Lawrence Sheriff School - Notable Old Laurentians

Notable Old Laurentians

Former pupils at the school are called Old Laurentians and include:

• Steve Beebee — author and journalist
• Arthur Bostrom — Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo! (head boy at the school)
• Will Carruthers — musician
• Prof Michael Claridge, Professor of Entomology at Cardiff University from 1983–99 and President of the Linnean Society of London from 1988–91
• Ben Croshaw — producer of Zero Punctuation
• Wayne Clarke — award-winning broadcaster
• Prof Valentine Cunningham, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford since 1996
• Prof John L. Harper CBE - plant biologist
• Thomas Hedley — media magnate
• Prof Robert George Spencer Hudson - geologist and President of the Paleontological Association from 1957-9
• Mark Mapletoft - Former England Rugby player and season top point scorer in English rugby union premiership.
• David Mowat - Conservative MP for Warrington South since 2010
• Mark Pawsey - Conservative MP for Rugby since 2010
• Jason Pierce — singer
• Air Vice-Marshal John Porter OBE
• Mike Powell — Warwickshire cricketer
• Ric Todd - former Ambassador to Poland (2007–2011) and current Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Andrew Rawnsley (briefly) - political journalist
• Walter Sweeney - Conservative MP for Vale of Glamorgan from 1992-7 (by only 19 votes)
• Maj-Gen Anthony Trythall CB - Director of Army Education from 1980-4
• Prof Kevin Warwick — computer scientist
• Sir Norman Wooding CBE - Chairman of Courtaulds from 1978–83
• Captain (retd) David "The Brand" Harris BA MA WG - as featured in Orwell prize winning Dead Men Risen http://theorwellprize.co.uk/shortlists/toby-harnden/