List of Old Etonians Born in The 20th Century - 1930s

1930s

• Sir Antony Acland (born 1930), ambassador to Luxembourg, 1975–1977, Spain, 1977–1979, and the United States, 1986–1991, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982–1986, and Provost of Eton, 1991–2000
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (born 1930), photographer
• Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (born 1930), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1984–1985, Home Secretary, 1985–1989, and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1989–1995
• Jeremy Sandford (1930–2003), screenwriter
• Julian Slade (born 1930), author and composer
• Neal Ascherson (born 1932), journalist and author
• Colin Clark (born 1932), filmmaker
• Tam Dalyell (born 1932), politician
• Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932), painter
• Rory McEwen (1932–1982), painter
• Sir Jocelyn Stevens (born 1932), Managing Director, Evening Standard, 1969–1972, Daily Express, 1972–1974, Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1974–1977, and Express Newspapers, 1977–1981
• Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (born 1932), owner of Longleat
• Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), actor
• Sir James Goldsmith (1933–1997), entrepreneur and politician
• Sir John Gurdon (born 1933), Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, Royal Institution, 1985–1991, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, 1991–2001, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1995–2002
• Daniel Massey (1933–1998), actor
• Hugo Anthony Meynell (born 1936), author, son of Captain Godfrey Meynell
• John Michell (born 1933), writer on esoterica and sacred geometry
• Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 1934), missing murder suspect
• Reshad Feild (Richard Timothy Feild) (born 1934)
• Professor Robin Milner FRS (1934–2010), informatician and computer scientist.
• John Standing (born 1934), actor
• Ben Whitaker (born 1934), author
• Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran (born 1935), politician; Olympic Games gold medal winner.
• HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)
• Bamber Gascoigne (born 1935), author and broadcaster
• Michael Holroyd (born 1935), author and biographer
• Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo (born 1935), Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1989–1994
• Andrew Rowe (1935–2008) Teacher, Civil Servant & Politician
• Andrew Sinclair (born 1935), author and historian
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst (born 1936), Chief of Fleet Support, 1986–1989, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, 1989–1991, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991–1993, and First Sea Lord, 1993–1995
• Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936), author and journalist
• Peter Hill-Wood (born 1936), Chairman, Arsenal F.C., 1982–
• Hugh Hudson (born 1936), film director
• Charles Douglas-Home (1937–1985), Editor, The Times, 1982–1985
• Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937), soldier
• Derry Moore (born 1937), photographer
• John Paul Morrison (born 1937), Inventor/discoverer of Flow-based programming
• Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (born 1937), Astor Professor of British History, University College London, 1984–1990, and Professor of British History, King's College London, 1990–2002
• David Benedictus (born 1938), writer and director
• Jonathan Riley-Smith (born 1938), Professor of History, Royal Holloway College, London, 1978–1994, and Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, 1994–
• Bobby Henrey (born 1939) actor star of Carol Reed's "The Fallen Idol"
• Henry Blofeld (born 1939), cricket commentator and journalist
• Jonathan Cecil (born 1939), actor
• Grey Gowrie (born 1939), politician and arts administrator
• Colin Thubron (born 1939), travel writer and novelist
• Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns (born 1939), businessman