List of people educated at Gordonstoun
Former pupils of Gordonstoun in Moray are known as Gordonstounians. They include the following individuals. See also The Category for Gordonstounians.
Royalty and aristocracy
- Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- Lord Ivar Mountbatten
- Peter Phillips
- Zara Phillips
- Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester
- Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern
- Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
- Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray
- John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
- James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne
- Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham
- Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
Culture
- Duncan Jones, formerly known as Zowie Bowie – film director and son of musician David Bowie
- Jason Connery, actor and son of actor Sean Connery
Artists
Music
- Roy Williamson of the Corries – musician, writer of Flower of Scotland,[1] one of two unofficial Scottish national anthems
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – musician
- Luca Prodan – musician
- Barry Cooper – musicologist
- Jo Hamilton – musician
Writers – Poets, novelists, dramatists
Journalists and biographers
Science
- Francis Huxley - anthropologist
Lawyers and Judges
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Military
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Politics
- Stuart Agnew - UKIP MEP
Business
- John Barton – Chairman of Next plc and EasyJet
- Alistair Gosling – Founder of Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme International
Sport
- Heather Stanning – rower, Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 with Helen Glover[citation needed]
Rugby players
Fictional
Gordonstoun also has a notable fictional alumna, the heroine of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was supposed to have attended the school in sixth year, and has also been used to advertise it.[2][3]
References
- ^ The Corries website Archived 2010-08-29 at the Wayback Machine www.corries.com Retrieved 12 July 2008
- ^ "Lara's school days on big screen". BBC News. 2 July 2001.
- ^ Hibbard, Andrew (2 July 2001). "Lara Croft offers Gordonstoun a lift". The Independent. London.