List of notable Old Harrovians
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The following is a list of notable Old Harrovians, graduates of Harrow School in the United Kingdom.
- Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th centuary watercolourist
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, M.P. for Donegal
- C. W. Alcock, Creator of the FA Cup
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, Photographer
- Gregory Apcar, merchant and benefactor
- George Askew, contestant on Big Brother 7 UK
- Tom Avery, Explorer
- Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, British Prime Minister
- Sir Joseph Banks, Explorer
- Rt. Hon. Sir John Milne Barbour Bt., Finance Minister, Northern Ireland
- Cecil Beaton, Photographer
- Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Actor
- Morton Betts, 19th Century Sportsman
- James Blunt, British Musician
- Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher
- James Bruce, Explorer
- James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Charge of the Light Brigade
- Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, British Civil Servant
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Poet
- Peter Cellier, Actor
- Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Politician & Philanthropist
- Benedict Cumberbatch, actor
- Richard Curtis, Scriptwriter & Actor
- Mike d'Abo, Lead Singer, Manfred Mann
- Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Alain de Botton, Author
- Bill Deedes, politician, journalist
- Michael Denison, Actor
- General Sir Peter de la Billiere
- James Dreyfus, Actor
- Sir Gerald du Maurier, actor, producer
- Cary Elwes, Actor
- Sir Arthur Evans, Archaeologist
- Charles William Glanville Evelyn
- Faisal II of Iraq
- Sir Joseph Capel Judkin-Fitzgerald, 4th Baronet Lisheen co. Tipperary, Ireland
- Edward Fox, Actor
- James Fox, Actor
- Laurence Fox, Actor
- Robert Fox, Film producer
- Lord Gardiner, Lord Chancellor
- Spencer Gore, Artist
- Sir Francis Grant, Artist and President of the Royal Academy
- Sir Jeremy Greenstock
- Albert Henry Edward Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada
- General Lord Guthrie
- Mark Haddon, Author
- Pen Hadow, Explorer
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, British Prime Minister
- Robert Cunninghame-Graham, Politician & Journalist
- Sir William Hart Dyke, politician and racquets champion
- 1st Marquess of Hastings, Governor General of Bengal
- HRH Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
- HRH Prince Hassan bin Al Talal of Jordan
- Arthur Haygarth, cricketer
- Simon M Heathcote-Parker, Success Consultant, Coach, Trainer, Singer, Actor and Musician
- Francis Hugh George Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hereford, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Victoria
- Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, British Politician
- Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, Supporter of the Confederate States of America
- John Harington Gubbins, Linguist & Diplomat
- 1st Lord hardinge of Penhurst, Viceroy of India
- Augustus Hare, Writer
- L. P. Hartley, Writer
- Basil Henriques, Philanthropist
- Lord Houghton, Viceroy of Ireland
- Rt. Hon. Sir Stanley Jackson, Cricketer and Governor of Bengal
- Hussein of Jordan
- Sir William Jones, Philologist
- Sir Keith Joseph, Politician
- John Alsop King, Governor of New York State
- Sir Arnold Lunn, Skiing Pioneer & Writer
- 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India
- Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Cleric
- Sir Francis May, Governor of Hong Kong
- Archie MacLaren, Cricketeer
- John McCririck,Sports Personality
- Julian Metcalfe, Founder of Pret a Manger
- Peter Millett, Lord Millett, Law Lord
- Hender Molesworth-St. Aubyn, father of the 12th Baronet Molesworth-St. Aubyn
- 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
- Anthony Monckton, MI6 spy in Bosnia
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
- The Nizam of Hydrabad
- Charles Noyes, son of prominent London solicitor S.F. Noyes
- Edward Thomas Noyes, member of the Ceylon Civil Service and Judge
- Frederick Noyes, son of prominent London solicitor S.F. Noyes
- Henry James Noyes, London solicitor
- Herbert Noyes, Ceylon coffee planter
- John Noyes, son of prominent London solicitor S.F. Noyes
- Nicky Oppenheimer, South African billionaire
- Victor Pasmore, Artist
- Nicholas Patrick, NASA astronaut
- Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Peel
- Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, British Prime Minister
- Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister
- Marmaduke Pickthall, Islamic and Middle-Eastern scholar
- Jason Pontin, Editor, publisher, and journalist
- John Profumo, British Politician
- Ranjitsinhji, Cricketer
- Sir Terence Rattigan, Dramatist
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British Prime Minister
- Admiral Lord Rodney
- Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, Scientist & Civil Servant
- Sir Anthony Royle KCMG, subsq. Lord Fanshawe, Politician & Businessman
- Sir Lancelot Royle KBE, Olympian & Businessman - Harrow School Governor
- Timothy Royle, Founder Chairman - Control Risks Group
- HRH Prince Thomas of Savoy
- Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Author
- Lincoln Seligman, Artist
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright & Politician
- Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, General
- 3rd Earl Spencer
- 5th Earl Spencer
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner
- Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, Industrialist
- William Fox Talbot, Photographer
- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British Prime Minister
- Lord Teignmouth, Governor General of India
- G.M. Trevelyan, Historian
- Anthony Trollope, Novelist
- Herbert Haynes Twining, Twining Tea
- Field Marshall, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
- Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, one of Britain's richest men
- Francis Wheen, Writer and Journalist
- Sandy Wilson, Composer and Lyricist
- Julian Wilson, Racing Pundit
- Lord Nicholas Windsor
- Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), Novelist
- Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, M.P. for Richmond
- Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland, M.P. for Richmond
- Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
- Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, M.P. for Richmond
- Lord Henry Mountcharles,Proprietor/Promoter of Slane Castle,World Famous Concert Venue.Ireland.