List of people educated at Whitgift School
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This is a list of Old Whitgiftians (abbreviated OWs), former pupils of Whitgift School, which is a British private boys' day and boarding school in South Croydon in London.
- Gordon Kauffman, architect of the Hoover Dam
- Stafford Beer, cybernetics expert, businessman and author[1]
- Sir James Berry, surgeon[2]
- Peter Bourne, physician, anthropologist, biographer, author and international civil servant[3]
- Sir Robert Boyd, space research scientist[4]
- Donald Broom, biologist[5]
- Hugh Ernest Butler FRSE, astronomer
- Sir Bernard Crick, academic, British political theorist, author[6]
- John William Henry Eyre FRSE, bacteriologist
- Walter Godfrey, architect, antiquary, and architectural and topographical historian[2]
- Dalziel Hammick, research chemist[7]
- Bryan Harrison, virologist[8]
- Michael Hart, political scientist
- Michael Hassell, biologist[9]
- Eric John Hewitt, plant physiologist
- Arthur Robert Hinks, astronomer and geographer[10]
- Francis Hodgson, educator, cleric and author[11]
- Andrew Holding, Biomedical Academic and Radio Presenter [12]
- Liam Hudson, social psychologist and author[13]
- Kenneth H. Jackson, linguist and translator[14]
- Euan MacKie, archaeologist and anthropologist[15]
- Michael Posner, economist[16]
- Kawal Rhode, engineer, professor at King's College London
- Dudley Shallcross, professor of atmospheric chemistry
- Dafydd Stephens, audiological physician[17]
- John Tedder, 2nd Baron Tedder, professor of chemistry[18]
- Eric Tomlin, philosopher[19]
- Sir Gilbert Walker, physicist and statistician[20]
- Roger Wickson, teacher, historian[21]
- Paul Wild, pioneering radio astronomer, chairman of CSIRO[22]
Business
- Sir Bernard Ashley, businessman, husband of Laura Ashley[23]
- Jerry Buhlmann, Chief Executive of Aegis Group[24]
- John Wingett Davies (1908–1992), cinema exhibitor and director of Davies and Newman[25]
- Andy Duncan, former Chief Executive, Channel 4[26]
- Kevin Kalkhoven, venture capitalist
Law, government and politics
- Edward Archer, Australian politician[27]
- Lord Bowness, Conservative politician[28]
- Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, British peer and courtier[29]
- Eddy Butler, far right politician[30]
- Sir Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet, politician, MP for Haslemere[2]
- Sir Jeremy Cooke, High Court judge[31]
- Lord Diplock, judge and Law Lord[32]
- Lord Freeman, Conservative politician
- Lord Freud, senior government advisor on welfare reform[33]
- Sir Daniel Harvey, merchant, politician, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire[34]
- David Kerr, Labour politician[35]
- Sir Keith Lindblom, High Court judge[36]
- Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, politician[2]
- Lord Percy of Alnwick, MP for Marlborough, Portsmouth and Northumberland[37]
- Lord Prentice, politician[38]
- William Style, barrister and legal author[2]
- Lord Trend, civil servant[citation needed]
- Lord Tope, Liberal Democrat politician[39]
- Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery, Welsh soldier, peer and politician[2]
- Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, Labour politician, lawyer[40]
- Timothy Fancourt, Barrister and High Court judge[41]
Media, music and the arts
- Leonard Barden, chess columnist[42]
- Eric Barker, writer and comedian
- Derren Brown, illusionist[43]
- Jamie Bulloch, translator
- Loyle Carner, hip hop musician [44]
- Kit Connor, actor[45]
- Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC
- Basil Dean, actor, film and theatrical producer/director[46]
- Robert Dougall, BBC newsreader and President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)[47]
- Paul England (1893–1968), actor, singer, director, author, and translator[48]
- Sir Newman Flower, publisher and author[49]
- Neil Gaiman, author[50]
- Jonathan "JB" Gill, member of the band JLS[51]
- Tim Gudgin, BBC radio presenter and voiceover artist[36]
- Martin Jarvis, actor[52]
- Gordon Kaufmann, British-American architect[53]
- Robert Keable, novelist and priest[2]
- Michael Legat, author, publisher[54]
- Conrad Leonard, composer and pianist[55]
- Peter Ling, creator of TV soap Crossroads[56]
- Anthony McCall, avant-garde artist[36]
- Tarik O'Regan, composer[57]
- Gary Taphouse, Sky Sports football commentator
- Jon Pearn, Grammy Award & Ivor Novello Award nominated record producer
- Steve Punt, writer, comedian and actor[58]
- Leon Quartermaine, stage actor[2]
- Jeremy Sams, director, writer, orchestrator and lyricist[36]
- Mark Shivas, film and television producer[59]
- Alan Truscott, bridge player, columnist, author[60]
- William Waterhouse, bassoonist and musicologist[61]
- Colin Watson, author[62]
- Pete Wiggs, musician.[63]
- Harcourt Williams, actor and director[2]
- Guy Woolfenden, conductor and composer with around 150 scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company[64]
Military
- Group Captain John "Cats Eyes" Cunningham, RAF officer and ace pilot[65]
- Air Vice-Marshal John Downey, RAF officer and fighter pilot[66]
- Bryan Draper, RAF officer and flying ace[67]
- Captain Alex Eida RHA, army officer, killed in action in Afghanistan, 1 August 2006[68]
- Anthony Eyre, RAF officer and flying ace[69]
- Captain Kenneth Lockwood, prisoner at Colditz, honorary secretary of Colditz Association[70]
- Lieutenant colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell, Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, politician, founder of the Halo Trust[71]
- Vice Admiral Henry Palmer, officer, Comptroller of Royal Navy[2]
- Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, officer, Chief of the Air Staff and Governor of Bombay[72]
- Sir Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Deputy Supreme Commander of D-Day, and Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe under Dwight D. Eisenhower.[73] Tedder was the Allied witness who signed the German Instrument of Surrender in May 1945, ending the Second World War in Europe.
- General Sir Peter Wall, officer and former head of the British Army as Chief of the General Staff[74]
