Academics and scientists
Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton FRS, Chemist and Nobel Laureate
William Thomas Clifford Beckett, CBE, DSO (1862–1956) Brigadier-General in British Army and notable Civil Engineer
Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1917–1920)
Roland Bond, Locomotive engineer
Ian Bradley, writer, academic and theologian
Owen Chadwick - Order of Merit, Vice Chancellor of University of Cambridge, Master of Selwyn Cambridge, Regius Professor of Modern History, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Chancellor of University of Anglia, President of British Academy, and a Rugby Union International.
John George Children FRS British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist
David Emms, teacher and rugby union player
Peter Fisher (physician), personal physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
W. D. Hamilton, devisor of Red Queen Theory
Norman Heatley, the man who, having been on the team of Oxford scientists which discovered penicillin, turned it into a usable medicine
R.J.B. Knight, naval historian
Sir Arthur Marshall, aviation engineer
Edward Nicholson, author and head of the Bodleian library
Walter Fraser Oakeshott, Vice Chancellor of Oxford University
Carl Pantin FRS, Professor of zoology, Cambridge University
Colin Patterson, palaeontologist and reformer of the fossil record
Sir David Randall Pye FRS, Mechanical engineer and Provost of University College London
W.H.R Rivers, Cambridge neurologist, psychologist, anthropologist and World War One psychiatrist
Sir Anthony Seldon, historian, political commentator and educationalist (current Master of Wellington College)
Claud Buchanan Ticehurst, ornithologist
Ernest Basil Verney, pharmacologist and Fellow of the Royal Society
Thomas Dewar Weldon philosopher
Maurice Frank Wiles - Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity at Oxford and one of the leading theologians of the Church of England
E.T.C. Werner, diplomat and China scholar
Maurice Denham (1909–2002), prolific character actor, known for voicing all the animal characters in the animated feature Animal Farm (1954 film)
Tristan Gemmill (born 1967), actor, known for playing Adam Trueman in the BBC medical drama Casualty
Ronald Howard (1918–1996) actor, son of Leslie Howard
John Howlett (born 1942), screenwriter & film director, co-wrote the feature film If.... with fellow Tonbridge schoolmate David Sherwin
Adrian Rawlins (born 1958), actor, known for playing James Potter in the Harry Potter film series
Dan Stevens (born 1982), actor, known for playing Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey
David Sherwin (born 1942), screenwriter, co-wrote the feature film If.... with fellow Tonbridge schoolmate John Howlett
Richard Southgate (born 1990), actor, known for playing Malik in the CBBC series Young Dracula
David Tomlinson (1917–2000), actor, known for playing George Banks in Mary Poppins
Benjamin Whitrow (born 1937), actor, known for playing Mr. Bennett in the 1995 mini-series Pride and Prejudice
Clifford Thomason Beckett, CBE, MC, Major-General in British Army
Rear Admiral David Cooke, submarine and defence procurement officer
William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside GCB, MC, DFC, Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command after the Battle of Britain
Eric Stuart Dougall, Victoria Cross, First World War
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Dowler
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot GCVO, KCB, KBE, DFC & Bar, ADC, RAF
John Everard Gurdon DFC and bar. WW1 flying ace with 28 kills
Rear Admiral Frederick Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol, nobleman, naval officer and Conservative politician
Squadron Leader Hilary Hood, Battle of Britain fighter pilot
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside
Major-General Sir Millis Jefferis, developer of unusual weapons during WW2
Harold Stephen Langhorne (1877–1878), Brigadier-General in the British Army in the First World War
James Archibald Dunboyne Langhorne (1893–1896), Brigadier in the British Army
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, a brilliant soldier and notorious eccentric who captured Barcelona in the war of Spanish Succession
Lieutenant-Commander Harold Newgass GC, recipient of the George Cross
Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson VC DFC, Battle of Britain fighter pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Major Sandy Smith (British Army officer), awarded the Military Cross for action at Pegasus Bridge
Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, KCB, GCTE, the British admiral of whom Napoleon Bonaparte said, "That man made me miss my destiny".
