List of Old Etonians Born in The 20th Century - 1920s

1920s

• Henry Chadwick (born 1920), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1959–1969, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1969–1979, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1987–1993
• John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford (born 1920), politician and clergyman
• David Jamieson VC (1920–2001), Second World War Victoria Cross
• Sir John Jardine Paterson (1920–2000), Calcutta business man.
• John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), evolutionary biologist
• Peter Benenson (1921–2005), founder of Amnesty International
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis b. 1921
• Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), jazz musician, band leader, composer, and chairman of BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
• Hugo Charteris (1922–1970), author and screenwriter
• Michael Bentine (1922–1996), actor and comedian
• Adrian Liddell Hart (1922–1991), author and adventurer
• Patrick Macnee (born 1922), actor
• Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1959–1962, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, 1970–1981
• Field Marshal Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (born 1923), Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces, 1976–1978, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 1978–1979, and Chief of the General Staff, 1979–1982
• James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola (1923–2002), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1969–1971
• Michael Jaffé (1923–1997)
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011), Managing Director, 1972–1985, and Chairman, 1986–1995, English National Opera, and President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–1997
• Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (born 1923), author
• Richard Ollard (born 1923), author, editor and historian
• Sir John Lindsay Eric Smith (born 1923), Director, Coutts and Co, 1950–1993
• HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
• Edward Thomas Hall (1924–2001), Scientist
• Robin Howard (1924–1989)
• Myles Ponsonby (1924–1999), intelligence officer, diplomat, British Ambassador to Mongolia
• John Bayley (born 1925), Warton Professor of English, University of Oxford, 1974–1992
• Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet (born 1925), Headmaster of Lancing College, 1961–1969, and Chief Scout of the United Kingdom, 1972–1982
• Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (born 1926), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1982–1986, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1986–1998
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (born 1927), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1977–1979, and Cabinet Secretary, 1979–1987
• John Coldstream (born 1927), Professor of Aegean Archaeology, King's College London, 1975–1983, and Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, University College London, 1983–1992
• Peter Dickinson (born 1927), author
• John Habgood, Baron Habgood (born 1927), Bishop of Durham, 1973–1983, and Archbishop of York, 1983–1995
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (born 1927), Governor, Bank of England, 1983–1993
• Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet (1927–2009)
• Major General Sir John Acland (born 1928), General Officer Commanding, South West District, 1978–1981
• John Barton (born 1928), Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1964–1991
• Alan Clark (1928–1999) - Politician and diarist
• Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928–2004), husband of HRH Princess Alexandra
• Abdellatief Abouheif (born 1929), Egyptian swimming champion
• Sir Piers Bengough (born 1929), The Queen's Representative at Ascot, 1982–1997
• Sir Adrian Cadbury (born 1929), Managing Director, 1969–1974, and Chairman, 1975–1989, Cadbury Schweppes
• John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich (born 1929), writer, broadcaster and historian
• John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey (born 1929), horseracing commentator and journalist
• Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick (born 1929), Lord Justice of Appeal, 1984–1993, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1993–1999
• Sebastian Snow (1929–2001), explorer and writer
• Jeremy Thorpe (born 1929), Leader of the Liberal Party, 1967–1976
• Philip Ziegler (born 1929), author and historian