Notable Old Decanians
See also: Category:People educated at Dean Close School- Former students of the school are known as 'Old Decanians', decanus being the Latin for dean.
- Charlie de Rusett, Publisher and Entrepreneur
- George Adamson, environmentalist.
- Oliver Claude Allison, bishop.
- Francis Bacon, artist.
- Richard St. Barbe Baker, environmentalist, forester and writer.
- Francis Berry, poet and critic.
- Peter Browne, professional rugby union player for Harlequins
- Denis Burkitt, surgeon.
- Ernest Cossart, actor (and brother of composer Gustav Holst).
- Basil Dale, former Anglican Bishop of Jamaica.
- William Dimoline, British general.
- Verrier Elwin, missionary.
- Robert Evans, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
- James Flecker, English poet, novelist and playwright.
- Jon Foster, English comedy writer.
- Andrew Goudie, geographer and Master of St Cross College, Oxford.
- Ernest Hoare, cricketer.
- Tom Johnson, professional rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs and England
- Brian Jones, musician, guitarist and founding member of The Rolling Stones.
- G. Wilson Knight, literary critic and academic.
- Gordon Luce, scholar and member of the Cambridge Apostles.
- Samer Majali, businessman.
- Ben Marsden, hockey player for England.
- Mpumelelo Mbangwa, cricketer and commentator.
- Will Merrick, actor.
- John Metcalf, composer.
- Robert Moreland, consultant and politician.
- Geoffrey Page, World War II fighter pilot.
- Hugh Quarshie, actor.
- Bernard Ribeiro, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons.
- John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
- Jim Thompson, bishop.
- William Welch, bishop.
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