This is a list of Old Johnians (abbreviated OJs), former pupils of St. John's School, Leatherhead, which is a public school in Surrey, England.

A Richard Acworth (born 1936), Archdeacon of Wells from 1993 to 2003Church news. The Times, (London, England), Friday, 13 August 1993; pg. 14; Issue 64721 David Alesworth, ARBS (born 1957), artist based in PakistanEducated at St John's School, Leatherhead between 1969 and 1973 The Rt Rev. Hugh Ashdown (1904–1977), 8th Bishop of Newcastle

B David Balcombe (born 1984), cricketer Edward Alexander Bannister CMG KC (born 1942), former Commercial Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in the BVI Thomas Barfett MA (1916–2000), Archdeacon of Hereford, Canon Residentiary at Hereford Cathedral between 1977 and 1982Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 p63: Oxford, OUP, 1947 Robert Stanley Warren Bell (1871–1921), novelist, journalist and first editor of The CaptainObituary in The Times, A Boys’ Novelist, Death of Mr. Warren Bell, 27 September 1921, p.12 The Rev. Dr. Anthony Bird (1931–2016), priest, physician and academic The Rt Rev. Jim Bishop (1908–1994), Suffragan Bishop of MalmesburyWho's Who 1992, London, Published by A & C Black, ) John Blair FSA, FBA (born 1955), Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford Paul Boissier (1881–1953), former headmaster of Harrow School, wartime civil servant and cricketer John Westerdale Bowker (born 1935), Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, consultant to UNESCO, BBC broadcaster, author and editorWho's Who 2015, Published by A&C Black Limited Peter Bruinvels (born 1950), former Conservative MP Septimus Brutton (1869–1933), cricketerSt John's School, Leatherhead, School Register, 1852-1904. Published April 1904, p.21 Sir Paul Bryan DSO MC (1913–2004), former Conservative MP The Rt Rev. Mark Bryant (born 1949), 2nd Bishop of Jarrow John Burgess (1928–2015), Ireland Rugby InternationalThe Quest Goes On, Being a Short History of the First Hundred Years of St John's School, Leatherhead, by E.M.P. Williams. Published Leatherhead, 1951, p.50 Ronald Burroughs (1917–1980), diplomat, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Algeria between 1971 and 1973Obituary in The Times, Mr Ronald Burroughs, 29 May 1980, p.18 Rupert Bursell KC (born 1942), barrister and priest

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Sir Henry Calley DL DFC DSO (1914–1997), senior officer in the RAF during World War II, local politician and owner of a stud farm'CALLEY, Sir Henry (Algernon)' in Who was Who 1971–1980, A. & C. Black, London, 1989 (reprint) Basil Fulford Lowther Clarke (1908–1978), priest and architectural historianObituary in The Times, The Rev B. F. L. Clarke, 31 January 1978, p.18 Rear Admiral Christopher Clayton (born 1951), former senior officer in the Royal Navy Victor Clube (born 1934), first class cricketer and astrophysicistDescription of Clube in The Cosmic Serpent, by Victor Clube and Bill Napier. Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1982 John Collinson (1911–1979), cricketer John Cook (1918–1984), composer, organist and church musician James Cope (born 1966), cricketer The Ven. Alexander Cory (1890–1973), Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Air Commodore James Baird Coward AFC (1915–2012), senior officer in the Royal Air Force Walter Crawley (1880–1940), lawn tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer OlympicsThe Quest Goes On, Being a Short History of the First Hundred Years of St John's School, Leatherhead, by E.M.P. Williams. Published Leatherhead, 1951, p.50 Sir Peter Cresswell DL (born 1944), former judge of the High Court Joseph Campbell (Captain of Rugby 2022-23)

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The Rt Rev. Edward Darling (born 1933), Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe between 1985 and 2000 Jenkin Alban Davies (1885–1976), Wales Rugby International The Rt Rev. Stephen Davies (1883–1961), Bishop of Carpentaria Giles Dilnot (born 1971), BBC Daily Politics Political Correspondent and co-presenter Wing Commander John Dowland (1914–1942), senior officer in the Royal Air Force who was awarded the GCObituary in The Times, 17 January 1942, p.2 Lancelot Driffield (1880–1917), cricketer Peter Drury (born 1967), football commentator Kenneth Durham (1954–2016), educator

