The following are some notable "Old Bristolians", alumni of Bristol Grammar School in England.

17th century Robert Huntington (c.1637–1701), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and orientalist

18th century Alexander Catcott (1725–1779), geologist and theologian Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1745–1825), politician William Gregor (1761–1817), mineralogist, discoverer of titanium Jonathan Sewell (c.1766–1839), Chief Justice and Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1839, and President of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1830 Stephen Sewell (1770–1832), lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada John Tobin (1770–1804), dramatist Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837), military surgeon Thomas Edward Bowdich (c.1791–1824), writer and African explorer

19th century Thomas William Allies (1813–1903), theologian Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist John Norton (1823–1904), architect Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929), classicist Charles Whibley (1859–1930), journalist and author Thomas Horrocks Openshaw (1856–1929), surgeon William Lane (1861–1917), journalist and pioneer of the Australian labour movement Leonard Whibley (1863–1941), classicist Sir Llewellyn Smith (1864–1945), Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, 1907–1919, and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, 1919–1927 Leonard Raven-Hill (1867–1942), illustrator and cartoonist Sir John Herbert Parsons FRS (1868–1957), ophthalmologist and physiologistBiographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Robert Chambers (1802–1871), philanthropist and peace activist Roland Allen (1868–1947), missionary in China Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875–1938), classicist and musician Frederick William Lumsden (1872–1918), Royal Marines Brigadier General, VC, CB and DSO & Three bars Sir Cyril Norwood (1875–1956) classicist and Politician Sir Douglas Veale (1891–1973), Registrar of the University of Oxford, 1930–1958

20th century Sir Allen Lane (1902–1970), founder of Penguin Books Ronald Alley (1926–1999), British art historian and keeper of the modern collection at the Tate from 1965 to 1986 Douglas Cleverdon (1903–1987), bookseller and BBC Radio producer Sarah Crew, Chief Constable in Bristol & Somerset from 2021. Sir Ivor Jennings (1903–1965), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge, 1962–1965 Paul Drury (1903–1987), artist Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (1905–1992), philosopher, diplomat and civil servant Sir Richard Sheppard (1910–1982), architect Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1987), Bishop of Peterborough John Cosh (1915–2005), rheumatologist Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005), actor Sir John Pople (1925–2004), Mathematician, Theoretical chemist and Nobel Laureate Peter Nichols (1927–2019), writer Peter Mathias (1928–2016), economic historian Robert MacEwen (1928–2013), Scotland international rugby union player Richard Lynn (born 1930), psychologist Philip French (1933–2015), film critic and radio producer Timothy West (born 1934), actor Glen Dudbridge (1935–2017), sinologist Robin Cormack (born 1935), academic Julian Glover (born 1935), actor David Prowse (born 1935), actor Victor Watts (born 1938), academic Keith Robbins (born 1940), historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter Fred Wedlock (1942–2010), folk singer, humorist and actor. T.J. Clark (born 1943), historian Nick Brimble (born 1944), actor Robert Lacey (born 1944), historian and biographer Sir Nicholas Wright (born 1945), professor of medicine Jeremy Treglown (born 1946), biographer and literary critic Andrew Dalby (born 1947), food writer Clive Ponting (born 1947), former civil servant and historian. David Nutt (born 1951), neuropsychopharmacologist Sir Andrew Cash (born 1955), Chief Executive of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Timothy Holroyde (born 1955), English Court of Appeal judge Jeremy Sheehy (born 1956), Anglican priest and academic Andy Harrison (born 1957), business executive and former CEO of The RAC, easyJet and Whitbread Shaun Woodward (born 1958), politician, former Labour Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Graham Tomlin (born 1958), Bishop of Kensington Nick Sheppard (born 1960), guitarist Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor Tim Hayward (born 1963), food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur John Lennard (born 1964), academic Rabinder Singh KC (born 1964), first Sikh High Court judge Janet Henry (born 1969), economist, currently Global Chief Economist at HSBC Richard Gould (born 1970), chief executive of Surrey County Cricket Club Neil Garrett (born 1975), journalist Michelle Goodman (born 1976), RAF Officer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross Shrien Dewani (born 1979), arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder Simon Case (born 1978), civil servant Sean Marsden (born 1980), professional rugby player Mark Watson (born 1980), comedian Alexander Betts (born 1980), academic Chris Skidmore (born 1981), Conservative MP James Kenber (born 1986), fencer Michael Coady (born 1987), professional rugby league player Tuppence Middleton (born 1987), actress Marcus Hamblett (born 1987), musician William Tavaré (born 1990), professional cricketer Emily Diamond (born 1991), track and field athlete Jordan Waller (born 1992), actor Katie Swan (born 1999), professional tennis player

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