Repton School - Notable Old Reptonians

Notable Old Reptonians

• 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