List of Old Paulines
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The following is a list of former pupils, known as Old Paulines, of St Paul's School (London).
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[edit] 16th century
- Carew, Peter (1514–1575); adventurer
- Gresham, Thomas (1519–1579); founder of the Royal Exchange
[edit] 17th century
- Milton, John (1608–1674); poet
- Pepys, Samuel (1633–1703); civil servant and diarist
- Jeffreys, George (1645–1689); Lord Chief Justice
- Churchill, John (1650–1722); army officer and Duke of Marlborough
- Halley, Edmond (1656–1742); astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist
- Compton, Spencer (1674–1743); Earl of Wilmington and Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Greene, Maurice (1696–1755); composer, Master of the King's Musick
[edit] 18th century
- Boyce, William (1711–1779); composer, Master of the King's Musick
- Toulmin, Joshua (1740–1815); Dissenting minister
- Dance, George (1741–1825); architect
- Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846); anti-slavery campaigner
[edit] 19th century
- Blakesley, Joseph Williams (1808–1885); clergyman
- Jowett, Benjamin (1817–1893); Master of Balliol
- Smith, Cecil Clementi (1849–1916); colonial administrator
- Dawson, Lord Bertrand (1864–1945); Royal physician
- Beazley, Charles Raymond (1868–1955); Historian and academic
- Binyon, Laurence (1869–1943); poet
- Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950); Indian mystic, philosopher, poet, yogi and guru
- De La Mare, Walter (1873– 1956); poet and novelist
- Chesterton, Gilbert K. (1874–1936); writer
- Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875–1956); journalist and poet
- Thomas, Edward (1878–1917); poet
- Shepard, Ernest H. (1879–1976); illustrator of Winnie the Pooh
- Woolf, Leonard (1880–1969); civil servant and political theorist
- Ayrton, Edward (1882–1914); Egyptologist and archaeologist
- Mackenzie, Sir Compton (1883–1972); writer
- Littlewood, John Edensor (1885–1977); mathematician
- Clayton, Rev. Philip (1885–1972), founder of Toc H
- Grant, Duncan (1885– 1978), Bloomsbury painter
- Watson, George Neville (1886–1965); mathematician
- Cole, George D. H. (1889–1959), political philosopher
- Hodgson, Leonard (1889–1969), theologian
- Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard (1887–1976); World War II General
- Low, Archibald, (1888–1956); scientist and inventor
- Nash, Paul (1889–1946); artist
- Rosenberg, Isaac; (1890–1918);poet
- Gollancz, Sir Victor (1893–1967); publisher
- Daniell, Henry (1894 –1963), actor
- Barnes, Leonard (1895–1977); anticolonialist writer and educationalist
- Catlin, George E. G. (1896–1979); political scientist and philosopher
- Roy, Indra Lal (1898–1918); World War I fighter ace
[edit] 20th century
- Pyke, Magnus (1908 – 1992) ; author, scientist
- Berlin, Sir Isaiah (1909–1997); political philosopher and historian of ideas
- Beloff, Max (1913 –1999), historian
- Newby, Eric (1919 – 2006); writer
- Russell, John (born 1919); Chief art critic, NY Times
- Chadwick, John (1920–1998); linguist, assisted Michael Ventris in the 1953 decipherment of Linear B.
- Brain, Dennis (1921–1957); horn player
- Hinds, Anthony (born 1922); film producer and scriptwriter, known for Hammer Films
- Sinclair, Lister (1921–2006); writer, actor, playwright and presenter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Parsons, Nicholas (born 1923); actor and television presenter
- Freud, Sir Clement (born 1924); writer, broadcaster and politician
- Hilton, Peter (born 1925); mathematician
- Roth, Klaus (born 1925); mathematician, Fields medallist
- Shaffer, Anthony (1926–2001); author, playwright
- Shaffer, Sir Peter (born 1926); author, playwright
- Korner, Alexis (1928–1984); blues musician
- James, Ioan (born 1928); mathematician
- Janner, Greville (born 1928), politician (Labour)
- Dunwoody, John (1929–2006); politician (Labour)
- Sadie, Stanley (1930–2005); musicologist, editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Barber, Chris (born 1930); trombonist, jazz band leader
- Sacks, Oliver (born 1933); neurologist, author
- Bream, Julian (born 1933); classical guitarist
- Miller, Dr Jonathan (born 1934); theatre and opera director
- Winston, Professor Robert (born 1940); biologist and television presenter
- Simpson, John (born 1944); journalist
- Dorfman, Lloyd (born 1951); billionaire, philanthropist
- Davenport-Hines, Richard (born 1953); historian, writer
- Manzoli, Rob (born 1954); musician, lead guitarist Right Said Fred
- Sisman, Adam (born 1954); biographer
- Woudhuysen, James (born 1954); future theorist, broadcaster
- Caulfield, Maxwell (born 1959); actor
- Watt, Ben (born 1962); musician
- Kennard, James (born 1964); rabbi and educationalist
- Marber, Patrick (born 1964); playwright
- Thistle, Mark (born 1967); journalist and author
- Max, James (born 1970); broadcaster, journalist
- Cox, Alan (born 1970); actor
- Osborne, George (born 1971); politician (Conservative)
- Neate, Patrick (born 1971); novelist
- Tarter, Sascha (born 1972); actor and screenwriter
- Hobson, Theo (born 1972); theorist
- Bamber, Jamie (born 1973); actor
- Dennis, Simon (born 1976); rower and Olympic gold medalist
- Snow, Dan (born 1978); television presenter
- Lobel, Mark (born 1979); Newsnight producer
- Kinnear, Rory (born 1978); actor
- Kash, Tim (born 1982); television presenter
[edit] Victoria Cross Holders
Three Old Paulines have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
- Captain Randolph Cosby Nesbitt, VC, (1867 - 1956), British South Africa Police. Later promoted to Major during the South African War. Awarded for act that took place during the Mashona Rebellion (Rhodesia) of 1896–1897. (OP 1880-1882)[1]
- Major Cuthbert Bromley, VC, (1878 - 1915) 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Awarded for act that took place during the First World War. (OP 1890-1895)[2]
- Major Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, VC, DSO, (1876 - 1918),Yeomanry, attached King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Awarded for act that took place during the First World War. (OP 1888-95)[3]
