List of Cheltenham College alumni

• Patrick White (1912–1990) – 1973 Literature laureate

Fourteen Victoria Crosses (VCs) have been won by Old Cheltonians,^[1] with only Eton College (37), Harrow School (20), Haileybury College (17), and Wellington College (15), having higher totals (although the Duke of York's Royal Military School does not publish lists of recipients of bravery awards).^{[citation needed]} The list of names, with age and rank at the time of the deed that merited the award of the VC, is as follows:

• Lieutenant Andrew Cathcart Bogle, 78th Regiment, Oonao, India, 29 July 1857, aged 28
• William Fraser McDonell, Bengal Civil Service, Arrah, India, 30 July 1857 aged 27
• Midshipman Duncan Gordon Boyes, HMS Euryalus, Japan, 6 September 1864, aged 17^[2]
• Captain George Nicolas Channer, 1st Gurkha Rifles, Perak Expedition, 20 December 1875, aged 32
• Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill, 24th Regiment of Foot, Isandlwanha, Zululand, 22 January 1879, aged 36
• Lieutenant Reginald Clare Hart, Royal Engineers, Afghan War, 31 January 1879, aged 30
• Lieutenant John Duncan Grant, 8th Gurkha Rifles, Gyantse Jong, Tibet Expedition, 6 July 1904 aged 27
• Captain Douglas Reynolds, Royal Field Artillery, Le Cateau, France, 26 August 1914, aged 31
• Lieutenant Philip Neame, Royal Engineers, Neuve Chapelle, France, aged 26
• Lieut. Commander Edward Courtney Boyle, Submarine E14, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, 27 April 1915, aged 32
• Second Lieut. George Raymond Dallas Moor, Hampshire Regiment, Krithia, Dardanelles, 5 June 1915, aged 18
• Lieutenant Colonel James Forbes-Robertson (34)
• Sergeant Frederick Charles Booth, 1st Rhodesian Native Regiment, Johannes Bruck, East Africa, 12 February 1917, aged 26
• Commander Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, RN, St Nazaire, 27 March 1942, aged 34

• André Gilbert Kempster (né Coccioletti). Royal Armoured Corps; Algeria, 21 August 1943^[3]

• Nick Abendanon (1986–) – England international rugby player
• Michael Baines (1898–1990) – First-class cricketer and British Army officer
• Henry Baird (1878–1950)– First-class cricketer and British Army officer
• Jonah Barrington (1941-) - 6 times British Open Squash Champion
• Tom Beim (1975–)– England rugby international
• Francis Brandt (1840–1925) – First-class cricketer
• Thomas Bramwell (1850–1924) – First-class cricketer
• James Brettell (1962–) – First-class cricketer
• George Brooksbank (1981–) – Sportsperson
• Jamie Chadwick (1998–) – Racing driver
• Neville Cohen (1913–1987) – First-class cricketer
• Simon Danielli (born 1979-) – Scottish rugby player
• Desmond Eagar (1917–1977) – First-class cricketer and cricket administrator
• Charles Garnett (1840–1919) – First-class cricketer
• Leslie Hancock (1899–1944) – First-class cricketer
• Allan Heath (1865–1913) – First-class cricketer
• Allan Jay MBE (born 1931) – five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion
• Walter Kempster (1909–1952) – First-class cricketer
• George Kennedy (1841–1869) – First-class cricketer
• Frank Kershaw (1879–1959) – First-class cricketer
• Reginald le Bas (1856–1938) – First-class cricketer
• Tom McEwan (1991-) – Olympic Silver and Team Gold Medalist Equestrian^[4]
• Clive Roberts (1912–1962) – First-class cricketer
• James Robertson (1844–1877) – First-class cricketer
• Chris Sandbach (born 1985—), cricketer
• Percival Sanger (1899–1968) – First-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army
• James Stout – Rackets World Champion
• Richard Taite (1911–1969) – First-class cricketer
• Hugh Thompson (1934–2021) – First-class cricketer
• Ollie Thorley (born 1996-) - Gloucester Rugby player
• Arthur Tyler (1907–1985) – First-class cricketer and British Army officer
• Geoffrey Wood (1891–1915) – cricketer