Famous folk from your school

[bigtomski]

I was at school with Sid Owen (Ricky in eastenders)
and Jake Wood (Max in eastenders)
Sid was alright but Jake was a tt.
After I got kicked outta that school, Saffron Burrows was
at my next school. She was thin, really tall and geeky looking
and no-one fancied her back then.
I think she's gorgeous now.

[SC7]

From Wikipedia

"Dame Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer
Stuart Hall, TV and radio presenter - famous for It's a Knockout and his grandiose-style football commentaries.
Michael Casey OBE, Chief Engineer Channel Tunnel Rail Link 1989-90
James Hurst CBE, Engineer
Sydney Hope, Conservative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde 1931-5"

[wedgeinald]

also from that "really reliable source" (Wikipieda)

Herbert Akroyd Stuart - inventor
Charles Neufeld - inventor
Robert Newton - actor
Sir Denys Page - classicist
Brian Pike - artist

"who??!" .....must look them up some time?

In fairness the school was founded in 1466!!

Edited by wedgeinald on Thursday 28th July 14:34

[CommanderJameson]

I went to school with Alison King, off that Coronation Street thing on the telly.

[anonymous-user]

I absolutely hated my school, totally hated every day I had to go there, and have no good memories of it at all.

It was an old school, and there are a number of notary people who also went there at various times. Needless to say I'm not involved with the old boy network...

16th century

• Nicholas Ridley (died 16 October 1555). English clergyman and Protestant martyr.[1][14]
• Thomas Brandling (1512–1590), founder of the Brandling land and coal owning dynasty.

17th century

• Brian Walton (1600–1661), English divine and scholar.
• Colonel Robert Lilburne (1613–1665), regicide.
• John Lilburne (1614–1657), "Freeborn John"
• William Elstob (1674? -1715), Anglo-Saxon scholar and Church of England clergyman.[1][15]
• Henry Bourne (1694–1733), historian

18th century

• Anthony Askew (fl. 1699-1774), physician and book collector
• John Horsley (c. 1685-1732), archaeologist
• Mark Akenside (1721–1770), 18th century English poet and physician
• Sir Robert Chambers (1737–1803), jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law, and Chief Justice of Bengal.
• Charles Hutton (1737–1823), mathematician
• John Brand (1744–1806), 18th century English historian
• William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745–1836), English judge and jurist
• Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1750–1810), Admiral Lord Collingwood of Trafalgar fame
• George Hall, Bishop of Dromore (1753–1811)[16]
• Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, (1810–1900), industrialist
• John Adamson (1787–1855), antiquary and Portuguese scholar
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• John Bigge (1780–1843), English judge and royal commissioner
• Thomas Addison (1793–1860), renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist [17]

19th century

• Albany Hancock (1806–1873), zoologist [18]
• John Hancock (1808–1890), father of modern taxidermy.
• John Forster (1812–1876), biographer, critic and lunacy commissioner.
• William Loftus (1820–1858), discoverer of Uruk.
• Richard Austin Bastow (1839–1920), Australian naturalist and bryologist.
• George Swinburne (1861–1928) Australian engineer, politician and public man

20th century

• Samuel Segal, Baron Segal, (1902–1985), Physician, Labour Party politician and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
• Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), Brazilian architect, designer of the Pilot Plan of Brasília.
• Arthur Blenkinsop (1911–1979), British Labour Party politician
• Sir Richard Southern (1912–2001), historian
• Brian Redhead (1929–1994), presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme (1975–1993)
• Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice (1992–96)
• Sir Geoffrey Bindman (b. 1933), lawyer [19]
• Professor Sir George Alberti (b. 1937), President of the Royal College of Physicians (1997–2002)
• Stephen Lukes (born 1941), Social and political theorist
• Sir Alistair Graham (b. 1942), Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Sir Jeremy Beecham (b. 1944), Politician[20]
• Peter Kellner (born 1946), journalist
• Timothy Kirkhope (born 1945), Conservative Spokesman on Justice and Home Affairs [21]
• Professor Ian Gilmore (b.1947), President of the Royal College of Physicians (2006–present)
• Sir Derek Wanless (b. 1948), Banker & Author of reports on Health and Social Care
• Norman Shiel (born 1952), Mayor of Exeter[22]
• John Harle (born 1956), saxophonist and composer.
• John Ashton (born 1956), diplomat
• Ian Lucas (born 1960), MP
• Bharat Nalluri (born 1964), Television Director
• Paul W. Franks (born 1964), Professor, Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy, University of Toronto
• Nick Brownlee (born 1967) Crime thriller writer
• Paul W. S. Anderson (born 1965) Film Director
• Alastair Leithead (born 1971), BBC Journalist[23]
• Caspar Berry (born 1974), professional poker player, screenwriter, actor and television presenter on Poker Night Live
• Nicky Peng (born 1982), English cricketer
• Matthew Thompson (born 1982), English & Newcastle Falcons RFU player
• Fraser Forster (born 1988), Professional Footballer (goalkeeper) with Newcastle United, currently on loan at Celtic F.C.
• Fuad Faruque (born 1990), Professional gambler (poker), currently competing in the World Poker Series in Miami, Florida

