•
Ross Davenport, Gold medalist swimmer (1984– ) •
Alison Hargreaves, Mountaineer (1963–1995) •
Nigel Vardy, Mountaineer (1969–)
The Herbert Strutt School • Sir
Alan Bates CBE, actor notably in
The Living Daylights and
Licence to Kill •
Edward Eisner, physicist, Professor of Applied Physics from 1968 to 1987 at the
University of Strathclyde •
Simon Groom,
Blue Peter presenter in the 1980s •
Graham Haberfield,
Coronation Street actor • Prof
David Leslie Hawksworth CBE, mycologist and
lichenologist, Research Professor since 2001 at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (
Complutense University of Madrid), President from 1986 to 1987 of the
British Lichen Society, from 1990 to 1991 of the
British Mycological Society and from 1994 to 1997 of the
International Union of Biological Sciences, and Editor from 2000 to 2008 of
Mycological Research •
Mike Ingham, Chief Football Correspondent since 2004 at
BBC Radio 5 Live •
Suzy Kendall, actress, first wife of
Dudley Moore •
David Kinnersley, economist (educated as a wartime evacuee), and first Chief executive from 1973 to 1976 of the
North West Water Authority • Prof
Larry Rotherham CBE, metallurgist, President from 1964 to 1965 of the Institution of Metallurgists, and from 1965 to 1966 of the Institute of Metals, expert on
creep-resistant materials heading the team that discovered how metal fatigue brought down early
de Havilland Comet airliners, and Vice-Chancellor from 1969 to 1976 of the
University of Bath •
Winifred Sargent, mathematician • Prof
William Watson CBE, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology from 1966 to 1983 at the
School of Oriental and African Studies, and President from 1981 to 1984 of the
Oriental Ceramic Society ==References==