List of people educated at Bolton School

A

• Mark Addis, professor of philosophy
• Monica Ali, author
• Bryan Appleyard, journalist and author

B

• Jack Bond, cricketer
• James Booth, judge, Liberal Party politician
• Geoffrey W. Bromiley, ecclesiastical historian

C

• Andrew "Chubby" Chandler, sports manager
• Donald Geoffrey Charlton, Professor of French at the University of Warwick
• Jennifer Clack, academic; professor and curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Cambridge
• Gordon Clough, broadcaster
• Sir Philip Craven MBE, President of the International Paralympic Committee
• Clive Crook, journalist for the ''Financial Times''

D

• Julian Darby, former Premier League footballer
• Alex Davidson, Salford City Reds rugby league player
• Roger Draper, chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association and formerly chief executive of Sport England
• Jill Duff, Anglican priest and Bishop of Lancaster

E

• Chris Eatough, world champion mountain biker
• Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet, politician
• Major Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle, MC, QC, politician

G

• Max George, singer in the boy band The Wanted
• Chris Goudge, Olympic hurdler

H

• Leslie Halliwell, film writer and historian
• Haseeb Hameed, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and England cricketer
• John Hanscomb CBE, Conservative politician, former Mayor of Bolton
• Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam, former Chair of British Steel and the Coal Board
• Oliver Heywood, nonconformist minister
• John Hick, Conservative Party MP
• Jonathan L. Howard, author

J

• Sir Geoffrey Jackson, British Ambassador to Uruguay

K

• Carol Klein, gardening expert, TV presenter and newspaper columnist
• Sir Harry Kroto, 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

L

• Ralf Little, actor
• Kate Long, author

M

• Sir Ian McKellen, actor
• Sarah Mercer, linguist
• Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton, Conservative politician and first Chancellor of the University of Bolton

P

• Callum Parkinson, Leicestershire cricketer
• Matt Parkinson, Lancashire and England cricketer
• Andy Paterson, film producer and former second unit director
• Norah Lillian Penston, Principal of Bedford College, University of London
• Nathaniel Phillips, Liverpool FC footballer

R

• Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster
• John Ratledge, first-class cricketer
• John Roberts, founder of AO World
• Barbara Ronson, Liberal Democrat politician
• Sir Arthur Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia
• David Ruffley, Conservative politician
• Sir Ernest Ryder, Lord Justice of Appeal and Senior President of Tribunals; former Chancellor at the University of Bolton

S

• David Sandiford, cricketer and barrister
• Nigel Short, chess player
• Becky Smethurst, astrophysicist
• Barry Smith, ontologist
• Gerard Corley Smith, diplomat, environmentalist
• Dame Janet Smith, judge
• Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh, Labour politician and Life Peer
• Malcolm Stevens FRS, chemist
• Edmund Clifton Stoner, theoretical physicist
• Marcus Sheff, non-profit chief executive officer, former media executive and journalist

T

• Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Labour politician
• Davinia Taylor, actress and socialite
• Archis Tiku, former bassist with the band Maxïmo Park
• Joyce Tyldesley, Egyptologist

W

• Mark Williams, Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College, Oxford, formerly Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge and Assistant Organist of St Paul's Cathedral
• Alfred Woodhall, senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War