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Basil Ede (1931–2016), wildlife artist John Hugh David Eland FRS (born 1941), chemist Mohamed A. El-Erian (born 1958), President of Queens' College, Cambridge, businessman The Ven. John Mascal Evans (1915–1996), Archdeacon of Surrey between 1968 and 1980 Arthur Evanson (1859–1934), England Rugby InternationalThe Quest Goes On, Being a Short History of the First Hundred Years of St John's School, Leatherhead, 1851-1951, by E.M.P. Williams, Leatherhead, 1951, p.50 Wyndham Evanson (1851–1934), England Rugby International Sir Anthony Ewbank QC (1925–2011), judge

G Sir Richard Lavenham Gardner FRSB FRS (born 1943), embryologist and geneticist Paymaster J.T. Gedge (1878–1914), first British officer to be killed in the First World War Professor Nigel Glendinning (1929–2013), authority on Goya and 18th Century Spanish literatureObituary in The Independent, Professor Nigel Glendinning: Leading authority on Goya and 18th century Spanish literature, 17 March 2013 The Rt Rev. Ronald Goodchild (1910–1998), Bishop of Kensington between 1964 and 1980 Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985), poet, anthologist and critic Air Commodore John William Boldero "Jack" Grigson DSO, DFC & Two Bars (1893–1943), senior British officer in the Royal Air Force Sir Wilfrid Vernon Grigson CSI (1896–1948), soldier, senior civil servant and colonial administrator

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John Harvey (1911–1997), architectural historian Sir David Hatch CBE (1939–2007), BBC Radio manager and producer Richard Haughton (born 1980), rugby sevens referee and former rugby union player Gavin Hewitt (born 1951), Europe Editor of BBC News Robert Lockhart Hobson CB (1872–1941), Keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum The Ven. George Hodges (1851–1921), Archdeacon of SudburySt. John's School, Leatherhead, School Register 1852-1964, p.28 Paymaster-Captain Basil Hood CBE DSO (1886–1941), senior officer in the Royal Navy Sir Anthony Hope (1863–1933), author of adventure novels such as The Prisoner of ZendaObituary in The Times, 10 July 1933, p.16 Major-General Malcolm Hunt OBE RM (born 1938), Commanding Officer of 40 Commando RM during the Falklands War

J Michael James (born 1934), cricketerWisden 1958, p. 291. Gwilliam Iwan Jones (1904–1995), photographer and anthropologist

K George Kruis (born 1990), England Rugby International

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Claudia MacDonald (born 1996), England Rugby International Alex Macqueen (born 1973), actor The Rt Rev. Morris Maddocks (1928–2008), bishop Humfrey Malins CBE (born 1945), former Conservative MP Sir Arthur Wellington Marshall DL (1841–1918), High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1890St. John's School, Leatherhead, School Register 1852-1964, p.33 Very Rev. Peter Jerome Marshall (born 1940), Dean of Worcester, 1997–2006, now Emeritus Christopher Matthews (1950–2004), businessman Air Vice Marshal Forster Herbert Martin "Sammy" Maynard, CB, AFC (1893–1976), World War II flying ace The Very Rev. John Methuen (1947–2010), Dean of Ripon between 1995 and 2005 Guy Michelmore, composer and former news presenter Patrick Ferguson Millard (1902–1972), artistWho's Who in Art, Volume 14, 1962, p.502. Published by the Art Trade Press Limited, 1962Obituary in The Times, Mr P.F. Millard, 23 February 1977, p.16 Roger Milner (1925–2014), actor, author and dramatist.Milner, Roger. About the Author, How's the World Treating You? (1965), Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (1967), Google Books, p 3 Philip Morgan, cricketer, athlete, clergyman and educator James Morwood (1943–2017), classicist Jack Milton (Born 2008), Surrey Cricketer

N L. Everard Napier CIE FRCP (1888–1957), physician specialising in tropical medicine Lllewellyn Charles Nash (1868–1918), Ireland Rugby International Andrew Norriss (born 1947), author and TV sitcom writer

