List of Old Oakhamians

Alumni of Oakham School are known as Old Oakhamians.

Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, with a school roll of about 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18. The school was founded in 1584 by archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away.

Notable former pupils include:

Academics

 * Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, professor of classical literature and geology
 * Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
 * Peter North, principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford
 * John Henry Pratt, mathematician
 * Sir Michael Stoker, virologist and cancer biologist

Armed forces

 * Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks

Ecclesiastics

 * James Atlay, 98th Bishop of Hereford
 * John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938); Archbishop of Armagh (1938)
 * Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V (1910–1936)
 * Leonard Hawkes, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne
 * John Henley, clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley'
 * Thomas Merton, writer and Trappist monk

Politics, the Colonial Service and the law

 * Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
 * Lord Cope of Berkeley, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire 1974-1983; Northavon 1983-1997; during this time he was Paymaster General 1992-1994
 * Paul Filing, Australian politician (Member of the House of Representatives for Moore, Western Australia)
 * William Allmond Codrington Goode, last Governor of Singapore 1957-1959; last Governor of North Borneo 1959-1963
 * William George "Bill" O'Chee, Australian politician (Senator for Queensland)
 * Kate Harrisson, British Ambassador to Peru (2018–present)

Arts

 * Charlie Bewley, actor
 * Lydia Rose Bewley, actor
 * Henry Camamile, Rory Young, Andrew Dawson, and Oli Khan of Sea Girls, indie rock band from London
 * Katie Hall, actress and soprano
 * Andy Harries, UK producer, Left Bank Pictures
 * Greg Hicks, actor
 * Richard Hope, actor
 * Richard Hurst, writer and director
 * Daniel Hyde, organist and conductor
 * Miles Jupp, actor, comedian
 * Jason Kay, singer (Jamiroquai)
 * Matthew Macfadyen, actor
 * Matthew Manning, psychic
 * China Miéville, novelist
 * Katie Mitchell, theatre director
 * Alexander Newley, painter
 * Alfred Young Nutt, Victorian artist and architect
 * Malcolm Rogers, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
 * Kwame Ryan, conductor and musician
 * Janek Schaefer, sound artist, British Composer of the Year in Sonic Art
 * Indra Sinha, novelist
 * Tom Wiggall, composer

Broadcasting and media

 * Tom Heap, BBC News rural affairs correspondent (formerly BBC News's science and environment correspondent)
 * Charlotte Uhlenbroek, biologist and broadcaster

Sport

 * Charlie Beech, professional rugby union player with Bath Rugby and England U19s
 * Matthew Boyce, cricketer (Leicestershire)
 * Roderick Bradley, player of American football
 * J.W.M. Bradshaw, cricketer (Leicestershire)
 * Stuart Broad, England international cricketer cricketer and England T20 captain
 * Alex Brundle, professional racing driver
 * Percy Chapman, England cricketer (captain)
 * Josh Cobb, cricketer (Leicestershire)
 * Rob Cook, rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby
 * Sam Costelow, rugby union player for the Scarlets and Wales
 * Tom Croft, British and Irish Lions and England player
 * Crista Cullen, England and Great Britain field hockey player
 * Arthur Cursham, England footballer and county cricketer (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire)
 * John Furley, cricketer
 * Alex Goode, rugby union player for Saracens RFC and England Saxons
 * Ron Jacobs, rugby union player, England International and captain
 * Lyndon James, cricketer
 * Frank Jerwood, Olympic oarsman
 * Joseph Kendall, cricketer
 * Alex Martin, cricketer
 * Bhargav Modha, cricketer
 * Lewis Moody, British and Irish Lions, England Rugby, Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby rugby union player; England captain
 * Lucy Pearson, England women's cricket captain
 * Matt Smith, rugby union player, England Saxons
 * James Alexander Simpson Taylor, cricketer (Leicestershire and Scotland)
 * Hamish Watson, rugby union player for Edinburgh and Scotland
 * Alex Wyatt, cricketer (Leicestershire)
 * Tom Fell, cricketer

Others

 * John Jerwood, founder of the Jerwood Foundation
 * Thomas Merton, writer and religious figure
 * Richard Profit, polar explorer