List of people educated at St John's School, Leatherhead
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This is a list of Old Johnians (abbreviated OJs), former pupils of St. John's School, Leatherhead, which is a public school in Surrey, England.
- Richard Acworth (born 1936), Archdeacon of Wells from 1993 to 2003[1][2][3]
- David Alesworth, ARBS (born 1957), artist based in Pakistan[4]
- The Rt Rev. Hugh Ashdown (1904–1977), 8th Bishop of Newcastle[3]
B
- David Balcombe (born 1984), cricketer[5]
- Edward Alexander Bannister CMG KC (born 1942), former Commercial Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in the BVI[3]
- Thomas Barfett MA (1916–2000), Archdeacon of Hereford, Canon Residentiary at Hereford Cathedral between 1977 and 1982[6]
- Robert Stanley Warren Bell (1871–1921), novelist, journalist and first editor of The Captain[7]
- The Rev. Dr. Anthony Bird (1931–2016), priest, physician and academic[8]
- The Rt Rev. Jim Bishop (1908–1994), Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury[9]
- John Blair FSA, FBA (born 1955), Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford[3]
- Paul Boissier (1881–1953), former headmaster of Harrow School, wartime civil servant and cricketer[3]
- John Westerdale Bowker (born 1935), Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, consultant to UNESCO, BBC broadcaster, author and editor[10]
- Peter Bruinvels (born 1950), former Conservative MP[11]
- Septimus Brutton (1869–1933), cricketer[12]
- Sir Paul Bryan DSO MC (1913–2004), former Conservative MP[13]
- The Rt Rev. Mark Bryant (born 1949), 2nd Bishop of Jarrow[3]
- John Burgess (1928–2015), Ireland Rugby International[14]
- Ronald Burroughs CMG (1917–1980), diplomat, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Algeria between 1971 and 1973[15]
- Rupert Bursell KC (born 1942), barrister and priest[3]
C

- Sir Henry Calley DL DFC DSO (1914–1997), senior officer in the RAF during World War II, local politician and owner of a stud farm[16]
- Basil Fulford Lowther Clarke (1908–1978), priest and architectural historian[17]
- Rear Admiral Christopher Clayton (born 1951), former senior officer in the Royal Navy[3]
- Victor Clube (born 1934), first class cricketer and astrophysicist[18]
- John Collinson (1911–1979), cricketer[19]
- John Cook (1918–1984), composer, organist and church musician[20]
- James Cope (born 1966), cricketer[21]
- The Ven. Alexander Cory (1890–1973), Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight[3]
- Air Commodore James Baird Coward AFC (1915–2012), senior officer in the Royal Air Force[22]
- Walter Crawley (1880–1940), lawn tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics[23]
- Sir Peter Cresswell DL (born 1944), former judge of the High Court[3]
- Joseph Campbell (Captain of Rugby 2022-23)
D

- The Rt Rev. Edward Darling (born 1933), Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe between 1985 and 2000[3]
- Jenkin Alban Davies (1885–1976), Wales Rugby International[24]
- The Rt Rev. Stephen Davies (1883–1961), Bishop of Carpentaria[3]
- Giles Dilnot (born 1971), BBC Daily Politics Political Correspondent and co-presenter[25]
- Wing Commander John Dowland GC (1914–1942), senior officer in the Royal Air Force who was awarded the GC[26]
- Lancelot Driffield (1880–1917), cricketer[27]
- Peter Drury (born 1967), football commentator[28]
- Kenneth Durham (1954–2016), educator[29]
E

- Basil Ede (1931–2016), wildlife artist[30]
- John Hugh David Eland FRS (born 1941), chemist[3]
- Mohamed A. El-Erian (born 1958), President of Queens' College, Cambridge, businessman[31]
- The Ven. John Mascal Evans (1915–1996), Archdeacon of Surrey between 1968 and 1980[3]
- Arthur Evanson (1859–1934), England Rugby International[32]
- Wyndham Evanson (1851–1934), England Rugby International[32]
- Sir Anthony Ewbank QC (1925–2011), judge[33]
G
- Sir Richard Lavenham Gardner FRSB FRS (born 1943), embryologist and geneticist[3]
- Paymaster J.T. Gedge (1878–1914), first British officer to be killed in the First World War[34]
- Professor Nigel Glendinning (1929–2013), authority on Goya and 18th Century Spanish literature[35]
- The Rt Rev. Ronald Goodchild (1910–1998), Bishop of Kensington between 1964 and 1980[36]
- Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985), poet, anthologist and critic[37]
- Air Commodore John William Boldero "Jack" Grigson DSO, DFC & Two Bars (1893–1943), senior British officer in the Royal Air Force[3]
- Sir Wilfrid Vernon Grigson CSI (1896–1948), soldier, senior civil servant and colonial administrator[3]
H

