List of Old Mancunians
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This is a List of Old Mancunians, former pupils of The Manchester Grammar School, in Manchester, England.
- Sir James Baddiley FRS FRSE (1918–2008), biochemist[1]
- Michael Barber FRS (1934–1991), chemist and mass spectrometrist[2]
- Peter Phillips Bedson (1883–1943), chemistry professor
- Norman Bleehen CBE FRCR FRCP (b. 1930), oncologist[3]
- Sir Walter Bodmer FRS (b. 1936), geneticist[4]
- Herbert Brereton Baker (1862–1935), inorganic chemist[5]
- Stephen Furber FRS CBE (b. 1953), computer scientist[6]
- Frederick William Gamble FRS (1869–1926), zoologist[7]
- David Ish-Horowicz FRS (1948–2024), developmental biologist[8]
- Frederic Kipping (1863–1949), discoverer of silicon polymers, studied at the University of Manchester[9]
- Laurence Pearl FRS (b. 1956), structural biologist and biochemist[citation needed]
- John Polanyi FRS (b. 1929), chemist awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1986[10]
- Merton Sandler (1926–2014), professor of chemical pathology and pioneer in biological psychiatry[11]
- Sir Algernon Thomas FRSNZ KCMG (1857–1937), professor of natural history, Auckland University College (1883–1913)[12]
Mathematicians
- Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (1929–2019), geometer who studied at the school for two years as preparation for Cambridge[13]
- Henry Clarke (1743–1818), mathematics teacher in Manchester, Salford and Liverpool[14]
- Clifford Cocks (b. 1950) mathematician and cryptographer at GCHQ[15]
- Jonathan Mestel (b. 1957), applied mathematician at Imperial College who works on magnetohydrodynamics and biological fluid dynamics[citation needed]
- John Frankland Rigby (1933–2014), academic at Cardiff University, a specialist in complex analysis[16]
- Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1873–1956), went on to study at Trinity settling at Edinburgh to make significant contributions to mathematical physics[17]
- Malcolm J. Williamson (1950–2015), mathematician and cryptographer at GCHQ[15]
Politicians
Members of Parliament
- Frank Allaun (1913–2002), MP for Salford East 1955–1983[18]
- Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744–1804), Master of the Rolls 1788–1790 and MP for Hastings 1790–1794[citation needed]
- Den Dover (b. 1938), Conservative MP for Chorley 1979–1997[19]
- Stanley Fink, Baron Fink (b. 1957), hedge fund manager and Life Peer, appointed in 2011[20]
- Neil Gerrard (b. 1942), MP for Walthamstow 1992–2010[21]
- John Leech (b. 1971), MP for Manchester Withington 2005–2015 and councillor for Didsbury West since 2016[22]
- Harold Lever (1914–1995), Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as well as Paymaster General. He received the Order of Merit[22]
- Sir Frank Lockwood Q.C. (1846–1897), Liberal Member of Parliament for York 1885–1897 and Solicitor General in 1894[23]
- Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton (1883–1964), chairman of the Conservative Party 1946–1955[22]
- Tom Normanton (1917–1997), MP for Cheadle 1970–1987[24]
- Alex Norris (b. 1984), MP for Nottingham North elected in 2017[25]
- Jeff Smith (b. 1963), MP for Manchester Withington since 2015[22]
- Michael Winstanley (1918–1993), MP for Cheadle 1966–1970 and for Hazel Grove in 1974[26]
Members of the European Parliament
Cricketers
- Michael Atherton (b. 1968), captained the English cricket team 54 times in the mid-1990s[10]
- Mark Chilton (b. 1976), former captain of Lancashire[27]
- John Crawley (b. 1971), former England, Lancashire and Hampshire player[28]
- Mark Lawrence (1962–2010), former Oxford University player[29]
- Gordon McKinna (1930–2007), former Oxford University and Combined Services player[30]
- Scott Richardson (b. 1977), former Yorkshire player[31]
- Gary Yates (b. 1967), former player and Second Team coach for Lancashire[32]
Writers
- Donald Adamson (1939–2024), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, historian and biographer[citation needed]
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), author of popular historical romances[citation needed]
- Samuel Ogden Andrew (1868–1952), headmaster, translator of Homer, and Old English scholar[citation needed]
- Robert Bolt (1924–1995), playwright; mostly remembered for A Man for All Seasons, for which he received one of his two Academy Awards[33]
- Harold Brighouse (1882–1958), novelist and playwright; together with Stanley Houghton and Allan Monkhouse a member of the Manchester School of early 20th-century dramatists. Author of Hobson's Choice[34]
- Gilbert Cannan (1884–1955), novelist and translator[35]
- Brian Clegg (b. 1955), author of popular science books[36]
- Henry Winram Dickinson (1870–1952), engineering historian and biographer of engineers[37]
- Alan Garner (b. 1934), children's author after whom the school's Junior Library is named[38]
- Paul Harrison (b. 1945), founder of the World Pantheist Movement. Award-winning author of six books on environment and world poverty including the international bestseller Inside the Third World (Penguin 1979–1993)[citation needed]
- Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1859), poet and critic[citation needed]
- Stanley Houghton (1881–1913), playwright; together with Harold Brighouse and Allan Monkhouse a member of the Manchester School of early 20th-century dramatists. Hindle Wakes is his best-known play[39]
- Thomas Tendron Jeans (1871–1938), a Royal Navy medical officer who wrote juvenile fiction to show boys what life in the modern navy was really like[40]
- Stephen Leather (b. 1956), thriller writer[citation needed]
- Lawrence Lever (b. 1957), journalist and editor for The Times. Founder of Citywire[citation needed]
- Frank McEachran (1900–1975), translator and writer on philosophy[41]
- Lance Parkin (b. 1971), author and scriptwriter[citation needed]
- Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), author and intellectual[22]
- Derek Senior (1912–1988), planning correspondent for the Manchester Guardian[42]
- Martin Sixsmith (b. 1954), author, journalist and radio/television presenter[43]
- Guy Thorne, pseudonym of Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1875–1923), journalist and novelist[citation needed]
- Michael Wood (b. 1948), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and broadcaster[44]
Musicians
- Graham Clark (b. 1959), improvising violinist[citation needed]
- Greg Morris (b. 1976), assistant organist at Temple Church and conductor[45]
- John Ogdon (1937–1989), pianist[46]