P Jeremy C Peachey FRICS (born 1955) Winner, Times Challenge Cup, Bisley International Imperial meeting 2000 The Very Rev. John Penfold (1864–1922), Dean of the Island and Bailiwick of Guernsey and its Dependencies Thomas Perkins (1870–1946), cricketer Sir Stephen Herbert Pierssené (1899–1966), General Director of Conservative Central Office between 1945 and 1957Obituary in The Times, Sir Stephen Piersenné, Reviving the Post-War Conservative Party, 31 January 1966, p.12 Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), scholar and authority on French literature

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Reverend Vivian Redlich, missionary in Papua New Guinea when the Japanese invaded in 1942, beheaded in August that year Jonathan Rendall (1964–2013), author Lieutenant Commander Eric Gascoigne Robinson VC (1882–1965) Lord Richard Rogers (1933–2021), architect Sir Robert Romer GCB PC FRS (1840–1918), judge The Rt Rev. David Rossdale (born 1953), former Bishop of Grimsby Squadron Leader Peter Rothwell (1920–2010), bomber pilot, key figure in the defence of Malta during World War II

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Dr Louis Charles Arthur Savatard Hon.M.Sc., L.S.A. (1874–1962), dermatologistObituary in The Times, Dr. Louis Savatard, 22 January 1962, p.17 Lt.-Col. Derek Seagrim VC (1903–1943)The Old Johnian, Summer 2018, p.26 Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937), artistObituary in The Times, Mr. Shannon R.A., Lithographer and Painter, 19 March 1937, p.18 The Rt Rev. E.D. Shaw (1860–1937), cricketer and later Bishop of BuckinghamSt John's School, Leatherhead, School Register, 1852-1904. Published April 1904, p.38 and p.63 Victor Silvester OBE (1900–1978), dancer, musician and bandleader Nicholas Smith (1934–2015), actor Air Commodore Ian Stewart, senior officer in the Royal Air Force Claude Stokes CIE DSO OBE (1875–1948), Indian Army officer, later diplomat Raymond Toole Stott MBE (1910–1982), bibliographer, historian of the circus and its allied artsObituary in The Times, Mr Raymond Toole Stott, 23 January 1982, p.8 Patrick Sykes (1925–2014), England Rugby International Wymond Cory Symes (1867–1961), businessman, sportsman and member of the Bombay Legislative CouncilObituary in The Times, Mr. W. C. Symes, 7 July 1961, p.18

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Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG GCStJ (1879–1962), last Governor of the Straits Settlements Simon Thomas (born 1973), former Blue Peter presenter John Henry Thorpe OBE (1887–1944), Conservative MPObituary in The Times, Mr J. H. Thorpe K.C., 1 November 1944, p.7 Ryan Trevitt (born 2003), professional footballer Sir Arthur Charles Trevor, KCSI (1841–1920), senior civil servant and colonial administrator Dr Robert Twycross FRCP FRCR (born 1941), Macmillan Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University, 1988–2001, now Emeritus

W The Ven. Ted Ward (1919–2005), Archdeacon of Sherborne and Chaplain of the Royal Chapel in Windsor Great Park Sir Telford Waugh KCMG (1865–1950), diplomatObituary in The Times, Sir Telford Waugh, Last Days of the Ottoman Empire, 11 January 1950, p.9 John Wells (born 1939), Professor of Phonetics, University College London, 1988–2006, now Emeritus Edward Allan Wicks CBE (1923−2010), Organist, Canterbury Cathedral, 1961–88 William Williams (1866–1945), Wales Rugby International The Rt Rev. Leonard Wilson (1897–1970), priest, Bishop of Singapore 1941–49, Dean of Manchester 1949–53, Bishop of Birmingham 1953—69Obituary in The Times, Wednesday, 19 August 1970; pg. 10; Issue 57948; col F "The Rt Rev J L Wilson Bishop who was tortured and later confirmed his captors" The Ven. Mark Wilson (born 1946), Archdeacon of Dorking, 1996–2005 Sir Wilfrid Wentworth Woods KCMG KBE (1876–1947), colonial administrator Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley VC (1892–1968), the first Territorial Army officer to win the VC Sir Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), archaeologist

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