in 1989. They are best known for the hit 1991 song " I'm Too Sexy". History 1989–1991: Formation Prior to forming Right Said Fred, the Fairbra ...
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Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe (born 1955) is a British peeress, retired academic, woodworker, and Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as envi ...
(born 1955), transgender peeress * Glen Oglaza (born 1955); political correspondent of ''
Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...
'' * Tom Hayhoe (born 1956); director of healthcare organisations, offshore racing sailor * David Shilling (born 1956); hat designer * Luke Hughes (born 1957); furniture designer * Simon Fraser (born 1958); Diplomat,
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July 2010 – July 2015 * Francis Wright (born 1958); actor and puppeteer *
Maxwell Caulfield Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell P.J. Newby; 23 November 1959) is a British actor. He has appeared in ''Grease 2'' (1982), ''Electric Dreams (film), Electric Dreams'' (1984), ''The Boys Next Door (1985 film), The Boys Next Door'' (1985), ''The S ...
(born 1959); actor *
Iain Gale Iain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels. His book ''Four Days in June'', about the Battle of Waterloo, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell. He is also the writer of eleven non-fiction book ...
(born 1959); journalist and author *
Euclid Tsakalotos Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos ( ; born 1960) is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of the Central Committee of Syriza and has represented Athens B in the Hellenic Parliam ...
(born 1960); Greek economist and politician, former Greek Minister of Finance * Simon Milton (1961–2011); politician (Conservative) * David Levin (born 1962); businessman, CEO of
McGraw-Hill Education McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, ...
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Ian Livingstone Sir Ian Livingstone (born 29 December 1949) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of the '' Fighting Fantasy'' series of role-playing gamebooks, and the author of many books within that ...
(born 1962); chairman and co-owner,
London & Regional Properties London & Regional Properties Limited (L&R) is a private real estate and leisure investment firm based in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest privately held principal investors in Europe, performing private equity style investments ...
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Ben Watt Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt (born 6 December 1962) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, author, DJ, and radio presenter, best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl. Early life Watt was born in Marylebone, London, and grew u ...
(born 1962); musician * Julian Hodgson (born 1963); grandmaster and former British chess champion *
Imre Leader Imre Bennett Leader (born 30 October 1963) is a British mathematician, a professor in DPMMS at the University of Cambridge working in the field of combinatorics. He is also known as an Othello player. Life He is the son of the physicist Elliot L ...
(born 1963); mathematician, Othello player *
Peter Morgan Peter Julian Robin Morgan (born 10 April 1963) is a British screenwriter and playwright. He has written for theatre, films and television, often writing about historical events or figures such as Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, whom he has ...
(born 1963); screenwriter. * James Reed (born 1963); chairman, Reed Group * William Goodchild (born 1964); composer and orchestrator * James Kennard (born 1964); rabbi and educationalist *
Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter. Early life Marber was born and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in Wimbledon, London, the son of Angela (Benjam ...
(born 1964); playwright * Jonathan Foreman (born 1965); journalist * Stephen B. Streater (born 1965); entrepreneur, founder of Eidos *
Stephen Greenhalgh Stephen John Greenhalgh, Baron Greenhalgh (born 4 September 1967) is a British businessman and politician, and was the second Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. He is a member of the Conservative Party. In April 2020 he was create ...
(born 1967);
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in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
since June 2012 * Robert Asch (born 1968); journalist and author; co-editor of
St Austin Review The ''St. Austin Review'' (StAR) is a Catholic international review of culture and ideas. It is edited by author, columnist and EWTN TV host Joseph Pearce and literary scholar Robert Asch. StAR includes book reviews, discussions on Christian a ...
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Ed Vaizey Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Baron Vaizey of Didcot, (born 5 June 1968) is a British politician, media columnist, political commentator and barrister who was Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries from 2010 to 2016. A mem ...
(born 1968); M.P. (Conservative) May 2005 – November 2019 * Neil Jones; Director of Studies in Law at
Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...
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Hal Cruttenden Hal Dominic Bart Cruttenden (born 9 September 1969) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. Early life Hal Dominic Bart Cruttenden was born in the Ealing district of London on 9 September 1969. His grandmother, Cynthia Co ...
(born 1969); actor and comedian *
Dominic Frisby Dominic Frisby is a British comedian, author and voice actor, known both for his satirical songs and his commentary on finance and economics. He has variously been described as, “mercurially witty” (Lloyd Evans in the ''Spectator''), hav ...
(born 1969); author, actor and comedian * James Harding (born 1969); editor of ''
The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...
'' newspaper (Dec 2007–2012) *
Nick Quested Nicholas Quested (born 26 November 1969) is a British filmmaker and producer of documentary films, music videos, and TV commercials. He is the executive director and owner of Goldcrest Films. Quested has produced over 40 documentary films, includ ...
(born 1969); filmmaker * Alan Cox (born 1970); actor *
Jonny Dymond Jonathan David Dymond (born 15 February 1970 in Merton, London) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the Royal Correspondent for BBC News, having previously been the BBC's Washington Correspondent, Europe Correspondent (based in Bruss ...
(born 1970); BBC correspondent and radio presenter *
James Hyman James Hyman (born 1970) is a British radio and television presenter, music supervisor, DJ and the owner and founder of HYMAG. Hyman studied Film & Media at London Guildhall University (1989-1992, BA Hons, 1st), whilst working at MTV Europe d ...
