List of Old Abingdonians

Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School, England

Born in the 12th century

• St Edmund Rich (St Edmund of Abingdon) (c.1174–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233–1240 (may have attended Abingdon)

Born in the 15th century

• John Roysse (1500–1571), mercer, re-endowed Abingdon School in 1563
• John Bennet (c 1571), composer

Born in the 16th century

• Sir John Mason (1502–1566), diplomat, spy, and Chancellor of Oxford University
• Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610), maltster and benefactor, established the Tesdale Ushership at Abingdon School and was primarily involved in the foundation of Pembroke College, Oxford for Abingdonian Scholars and Fellows
• Sir John Bennet (1552–1627), Chancellor of the Diocese of York, 1589–1624, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1604–1621, Master in Chancery, 1608–1621, and politician

Born in the 17th century

• Henry Langley (1610–1679), nonconformist minister and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1647–1648
• Sir Edward Turnour (1617–1686), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1661–1671
• Sir John Holt (1642–1710), Lord Chief Justice, 1689–1710
• Matthew Panting (1682–1739), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1714–1730
• Phanuel Bacon (1699–1783), playwright, poet and author
• Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian

Born in the 18th century

• Francis Ayscough (1701–1763), courtier, and Dean of Bristol, 1761–1763
• William Adams (1706–1789), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1775–1789
• Daniel Dumaresq (1712–1805), St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, educationalist
• Richard Graves (1715–1804), clergyman, writer and translator
• John Morton (c 1716-1780), MP
• Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (1719–1760), politician
• James Dawkins (1722–1757), antiquary and Jacobite
• William Newcome (1729–1800), Bishop of Dromore, 1766–1775, Bishop of Ossory, 1775–1779, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1779–1795, and Archbishop of Armagh, 1795–1800
• William Huddesford (1732–1772), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1755–1772
• James Gerard, 1741 (1741–1783), Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1777–1783
• Thomas Stock (1750–1803), social reformer, established first Sunday school in England
• George William Hall (1770–1843), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1809–1843
• Major-General John Tombs (1777–1848), British East India Company and Indian Army
• George Rowley (1782–1836), Master of University College, Oxford, 1821–1836
• Sir William Boxall (1800–1879), painter, Director of the National Gallery, 1865–1874

Born in the 19th century

• William Alder Strange (1813-1874), headmaster and author
• Major-General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB (1824–1874), Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross
• William Collinson Sawyer (1832–1868), Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, New South Wales, 1867–1868
• Edward Ede (1834–1908), cricketer, Hampshire CCC, 1861–1870
• George Ede (1834–1870), cricketer, Captain, Hampshire CCC, 1864–1869 & Grand National winner 1868
• Colonel Lacey Robert Johnson (1858–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
• Louis Davis (1860–1941), Arts and Crafts stained glass artist.
• Harry Redfern (1861–1950), architect
• Charles Harvey Dixon (1862–1923), politician
• Harold Gilman (1876–1919), painter, founder member of the Fitzroy Group
• Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), author and watercolourist
• Norman Riches (1883–1975), cricketer, Captain, Glamorgan CCC, 1921 and 1929
• Willoughby Weaving (1885–1977), First World War poet
• James Erasmus Tracey Phillips (1888–1959), diplomat and African explorer
• Thomas Malcolm Layng (1892–1958), Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1945, and Archdeacon of York
• Henry Medd (1892–1977), architect and church designer in Delhi
• Sir Michael Bruce (1894–1957), author, traveller and adventurer
• Eric Whelpton (1894–1981), author and traveller
• Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), actor

Born in the 20th century

• Cecil Davidge (1901–1981), lawyer and academic of Keble College, Oxford
• Edward Castle, Baron Castle (1907-1979), British journalist and politician
• Sir George Sinclair (1912–2005), colonial administrator and Conservative MP for Dorking
• Colin Ronan (1920-1995), British author and specialist in the history and philosophy of science.
• Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (1935–2002), port wine maker, head of Guimaraens Taylor Fonseca, Oporto
• Michael Grigsby (born 1936), film maker
• Tom Kempinski (born 1938), playwright and actor
• Mark Bretscher (born 1940), biological scientist, FRS
• Sir Andrew Foster (born 1944), British public servant
• Robert Hayward OBE (born 1949), Conservative MP for Kingswood, 1983–1992
• Michael Hill (born 1951), English cricketer
• Peter Bradley (born 1953), Labour MP for the Wrekin 1997 – 2005
• Matthew Harding (1953–1996) businessmen and vice-chairman of Chelsea Football Club
• Francis Maude (born 1953), Conservative MP for Warwickshire North, then Horsham, Chairman of the Conservative Party
• Sir John Hills, (born 1954) professor and academic
• Kim Darroch (born 1954), senior British diplomat
• Tim Parker (born 1955), businessman and Chief Executive of the Greater London Authority
• Nicholas Kay (born 1958), British diplomat
• Thomas Dolby (born 1958), musician and producer
• Richard Tauwhare (born 1959), Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, 2005–2008
• Russell Taylor MBE (born 1960), Writer, journalist and composer
• Ben Macintyre (born 1963), author and journalist
• Andrew Robson OBE (born 1964), international bridge player, teacher and columnist
• Tom Hollander (born 1967), actor
• Toby Jones (born 1967), actor
• Phil Selway (born 1967), member of Radiohead
• Ed O'Brien (born 1968), member of Radiohead
• Graham Scott (born 1968), Premier League referee
• Thom Yorke (born 1968), member of Radiohead
• James Allison (born 1968), designer, engineer, and Technical Director of Scuderia Ferrari.
• Colin Greenwood (born 1969), member of Radiohead
• Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), member of Radiohead
• Nigel Powell (born 1971), musician
• Andy Yorke (born 1972), Musician and brother of Radiohead's Thom Yorke
• Theo Green (born 1973), film composer
• David Mitchell (born 1974), comedian and actor
• Rob Walker (born 1975), sports commentator and television presenter
• Nick Watts (born 1975), Racing Post Editor
• Michael Bartlett (born 1980), playwright and actor
• Jon Dunbar (born 1980), international rugby union player
• Robin Bourne-Taylor (born 1981), Olympic rower
• David Pringuer (born 1990), musician
• Alex Fisher (born 1990), professional footballer
• Nathaniel Watkins (born 1991), professional cricketer