Alumni of Oakham School are known as Old Oakhamians.
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, with a school roll of about 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18. The school was founded in 1584 by archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away.
Notable former pupils include:
Academics
Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, professor of classical literature and geology Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist Peter North, principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford John Henry Pratt, mathematician Sir Michael Stoker, virologist and cancer biologist
Armed forces
Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks
Ecclesiastics
James Atlay, 98th Bishop of Hereford John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938); Archbishop of Armagh (1938) Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V (1910–1936) Leonard Hawkes, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne John Henley, clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley' Thomas Merton, writer and Trappist monk
Politics, the Colonial Service and the law Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lord Cope of Berkeley, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire 1974-1983; Northavon 1983-1997; during this time he was Paymaster General 1992-1994 Paul Filing, Australian politician (Member of the House of Representatives for Moore, Western Australia) William Allmond Codrington Goode , last Governor of Singapore 1957-1959; last Governor of North Borneo 1959-1963 William George "Bill" O'Chee, Australian politician (Senator for Queensland) Kate Harrisson, British Ambassador to Peru (2018–present) Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan and Yang di-Pertuan Agong 2016-2019
Arts
Annabelle Apsion, actress Charlie Bewley, actor Lydia Rose Bewley, actor Henry Camamile, Rory Young, Andrew Dawson, and Oli Khan of Sea Girls, indie rock band from London Katie Hall, actress and soprano Andy Harries, UK producer, Left Bank Pictures Greg Hicks, actor Richard Hope, actor Richard Hurst, writer and director Daniel Hyde, organist and conductor Miles Jupp, actor, comedian Jason Kay, singer (Jamiroquai) Matthew Macfadyen, actor Matthew Manning, psychic China Miéville, novelist Katie Mitchell, theatre director Alexander Newley, painter Alfred Young Nutt, Victorian artist and architect Malcolm Rogers, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Kwame Ryan, conductor and musician Janek Schaefer, sound artist, British Composer of the Year in Sonic Art Indra Sinha, novelist Tom Wiggall, composer
Broadcasting and media
Tom Heap, BBC News rural affairs correspondent (formerly BBC News's science and environment correspondent) Charlotte Uhlenbroek, biologist and broadcaster
Sport
Charlie Beech, professional rugby union player with Bath Rugby and England U19s Matthew Boyce, cricketer (Leicestershire) Roderick Bradley, player of American football J.W.M. Bradshaw, cricketer (Leicestershire) Stuart Broad, England international cricketer and England T20 captain Alex Brundle, professional racing driver Percy Chapman, England cricketer (captain) Josh Cobb, cricketer (Leicestershire) Rob Cook, rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby Sam Costelow, rugby union player for the Scarlets and Wales Tom Croft, British and Irish Lions and England player Crista Cullen, England and Great Britain field hockey player Arthur Cursham, England footballer and county cricketer (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) John Furley, cricketer Alex Goode, rugby union player for Saracens RFC and England Saxons Ron Jacobs, rugby union player, England International and captain Lyndon James, cricketer Frank Jerwood, Olympic oarsman Joseph Kendall, cricketer Alex Martin, cricketer Bhargav Modha, cricketer Lewis Moody, British and Irish Lions, England Rugby, Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby rugby union player; England captain Lucy Pearson, England women's cricket captain Jack van Poortvliet, rugby union player for Leicester Tigers and England Matt Smith, rugby union player, England Saxons James Alexander Simpson Taylor, cricketer (Leicestershire and Scotland) Hamish Watson, rugby union player for Edinburgh and Scotland Alex Wyatt, cricketer (Leicestershire) Tom Fell, cricketer
Others
John Jerwood, founder of the Jerwood Foundation Richard Profit, polar explorer
References