Notable Alumni (with Year of Matriculation)
- Sir George Albu, 3rd Bt. (1962)
- Dale Benkenstein (1992), Dolphins cricketer
- Sir Rupert Bromley, 10th Bt. (Oxon) (1952), Rhodes scholar and businessman
- Professor David H.M.Brooks, philosopher and author of "The Unity of the Mind"
- Peter Brown (Cantab) (1941), activist and founding member of the Liberal Party
- Michael Cassidy (Cantab), evangelist
- Sir John Craven, director of Reuters and Deutsche Bank
- Robbie Diack (2003), Ulster Rugby rugby union footballer, formerly of Western Province
- George Ellis (Cantab) (1955), scientist and author (co-written book with Stephen Hawking)
- Kit Vaughan (1970), emeritus professor at UCT and CEO at CapeRay
- Chick Henderson (1947), rugby union footballer and commentator
- Giles Henderson, CBE, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Craig Higginson (1989), author of The Hill
- Robert Holmes à Court, entrepreneur and Australia's first billionaire
- Anson Lloyd, Director of Huletts and Chairman of the Board of Governors
- Sir Ian Lloyd (Cantab), British politician and Tory MP
- Tufty Mann, former South African cricketer
- Don MacLeod (Oxon), Natal cricketer and chairman of Illovo Sugar
- Hal White Miller Argus Group
- Gary Ralfe (Cantab), Former Managing Director of De Beers
- Desmond Sacco, Chairman of Assore
- Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote (Cantab) (1951), British barrister and judge
- Barry Streek, political journalist and anti-apartheid activist
- Rex Tremlett, gold prospector
- Timothy Woods, schoolmaster
- Wilbur Smith (1950), bestselling novelist
- Paul Hepker (1984), film composer (Tsotsi)
- John van de Ruit (1993), playwright and author of Spud
- Nolly Zaloumis, environmentalist
- John Harker (1972), South African swimming team, 1973
- George Morgan, South African Polo
- Patric Cilliers, Sharks, Lions, Stormers and Springbok rugby player, 2005
- Chris Nicholson, High Court judge in the Natal Provincial Division who declared charges against Jacob Zuma were unlawful
- Fink Haysom, United Nations assistant secretary-general for political affairs
- Eric Stanley Wynne Simpson (1937–41), Philipson-Stow Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at University of Cape Town (1957–74). Marine scientist. b. 1924 - d. 1983.
- Michael Rhodes, rugby player.
- Patrick Lambie, Sharks and Springbok rugby player, 2008.
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