List of people educated at Bolton School explained

Former pupils of Bolton School are known as Old Boltonians.

The Old Girls' Association and Old Boltonians' Associations^[1] are active with over 9,000 members and nationwide reunions throughout the year. Notable alumni include:

A

• Mark Addis (born 1969), professor of philosophy
• Monica Ali (born 1967), author
• Bryan Appleyard (born 1951), journalist and author

B

• Jack Bond (1932–2019), cricketer
• James Booth (1914–2000), judge, Liberal Party politician

C

• Andrew "Chubby" Chandler (born 1953), sports manager
• Donald Geoffrey Charlton (1925–1995), Professor of French at the University of Warwick
• Jennifer Clack (née Agnew, 1947–2020), academic; professor and curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Cambridge
• Gordon Clough (1934–1996), broadcaster
• Sir Philip Craven MBE (born 1950), President of the International Paralympic Committee
• Clive Crook (born 1955), journalist for the Financial Times
• Nick Chisnell (born 1990) Famed Historian and Chef

D

• Julian Darby (born 1967), former Premier League footballer
• Alex Davidson (born 1992), Salford City Reds rugby league player
• Roger Draper, chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association and formerly chief executive of Sport England
• Jill Duff (born 1972), Anglican priest and Bishop of Lancaster

E

• Chris Eatough (born 1974), world champion mountain biker
• Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet (1880–1948), politician
• Major Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle, MC, QC (1887–1974), politician

G

• Max George (born 1988), singer in the boy band The Wanted
• Chris Goudge (1935–2010), Olympic hurdler

H

• Leslie Halliwell (1929–1989), film writer and historian
• Haseeb Hameed (born 1997), Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and England cricketer
• John Hanscomb CBE (1924–2019), Conservative politician, former Mayor of Bolton
• Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam (1923–2002), former Chair of British Steel and the Coal Board
• Oliver Heywood (1630–1702), nonconformist minister
• John Hick (1815–1894), Conservative Party MP
• Jonathan L. Howard, author

J

• Sir Geoffrey Jackson (1915–1987), British Ambassador to Uruguay

K

• Carol Klein (born 1945), gardening expert, TV presenter and newspaper columnist
• Sir Harry Kroto (1939–2016), 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

L

• Ralf Little (born 1980), actor
• Kate Long (born 1964), author

M

• Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939), actor
• Sarah Mercer (born 1969), linguist
• Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton (born 1954), Conservative politician and first Chancellor of the University of Bolton

P

• Callum Parkinson (born 1996), Leicestershire cricketer
• Matt Parkinson (born 1996), Lancashire and England cricketer
• Andy Paterson, film producer and former second unit director
• Norah Lillian Penston (1903–1974), Principal of Bedford College, University of London
• Nathaniel Phillips (born 1997), Liverpool FC footballer

R

• Mark Radcliffe (born 1958), radio broadcaster
• John Ratledge (born 1974), first-class cricketer
• John Roberts (born), founder of AO World^[2]
• Barbara Ronson (1942–2018), Liberal Democrat politician
• Sir Arthur Rostron (1869–1940), Captain of the RMS Carpathia
• David Ruffley (born 1962), Conservative politician
• Sir Ernest Ryder (born 1957), Lord Justice of Appeal (Court of Appeal) and Senior President of Tribunals; former Chancellor at the University of Bolton (2014–2016)

S

• David Sandiford (born 1970), cricketer and barrister
• Nigel Short (born 1965), chess player
• Becky Smethurst, astrophysicist
• Barry Smith (born 1952), ontologist
• Gerard Corley Smith (1909–1997), diplomat, environmentalist ^[3]
• Dame Janet Smith (born 1940), judge^[4]
• Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (born 1945), Labour politician and Life Peer
• Malcolm Stevens FRS (born 1938), chemist
• Edmund Clifton Stoner (1899–1968), theoretical physicist
• Marcus Sheff (born 1963), non-profit chief executive officer (CEO), former media executive and journalist

T

• Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton (born 1947), Labour politician
• Davinia Taylor (née Murphy, born 1977), actress and socialite
• Archis Tiku (born 1977), former bassist with the band Maxïmo Park
• Joyce Tyldesley (born 1960), Egyptologist

W

• Mark Williams (born 1978), Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College, Oxford, formerly Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge and Assistant Organist of St Paul's Cathedral
• Alfred Woodhall (1897–1968), senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War

External links

• Distinguished Old Boys
• Distinguished Old Girls
• Alumni website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old Boltonians and Old Girls' Association – Alumni and Former Pupils . 2 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110818023035/http://www.boltonschool.org/about-us/old-girls-and-old-boys/welcome . 18 August 2011.
2. Web site: 'Results give you options' - John Roberts, AO World. managementtoday.co.uk. 3 August 2018.
3. Web site: Gerard Corley Smith. Charles Darwin Foundation (reprinted from The Times 3 November 1997). 28 Mar 2014. Apr 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116095026/http://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/media/pdf/59/NG_59_1998_Corley_Smith.pdf. 16 January 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Distinguished Old Girls. 2 September 2011.