List of Old Boltonians
Former pupils of Bolton School are known as Old Boltonians.
The Old Girls' Association and Old Boltonians' Associations[1] are active with over 9,000 members and nationwide reunions throughout the year. Notable alumni include :
A
- Monica Ali, author
B
- Jack Bond, cricketer
- Michael Berry, Canadian Ambassador and High Commissioner
C
- Andrew "Chubby" Chandler, sports Manager
- Jennifer Clack, academic - Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Cambridge
- Gordon Clough, broadcaster
- Sir Philip Craven MBE, President of the International Paralympic Committee
- Clive Crook, journalist for the Financial Times
D
- Julian Darby, ex premiership footballer
- Alex Davidson (rugby league) Salford City Reds rugby league player
- Angus Diggle, disgraced former solicitor
- Roger Draper, chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association and formerly chief executive of Sport England
E
- Chris Eatough, world champion mountain biker
G
- Max George, singer in the boy band The Wanted.
- Chris Goudge, Olympic hurdler,
H
- John Hick MP, JP, DL, FRSA engineer, industrialist, art collector, politician and a director of the London and North Western Railway
- Leslie Halliwell, film writer and historian
- Robert Haslam, Lord Haslam, former Chair of British Steel and the Coal Board
- Samuel Hart, Liverpool FC Academy, U18's
J
- Sir Geoffrey Jackson, British Ambassador to Uruguay,
K
- Carol Klein, gardening expert, TV presenter and newspaper columnist
- Sir Harry Kroto Nobel prizewinner in chemistry
L
- Ralf Little, actor
- Norah Lillian Penston, Principal of Bedford College, University of London
- Kate Long, author
M
- Sir Ian McKellen, actor
- Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton, politician and first Chancellor of the University of Bolton
P
- Andy Paterson, film producer and former second unit director
R
- Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster
- Sir Arthur Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia
- David Ruffley, politician
S
- Nigel Short, chess player
- Gerard Corley Smith, diplomat, environmentalist [2]
- Dame Janet Smith, judge[3]
- Edmund Clifton Stoner, theoretical physicist
T
- Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, politician
- Archis Tiku, bassist with the band Maxïmo Park
- Joyce Tyldesley, Egyptologist
- Jack Thompson, BBC Correspondent<BBC records)in South East Asia and Middle East, 1979-86
Tara Wallis
W
- Alex Wotherspoon, candidate on the 2008 series of The Apprentice BBC TV series
- Mark Williams, Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge
See also
References
- ↑ "Old Boltonians and Old Girls' Association – Alumni and Former Pupils". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ "Gerard Corley Smith" (PDF). Charles Darwin Foundation (reprinted from The Times 3 November 1997). Apr 1998. Retrieved 28 Mar 2014.
- ↑ "Distinguished Old Girls". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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