[ralphrj]

wedgeinald said:

also from that "really reliable source" (Wikipieda)

Herbert Akroyd Stuart - inventor
Charles Neufeld - inventor
Robert Newton - actor
Sir Denys Page - classicist
Brian Pike - artist

"who??!" .....must look them up some time?

In fairness the school was founded in 1466!!

Edited by wedgeinald on Thursday 28th July 14:34

From the same school as me (well, sixth form in my case).

Robert Newton was a relatively successful actor back in the 1940s-50s.

wikipedia said:

He is best remembered for portraying the feverish-eyed Long John Silver and inventing the phrase "Arrrgh, matey!" in the Walt Disney version of Treasure Island. His Disney portrayal became the standard for screen portrayals of pirates and he is often credited with inventing the stereotypical "pirate voice" by exaggerating the accent of his native West Country. Newton has become the "patron saint" of the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.

[MotorsportTom]

Tony Clarke (born 1941, died 2010), one of music’s pioneering producers of the late sixties and seventies and known as ‘the sixth Moody Blue’ Perhaps his most famous creation was "Nights in White Satin".

David Moorcroft (born 1953), athlete .

Neil Back (born 1969), rugby union player who has played for the English national team.

Danny Grewcock (born 1972), rugby union player who has played for the English national team.

Tom Wood (born 1986), rugby union player, currently playing for Northampton Saints and the English national team.



All taken from wikipedia as I only knew a couple of them attended.

[hullbilly]

For a bloody old school the only interesting one I could find was, Trevor Peacock.


no no no no no no no....yes, chap out of Vicar of Dibley.

[Blib]

Amy Winehouse.

[Frankeh]

That bellend young one from the apprentice. Simon whatever.

[minipower]

Not sure you could really call these famous but here are the more notable ones:

Gareth Southgate - former England and Middlesbrough footballer.
Chico Slimani - found fame on The X Factor (UK series 2).
Philip Lawson - singer, composer, arranger, baritone with The King's Singers (1994 - present).
Dan Walker - sport journalist and presenter of the BBC's Football Focus.
Ben Godfrey - Charlton Athletic Academy football player. Currently at Lewes FC.
Omar Khyam and Jawad Akbar who were the Fertilizer Bomb plotters, both currently serving Life Imprisonment for Terrorism.

[monthefish]

Blib said:

Amy Winehouse.

Yes, of course Heath Ledger went to my school in the West of Scotland

[The Beaver Queen]

These people, apparently...

1. Ed Fordham - Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn.
2. Jack Hobbs - defender at Leicester City F.C.
3. John Miller (motor racing team owner) (1979–85).
4. Maurice Johnson (antiquary) (c.1700-5).
5. William Hobson Mills, organic chemist who investigated stereochemistry and found the Mills-Nixon effect.
6. Sir J R Somers Vine CMG (1859–66), Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London from 1871-5 (previous to Sir William Soulsby).
7. Stuart Storey (1954–61) - BBC sports commentator.
8. Dave Tice (1962-4) - founder of Australia's first heavy metal band Buffalo, and lead singer 1969-77.
9. John Tippler (1940–1945) Director of Engineering & Network, BT UK Communications, 1980–1989, and IT Institute 1986-1988.

[Dixie68]

Checked mine again. None. Not a single notable person. Still one of the worse in the UK.

