List of Old Bristolians

The following are some notable "Old Bristolians", alumni of Bristol Grammar School in England.

17th century

 * Robert Huntington (c.1637–1701), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and orientalist

18th century

 * Alexander Catcott (1725–1779), geologist and theologian
 * Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1745–1825), politician
 * William Gregor (1761–1817), mineralogist, discoverer of titanium
 * Jonathan Sewell (c.1766–1839), Chief Justice and Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1839, and President of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1830
 * Stephen Sewell (1770–1832), lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada
 * John Tobin (1770–1804), dramatist
 * Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837), military surgeon
 * Thomas Edward Bowdich (c.1791–1824), writer and African explorer

19th century

 * Thomas William Allies (1813–1903), theologian
 * Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist
 * John Norton (1823–1904), architect
 * Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929), classicist
 * Charles Whibley (1859–1930), journalist and author
 * Thomas Horrocks Openshaw (1856–1929), surgeon
 * William Lane (1861–1917), journalist and pioneer of the Australian labour movement
 * Leonard Whibley (1863–1941), classicist
 * Sir Llewellyn Smith (1864–1945), Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, 1907–1919, and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, 1919–1927
 * Leonard Raven-Hill (1867–1942), illustrator and cartoonist
 * Sir John Herbert Parsons FRS (1868–1957), ophthalmologist and physiologist
 * Robert Chambers (1802–1871), philanthropist and peace activist
 * Roland Allen (1868–1947), missionary in China
 * Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875–1938), classicist and musician
 * Frederick William Lumsden (1872–1918), Royal Marines Brigadier General, VC, CB and DSO & Three bars
 * Sir Cyril Norwood (1875–1956) classicist and Politician
 * Sir Douglas Veale (1891–1973), Registrar of the University of Oxford, 1930–1958

20th century

 * Sir Allen Lane (1902–1970), founder of Penguin Books
 * Douglas Cleverdon (1903–1987), bookseller and BBC Radio producer
 * Sir Ivor Jennings (1903–1965), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge, 1962–1965
 * Paul Drury (1903–1987), artist
 * Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (1905–1992), philosopher, diplomat and civil servant
 * Sir Richard Sheppard (1910–1982), architect
 * Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1987), Bishop of Peterborough
 * John Cosh (1915–2005), rheumatologist
 * Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005), actor
 * Sir John Pople (1925–2004), Mathematician, Theoretical chemist and Nobel Laureate
 * Peter Nichols (born 1927), writer
 * Peter Mathias (1928–2016), economic historian
 * Robert MacEwen (1928–2013), Scotland international rugby union player
 * Richard Lynn (born 1930), psychologist
 * Philip French (1933–2015), film critic and radio producer
 * Timothy West (born 1934), actor
 * Glen Dudbridge (1935–2017), sinologist
 * Robin Cormack (born 1935), academic
 * Julian Glover (born 1935), actor
 * David Prowse (born 1935), actor
 * Victor Watts (born 1938), academic
 * Keith Robbins (born 1940), historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter
 * Fred Wedlock (1942–2010), folk singer, humorist and actor.
 * T.J. Clark (born 1943), historian
 * Nick Brimble (born 1944), actor
 * Robert Lacey (born 1944), historian and biographer
 * Sir Nicholas Wright (born 1945), professor of medicine
 * Jeremy Treglown (born 1946), biographer and literary critic
 * Andrew Dalby (born 1947), food writer
 * Clive Ponting (born 1947), former civil servant and historian.
 * David Nutt (born 1951), neuropsychopharmacologist
 * Sir Andrew Cash (born 1955), Chief Executive of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
 * Timothy Holroyde (born 1955), English Court of Appeal judge
 * Jeremy Sheehy (born 1956), Anglican priest and academic
 * Andy Harrison (born 1957), business executive and former CEO of The RAC, easyJet and Whitbread
 * Shaun Woodward (born 1958), politician, former Labour Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 * Graham Tomlin (born 1958), Bishop of Kensington
 * Nick Sheppard (born 1960), guitarist
 * Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor
 * Tim Hayward (born 1963), food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur
 * John Lennard (born 1964), academic
 * Rabinder Singh KC (born 1964), first Sikh High Court judge
 * Janet Henry (born 1969), economist, currently Global Chief Economist at HSBC
 * Richard Gould (born 1970), chief executive of Surrey County Cricket Club
 * Neil Garrett (born 1975), journalist
 * Michelle Goodman (born 1976), RAF Officer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Shrien Dewani (born 1979), arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder
 * Simon Case (born 1978), civil servant
 * Sean Marsden (born 1980), professional rugby player
 * Mark Watson (born 1980), comedian
 * Alexander Betts (born 1980), academic
 * Chris Skidmore (born 1981), Conservative MP
 * James Kenber (born 1986), fencer
 * Michael Coady (born 1987), professional rugby league player
 * Tuppence Middleton (born 1987), actress
 * Marcus Hamblett (born 1987), musician
 * William Tavaré (born 1990), professional cricketer
 * Emily Diamond (born 1991), track and field athlete
 * Jordan Waller (born 1992), actor
 * Katie Swan (born 1999), professional tennis player