Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School- Rashid Al-Raweshidy, renowned engineer and Financial Analyst Prax Petroleum
- Harry Arnold, war correspondent and royal reporter on a number of national newspapers, including the Daily Mirror and The Sun
- Bob Bean (1935–87), Labour MP for Rochester and Chatham from 1974-9
- Bill Esterson, Labour MP for Sefton Central
- David Garrick (1717–79), actor, playwright and theatre manager. Briefly a pupil, apparently under the headmaster's private tutelage
- Pip Carter, actor, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, appeared in Robin Hood
- Brian Vale OBE, CBE, cultural diplomat and naval historian. Assistant-director-general of the British Council 1987-90, cultural attache Egypt and Spain 1983-1995
- Tommy Knight, actor, Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, Waterloo Road (TV series)
- Matt Letley drummer for Status Quo
- Nitin Sawhney, musician, composer and disc jockey
- Frank Smitherman, MBE, ambassador to Togo and Dahomey from 1970-73
- Chris Solly, footballer, Charlton Athletic F.C. Reserves and England national under-17 football team
- James Taylor, musician, founder of the James Taylor Quartet
- James H. Wilkinson, professor of computer science at the University of Stanford from 1977-86. The J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software is named in his honour
- Matthew Rampley Professor of History of art University of Birmingham and head of school of languages, art history and visual studies
- Guy Fletcher (songwriter) English songwriter who, in partnership with Doug Flett, wrote several hits for other artists, including Elvis. Fletcher is also the father of Justin Fletcher the English children's TV personality in the United Kingdom
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