St Olave's Grammar School

Noted alumni

This is a partial list. For a more comprehensive one see: List of notable Old Olavians

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• H. B. Acton (1908?1974), philosopher
• Samuel Laman Blanchard, (1804–1845) author and journalist
• Sir Lawrence Chubb, (1948–?) first Secretary of the National Trust; Secretary of the Commons
• Paul Dimond, (born 1944) HM Ambassador to the Philippines
• Lawrence Durrell, (1912–1990) novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
• Abba Eban, (1915–2002) Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations; Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs; Israeli Deputy Prime Minister
• Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, (1830–1911) politician
• Andy Green, (1962– ) past team leader of RAF Red Arrows Display Team; current holder of the world land speed record
• John Harvard, (1607–1638) founder of Harvard University
• William Heberden, (1710–1801) physician, coined the term 'angina'
• Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton, (1904–?) Chairman of the BBC
• Sean P. Kennan, Irish Ambassador to the United Nations; Irish Ambassador to Canada
• Kenneth Lindsay, M.P. for Kilmarnock Burghs; Civil Lord of the Admiralty; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education
• Chris Philp, Chairman of the Bow Group
• Sir Michael Scholar, (born 1942) President, St John's College, Oxford
• William Sherlock, (1641–1707) English church leader
• Thomas Frederick Tout, (1855-1929) historian
• William Van Mildert, (1765–1836) Bishop of Durham; founder of the University of Durham