(born 1970); presenter * James Max (born 1970); broadcaster, journalist *
Alex Chesterman Alexander Edward Chesterman (born 9 January 1970) is a British Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of ScreenSelect, which later became part of online film distributor LoveFilm, and is the founder and former CEO of online used car platform Cazoo. ...
(born 1970); entrepreneur *
George Osborne George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British retired politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A ...
(born 1971); M.P. (Conservative) June 2001,
Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of HM Treasury, His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, t ...
May 2010 – July 2016 *
Sam Houser Samuel Houser (born November 1971) is an English video game producer. He is a co-founder and the current president of Rockstar Games, and is one of the creative driving forces behind the ''Grand Theft Auto'' franchise, having been its producer ...
(born 1971); president of
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* Patrick Neate (born 1971); novelist * Sam Bain (born 1971); screenwriter; co-creator of Peep Show *
Sacha Tarter Sacha Alexander (born 8 May 1972) is a British actor, Screenwriter, scriptwriter and Film producer, producer. Alexander most recently starred in ''Freddi'' with Rob Brydon. ''Freddi'' is a Television pilot, pilot comedy drama commissioned by BB ...
(born 1972); actor and screenwriter * Theo Hobson (born 1972); theorist *
Jamie Bamber Jamie St John Bamber Griffith (born 1972/73), known professionally as Jamie Bamber, is a British actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in t ...
(born 1973); actor *
Tom Tugendhat Thomas Georg John Tugendhat (born 27 June 1973) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency), Tonbridge, previously Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliamen ...
(born 1973); M.P. (Conservative) May 2015 – present *
Dan Houser Daniel Houser (born November 1973) is an English video game writer and producer. He is one of the co-founders of Rockstar Games alongside his brother Sam Houser. He served as the head writer and vice president of creativity until his resignation ...
(born 1974); vice-president of Rockstar Games * Simon Dennis (born 1976); rower and Olympic gold medalist *
Rory Kinnear Rory Michael Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor. He won two Olivier Awards, both at the National Theatre, in 2008 for his portrayal of Sir Fopling Flutter in ''The Man of Mode'', and for playing the William Shakespeare villain ...
(born 1978); actor *
Dan Snow Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British Popular history, popular historian and television presenter. He is an ambassador of the Electoral Reform Society (ERS). Early life and education Born in Westminster, London Dan Snow is the ...
(born 1978); journalist & television presenter * Robin Walker (born 1978); M.P. (Conservative) for Worcester 2010 – 2024 *
Alex Edmans Alex Edmans is a British academic and economist who is professor of finance at London Business School and Mercers' School Memorial Emeritus Professor of Business at Gresham College. He serves on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on ...
(born 1980); economist * Blake Ritson (born 1980); actor * Tim Kash (born 1982); television presenter * Hassan Damluji (born 1982), author and international development expert *
Robin Ticciati Robin Ticciati (born 16 April 1983, in London) is a British conductor of Italian ancestry. Biography Ticciati's paternal grandfather, Niso Ticciati, was a composer, arranger, cellist, and keyboardist. His father is a barrister, and his mother ...
(born 1983); conductor *
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Henry Alexander Lloyd-Hughes is an English actor. He is known for his roles in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), '' Unrelated'' (2007), ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), '' Miliband of Brothers'' (2010), '' Weekender'' (2011), ' ...
, (born 1985) actor * Charlie Fink (born 1986); musician and member of folk band
Noah and the Whale Noah and the Whale were a British indie rock and folk band from Twickenham, formed in 2006 and dissolved in 2015. The band's last line-up consisted of Charlie Fink (Singing, vocals, guitar), Tom Hobden (violin/Keyboard instrument, keyboards), M ...
* Winston Marshall (born 1988); musician and member of folk band
Mumford & Sons Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass, bass guitar), and Ben Lovett (British musician), B ...
* Mark-Francis Vandelli (born 1989); television personality known for his role in ''
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'' *
Will Attenborough William Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is a British actor and climate campaigner. Early life Attenborough was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and actress Karen Lewis, the grandson of actor- ...
(born 1991); actor * Sam Cato (born 1992); cricketer * Arty Froushan (born 1993); actor * David Ambler (rower) (born 1997); rower * Freddie Davidson (born 1998); rower * Tom Powe (born 1998); cricketer * Richard Nartey (born 1998); footballer * Hugo Lowell (born 1999); congressional reporter for Guardian US in Washington DC


21st century

* Krish Patel (born 2005); cricketer Three Old Paulines have been awarded the
Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...
. *
Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...
Randolph Cosby Nesbitt (1867–1956), British South Africa Police. Later promoted to
major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...
during the
South African War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...
. Awarded for act that took place during the Mashona Rebellion (
Rhodesia Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state, unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to the ...
) of 1896–1897. (OP 1880–1882) *
Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...
Cuthbert Bromley (1878–1915) 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Awarded for act that took place during the
First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
. (OP 1890–1895) *
Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...
Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson (1876–1918),
Yeomanry Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units and sub-units in the British Army Reserve which are descended from volunteer cavalry regiments that now serve in a variety of different roles. History Origins In the 1790s, following the ...
, attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Later promoted to lieutenant-colonel. Awarded for act that took place during the
First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
. (OP 1888–95)''Pauline Magazine No.239'', (June 1918), page 59 and 64 and 71


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