Notable Old Reptonians
See also: Category:People educated at Repton School- Harold Abrahams, 100 m Gold Medallist, 1924 Olympics
- Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips, genocide and war crimes prosecutor (Orchard 1983-85)
- Kate Allan aka Kasia, author
- Harry Altham, cricket historian, coach and administrator
- Henry Austin, tennis player
- Charles Beare, OBE, violin expert, Chairman of J&A Beare
- Paul Borrington, cricketer
- Joseph Bosworth, Old English scholar
- Walter Buckmaster, (1872–1942) Polo player (1900 summer Olympics) and founder partners of London stockbrokers Buckmaster & Moore (now Credit Suisse Group)
- Nicholas Burns, actor
- Donald Carr, cricketer
- John Carr, cricketer
- Tom Chambers, actor
- Sir Harcourt Clare, Clerk to Liverpool City Council (1885–99) and Lancashire County Council (1899–1922)
- Jeremy Clarkson, journalist and presenter of the BBC show Top Gear (asked to leave)
- D'Ewes Coke, clergyman and philanthropist
- Jack Crawford, cricketer
- Crosaire (Derek Crozier), cryptic crossword compiler
- Roald Dahl, author
- Sir James Ralph Darling OBE, Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School and Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
- James Fenton, poet and journalist
- Maurice Fiennes, industrialist
- Sir Henry Firebrace, courtier to Charles I and Charles II
- Walter Franklin, cricketer
- Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector, The Royal College of Art
- Simon Friend, musician and member of the contemporary British rock band The Levellers
- C. B. Fry, cricketer
- General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner GBE KCMG KCVO CB (1898–1983), Governor of Western Australia and Governor of Tasmania
- Graeme Garden, comedian, member of The Goodies
- Johnny Gorman, footballer
- Lord Grimston, politician
- Brigadier Robert Hall, chairman of Wiltshire Council
- Stuart Hampshire, Oxford philosopher
- Jonathan Harvey, composer
- John Holmes, cricketer
- Martin How, composer
- Will Hughes, footballer
- Richard Hutton, England Test cricketer
- Christopher Isherwood, novelist and screenwriter
- Stephen Jones, lead singer of the band Babybird
- Sir Desmond Lee, classical scholar
- Andrew Li, Queen's Counsel, Former Chief Justice of Hong Kong
- Ewen Macintosh, actor in The Office
- Eric Maschwitz, entertainer, writer, broadcaster
- Arthur James Mason, classical scholar and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- Charles Armytage-Moore, (1880–1960) founder partner of London Stockbrokers, Buckmaster & Moore (now Credit Suisse Group)
- Adrian Newey OBE, Formula One engineer
- Edward Oakden, British Ambassador to UAE
- David Pratt, Professor of Law at Albany Law School
- Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Basil Rathbone, actor most known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)
- Denys Rayner, Battle of the Atlantic veteran, writer and boat designer
- Nick Raynsford, Labour MP
- Sir John Rolleston, Conservative MP
- Johnny Rozsa, fashion, portrait, and celebrity photographer
- Robert Sangster, racehorse owner and breeder author
- John James Scott-Chisholme, Boer war cavalry officer
- Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (1847–1937) 1873 FA Cup winner
- Edward Upward, novelist and short story writer
- Laura Donaldson, Derbyshire based artist
- Charles Watts (1905–1985), cricketer and British Army officer
- Andy Wilman, Top Gear producer (2002–present) and Top Gear (1994–2001)
- Nicholas Wood (MP), (1832–1892) industrialist and Conservative MP
- Robert J. C. Young, post-colonial theorist, cultural critic and historian
- Michael Henderson (writer)
- Chris Murrall - 1st Team Captain, University of Sheffield Men's Cricket Club
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