Trevor Sidney Wade DFC AFC, Battle of Britain fighter pilot and ace
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew 'Sandy' Wilson, Former Air Member for Personnel and last C-in-C RAF Germany
Robert Charles Zaehner, British academic, wartime SOE agent and post war MI6 agent
Sir John Bond, former chairman of HSBC and current chairman of Vodafone
Roy Brown, former chairman of GKN
Gerald Corbett, businessman
Michael Marriott, head of the British stock exchange
Alex Proud (born 1969), founder and CEO of The Proud Group
Tim Waterstone (born 1939), founder of Waterstones bookshops
William Alexander (bishop) (1824–1911) poet, theologian and Anglican Primate of All Ireland
Harry Blackburne DSO MC, Dean of Bristol
Gerald Brooks, Anglican Bishop
Timothy Dudley-Smith, Bishop and hymn writer
Charles Escreet, Archdeacon of Lewisham
Edward Lewis Evans, Bishop of Barbados
Andrew Graham, Bishop of Newcastle
Sidney Faithorn Green, Ritualist clergyman
John Halliburton, theologian
Joseph Charles Hoare, an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th century and the very early 20th
Bishop Frederick Edward Ridgeway
Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglo-Catholic clergyman prosecuted for using ritualist liturgical practices
Hugo Ferdinand de Waal, Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge and Bishop of Thetford
Henry Russell Wakefield was an Anglican Bishop and author
Geoffrey Warde, Anglican Bishop
Kenneth Warner, Bishop of Edinburgh
Cecil Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia
Diplomats and politicians
Austen Albu, Labour MP
Geoffrey Bing, Labour MP
John Bowis, former Conservative MP and MEP
Iain Coleman, Labour MP
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, diplomat
Charles Conybeare, radical Liberal politician
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand diplomat, former Ambassador to the United States
Sampson Gideon, later Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley, Jewish-born 18th century Tory MP, created Baronet while a schoolboy in 1759.
Sir Walter Egerton, colonial governor
Sir Basil Engholm, civil servant
John Ganzoni, 1st Baron Belstead, Conservative MP
The Hon.Ben Gummer, Conservative MP for Ipswich
Sir Reginald Hanson, 1st Baronet, Kt, JP, DL, FSA was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician.
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, Lord Privy Seal
Edward Brodie Hoare, British Conservative politician
Sir Norman Hulbert, RAF officer and Conservative politician.
Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan, (politician), signatory to the Indian Constitution
Sir John Leahy, KCMG, former Ambassador to South Africa
Lord Mayhew of Twysden, QC, barrister and Conservative politician
. Jeremy Newman (Judde House 1964-69), Australian diplomat,ambassador to Iran 2001-2005
Ralph Neville (MP), Liberal Unionist politician
Sir Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943), KCMG, colonial civil servant and Cabinet Minister
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham, aristocrat, Whig Party politician, father of two Prime Ministers.
Henry Thoby Prinsep, English official of the Indian civil service
Sir Julian Ridsdale, Conservative politician and intelligence officer
Robert Rogers, Baron Lisvane, Clerk of the House of Commons
George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford, Conservative politician
Sir Peter Tapsell, Conservative politician, MP for Louth & Horncastle & current Father of the House of Commons
Sir David Trench, Governor of Hong Kong (1964–1971)
Charles Wardle, Conservative politician
David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton GCMG, CB, PC, Secretary General of the European Commission
Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, British Ambassador to Paris during the treaty of Amiens
Entertainers and musicians
Robert Ashfield Organist of Southwell Minster and Rochester Cathedral
Bill Bruford, Drummer for Yes, King Crimson and others (musician)
Justin Chancellor, bassist, Tool
Tom Chaplin, Keane musician
Julian Clifford, Conductor
Kit Hesketh-Harvey, musician
Richard Hughes, Keane musician
Joseph McManners left in 2011, Singer and actor
Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane musician
Dominic Scott musician, founding member of the band Keane
Andy Zaltzman, stand-up comedian
Journalists and writers
Mark Church, sports commentator
Harry Cole, journalist
Rupert Croft-Cooke, author
Albany Fonblanque, journalist
E. M. Forster, novelist
Frederick Forsyth, novelist
Sidney Keyes, poet
Christopher Reid, poet
Vikram Seth, novelist
Jonathan Street, novelist
Ken Wiwa, journalist and author. Son of Nigerian campaigner, Ken Saro-Wiwa.
