Category
page 1People educated at Gresham's School
W. H. Auden
British-American poet (1907–1973)
Benjamin Britten
English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress noted for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles in film and television. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup.

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998)

Stephen Frears
British film director and producer (born 1941)

Sienna Guillory
British actress

Katharine, Duchess of Kent
Katharine, Duchess of Kent, was a member of the British royal family. She was the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V.
Stephen Spender
English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)

Erskine Hamilton Childers
4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)

Christopher Cockerell
English engineer (1910–1999)

James Dyson
British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company (born 1947)
Sebastian Shaw
British actor and author (1905–1994)
Ralph Firman
Irish racecar driver
Donald Maclean
British diplomat and spy (1913–1983)
Ben Nicholson
British painter (1894-1982)
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
British zoologist (1903–1991)
David Lack
British ornithologist and biologist (1910-1973)
Gresham's School
school in Norfolk, UK
Henry Daniell
English actor (1894-1963)
Pat Symonds
British motorsport engineer

Miranda Raison
British-French actress
Lennox Berkeley
British composer (1903–1989)
David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk
British politician (1901–1963)
Ben Youngs
English rugby union footballer
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
British broadcasting executive and politician (1889–1971)
John Lanchester
British journalist and novelist
Christopher Strachey
British computer scientist (1916–1975)
Julian Jarrold
British film director (born 1960)
Gerald Holtom
British artist (1914–1985)
Dennis Eagan
field hockey player (1926-2012)
Richard Leman
British field hockey player
Norman Cohn
British historian (1915–2007)
Michael Culver
British actor (1938–2024)
Ben Mansfield
actor
Irenosen Okojie
Nigerian-born short story and novel writer working in London
Stephen Corry
British anthropologist and activist

W. A. H. Rushton
British physiologist (1901–1980)
Philip Dowson
British architect (1924-2014)

James Klugmann
British writer (1912–1977)
Tom Wintringham
British politician and historian (1898–1949)
Michael Aldridge
English actor (1920–1994)

Nigel Dick
British musician and film director
Humphrey Spender
British photographer (1910-2005)
Tom Youngs
English rugby union footballer
John Tusa
British television executive

Oliver Elton
British academic (1861–1945)
William Holmes
British Army officer (1892–1969)
Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale
English Conservative Party politician, government minister and judge (1911-2006)
Paul Howell
British politician (1951-2008)
Tom Bourdillon
English mountaineer (1924-1956)
Robert Bray
British Army general (1908–1983)

Edward Frank Gillet
British artist
L. E. Baynes
English aeronautical engineer
Colin Leakey
plant scientist (1933-2018)
Cedric Belfrage
British journalist and writer (1904-1990)
Terence Airey
British Army general (1900–1983)
Percy Wyn-Harris
Governor of Gambia