- John Harvey (1911–1997), architectural historian[38][39]
- Sir David Hatch CBE (1939–2007), BBC Radio manager and producer[40][41]
- Richard Haughton (born 1980), rugby sevens referee and former rugby union player[42]
- Gavin Hewitt (born 1951), Europe Editor of BBC News[43]
- Robert Lockhart Hobson CB (1872–1941), Keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum[44]
- The Ven. George Hodges (1851–1921), Archdeacon of Sudbury[45]
- Paymaster-Captain Basil Hood CBE DSO (1886–1941), senior officer in the Royal Navy[3]
- Sir Anthony Hope (1863–1933), author of adventure novels such as The Prisoner of Zenda[46]
- Major-General Malcolm Hunt OBE RM (born 1938), Commanding Officer of 40 Commando RM during the Falklands War[3]
J
- Michael James (born 1934), cricketer[47]
- Gwilliam Iwan Jones (1904–1995), photographer and anthropologist[48]
K
- George Kruis (born 1990), England Rugby International[49]
M

- Claudia MacDonald (born 1996), England Rugby International[50]
- Alex Macqueen (born 1973), actor[51]
- The Rt Rev. Morris Maddocks (1928–2008), bishop[52]
- Humfrey Malins CBE (born 1945), former Conservative MP[53]
- Sir Arthur Wellington Marshall DL (1841–1918), High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1890[54]
- Very Rev. Peter Jerome Marshall (born 1940), Dean of Worcester, 1997–2006, now Emeritus[3]
- Christopher Matthews (1950–2004), businessman[55]
- Air Vice Marshal Forster Herbert Martin "Sammy" Maynard, CB, AFC (1893–1976), World War II flying ace[3]
- The Very Rev. John Methuen (1947–2010), Dean of Ripon between 1995 and 2005[3][56]
- Guy Michelmore, composer and former news presenter[57]
- Patrick Ferguson Millard (1902–1972), artist[58][59]
- Roger Milner (1925–2014), actor, author and dramatist.[60]
- Philip Morgan, cricketer, athlete, clergyman and educator[61]
- James Morwood (1943–2017), classicist[62]
N
- L. Everard Napier CIE FRCP (1888–1957), physician specialising in tropical medicine[3][63]
- Lllewellyn Charles Nash (1868–1918), Ireland Rugby International[32]
- Andrew Norriss (born 1947), author and TV sitcom writer[citation needed]
P
- Jeremy C Peachey FRICS (born 1955) Winner, Times Challenge Cup, Bisley International Imperial meeting 2000
- The Very Rev. John Penfold (1864–1922), Dean of the Island and Bailiwick of Guernsey and its Dependencies[3]
- Thomas Perkins (1870–1946), cricketer[64]
- Sir Stephen Herbert Pierssené (1899–1966), General Director of Conservative Central Office between 1945 and 1957[65]
- Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), scholar and authority on French literature[66]
R

- Reverend Vivian Redlich, missionary in Papua New Guinea when the Japanese invaded in 1942, beheaded in August that year[67]
- Jonathan Rendall (1964–2013), author[68]
- Lieutenant Commander Eric Gascoigne Robinson VC (1882–1965)[69]
- Lord Richard Rogers (1933–2021), architect[70]
- Sir Robert Romer GCB PC FRS (1840–1918), judge[71]
- The Rt Rev. David Rossdale (born 1953), former Bishop of Grimsby[3]
- Squadron Leader Peter Rothwell (1920–2010), bomber pilot, key figure in the defence of Malta during World War II[72]
S

- Dr Louis Charles Arthur Savatard Hon.M.Sc., L.S.A. (1874–1962), dermatologist[73]
- Lt.-Col. Derek Seagrim VC (1903–1943)[74]
- Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937), artist[75]
- The Rt Rev. E.D. Shaw (1860–1937), cricketer and later Bishop of Buckingham[76]
- Victor Silvester OBE (1900–1978), dancer, musician and bandleader[77]
- Nicholas Smith (1934–2015), actor[78]
- Air Commodore Ian Stewart, senior officer in the Royal Air Force[citation needed]
- Claude Stokes CIE DSO OBE (1875–1948), Indian Army officer, later diplomat[3]
- Raymond Toole Stott MBE (1910–1982), bibliographer, historian of the circus and its allied arts[79]
- Patrick Sykes (1925–2014), England Rugby International[32]
- Wymond Cory Symes (1867–1961), businessman, sportsman and member of the Bombay Legislative Council[80]