William Woodfall, (at the school in 1760), pioneer of the (then illegal) practice of reporting Parliamentary debates
William Adams (lawyer), lawyer
Ranulph Bacon, senior police officer
Sir Herbert Baker, architect
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans
Sir Rupert de la Bère, 1st Baronet
Decimus Burton - noted and prolific architect and garden designer
Hugh Cecil - 1920s society photographer
Gerald Cock, British broadcasting executive
Aleister Crowley, occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary
Peter Fincham, Director of TV at ITV, former Controller of BBC One
Chris Hollins - BBC Breakfast sports presenter, son of footballer John Hollins
William Hughes-Hughes, stamp-collector
George Percy Jacomb-Hood, artist
Vikram Jayanti, documentary film maker
Sir John Nott-Bower, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Jasper Rootham, civil servant, soldier, central banker, merchant banker, writer and poet
Tim Severin, explorer
George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford
Paul Tanqueray - society photographer
Francis Thynne, herald (his father was Chaucer's editor, and Master of the Household for Henry VIII)
David Trubridge, furniture designer
Roger Yates, Organ builder
William Albertini (1913–1994), English cricketer
Mark Allbrook, cricketer and Head at Bloxham School
Randolph Aston, rugby union international who represented England
Matthew Banes, cricketer
Jack Barley, cricketer
James Body, rugby union international who represented England
Thomas Bourdillon, cricketer
William Cave, England rugby union player
Sir Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge (1932–2000), Kent CCC and England cricketer and cricket administrator
C. S. Cowdrey (born 1957), Kent Glamorgan and England cricketer and broadcaster
Fabian Cowdrey, Kent cricketer
G. R. Cowdrey (born 1964), Kent cricketer
Tom Crawford, cricketer
John Dale, cricketer
Jack Davies (cricketer), cricketer who bowled Sir Donald Bradman out for a duck
John Dew, cricketer
R. M. Ellison (born 1959), Kent CCC and England cricketer
Edward Estridge, cricketer
Ollie Freeman, athlete, tri-athlete
Peter Graham, cricketer
Lionel Hedges, cricketer
Anthony Henniker-Gotley, England rugby union captain
Maurice Holmes (cricketer), cricketer
C. W. H. Howard (born 1904), Middlesex CCC cricketer
Kenneth Hutchings England cricketer and Wisden cricketer of the year
Francis Luscombe (1849–1926), rugby union international who represented England and was on the first Rugby Football Union committee
Chris Madderson (Born 1972), Rugby Union represented Harlequins F.C.
David Marques, England and British Lions rugby player and member of 1964 America's Cup challenger team aboard the yacht Sovereign.
James Mason (1876–1938), cricketer
Tom May, rugby union player, Newcastle Falcons and England
Charles Pillman MC, England Rugby player
Ben Ransom, Rugby union player for Saracens
James Rowe, cricketer
Ronald Rutter, cricketer
George Arbuthnot Scott, cricketer
Walter Slade, (1854–1919), former world amateur record holder for the mile
James Short (rugby union), Rugby union player for Saracens.
E. T. Smith (born 1977), Middlesex CCC, Kent and England cricketer
Luke Wallace, Rugby player for Harlequins RFC
