Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Boston Grammar School- George Bass — surgeon and explorer
- Richard Budge — head of RJB Mining
- Joseph Langley Burchnall — mathematician
- Danny Butterfield — footballer
- John Cridland — Director General of the Confederation of British Industry
- Victor Emery, physicist
- George Edward Hale Enderby, anaesthetist, who developed Hypotensive anaesthesia using an Oscillotonometer to measure low blood pressure
- Simon Garner — footballer (Blackburn Rovers F.C., etc.)
- Arthur James Grant, historian
- Henry Hallam (briefly), historian
- Wyn Harness (1971-8) Assistant editor, and a founder of The Independent
- Carl Hudson — Musician (Keyboard player for Professor Green)
- Richard Hurst — writer and director
- John Leverett — governor of Massachusetts
- Rev Dr John Newton CBE — former president of the Methodist Conference, President of The Wesley Historical Society
- Oliver Ryan, footballer (ex Lincoln City footballer)
- Simon Patrick — Bishop of Ely from 1691–1707
- Michael John Pinner — footballer (Manchester United F.C., etc.)
- Philip Priestley (1957–64) — former High Commissioner to Belize (2001-4)
- Rt Rev Frank Pilkington Sargeant — Bishop at Lambeth from 1994-9 and Bishop of Stockport from 1984–94
- Barry Spikings — Hollywood producer
- David Ward, Lib Dem MP for Bradford East since 2010
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