King Edward VI Five Ways - Old Edwardians

Old Edwardians

Notable alumni include:

• Martha Howe-Douglas - Actress
• Jeremy Williams (actor) - Actor/Writer/Photographer (www.jeremy-williams.net)
• Richard Adams (Traidcraft) - Fair Trade pioneer
• Kate Ashfield - Actress
• Prof Michael Beesley CBE, Professor of Economics at the London Business School from 1965–90 and Chairman of the Institute of Public Sector Management from 1983-7
• Jack Belcher - Cult figure of the West Midlands area.
• Peter Bennett, 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston OBE, Conservative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1940–53 and President of the British Productivity Council from 1955-7
• Peter Bird, architect
• Nerm - BBC broadcaster and musician
• Simon Brew - Editor of Micro Mart magazine
• Tom Butler - Bishop of Southwark
• Prof Sir David Cannadine - Historian
• Michael Checkland - Former Director General of the BBC
• John Copley, opera director
• Noel Costain OBE, civil engineer, responsible for the building of the BMEWS at RAF Fylingdales, and President of the Institute of Nuclear Engineers (now the Nuclear Institute) from 1972-6
• Sir Guy Dain, Chairman of the BMA from 1942-8
• Keith Fielding - International Rugby Union and Rugby League Player
• Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin CBE, Chief Executive of Reading Borough Council from 1988–91 and former husband of Elizabeth Filkin
• Prof Keith Haley, Professor of Operational Research at the University of Birmingham from 1968–99 and President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies from 1983-6
• Charles Hare - Tennis player - Represented Great Britain in the 1937 Davis Cup
• Steve Harper - automotive designer
• Prof Roger Hood CBE, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford from 1996–2003 and President of the British Society of Criminology from 1986-9
• Prof Reginald Hopkins, Professor of Brewing and Applied Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham from 1931–56
• Ishmael Jilani - Entrepreneur of the Decade Award winner
• John Kenneally V.C. (born Leslie Robinson)
• Prof Michael Laughton, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London from 1977–2000
• Malcolm Levi, Group Chief Executive of Home Group since 1998
• Simon White - Manager of Bloc Party and Phoenix
• Prof Raymond Lyttleton, Professor of Theoretical Astronomy at the University of Cambridge from 1969–78
• Mazher Mahmood - The "Fake Sheikh" Journalist
• Richard Evans - Mandolinist and Folk Singer
• David Maloney - Former BBC television director and producer
• Ben McCarthy - BBC Journalist
• Dan Fox - England international hockey player and first class cricketer
• Simon Morgan - Former Leicester City F.C. and Fulham F.C. footballer
• Mark Newman - BBC WM Producer
• David Parsons - England Cricket Coach
• Tom Parsons - International Sportsman
• Paul Ready - actor
• Prof William Rose, Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of London from 1949–61
• Alex Smith - Won "The Wolfram 2,3 Turing Machine Research Prize"
• Prof Peter Sommer, Professor at the LSE and expert on digital forensics
• Frederick Stratton OBE, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge from 1928–47, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1933-5
• Adam Wishart - Award winning documentary maker and writer
• Ben Wright - BBC Political Correspondent
• Oscar Deutsch - Founder of Odeon Cinemas
• Robert Gibbs - Guitarist of dance-punk band Suddenly, Phantoms!
• Andrew DeWhalley - Singer of dance-punk band Suddenly, Phantoms!
• Joe Lycett - Comedian