East Barnet School - Notable Former Pupils

Notable Former Pupils

  • John Wrighton MB, BS, FRCS (10 March 1933 -), who won two gold medals at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden: in the men's individual 400 metres and in the 4x400 metres relay. He also represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy and was Team Captain.
  • Alan Coren - (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine.

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