# List of Old Oakhamians

Alumni of Oakham School are known as Old Oakhamians.
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, with a school roll of about 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18. The school was founded in 1584 by archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away.
Notable former pupils include:

## Academics

* Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, professor of classical literature and geology
* Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
* Peter North, principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford
* John Henry Pratt, mathematician
* Sir Michael Stoker, virologist and cancer biologist

## Armed forces

* Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks

## Ecclesiastics

* James Atlay, 98th Bishop of Hereford
* John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938); Archbishop of Armagh (1938)
* Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George V (1910–1936)
* Leonard Hawkes, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne
* John Henley, clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley'
* Thomas Merton, writer and Trappist monk

## Politics, the Colonial Service and the law

* Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
* Lord Cope of Berkeley, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire 1974-1983; Northavon 1983-1997; during this time he was Paymaster General 1992-1994
* Paul Filing, Australian politician (Member of the House of Representatives for Moore, Western Australia)
* William Allmond Codrington Goode GCMG, last Governor of Singapore 1957-1959; last Governor of North Borneo 1959-1963
* William George "Bill" O'Chee, Australian politician (Senator for Queensland)
* Kate Harrisson, British Ambassador to Peru (2018–present)

## Arts

* Charlie Bewley, actor
* Lydia Rose Bewley, actor
* Henry Camamile, Rory Young, Andrew Dawson, and Oli Khan of Sea Girls, indie rock band from London
* Katie Hall, actress and soprano
* Andy Harries, UK producer, Left Bank Pictures
* Greg Hicks, actor
* Richard Hope, actor
* Richard Hurst, writer and director
* Daniel Hyde, organist and conductor
* Miles Jupp, actor, comedian
* Jason Kay, singer (Jamiroquai)
* Matthew Macfadyen, actor
* Matthew Manning, psychic
* China Miéville, novelist
* Katie Mitchell, theatre director
* Alexander Newley, painter
* Alfred Young Nutt, Victorian artist and architect
* Malcolm Rogers, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
* Kwame Ryan, conductor and musician
* Janek Schaefer, sound artist, British Composer of the Year in Sonic Art
* Indra Sinha, novelist
* Tom Wiggall, composer

## Broadcasting and media

* Tom Heap, BBC News rural affairs correspondent (formerly BBC News's science and environment correspondent)
* Charlotte Uhlenbroek, biologist and broadcaster

## Sport

* Charlie Beech, professional rugby union player with Bath Rugby and England U19s
* Matthew Boyce, cricketer (Leicestershire)
* Roderick Bradley, player of American football
* J.W.M. Bradshaw, cricketer (Leicestershire)
* Stuart Broad, England international cricketer and England T20 captain
* Alex Brundle, professional racing driver
* Percy Chapman, England cricketer (captain)
* Josh Cobb, cricketer (Leicestershire)
* Rob Cook, rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby
* Sam Costelow, rugby union player for the Scarlets and Wales
* Tom Croft, British and Irish Lions and England player
* Crista Cullen, England and Great Britain field hockey player
* Arthur Cursham, England footballer and county cricketer (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire)
* John Furley, cricketer
* Alex Goode, rugby union player for Saracens RFC and England Saxons
* Ron Jacobs, rugby union player, England International and captain
* Lyndon James, cricketer
* Frank Jerwood, Olympic oarsman
* Joseph Kendall, cricketer
* Alex Martin, cricketer
* Bhargav Modha, cricketer
* Lewis Moody, British and Irish Lions, England Rugby, Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby rugby union player; England captain
* Lucy Pearson, England women's cricket captain
* Matt Smith, rugby union player, England Saxons
* James Alexander Simpson Taylor, cricketer (Leicestershire and Scotland)
* Hamish Watson, rugby union player for Edinburgh and Scotland
* Alex Wyatt, cricketer (Leicestershire)
* Tom Fell, cricketer

## Others

* John Jerwood, founder of the Jerwood Foundation
* Thomas Merton, writer and religious figure
* Richard Profit, polar explorer