Kingsbury High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• George Michael
• Mutya Buena, pop singer, founding member of Sugababes
• Keisha Buchanan, pop singer, founding member of Sugababes
• Courtney Pine OBE, jazz saxophonist
• James Lombard, better known by his stage name Fuzz
• Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
• Brian Bone, England Basketball Player
• Julie Rogers, pop singer

There were also many notable alumni from the previous schools, including:

• Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer

• Often wrongly attributed:
  • Stuart Pearce, from Kingsbury, but did not attend Kingsbury High School.
  • James Hanratty, although born in Bromley, Hanratty did grow up in Kingsbury (living in Sycamore Grove), however, he attended a local Catholic school (St James') and did not attend Kingsbury High School.
  • Shirley Eaton, of Goldfinger (film) fame attended Roe Green Junior School, on Princes Avenue. Although close to Kingsbury Secondary Modern School, Eaton won a place at the Aida Foster School, a specialist drama school, and remained there until she was sixteen.