Former pupils of

Bolton School Bolton School is a private day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It comprises a co-educational nursery (ages 0–4), co-educational infant school (ages 3–7), single sex junior schools (ages 7–11) and single sex senior schools including ...

are known as Old Boltonians. The Old Girls' Association and Old Boltonians' Associations are active with over 9,000 members and nationwide reunions throughout the year. Notable alumni include:

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Mark Addis Mark Addis (b. 1969) is a British philosopher who is known for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein Biography Addis grew up in Bolton, England, and was educated at Bolton School, Mansfield College, Oxford, the University of Leeds, the University o ...

(born 1969), professor of philosophy *

Monica Ali Monica Ali (; born 20 October 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by ''Granta'' based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, ''Brick L ...

(born 1967), author *

Bryan Appleyard Bryan Appleyard (born 24 August 1951, Manchester) is a British journalist and author. Life and work Appleyard was educated at Bolton School and King's College, Cambridge. He worked at ''The Times'' and as a freelance journalist and has writte ...

(born 1951), journalist and author

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* Jack Bond (1932–2019), cricketer *

James Booth James Booth (born David Noel Geeves; 19 December 1927 – 11 August 2005) was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Private Henry Hook in '' Zulu.'' ''Variety'' called him "a punchy b ...

(1914–2000),

judge A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the witnesses and any other Evidence (law), evidence presented by the barris ...

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

politician * Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1915–2009), ecclesiastical historian

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* Andrew "Chubby" Chandler (born 1953), sports manager * Donald Geoffrey Charlton (1925–1995), Professor of French at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

Jennifer Clack Jennifer Alice Clack, (''née'' Agnew; 3 November 1947 – 26 March 2020) was an English palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist. She specialised in the early evolution of tetrapods, specifically studying the "fish to tetrapod" transition: ...

(née Agnew, 1947–2020), academic; professor and curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Cambridge * Gordon Clough (1934–1996), broadcaster * Sir

Philip Craven Sir Philip Lee Craven (born 4 July 1950) is an English sports administrator, former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, swimmer and track and field athlete. Between 2001 and 2017 he was the second president of the International Para ...

MBE (born 1950), President of the International Paralympic Committee *

Clive Crook Clive Crook (born 1955) is a former columnist for the ''Financial Times'' and the ''National Journal''; a former senior editor at ''The Atlantic Monthly'', and now writes a column and editorials for Bloomberg News. For twenty years he held various ...

(born 1955), journalist for the ''Financial Times''

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* Julian Darby (born 1967), former Premier League footballer * Alex Davidson (born 1992), Salford City Reds rugby league player *

Roger Draper Roger Draper is the former chief executive of Sport England from 2003 to 2006, and the Lawn Tennis Association from 2006 to 2013. He was also Chief Executive of professional Rugby League club, Warrington Wolves from 2015 to 2017 and Executive D ...

, chief executive of the

Lawn Tennis Association The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man founded in 1888. The LTA promotes all levels of lawn tennis. The organization believes tennis can provide ...

and formerly chief executive of

Sport England Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, ...

* Jill Duff (born 1972), Anglican priest and Bishop of Lancaster

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* Chris Eatough (born 1974), world champion mountain biker *

Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet (21 November 1880 – 18 December 1948) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal, later National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), National Liberal, politician and businessman. Early life William Edge was the son of Sir K ...

(1880–1948), politician * Major Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle, MC, QC (1887–1974), politician

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Max George Maximillian Albert George (born 6 September 1988) is an English singer, best known as the lead singer of the boy band The Wanted. George started his career as a footballer, playing for Preston North End F.C., Preston North End. After an injur ...

(born 1988), singer in the boy band

The Wanted The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band formed in 2009, and originally consisted of members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker, and Nathan Sykes. The group signed a worldwide contract to Universal Music, Island Reco ...

* Chris Goudge (1935–2010),

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

hurdler

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Leslie Halliwell Robert James Leslie Halliwell (23 February 1929 – 21 January 1989) was a British film critic, encyclopaedist and television rights buyer for ITV, the British commercial network, and Channel 4. He is best known for his reference guides, '' Fi ...

(1929–1989), film writer and historian * Haseeb Hameed (born 1997), Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and England cricketer * John Hanscomb CBE (1924–2019), Conservative politician, former

Mayor of Bolton This is a list of the Mayors of Bolton in the north west of England. The office of Mayor is a ceremonial, non-political post. As the Borough's First Citizen, the Mayor serves as the civic representative at a wide range of functions and events thro ...

* Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam (1923–2002), former Chair of British Steel and the Coal Board *

Oliver Heywood Oliver Heywood (9 September 1825 – 1892) was an England, English banker and philanthropist. Born in Irlam O'Th' Height, Lancashire, the son of Benjamin Heywood, and educated at Eton College, Heywood joined the family business, Heywood's ...

(1630–1702), nonconformist minister *

John Hick John Harwood Hick (20 January 1922 – 9 February 2012) was an English philosopher of religion and theologian, who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. In philosophical theology, he made contributions in the areas o ...

