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.
Vote for Your Favourite Winchester College

Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

 1 
Hugh Dancy
(English Actor Known for His Role as ‘Will Graham’ in the TV Series ‘Hannibal’)
Hugh Dancy
11
Birthdate: June 19, 1975
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 2 
Kenneth Clark
(Art Historian)
Kenneth Clark
0
Birthdate: July 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayfair, London, England
Died: May 21, 1983
 3 
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
(Former Captain of the Indian Cricket Team)
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
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)
Alfred Douglas
2
Birthdate: October 22, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Powick, Worcestershire, England
Died: March 20, 1945
 5 
Tim Brooke-Taylor
(Comedian)
Tim Brooke-Taylor
3
Birthdate: July 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buxton, England
Died: April 12, 2020
 6 
George Young
(Actor)
George Young
1
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)
William Buckland
0
Listed In: Scientists
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)
Henry Garnet
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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)
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 28, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nairn, Scotland
Died: July 1, 1999
 10 
William Empson
(Literary Critic)
William Empson
0
Birthdate: September 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yokefleet, England
Died: April 15, 1984
 11 
Rishi Sunak
(Politician)
Rishi Sunak
21
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 12, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 12 
Thomas Arnold
(Educator)
Thomas Arnold
0
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)
Robin Cavendish
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
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)
Michael Dummett
0
Birthdate: June 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 27, 2011
 15 
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
(Foreign Secretary)
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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 )
Hugh Dowding
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moffat, Scotland
Died: February 15, 1970
 17 
Lionel Johnson
(British Poet, Essayist, and Critic)
Lionel Johnson
0
Listed In: Writers
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)
David J. Thouless
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 21, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bearsden, Scotland
Died: April 6, 2019
 19 
Madhavrao Scindia
(Politician)
Madhavrao Scindia
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 10, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: September 30, 2001
 20 
Montague Druitt
(English Barrister and Educator)
Montague Druitt
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Died: December 31, 1888
 21 
Sir Stafford Cripps
(Politician)
Sir Stafford Cripps
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 21, 1952
 22 
Max Woosnam
(British Tennis Player)
Max Woosnam
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
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)
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 12, 1868
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 1, 1933
 24 
Nicholas Monsarrat
(British Novelist Known for His 'Sea Stories')
Nicholas Monsarrat
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 22, 1910
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: August 8, 1979
 25 
Sir James Lighthill
(Mathematician)
Sir James Lighthill
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 17, 1998
 26 
William H. Welch
(Physician)
William H. Welch
2
Listed In: Scientists
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)
Thomas Ken
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1637
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Died: March 19, 1711
 28 
William Collins
(Poet)
William Collins
1
Listed In: Writers
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)
Robert Lowth
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1710
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: November 3, 1787
 30 
Charles Dibdin
(Composer)
Charles Dibdin
0
Listed In: Musicians
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)
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 21, 1893
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hungerford, England
Died: April 22, 1971
 32 
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
(Politician)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 26, 1671
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 4, 1713
 33 
Thomas Warton
(Literary historian)
Thomas Warton
0
Birthdate: January 9, 1728
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Basingstoke, England
Died: May 21, 1790
 34 
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
(Historian)
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
0
Birthdate: March 4, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: February 24, 1902
 35 
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
(British Biochemist & Winner of 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 28, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: August 18, 1994
 36 
Robert Lowe
(Politician)
Robert Lowe
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 4, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bingham, England
Died: July 27, 1892
 37 
David George Hogarth
(Archaeologist)
David George Hogarth
1
Birthdate: May 23, 1862
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Died: November 6, 1927
 38 
John Davies
(English poet and writing master)
John Davies
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 16, 1569
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Died: December 8, 1626
 39 
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd earl of Selborne
(Politician)
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd earl of Selborne
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 17, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 26, 1942
 40 
Michael Carver
(Military official)
Michael Carver
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bletchingley, England
Died: December 9, 2001
 41 
Bertram Brooke
(British Rower)
Bertram Brooke
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 8, 1876
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kuching, Malaysia
Died: September 15, 1965
 42 
Thomas Otway
(Dramatist)
Thomas Otway
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 3, 1652
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trotton, England
Died: April 14, 1685
 43 
H.H. Price
(Philosopher)
H.H. Price
0
Birthdate: May 17, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Neath, United Kingdom
Died: November 26, 1984
 44 
David Samuel Margoliouth
(British Orientalist and Priest)
David Samuel Margoliouth
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 17, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 22, 1940
 45 
Olaf Caroe
(Administrator)
Olaf Caroe
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 23, 1981
 46 
Richard Livingstone
(Educationist)
Richard Livingstone
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 23, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: December 26, 1960
 47 
Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of Selborne
(British jurist)
Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of Selborne
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 27, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mixbury, England
Died: May 4, 1895
 48 
Joseph Warton
(Literary Critic)
Joseph Warton
0
Birthdate: 1722
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dunsfold, England
Died: February 23, 1800
 49 
Percy Bates
(Shipowner)
Percy Bates
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 12, 1879
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: October 16, 1946
 50 
William Whitehead
(Poet)
William Whitehead
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 12, 1715
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: April 14, 1785