List of Old Greshamians explained

The following is a list of notable Old Greshamians, former pupils of Gresham's School, an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, England.

Public life

Armed forces

Church

Medicine

Nobel Prize-winner

Academics

Arts

Sciences

Writers

Poets

Novelists

Journalists

Other

Music

Artists

Sport

Performing arts

Business

Other

In fiction

Among fictional OGs, John Mortimer's television barrister Rumpole sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s.

Notable Gresham's masters

Notable governors of the school

See also

Notes and References

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