List of Old Abingdonians

Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School, England

Born in the 12th century

St Edmund Rich (St Edmund of Abingdon) (c.1174–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233–1240 (may have attended Abingdon)

Born in the 15th century

John Roysse (1500–1571), mercer, re-endowed Abingdon School in 1563
John Bennet (c 1571), composer

Born in the 16th century

Sir John Mason (1502–1566), diplomat, spy, and Chancellor of Oxford University
Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610), maltster and benefactor, established the Tesdale Ushership at Abingdon School and was primarily involved in the foundation of Pembroke College, Oxford for Abingdonian Scholars and Fellows
Sir John Bennet (1552–1627), Chancellor of the Diocese of York, 1589–1624, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1604–1621, Master in Chancery, 1608–1621, and politician

Born in the 17th century

Henry Langley (1610–1679), nonconformist minister and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1647–1648
Sir Edward Turnour (1617–1686), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1661–1671
Sir John Holt (1642–1710), Lord Chief Justice, 1689–1710
Matthew Panting (1682–1739), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1714–1730
Phanuel Bacon (1699–1783), playwright, poet and author
Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian

Born in the 18th century

Francis Ayscough (1701–1763), courtier, and Dean of Bristol, 1761–1763
William Adams (1706–1789), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1775–1789
Daniel Dumaresq (1712–1805), St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, educationalist
Richard Graves (1715–1804), clergyman, writer and translator
John Morton (c. 1716 – 1780), MP
Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (1719–1760), politician
James Dawkins (1722–1757), antiquary and Jacobite
William Newcome (1729–1800), Bishop of Dromore, 1766–1775, Bishop of Ossory, 1775–1779, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1779–1795, and Archbishop of Armagh, 1795–1800
William Huddesford (1732–1772), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1755–1772
James Gerard, 1741 (1741–1783), Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1777–1783
Thomas Stock (1750–1803), social reformer, established first Sunday school in England
George William Hall (1770–1843), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1809–1843
Major-General John Tombs (1777–1848), British East India Company and Indian Army
George Rowley (1782–1836), Master of University College, Oxford, 1821–1836
Sir William Boxall (1800–1879), painter, director of the National Gallery, 1865–1874

Born in the 19th century

William Alder Strange (1813–1874), headmaster and author
Major-General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB (1824–1874), Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross
William Collinson Sawyer (1832–1868), Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, New South Wales, 1867–1868
Edward Ede (1834–1908), cricketer, Hampshire CCC, 1861–1870
George Ede (1834–1870), cricketer, captain, Hampshire CCC, 1864–1869 & Grand National winner 1868
Colonel Lacey Robert Johnson (1858–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
Louis Davis (1860–1941), Arts and Crafts stained glass artist.
Harry Redfern (1861–1950), architect
Charles Harvey Dixon (1862–1923), politician
Harold Gilman (1876–1919), painter, founder member of the Fitzroy Group
Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), author and watercolourist
Norman Riches (1883–1975), cricketer, captain, Glamorgan CCC, 1921 and 1929
Willoughby Weaving (1885–1977), First World War poet
Richard Rice, (1886-1939), 1912 Summer Olympics athlete
James Erasmus Tracey Phillips (1888–1959), diplomat and African explorer
Thomas Malcolm Layng (1892–1958), Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1945, and Archdeacon of York
Henry Medd (1892–1977), architect and church designer in Delhi
Sir Michael Bruce (1894–1957), author, traveller and adventurer
Eric Whelpton (1894–1981), author and traveller
Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), actor

