Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle- Colin Bailey, Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police 1995-2000
- Boothby Graffoe, Radio 4 comedian
- Daniel Judson, former media studies student, now a radio presenter for local stations Lincs FM and Compass FM.
- Mark Kent, UK Ambassador to Vietnam 2008-2010
- Kitty Lea (aka Katie Lea), glamour model, DJ and Actress
- Alfred Lodge, mathematician and former head boy. President of the Mathematical Association from 1897-8. One of several brothers of Sir Oliver Lodge, the physicist, who it is claimed by Henry Lunn, also attended the school. Alfred and Oliver's uncle, Samuel Lodge, was the headmaster at the time. At one point, seven of the Lodge brothers were attending the school at the same time.
- Henry Simpson Lunn, Founder of the Lunn Poly travel agents
- The Reverend Jonnie Parkin, former Chaplain of Leicester Cathedral, now Team Vicar of Great Bowden, Leicestershire
- Ben Pridmore, World Memory Champion 2004 and 2008
- Abigail Tarttelin, actor, writer and novelist.
- Matthew Simpson aka Segal, Composer
- Arthur Thistlewood: British conspirator in the Cato Street Conspiracy.
- Robert Webb, actor and comedian, known for Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look
- Amy Ward (Stage name Amy Alexandra), glamour model and Big Brother 8 contestant. Now the 'face' of Television X.
- Maddy and Victoria Wilding, Two thirds of girl band Brit Chix who reached the semi-finals of the 2009 reality TV show Britain's Got Talent (series 3).
- Darren Neave, one of the Little Artists
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