Aldenham School - Notable Old Aldenhamians

Notable Old Aldenhamians

See also: Category:People educated at Aldenham School

• Sir Samuel Wilks, FRS, (1824–1911), physician and pathologist.
• William Josiah Sumner Hammersley (1826–1886), journalist, sportsman, co-founder of Australian rules football
• Colonel Sir Robert Edis (1839–1927), architect
• Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), sculptor and goldsmith
• Sir William Laird Clowes (1856–1905), naval writer
• Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster (1861–1934), politician, judge and Lord Chancellor, 1915–1916
• Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair (1885–1975), legal scholar, judge of the International Court of Justice, 1946–1959, and first President of the European Court of Human Rights, 1959–1965
• Sir Wallace Akers (1888–1954), chemist and Director of Research, ICI, 1944–1953
• Sir Kenneth Pickthorn, 1st Baronet (1892–1975), historian, politician, and President of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1937–1944
• Group Captain Ernest Fawcus (1895–1966), cricketer and military officer
• Colonel Dennis Edward Francis Waight MC (1895–1984), professional soldier and World War I flying ace
• General Sir Richard Gale (1896–1982), General Officer Commanding 6th Airborne Division, 1943–1945, GOC British Airborne Corps, 1945, and Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine, 1952–1956
• Sir Bryan Sharwood-Smith (1899–1983), Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1954–1957
• Thomas Rice Henn (1901–1974), literary scholar and writer
• Lawrence P. Williams (1905–1996), film production designer
• Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographical historian
• Jack de Manio (1914–1988), radio broadcaster
• Sir Michael Kerr (1921–2002), High Court Judge and Lord Justice of Appeal
• Sir Denys Roberts (born 1923), Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, 1973–1978, and Chief Justice of Hong Kong, 1978–1988
• Churton Fairman, known as Mike Raven (1924–1997), radio disc jockey, author, actor and artist
• Peter Haigh (1925–2001), BBC Television presenter
• Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell (1925–2006), Northern Irish soldier.
• Sir Kenneth Warren (born 1926), politician
• Sir David Mitchell (born 1928), politician
• Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson (born 1929), Bishop of Exeter, 1985–1999
• Field Marshal Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill (born 1931), Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991–1992
• Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir (born 1948), 11th Yang Di Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan
• Peter Dawes, Bishop of Derby, 1988–1995
• Sir Hugh Laddie (1946–2008), High Court Judge
• Sir Martin Sweeting, Director of the Surrey Space Centre and Chief Executive Officer of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
• Dale Winton (born 1955), television presenter,BBC Radio 2 DJ,
• Adrian Nicholas (1962–2005), skydiver
• Karren Brady (born 1969), Managing Director of West Ham United FC