Schools nearby though have:

Roger Chase, Director of Personnel from 1989–91 at the BBC, and Chairman from 1979–91 of the BBC Club
Ronald Denny, Chief Executive from 1979–85 of Rediffusion plc
Phil Elliott, nuclear physicist, winner of the 1994 Rutherford Medal and Prize
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Freer CBE, Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies from 1980–2, AOC from 1975–8 of No. 18 Group RAF and from 1972–5 of No. 11 Group RAF, and Station Commander from 1963–66 of RAF Seletar (in Singapore)
Air Vice-Marshal David French CB MBE, Station Commander from 1988–90 of RAF St Athan
Prof Dennis Fry, Professor of Experimental Phonetics from 1958–75 at University College London
David Harding, Chief Executive from 2000–7 of William Hill (bookmaker)[5]
Dr Richard Pike, Chief Executive since 2006 of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Pam Rhodes, former presenter of Songs of Praise
Keith Allen, actor
Rick Astley, singer
Simon Armitage - Poet
John Armitt CBE - Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority for the 2012 Olympics
David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey of Hamble-le-Rice in the County of Hampshire - Liberal Democrat politician
Shirley Conran - Writer
Ron Davies - Former Labour Politician and Former Secretary of State for Wales
Kate Edmondson - Television presenter of TMF UK's 'The Loaded Hour'
Malcolm Evans - Computer programmer
Ben Fogle - Television presenter and Travel writer
Simon Hill - Sports Commentator
Frazer Irving - Comic book artist
Riz Khan - Journalist and Al Jazeera English Presenter
Rachel Lowe - Game Designer, Entrepreneur & Head of RTL Games (Companies in liquidation)
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock - Liberal Democrat politician
Teymoor Nabili - Al Jazeera English Presenter
Grayson Perry - Artist winner of the 2003 Turner Prize
Ricky Salmon - Radio presenter
Howie Watkins - Television presenter and "Performance Biologist"
Asha Tanna - Television five news presenter
Martin Whitmarsh - Team Principle of McLaren and Chief Executive of the McLaren Group
Ehsan Masood - Science Journalist and Editor of Research Fortnight
Timothy Peake - First British citizen to be selected as an astronaut
John Akomfrah OBE - Film Director
Adrian Carter - Architect, professor of architecture and Head of the Jørn Utzon Centre in Denmark

...but my school just produced criminals I think.

[VEA]

There are a few notably Second World War heroes
Arthur Banks,
Douglas Bader,
Guy Gibson

John Berger, art critic, novelist, painter, and author
Richard Brooke, cricketer

James Forrester, England rugby union international
Paul Gibb, England Test cricketer

Jon Goodridge, rugby player
Georgia Moffett, actress
Louis Strange, WW1 pilot[1
Jon Snow, Channel 4 newscaster
Major-General Sir David Thorne, KBE, CVO
Sam Waley-Cohen, Cheltenham Gold Cup winning jockey
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire
Adrian Warburton, DSO and Bar, DFC and Two Bars, highly decorated World War II British pilot


Oh and Holly and Sam Branson.


Plus a chap Called Ben Ryan used to coach rugby there who is now the Head Coach England Sevens Rugby Team.

[Puggit]

hidetheelephants said:

We had a naughty headmaster at my old school.

I see your naughty headmaster and raise you

[monthefish]

Puggit said:

hidetheelephants said:

We had a naughty headmaster at my old school.

I see your naughty headmaster and raise you

That horrendous.


Although it's good that you feel you can talk about it now.

[Puggit]

monthefish said:

Puggit said:

hidetheelephants said:

We had a naughty headmaster at my old school.

I see your naughty headmaster and raise you

That horrendous.


Although it's good that you feel you can talk about it now.

For our birthdays we used to get invited in to his study to receive a Mars bar, but I'm pleased to say that no advances were made towards me!

[MR Kirbyz]

Nick Ramsey
Green Gartside from a band called scritti Politti? i'm too young for that
Also some Labour Mp who was a bit naughty with her expenses:
Morden was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Newport East in 2005 by the all-women shortlists method.[1] She was elected as the first female MP in South East Wales with a 6,800 majority.

Morden claimed a total of £167,060 in expenses in 2007/08, the 30th highest amount claimed by the 643 members of the House of Commons. Morden used some of the expenses allowance which was unspent from the previous year to provide additional office space after having a baby;[2] the previous year she claimed £133,592, the 406th highest that year

eta Ramsey also taught my sister how to drive!

Edited by MR Kirbyz on Thursday 28th July 17:34

[Zwoelf]

MartinF said:

Robert Pattinson School in Odiham

Bloody hell, one Harry Potter film and the Twilight Saga and you get a school named after you. We really are living in the age of celebrity.

As for my old school, Wiki tells me former notable pupils are:

*Daniel Johnson (journalist), editor of Standpoint, and son of Paul Johnson
*Luke Johnson, and brother of Daniel, and Chairman of Channel 4
*Susannah Simons Broadcaster and BBC Executive

Rubbish. Five porn channels and not even a mention.