List of Old Etonians Born in The 20th Century - 1950s

1950s

• Edward Bennett (born 1950), television director
• Jonathon Porritt (born 1950), Director, Friends of the Earth, 1984–1990, and Forum for the Future, 1996–, writer and broadcaster
• John Wodehouse (born 1951), 5th Earl of Kimberley
• Mark Douglas-Home (born 1951), Editor, The Herald, 2000–
• David Maxwell (born 1951), oarsman
• Nick Ormerod (born 1951), stage designer
• S. P. Somtow (born 1952), musical composer and author
• James Arbuthnot (born 1952), politician
• William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor (born 1951), businessman, politician
• Reggie Oliver (born 1952) author
• David Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (born 1952), Scottish author
• Robin Drysdale (born 1952), Tennis Player, 1977 Australian Open Quarter-Finalist
• David Sheepshanks (born 1952) joint-acting Chairman of The FA
• Martin Taylor (born 1952), Chief Executive, Courtaulds Textiles, 1990–1993, and Barclays Bank, 1994–1998, and Chairman, W. H. Smith Group, 1999–2003
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born 1953), MP for the Cotswolds
• Robert Harvey (born 1953), author and journalist
• Oliver James (born 1953), psychologist
• Simon Mann (born 1953), soldier and mercenary
• John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 1953) Liberal Democrat politician
• John Barclay (born 1954), cricketer and cricket manager
• Jamie Borwick, Lord Borwick (born 1955), former Chairman, Manganese Bronze Holdings
• Michael Chance (born 1955), counter-tenor
• Francis Grier (born 1955), organist, choir conductor and composer
• Charles Shaughnessy (born 1955), actor
• Dominic Lawson (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1990–1995, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1995–
• Oliver Letwin (born 1956), Shadow Home Secretary, 2001–2003, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2003–2005, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2005–
• Charles Moore (born 1956), Editor, The Spectator, 1984–1990, The Sunday Telegraph, 1990–1995, and The Daily Telegraph, 1995–2003
• Justin Welby (born 1956), Bishop of Durham, 2011–2012; nominated as Archbishop of Canterbury, 2012;
• Geoffrey Adams (born 1957), diplomat
• Nicholas Coleridge (born 1957), Editor, Harpers and Queen, 1986–1989, and President, Condé Nast Publications, 1992–
• Keith Cozens (born 1957), Chief Executive, Merlin Holdings Group

• Pico Iyer (born 1957), author
• Adam Nicolson (born 1957), author
• Andrew Robinson (born 1957), Literary Editor, Times Higher Education Supplement, and writer
• Robin Birley (born 1958), businessman
• Matt Ridley (born 1958), zoologist
• Bill Turnbull (born 1958), journalist and television presenter
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959), actor and comedian
• Hugo Swire (born 1959), Minister of State, Northern Ireland
• Stephen Wolfram (born 1959), physicist and computer scientist