List of Old Oakhamians

Academics

• Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, Professor of Classical Literature and of Geology
• Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
• Peter North, Kt., CBE, DCL, Principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford
• John Henry Pratt, FRS, mathematician
• Sir Michael Stoker, FRS, CBE virologist and cancer biologist

  Armed forces

• Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks, CB DSC DL

  Ecclesiastics

• James Atlay, 98th Bishop of Hereford
• John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin ; Archbishop of Armagh
• Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V
• 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
• William Allmond Codrington Goode, last Governor of Singapore 1957-1959; last Governor of North Borneo 1959-1963
• William George "Bill" O'Chee, Australian politician
• Kate Harrisson, British Ambassador to Peru

  Arts

• Charlie Bewley, actor
• Katie Hall, actress and soprano
• Andy Harries, UK producer, Left Bank Pictures
• Greg Hicks, actor
• Richard Hope, actor
• Richard Hurst, writer and director
• Miles Jupp, actor, comedian
• Jason Kay, singer
• Matthew Macfadyen, actor
• Matthew Manning, psychic
• China Miéville, novelist
• Katie Mitchell, OBE, 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
• Charlotte Uhlenbroek, biologist and broadcaster

  Sports

• Charlie Beech, professional rugby union player with Bath Rugby and England U19s
• Matthew Boyce, cricketer
• Roderick Bradley, player of American football
• J.W.M. Bradshaw, cricketer
• Stuart Broad, England international cricketer cricketer and England T20 captain
• Alex Brundle, professional racing driver
• Percy Chapman, England cricketer
• Josh Cobb, cricketer
• Rob Cook, rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby
• 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
• John Furley, cricketer
• Alex Goode, rugby union player for Saracens RFC and England Saxons
• Ron Jacobs, rugby union player, England International and captain
• Frank Jerwood, Olympic oarsman
• Alex Martin, cricketer
• Lewis Moody, British and Irish Lions, England Rugby, Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby rugby union player; England captain
• Charles Wilson, NLD u13s
• Lucy Pearson, England women's cricket captain
• Matt Smith, rugby union player, England Saxons
• James Alexander Simpson Taylor, cricketer
• Hamish Watson, rugby union player for Edinburgh and Scotland
• Alex Wyatt, cricketer
• Brian Gray,, U16 England, England Colleges, British Colleges, England Students.

  Royalty and nobility

• Prince Alexander of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, next in line to succeed as Head of the House of Hohenzollern

  Others

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