Winchester College
Discover the notable alumni of Winchester College. The list includes people like Rishi Sunak, Robin Cavendish, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Madhavrao Scindia & Hugh Dowding. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as miscellaneous, writers, leaders, intellectuals & academics and critics & connoisseurs etc.
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Hugh Dancy(English Actor Known for His Role as ‘Will Graham’ in the TV Series ‘Hannibal’)
Birthdate: June 19, 1975
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: July 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayfair, London, England
Died: May 21, 1983
Birthdate: January 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bhopal, India
Died: September 22, 2011
4
Alfred Douglas(British Poet, Journalist and Lover of Irish Poet Oscar Wilde)
Birthdate: October 22, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Powick, Worcestershire, England
Died: March 20, 1945
5
Tim Brooke-Taylor
(Comedian)
Birthdate: July 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buxton, England
Died: April 12, 2020
Birthdate: February 29, 1980
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
7
William Buckland
(English Theologian, Palaeontologist, and Geologist Who Wrote the First Full Account of a Dinosaur Fossil)
Birthdate: March 12, 1784
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Axminster, Devon, England
Died: August 14, 1856
8
Henry Garnet
(English Jesuit Priest Executed for His Complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605)
Birthdate: 1555
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Heanor, England
Died: May 3, 1606
9
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
(Who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions)
Birthdate: June 28, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nairn, Scotland
Died: July 1, 1999
10
William Empson
(Literary Critic)
Birthdate: September 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yokefleet, England
Died: April 15, 1984
Birthdate: May 12, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: June 13, 1795
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: East Cowes, England
Died: June 12, 1842
13
Robin Cavendish
(British Advocate for Disabled People, Medical Aid Developer, and One of the Longest-Lived Responauts in Britain)
Birthdate: March 12, 1930
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Middleton, Derbyshire, England
Died: August 8, 1994
14
Michael Dummett
(One of the Most Influential British Philosophers of His Generation)
Birthdate: June 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 27, 2011
15
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
(Foreign Secretary)
Birthdate: April 25, 1862
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 7, 1933
16
Hugh Dowding
(Royal Air Force Officer Who Defeated Adolf Hitler's Plan to Invade Britain )
Birthdate: April 24, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moffat, Scotland
Died: February 15, 1970
17
Lionel Johnson
(British Poet, Essayist, and Critic)
Birthdate: March 15, 1867
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Broadstairs, England
Died: October 4, 1902
18
David J. Thouless
(British Condensed-Matter Physicist and 2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics)
Birthdate: September 21, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bearsden, Scotland
Died: April 6, 2019
19
Madhavrao Scindia
(Politician)
Birthdate: March 10, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: September 30, 2001
20
Montague Druitt
(English Barrister and Educator)
Birthdate: August 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Died: December 31, 1888
21
Sir Stafford Cripps
(Politician)
Birthdate: April 24, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 21, 1952
22
Max Woosnam
(British Tennis Player)
Birthdate: September 6, 1892
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: July 14, 1965
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
23
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
(British Statesman Who Served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909)
Birthdate: August 12, 1868
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 1, 1933
24
Nicholas Monsarrat
(British Novelist Known for His 'Sea Stories')
Birthdate: March 22, 1910
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: August 8, 1979
25
Sir James Lighthill
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: January 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 17, 1998
26
William H. Welch
(Physician)
Birthdate: April 8, 1850
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Norfolk Historic District, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 30, 1934
27
Thomas Ken
(British Cleric and Former Bishop of Bath and Wells)
Birthdate: 1637
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Died: March 19, 1711
Birthdate: December 25, 1721
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chichester, Sussex, England
Died: June 12, 1759
29
Robert Lowth
(Bishop of the Church of England and Author of One of the Most Influential Textbooks of English Grammar)
Birthdate: November 27, 1710
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: November 3, 1787
Birthdate: March 4, 1745
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Southampton, England
Died: July 25, 1814
31
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford
(Senior military officer)
Birthdate: May 21, 1893
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hungerford, England
Died: April 22, 1971
32
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 26, 1671
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 4, 1713
33
Thomas Warton
(Literary historian)
Birthdate: January 9, 1728
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Basingstoke, England
Died: May 21, 1790
34
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
(Historian)
Birthdate: March 4, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: February 24, 1902
Birthdate: October 28, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: August 18, 1994
Birthdate: December 4, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bingham, England
Died: July 27, 1892
37
David George Hogarth
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: May 23, 1862
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Died: November 6, 1927
38
John Davies
(English poet and writing master)
Birthdate: April 16, 1569
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Died: December 8, 1626
39
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd earl of Selborne
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 17, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 26, 1942
40
Michael Carver
(Military official)
Birthdate: April 24, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bletchingley, England
Died: December 9, 2001
41
Bertram Brooke
(British Rower)
Birthdate: August 8, 1876
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kuching, Malaysia
Died: September 15, 1965
Birthdate: March 3, 1652
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trotton, England
Died: April 14, 1685
Birthdate: May 17, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Neath, United Kingdom
Died: November 26, 1984
44
David Samuel Margoliouth
(British Orientalist and Priest)
Birthdate: October 17, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 22, 1940
45
Olaf Caroe
(Administrator)
Birthdate: November 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 23, 1981
46
Richard Livingstone
(Educationist)
Birthdate: January 23, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: December 26, 1960
47
Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of Selborne
(British jurist)
Birthdate: November 27, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mixbury, England
Died: May 4, 1895
48
Joseph Warton
(Literary Critic)
Birthdate: 1722
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dunsfold, England
Died: February 23, 1800
Birthdate: May 12, 1879
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: October 16, 1946
Birthdate: February 12, 1715
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: April 14, 1785