(1815–1894), Conservative Party MP *

Jonathan L. Howard Jonathan L. Howard is a British writer and game designer, known mainly for his novels about Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. He lives with his wife and daughter near Bristol. Work Howard worked as scriptwriter and video game writer since the earl ...

, author

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* Sir Geoffrey Jackson (1915–1987), British

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

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Carol Klein Carol Ann Klein (born 24 June 1945) is an English gardening expert, who also works as a television presenter and newspaper columnist. In July 2023 the Royal Horticultural Society named Klein as the RHS Iconic Horticultural Hero 2023. Early li ...

(born 1945), gardening expert, TV presenter and newspaper columnist * Sir

Harry Kroto Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016) was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was t ...

(1939–2016), 1996

Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...

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Ralf Little Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional Association football, footballer. He has worked mainly in television comedy, including playing Antony Royle in ''The ...

(born 1980), actor * Kate Long (born 1964), author

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* Sir

Ian McKellen Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cu ...

(born 1939), actor * Sarah Mercer (born 1969), linguist *

Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton, (born 16 January 1953), is a British peer and former Shadow Minister for Women and an Opposition Whip for the Conservative Party. Morris was made a life peer in 2004, and has previously been Vice ...

(born 1954), Conservative politician and first

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

of the

University of Bolton The University of Greater Manchester (legally: The University of Bolton Higher Education Corporation) is a public university in Bolton, Greater Manchester in England. The university is commonly referred to as a 'post-92' institution, which is a ...

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Callum Parkinson Callum Francis Parkinson (born 24 October 1996) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham. Primarily a slow left arm orthodox bowler, he bats right handed. He is the twin-brother of Kent and England spinner, Matt Parkinson. On 17 September ...

(born 1996), Leicestershire cricketer * Matt Parkinson (born 1996), Lancashire and England cricketer *

Andy Paterson Andy Paterson is a British film producer and former second unit director. He is married to Olivia Hetreed. He was educated at Bolton School and Oriel College, Oxford. Filmography * ''Tigers'' (2014) (Screenplay) *'' The Railway Man'' (2013) * '' ...

, film producer and former

second unit A second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming s ...

director * Norah Lillian Penston (1903–1974), Principal of

Bedford College, University of London Bedford College was founded in London in 1849 as the first higher education college for education of women, women in the United Kingdom. In 1900, it became a constituent of the University of London. Having played a leading role in the advanceme ...

Nathaniel Phillips Nathaniel Harry Phillips (born 21 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club West Bromwich Albion. Phillips started his professional career at Liverpool, had two loan spells at VfB Stuttgart, before ...

(born 1997),

Liverpool FC Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has ...

footballer

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* Mark Radcliffe (born 1958), radio broadcaster *

John Ratledge John Ratledge (born 8 August 1974) is an English barrister and former first-class cricketer. Born at Preston, Ratledge was educated at Bolton School, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge to study law. While studying at Cambridge he ...

(born 1974), first-class cricketer *

John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a Moderate conservatism, moderate conservative judicial philosophy, thoug ...

(born ), founder of

AO World AO World plc, trading as ao.com, is an electrical retailer based in Bolton, England. It operates in the United Kingdom (ao.com), and previously operated in Germany (ao.de) and the Netherlands (ao.nl), specialising in household appliances and ele ...

Barbara Ronson Barbara Olwyn Ronson (16 December 1942 – 28 October 2018) was a Liberal Democrat politician from Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.Sir Arthur Rostron (1869–1940), Captain of the RMS ''Carpathia'' * David Ruffley (born 1962), Conservative politician * Sir

Ernest Ryder Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder, (born 9 December 1957) became a Lord Justice of Appeal in April 2013 and was appointed Senior President of Tribunals in September 2015. In July 2020, Ryder became the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. Education and fami ...

(born 1957),

Lord Justice of Appeal A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Just ...

(Court of Appeal) and Senior President of Tribunals; former Chancellor at the University of Bolton (2014–2016)

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* David Sandiford (born 1970), cricketer and barrister *

Nigel Short Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the ...

(born 1965), chess player *

Becky Smethurst Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship ...

, astrophysicist * Barry Smith (born 1952), ontologist * Gerard Corley Smith (1909–1997), diplomat, environmentalist * Dame Janet Smith (born 1940), judge * Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (born 1945), Labour politician and

Life Peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...

* Malcolm Stevens FRS (born 1938), chemist *

Edmund Clifton Stoner Edmund Clifton Stoner FRS (2 October 1899 – 27 December 1968) was a British theoretical physicist. He is principally known for his work on the origin and nature of itinerant ferromagnetism (the type of ferromagnetic behaviour associated with ...

(1899–1968), theoretical physicist *

Marcus Sheff Marcus Sheff (; born 1963) is an Israeli-British non-profit chief executive officer (CEO), former media executive and journalist. Early life and education Sheff was born in the Whitefield, Manchester, United Kingdom in 1963 in a Jewish family. H ...

(born 1963), non-profit chief executive officer (CEO), former media executive and journalist

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Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, she was Member of Parl ...

(born 1947), Labour politician * Davinia Taylor (née Murphy, born 1977), actress and socialite *

Archis Tiku Archis may refer to: * Archi people * Archis, Armenia * Archiș, a commune in Arad County, Romania {{dab