Noted Hastings Grammar School Alumni
- Archibald Belaney (1888-1938), who emigrated to Canada, claimed to be half-Apache, and wrote a number of books under the name of Grey Owl.
- Sir Herbert Butcher, National Liberal MP for Holland with Boston from 1937-66
- Michael Jabez Foster, Labour MP for Hastings and Rye from 1997-2010.
- Sir David Penry-Davey, judge at the High Court of Justice since 1997
- Arthur Spencer Roberts, painter
- Paddy Tomkins, Chief Constable from 2002-7 of Lothian and Borders Police
- Edwin Constable, Professor of Chemistry, University of Basel, 1966-1972
- Simon Fuller, Manager of The Spice Girls and David Beckham; creator of "Pop Idol"
- Alan Oakman, England and Sussex cricketer. Played in the famous 1956 Old Trafford test against Australia when Jim Laker took 19 wickets.
- Timothy Booth Jones (born 1952), Sussex cricketer
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