Bedales School - Notable Old Bedalians (alphabetical By Surname)

Notable Old Bedalians (alphabetical By Surname)

• Ben Adams (born 1981), singer/songwriter
• Lily Allen (born 1985), singer
• Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and child welfare promoter
• Kirstie Allsopp (born 1971), TV presenter best known for presenting Channel 4 property programme, Location, Location, Location
• Simon Anholt (born c.1961), independent policy advisor, author and researcher; pioneer of the concept of 'nation branding'
• David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 1961), cabinet-maker, son of Princess Margaret
• Tom Arnold (born 1947), politician
• Grace Barnsley (1896–1975), pottery decorator
• Hugh Hale Bellot FRHS (1890-1969) Professor of American History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1951-53)
• Sebastian Bergne (born 1966), industrial designer
• Dame Helen Blaxland (1907–1989), writer
• Remy Blumenfeld (born 1965), TV producer and entrepreneur
• Sadie Bonnell (1888–1993), World War I First Aid Nursing Yeomanry ambulance driver, and first woman to win the Military Medal
• Jamie Campbell Bower (born 1988), actor
• Gyles Brandreth (born 1948), journalist, television presenter and former Conservative MP (City of Chester)
• William Bridges-Adams (1889–1965), theatre director, and Director, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1919–1934
• Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966), writer and naturalist
• Jeremy Browne (born 1970), Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton Deane
• Selina Cadell (born 1953), actress
• Simon Cadell (1950–1996), actor
• Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter (1881–1955), World War I Victoria Cross recipient
• Charles Cecil, videogame designer
• Pat Chapman (born 1940), founder The Curry Club, author 36 books and broadcaster
• Clancy Chassay (1993–1996), journalist
• Lady Sarah Chatto (born 1964), daughter of Princess Margaret
• Julian Chichester (born 1950) English barrister and amateur photographer
• Sir Laurence Collier (1890–1976), Ambassador to Norway, 1939–1950
• Tom Conway (1904-1967) actor
• Sophie Dahl (born 1977), model, author and chef
• Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957), Oscar winning actor
• Tamasin Day-Lewis
• Cara Delevingne (born 1992), model
• Poppy Delevingne, model
• Alice Dellal (born 1987), model
• Minnie Driver (born 1970), actress
• Peter Eckersley (1892–1963), broadcasting engineer, and Chief Engineer, BBC, 1923–1929
• Thomas Eckersley (1886–1959), theoretical physicist and electrical engineer
• Alice Eve (born 1982), actress
• Johnny Flynn, folk musician (with his band The Sussex Wit)
• Margaret Gardiner (1904–2005), artist
• Rolf Gardiner (1902–1971), ecological campaigner, youth leader and Nazi sympathiser
• Fiona Godlee (born 1961), physician and editor
• Tomás Graves (1953-), son of Robert Graves, writer, musician and designer
• Battiscombe Gunn (1883–1950), Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, 1934–1950
• Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982), painter
• Christopher Hall (1957-), producer
• John Pennington Harman (1914–1944), World War II Victoria Cross recipient
• Rebecca Harris (1967-), Conservative MP for Castle Point since 2010.
• Douglas Hartree (1897–1958), Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1929–1937; Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, 1937–1945, and Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Cambridge, 1946–1958
• Robin Hill (1899–1991), plant biochemist
• Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), painter
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960), poet and artist
• Michael Kidner (born 1917-2009) Op artist
• John Layard (1891–1974), anthropologist and psychologist
• Richard Leacock (born 1921), documentary film director
• Lydia Leonard (born 1981), actress
• Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986), lyricist
• Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth (1935–2010), politician
• Tom Lodge (1936–2012), author and radio broadcaster
• Harriet Logan, photographer
• Geoffrey Lupton, Arts and Crafts
• Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981), Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1935–1939, Minister of Health, 1940–1941, [High Commissioner to Canada, 1941–1946, Governor-General of Malaya, 1946–1955, High Commissioner to India, 1955–1960, Governor of Kenya, 1963–1964, and High Commissioner to Kenya, 1964–1965
• Joan Malleson (1899–1956), physician
• Jane Mayer (born 1955), American journalist and writer (attended Bedales as exchange student, 1972–73)
• Jazz Mellor (born 1983), daughter of Joe Strummer (lead singer of The Clash)
• Nina Murdoch (born 1970), painter
• Bas Pease (1922–2004), physicist
• Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinetist
• Barnaby Phillips, Al-Jazeera correspondent (formerly BBC West Africa Correspondent & Southern Africa Correspondent)
• Roger Powell (1896–1990), bookbinder
• Luke Pritchard, lead singer of The Kooks
• Sarah Raphael (1960–2001), painter
• John Ridding (born 1965), chief executive of the Financial Times.
• Sir Frank Roberts (1907–1998), Minister Plenipotentiary to the Soviet Union, 1945–1947, Private Secretary to Ernest Bevin, 1947–1949, Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1954–1957, Ambassador to NATO, 1957–1960, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1960–1962, and Ambassador to West Germany] 1963–1968
• Sir John Rothenstein (1901–1992), art historian, and Director, Tate Gallery, 1938–1964
• Alexis Rowell (born 1965), former BBC journalist, councillor for Belsize.
• Adrian Sack (born 1971), videogame designer
• Raphael Salaman (1906–1993), engineer and tool collector
• Samuel Isidore Salmon (1900–1980) Chairman J. Lyons and Co., Member of Members of the Greater London Council
• Emma Samms (born 1960), actress
• Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (1893–1976), Director of Medical Services, Hong Kong, 1937–1943, and Governor of the Seychelles, 1947–1951
• Arthur Snell, (born 1975), British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, 2011 -
• Alix Strachey (1892–1973), translator of Sigmund Freud's works
• Kate Summerscale (1978–1983), author
• Juno Temple (born 1989), actress
• Natalia Tena (born 1984), actress and musician
• Teddy Thompson (born 1976), singer/songwriter and musician
• Ceawlin Thynn, Viscount Weymouth (born 1974)
• Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), painter and printmaker
• Ethlie Ann Vare (born 1953) Writer and Journalist
• Valentine Warner (1985–1990), chef and presenter
• E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970), writer and scientist
• Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist
• Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), Managing Director, Wedgwoods, 1930–1961
• Arabella Weir (born 1957), writer and comedian
• Jamie West-Oram (born 1954), guitarist for the Fixx
• Michael Wishart (1928–1996), painter
• Sir Peter Wright, ballet dancer and director, Director, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, 1977–1990, and Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet, 1990–1999
• John Wyndham (1903–1969), novelist
• Konni Zilliacus (1894–1967), writer and politician