Born in the 20th century

Academic and professional

Cecil Davidge (1901–1981), lawyer and academic of Keble College, Oxford
Edward Castle, Baron Castle (1907–1979), British journalist and politician
Sir George Sinclair (1912–2005), colonial administrator and Conservative MP for Dorking
Colin Ronan (1920–1995), British author and specialist in the history and philosophy of science
John William Greening MBE (1921–2010), benefactor and philanthropist
Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (1935–2002), port wine maker, head of Guimaraens Taylor Fonseca, Oporto
Michael Grigsby (1936–2013), film maker
Tom Kempinski (born 1938), playwright and actor
Martin Lisemore (1939-1977), television producer
Mark Bretscher (born 1940), biological scientist, FRS
Roger Blackmore (born 1941), political and Lord Mayor of Leicester
Christopher John Pickup OBE, LVO (born 1942), retired British Army officer
Sir Andrew Foster (born 1944), British public servant
Michael Philip Westwood OBE (born 1944), retired Royal Air Force officer
Eddy Joseph (born 1945), sound engineer
Anthony Fawcett (born 1948), writer, art critic, and a former personal assistant to John Lennon
Robert Hayward, Baron Hayward OBE (born 1949), Conservative MP for Kingswood
Jonathan Frere MBE (born 1952), retired British Army officer awarded MBE in 1992 Birthday Honours
Peter Bradley (born 1953), Labour MP for the Wrekin
Matthew Harding (1953–1996) businessmen and vice-chairman of Chelsea Football Club
Francis Maude (born 1953), Conservative MP for Warwickshire North, then Horsham, Chairman of the Conservative Party
Sir Paul Robert Virgo Clarke KCVO (born 1953), government official
Sir John Hills, (born 1954) professor and academic
Sir Kim Darroch KCMG (born 1954), senior British diplomat
Tim Parker (born 1955), businessman and chief executive of the Greater London Authority
Colonel David Eccles OBE, CBE (born 1957), British army officer
Michael Holding, (born 1958), filmmaker and director
Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG (born 1958), British diplomat
Thomas Dolby (born 1958), musician and producer
Richard Tauwhare (born 1959), Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Hon.Jonathan Hamberger (born 1959), government official awarded Public Service Medal (Australia)
Russell Taylor MBE (born 1960), writer, journalist and composer
Ben Macintyre (born 1963), author and journalist
Andrew Robson OBE (born 1964), international bridge player, teacher and columnist
Tom Hollander (born 1967), actor
Toby Jones (born 1967), actor
Phil Selway (born 1967), member of Radiohead
Ed O'Brien (born 1968), member of Radiohead
Thom Yorke (born 1968), member of Radiohead
Colin Greenwood (born 1969), member of Radiohead
Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), member of Radiohead
Nigel Powell (born 1971), musician
Andy Yorke (born 1972), musician and brother of Radiohead's Thom Yorke
Theo Green (born 1973), film composer
David Mitchell (born 1974), comedian and actor
Rob Walker (born 1975), sports commentator and television presenter
Michael Bartlett (born 1980), playwright and actor
Tim Dawson (born 1988), screenwriter
David Pringuer (born 1990), musician

Sporting

Sir David Tanner CBE (born 1947), British Olympic rowing coach
Michael Hill (born 1951), English cricketer
Mark Andrews (born 1959), University boat race rower
Graham Scott (born 1968), Premier League referee
James Allison (born 1968), designer, engineer, and technical director of Scuderia Ferrari
Martin Haycock (born 1973), University boat race cox
Phil Baker (born 1975), rowing world championship medallist
Alex Greaney (born 1975), University boat race cox
Ben Gannon (born 1975), professional cricketer
Jon Dunbar (born 1980), international rugby union player
Robin Bourne-Taylor (born 1981), Olympic rower
George Whittaker (born 1981), rower
Nick Brodie (born 1986), University boat race cox
Oliver Cook (born 1990), international world champion rower
Alex Fisher (born 1990), professional footballer
Chris Newman (born 1990), field hockey international
Nathaniel Watkins (born 1991), professional cricketer
Jamie Cook (born 1992), university boat race rower
Felix Newman (born 1993), University boat race rower
Ian Middleton (born 1995), university boat race cox
Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997), rugby union player